It’s a well worn pattern. Gyms across the globe have spruced up to welcome the resolutioners who came calling after the first of the new year. Membership sales desks buzz, literally, from the credit card transaction machine energy, matched by the excitement of the new members bustling to use the equipment and try the classes. [...]
‘Fast easy results’... ‘Easy fast results’... ‘Body transformation-NOW’... ‘New you in 6-weeks’… Well, yeah! Where do I sign up? Here, take my credit card now! More statement than question, enter ‘easy fitness’ or ‘fast fitness’ into a search engine and see how many hits you get. Not to say the campaigns/promotions are predatory, and point [...]
A favorite childhood memory is of dredging channels in the sandbox then running the hose to float toys through all the twists and turns. Of course, once the water started most of the channels just collapsed, but then it was especially gratifying to redirect the water by building new channels. Even better was watching the [...]
Note- many of us use a personal trainer and for good reason. A GOOD one can be invaluable fitness. But, sadly, many are...less than good. We wrote a book to help folks determine the professional competency of their trainer. The following snapshots the content. The book is available on amazon - see link below, and [...]