Hi There,
I’m excited to bring you the first ever Pound 4 Pound Personal Training newsletter. I am hoping to distribute the newsletter monthly to ensure that I can keep you up to date with what’s going on around the place and also to provide you with motivational and/or informative articles.
I had originally planned to start doing newsletters several months ago, but I had found that even though I could talk training and nutrition all day, when it came to putting those words on paper it was somewhat challenging, but like I always say “by making sure that you are always challenging yourself, you are ensuring that you will always improve”, that being true for every aspect of life.
So after saying that please take the time to read the articles in this newsletter and hopefully you will find them informative and helpful.
Set goals, create new habits
When someone approaches me about training, the first thing I want to know is what are your goals? What do you want to achieve from a training program?
Once a goal has been set it is then that I devise a strategy for how we will accomplish that goal. The way we do this is by working our way backwards, take a moment to think about the result you want to achieve (your goal), now fill in the middle parts between then and now! This “middle part” may seem scary, but it is quite simple, all you have to do is create new habits, change your “can’t do” attitude to a “can do” attitude!
You see if you are in BAD shape it is most likely due to BAD habits. If you are in GOOD shape it is most likely due to GOOD habits. So everytime you can create a good habit (like exercising daily) and eliminate abad habit (like making excuses as to why you can’t exercise) then you are closer to achieving your goal. See us humans we are creatures of habit, our body’s love routine, so the way to make a fitter healthier you is to ensure that your body gets into a fitter and healthier routine.
Here’s a start point for you to try (if you are not already). First thing in the morning make yourself do some form of exercise, it can be as little as a set of 10 pushups while waiting for the kettle to boil, a set of squats whilst brushing your teeth or as much as a 10km run, just make yourself do something.(remember your“can do” attitude)
Do this for a couple of weeks and you will find that this is now “habit”, that it is your “routine”. And as I said earlier we are creatures of habit and we love routine, so by doing as little as 5 minutes of exercise a day you could be creating new life long habits
that will ensure that you will be a happier, healthier you. So start today………..Remember your new “CAN DO ATTITUDE”!
My success story- by Damian Cann
Before I started training with Steve I was like most, I was a never get anywhere person.
Losing weight was always a goal but I never seemed to get anywhere. It was mainly because I did burn out sessions where I would work really hard (to exhaustion), then not do anything for a long time, and if you had of asked any of my work colleagues what my diet was like they would have summed it up in one word “pizza”,and being a shift worker on a roster of two day then two nights (12hr shifts) fast food always seemed the easiest option.
Now through having trained with Steve I have learnt about nutrition, even though I knew what was good for me like fruit and vegetables etc, I really thought I knew a thing or two but now I realize I didn’t.
I started off weighing 120.5kg and doing about 5 pushups, 12 sit ups and low numbers of basic exercises, but now my weight is 98.5kg. I can do intense training and I tend to do pushups and sit ups for fun or if I’m bored, and believe me a 12hr shift can get pretty boring when you are by yourself.
So now instead of eating to kill time I do pushups and sit ups in sets of 15-20 reps. All this took 15 weeks or so, and I won’t kid you it was hard work, but like Steve says “its persistence and little steps”.
Steve’s notes: To date Damo has lost a whopping 22kg, his BMI has gone from the “obese” range right down to the “healthy” range. He has also lost 20cm off his waist measurement and has only 18% body fat (below average for a male).
He has improved greatly in his muscular strength and endurance and has improved his overall fitness level.
Damo is now living a happy, healthy life. Congratulations Damo!
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Merry Christmas & a Fantastic New Year to All!
Steve and Shelley Dargan
Pound 4 Pound Personal Training
“You will HATE me, but you will LOVE the results”