Thoughts And Observations

Why School Messes Up Training

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by coachjon

At Genesis, no personal training or bootcamp client has complained that the workouts are not challenging. However, as a coach I have observed a “problem” among (especially!) the most motivated of clients. As you all know, I am a big fan of records. We record ...

Teacher’s day

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by coachjon

Quite a number of personal training and fitness bootcamp members are educators and we are happy to have them training with us and wished them a happy teachers day last week. My staff and I are also educators in health and strength. While I’m not ...

I’m an anatomy nerd, I have a pile of different anatomy books on my bookshelf. Anatomy is critical to giving good advice to our personal training and fitness bootcamp clients. But Google is taking over my 10+ anatomy books. I have been playing with Google ...

As part of the additional services I hope to provide to clients at our personal training gym, my learning this year included the “Trigenics” method of strength/flexibility boosting, and injury rehab. In the last few weeks alone we have had some awesome testimonials of the ...

Thanks to Google and the internet, there is more information and knowledge out there than ever before. Assuming a person is wise enough to sort out the trash from the useful stuff, there comes another problem – Too much information and knowledge. This is certainly ...

My staff and I at Genesis are always trying to meet clients (and potential clients!) health needs. We have now got enough staff on board to conduct a new kind of group training class. There are 2 possible options that we are considering for now. ...

There have been, and will continue to be, big misinformation in the field of nutrition research. Good thing much of this research is sponsored by food and drug companies who make millions by getting us to consume things we don’t need… Latest example is a ...

Are you lagging?

by coachjon

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In the field of fitness, sports performance and personal training, just like in any other industry, there is what is called a “lag time” in terms of what is the best solution, and what is commonly practiced. For example, in the field of digital photography ...

One of my friends was recently admitted to hospital with a case of inflamed lymph nodes and tonsils. When my wife visited her, she was under advice from her colleague, to eat – get this – ice cream to heal faster. After all, if you ...

Another seminar I attended while in the USA was taught by master weightlifting coach Ivan Abadjiev. For those of you who are not into the history of strength training and Olympic sports, Coach Abadjiev is the man who made Bulgaria a world power in weightlifting. ...