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Monday, March 12, 2007
Don't Sing it - Bring it
That's one of my favorite sayings . Along the lines of ,"Don't talk it , walk it" . It's easy to say you want to do something. Can your actions attest to your wants ? Or do they rat you out ? Okay, here's another one, "There's nothin' to it but to do it". Now, something that I hear alot of is that people really do have legitimate reasons why they aren't sticking to there exercise program. Time. Other priorities and responsibilities . Believe me, I know from experience how hectic and busy our lives can get , However, I also know from experience that the majority of the time, we ourselves make things harder than they have to be. We complicate things. We add stress to our lives and end up in a big, confusing, chaotic cycle we repeat day after day. If we keep putting things on our to do list off , the stress pile will only keep building. If we jump into our exercise plan with some dedication you'll actually make that stress pile smaller.
I've got an analogy i often refer to that helps me get my mental focus aligned. It's my alarm clock story. So, I had gotten into a habit of setting my alarm clock to wake me up earlier , just so I could hit the snooze button, 2, 3 maybe even 4 times and relish that extra 10 minutes in my comfortable bed each time I did. It feels so good to be able to go back to sleep again, you have no idea, or maybe you do( you can tell I'm not the biggest morning person). Well, the thing is , giving myself those allowances made me form a habit of putting off getting my butt up as long as I could. And when it came down to the last minute , to when if I didn't get up that minute I'd blow off my first appointment , or worse, fall asleep without the alarm to go off again and sleep through 2 or 3 clients, it was even harder to get up. And I feel like the way you wake up kinda sets the pace for your entire day. Okay, how about this instead ; Set the alarm clock for a half hour later, with the knowledge that your last half hour of precious sleep will be high quality, uninterrupted. As soon as the alarm sounds, open your eyes, smile, tell yourself ,"this day holds incredible potential I cannot wait to realize and the longer I remain in this bed, as COMFORTABLE as it is, it will stop me from accomplishing the things I am GOING to accomplish", then jump out of bed, that smile still on your face. Enjoy your morning moments with yourself .Have some breakfast, your coffee, your tea. Get ready to ACHIEVE. Nothing to it but to do it.
So when we really have a heart to heart with ourselves we see it really is that simple. Even if it's only 10 , 15 minutes a day, we can fit it in somewhere. Your cycle of not exercising, putting it off till another day (hitting that snooze button) is more comfortable than getting your butt up. The longer you wait , the harder it is. The more out of shape you get. That bed is keeping you from the success that's waiting for you. Open your eyes. Smile . Get your butt up. ;) The only thing that comes from sleep is a dream. Enough dreaming. Don't sing it , bring it.
To bringin' it !
Keegan Harris
www.SymmetryAz.com
Friday, January 26, 2007
Live or exist? Strive or thrive?
Our goal, our mission, we hope to…these are all phrases trainers use to plead with you, to convince you of their good intentions. Symmetry trainers don't have goals, they have a function. You have goals, and during our personal training sessions, helping you reach those goals is our purpose. Helping you to get in to the best health you have ever been in is not our intent, it's what we do.Our experienced trainers guide, coach and ultimately teach you, to be in the best shape you can. That is what makes us different from the rest. Saying we take our clients needs seriously is an understatement. If you don't succeed, we don't succeed, and failure is not in our vocabulary.Fitness has never been so balanced.
To the best You,
Keegan Harris
www.symmetryaz.com
Our goal, our mission, we hope to…these are all phrases trainers use to plead with you, to convince you of their good intentions. Symmetry trainers don't have goals, they have a function. You have goals, and during our personal training sessions, helping you reach those goals is our purpose. Helping you to get in to the best health you have ever been in is not our intent, it's what we do.Our experienced trainers guide, coach and ultimately teach you, to be in the best shape you can. That is what makes us different from the rest. Saying we take our clients needs seriously is an understatement. If you don't succeed, we don't succeed, and failure is not in our vocabulary.Fitness has never been so balanced.
To the best You,
Keegan Harris
www.symmetryaz.com
Reestablishing the personal training standard
Think back about 15 years. When you heard of Personal Trainers you thought of a small group of elite specialized physical gurus. They were right there by the side of that postpartum celebrity, one on one, guiding them, teaching them and being directly responsible for making sure they achieved miraculous results and back in front of the camera, before pictures of the baby hit the news stands.
The problem then was, the reason only celebrities had personal trainers was, they were the only ones who could afford them. The general public were left being herded in to the “Big gyms”. Left to do their own research, experimentation and attempts at self motivation.
The problem now is that the personal fitness and training industry has exploded in the last 10 years or so. With such immense growth has come multitudes of "trainers” and as the laws of economics have taught us, as the quantity of optional offerings goes up, the quality of most goes down. To accommodate this trend there are countless agencies now who will "certify" individuals, primarily through online and correspondence methods. Some people have decent test-taking skills and can end up with a personal trainer certification in a couple of weeks, regardless of whether or not they have any practical application, experience, or are even in shape themselves. These are the types of "trainers" the gyms are hiring and this is the level of quality that the training industry is lowering itself to.
Symmetry Personal Fitness is reestablishing the personal training standard. By that we don't mean providing a privileged, out of reach service, but rather, putting that bar of quality and attention back up. At Symmetry Personal Fitness, we take your fitness very seriously. That goal oriented, motivated mentality is a requirement for anyone who works for Symmetry Personal Fitness. Fitness and a healthy lifestyle is not just a job for our trainers- it's our life, it's something that we love sharing and would really love for it to become a part of yours.
Our goal is to make every aspect of training with Symmetry Personal enjoyable and beneficial. We are extremely competitive and we hope that that will raise the bar for our competitors, forcing the quality of the industry to improve in quality and service.
Yours in health ,
Keegan Harris
www.SymmetryAz.com
Think back about 15 years. When you heard of Personal Trainers you thought of a small group of elite specialized physical gurus. They were right there by the side of that postpartum celebrity, one on one, guiding them, teaching them and being directly responsible for making sure they achieved miraculous results and back in front of the camera, before pictures of the baby hit the news stands.
The problem then was, the reason only celebrities had personal trainers was, they were the only ones who could afford them. The general public were left being herded in to the “Big gyms”. Left to do their own research, experimentation and attempts at self motivation.
The problem now is that the personal fitness and training industry has exploded in the last 10 years or so. With such immense growth has come multitudes of "trainers” and as the laws of economics have taught us, as the quantity of optional offerings goes up, the quality of most goes down. To accommodate this trend there are countless agencies now who will "certify" individuals, primarily through online and correspondence methods. Some people have decent test-taking skills and can end up with a personal trainer certification in a couple of weeks, regardless of whether or not they have any practical application, experience, or are even in shape themselves. These are the types of "trainers" the gyms are hiring and this is the level of quality that the training industry is lowering itself to.
Symmetry Personal Fitness is reestablishing the personal training standard. By that we don't mean providing a privileged, out of reach service, but rather, putting that bar of quality and attention back up. At Symmetry Personal Fitness, we take your fitness very seriously. That goal oriented, motivated mentality is a requirement for anyone who works for Symmetry Personal Fitness. Fitness and a healthy lifestyle is not just a job for our trainers- it's our life, it's something that we love sharing and would really love for it to become a part of yours.
Our goal is to make every aspect of training with Symmetry Personal enjoyable and beneficial. We are extremely competitive and we hope that that will raise the bar for our competitors, forcing the quality of the industry to improve in quality and service.
Yours in health ,
Keegan Harris
www.SymmetryAz.com
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