The World moves fast
The World moves fast…
The world is moving and changing fast. No matter the business, no matter the subject it’s impossible to know everything about anything, but if the subject matter is personally important you’re gonna stay up to date.
Fitness is moving. Changing. Growing. Streamlining. Trust things that have been around forever (yoga, kettlebells, resistance training) and keep an eye out for what’s coming.
How do I do that? Easy. Instagram.
Go ahead and check out the hot bodies; check out the workout tutorials; but if you’re searching for something more it’s there behind some of the steroids, behind the photoshop. Instagram has figured out I am a Trainer. And it has exposed me to programs, books, and workouts I wouldn’t have found otherwise.
Through Instagram I’m aware of the Wim Hof method. Author Scott Carney used to pride himself on taking down false prophets: people who claim if you buy into their system, if you worship their ideal (more likely worship them), then you’ll become richer, healthier and more spiritually connected. He would adhere, investigate and ultimately expose the wannabes.
He heard of a Dutch Man healing people with autoimmune diseases and depression through his patented combination of deep breathing and exposure to cold. Carney’s book ‘What doesn’t kill us’ details how he set out to expose Hof but instead became one of his truest believers. I went down the rabbit hole: I read books, took courses, improved my health and became a certified breathing coach. It all started with me seeing an instagram post.
@ Cold tub in Harwich. The water: 42 degrees. The vein in my forehead: popping.
Cold immersion, breathing, splits, animal movement, yoga, lymphatic massage, and a ton of cool fitness gear (normatec boots, the neck hammock, vertiball) that Train clients now enjoy: it all started with instagram.
I have also seen ads for crappy equipment like sauna suits and shake weights; a reminder that all that glitters ain’t gold.
Yesterday I signed up for the 21 day hip opening challenge. For $60 (just $3 a day!) I receive access to a workout plan that in just 21 days (15 minutes a day) will open up the least flexible muscles on my body. If it works I’ve finally defeated the biggest physical limitation of my body; if it doesn't I’llm at least learn something that will add value to all my workouts: mine and my clients’.
A Trainer can’t slap the junk food out of your hand nor can we lift the weights for clients. All we can do is suggest healthier courses of action and be the change we want to see in the world. Every client is different; you never know what’s going to work for someone, and nothing works for everyone. You have to stay current. Keep learning.
And hopefully share. The breakthrough a client needs to loosen up, get strong or lose weight is out there.
Train works with the top 1% of Private Trainers. We keep searching for that breakthrough. Wait! I mean scrolling. We keep scrolling.
We also have an insta page. It would be nice to have millions of followers and make money off it, but thus far we’ve decided to keep our shirts on (shirts off and it’s all over).
We’ll settle for posting something that we think adds value to what we do for clients. Now go smash that like button and don’t forget to subscribe!