No Gym Necessary = No Excuses

In all my years, I think I've heard just about every excuse in the book and one of the biggest are holiday excuses.

"I'll get back on track after Christmas".

"Or I will get back on track after New Years".

And next thing you know we are at another holiday party with an excuse to over eat, over indulge and then we feel like crap and don't even want to exercise. And with July 4th just passing I hear the same old excuses.

There will always be a holiday around the corner, or a birthday or something to get you off track. It's really up to you to not make excuses for yourself and not get sidetracked.

My good friend Personal Trainer Virgil Aponte created a fantastic fitness program based on this simple concept. Success lies with you and excuses are simply not necessary. It's called No Gym Necessary or NGN for short.

The program reveals how you can use a series of exercises called Get Fit Anywhere to get you fit anyplace and anytime. Then he goes to on to teach you the NGN Training Secrets:

NGN Walking Secret
NGN Running Secret
NGN Stairs Secret

To put it simple...there is no excuse necessary because as Virgil says you are blessed with the most amazing piece of equipment you are ever gonna have:
Your own mind and body man!

That will always be more than enough to get the job and then some. Go visit Virgil's web site as he has a special offer on his NGN training program which comes along with some great bonuses
for a limited time.

Check out NGN here.

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What Value Do You Add?

Ever wonder why there are so many good professionals and so many bad professionals across the board? I'm not talking about in the fitness industry, but any industry--the medical community, politicians, law, civil service--you name it. Why are there good doctors and bad doctors? Why are there good lawyers and bad lawyers? Why are there good chefs and bad chefs?
I'll tell you why. It's a matter of how much investment a professional puts into themselves. Ever talk to an athlete that DESPISES summer workouts or spring training? The athlete that hates going to practice and team meetings, or the doctor that prescribes medications rather than investigating a problem? Ever wonder if these professionals (that get paid for what they do), actually wake up every morning and ask themselves, "How can I be better at what I do?"

Most people "coast" through their profession. They get into a routine. They make excuses for themselves and blame it on something that they think is "out of their control". Some professionals don't challenge themselves, or ask why...or learn from those much more knowledgeable or experienced. They become complacent. They become "used to" and comfortable in their situation. And each day they deal with a customer or patient or client or consumer, they recite the same ideas, same dialog, same thoughts...almost robotically. Because for them, it is easier to it this way. It is easier to punch in and punch out everyday without hassle, without recourse, or without provocation.

What value do you add to your profession? Are you growing as a professional? Are you learning new things or you stuck in that hamster wheel of monotony in your career? Do you want to be better at what you do, or do you want to "just be"? When you understand this, you will understand that you not only add value to yourself as a professional and life, but you add value to your abilities and how the world perceives you. Work on it....everyday. A little bit at a time.

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Personal Trainer Satisfaction

Fitness Professionals, I have a statement for you: When you are good at something, you enjoy doing it.

Let's use the example of riding a bicycle. When you were a kid, you loved riding your bicycle because it was "cool" and you fit in with the other kids in the neighborhood. You had your Huffy BMX and you would ride up and down the street, or to your friend's house a neighborhood across the way and you'd love it. You felt the wind blowing through your hair, and the mindless riding made you feel "free".

As you got older, you wanted to challenge yourself more. You love the freedom of riding your bike, but you wanted to challenge your skills. Naturally, the more you rode, the better you got.


As riding a bike became easier, you wanted a bike that reflected your improved riding. Then you fell in love with a road bike or mountain bike. So you put up the money and purchased the better bike. This new, better bike handled better, was lighter, and was more move-able. You felt in better control of it and you felt that you had stepped it up. With the tougher bike, you needed a tougher course to ride it. So you chose the dirt paths at the local trail, or you found the perfect street course to take your riding to the next level. The new bike handles the newer, tougher trail with ease. You had total control of your bike and that control, actually made your riding even more liberating.


Whichever course you chose--dirt trail or paved trail--you still enjoyed riding because you always felt free. There were more challenges along the way, but you met them with success and learned from them because you had a better bike. Today, you still enjoy riding your bike because it offers you the freedom to yield control over your skills.



Personal training is alot like riding your favorite bike. As you develop into an elite fitness professional, you encounter new and different challenges. These challenges come in the form of clients. As you encounter each challenge, they carve new experiences into your being and you develop better skills. These skills become your bicycle. As the bicycle offers you "freedom" as you ride, personal training offers you satisfaction from client inspiration. That commonality is what glues the profession to the person. And everyday, you get better and better at what you do. The better you get, the more satisfaction you feel from helping more and more clients.


The more experience you have in dealing with certain situations--and they don't always happen right the first time--the more and trial and error, the more likely you are to encounter the correct outcome the next time.


My message? When you are good at what you do. It is enjoyable and it doesn't feel like work--regardless of the amount of hours you put in--16 hours or 60 hours/week. When your profession feels like work, chances are it is YOU that needs work on your profession.

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