| Exercise is good for you - there's simply no doubt | | | | so why not get the girls together and go to a spin |
| about it! However, I still meet clients on a daily basis | | | | class or on a power walk? |
| who've vowed to dedicate themselves to an exercise | | | | In this day and age, fitness takes up on average an |
| program, only to quit after a month. Let's face it, North | | | | hour, 4-days a week of the average person's time. So |
| Americans start and stop their fitness programs more | | | | basically it has to be fun or people simply won't put in |
| frequently than they change their underwear. | | | | that extra hour. The good news is that entertaining |
| I understand that buying gym memberships and large | | | | workouts have hit the fitness scene in a big way this |
| pieces of fitness equipment is downright unaffordable | | | | year. Many are largely dance-inspired - including belly |
| to much of the population - especially when that | | | | dancing, cardio strip, pole dancing and salsa dance |
| membership looses itself in the back of your wallet or | | | | workouts. |
| that high-tech treadmill is being used as the most | | | | I tried a pole dancing-strip cardio workout with a few |
| expensive clothes rack your basement has ever seen. | | | | of my girlfriends a couple weeks ago, and trust me it |
| When I became a certified personal trainer I soon | | | | had me laughing so hard, that alone gave my |
| learned after talking to clients, and seeing them come | | | | abdominal muscles a workout. We started with pole |
| to the gym for a while only to suddenly disappear, that | | | | dancing - which is far more challenging than it looks. |
| the key to a successful fitness program is fun! That's | | | | Believe me, it takes a large amount of upper body |
| right exercise should be fun. I mean who ever said it | | | | strength to keep yourself suspended from a pole, and |
| should be a boring, tedious vacuum of your valuable | | | | swinging yourself around it is reasonably |
| time? | | | | cardiovascular. The cardio strip was more like the |
| For some reason fitness has negative connotations | | | | sweaty high-intensity cardio workouts that I'm used to. |
| for many new clients that I've met recently. I hear | | | | The workout mimicked exotic dance movements, so |
| "exercise is just too boring" and "if I exercise I'll have no | | | | the hip thrusts, kicks and abdominal twisting works |
| social life" all the time when I meet new clients. The | | | | parts of your body you didn't know existed. |
| fact is that we all lead very busy lives and exercise is | | | | See, there's absolutely no reason why fitness can't be |
| often figured into it as an afterthought behind work, | | | | fun. Start by searching your local community centers |
| family, social outings and even poker night. So let's | | | | and gyms for an activity that you really enjoy. Try |
| face it if exercise is just another leisure activity on your | | | | tango lessons with your significant other, a bonding |
| weekly schedule it has to be something you'll look | | | | session of mother/baby yoga, a high-octane cardio |
| forward to or you simply won't stick to it. That's why I | | | | kickboxing session with your best friend - all followed |
| encourage everyone who visits my website, | | | | by a healthy lunch. By turning simple daily activities into |
| fitnessgear101.com, to switch up the word 'exercise' for | | | | something more rewarding, you get your fun social |
| 'leisure activity'. After all, you would be certain to pen a | | | | gathering and your workout in too! |
| social outing with your girlfriends into your daily planner, | | | | |
