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Farmer’s Walk Complexes

January 21, 2012 By Jonathan
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By now steady-state cardio is vilified by most personal trainers in favor of conditioning. Great! Steady-state cardio’s as boring as Speed 2. (we get it — the G’damn boat won’t slow down. End the movie already!) It can also be more harmful then beneficial if the trainee is malnourished or has muscle imbalances (I’m not [...]

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No Prowler? No Problem

December 28, 2011 By Jonathan
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It really grinds my gears when I see videos or hear coaches speak about the prowler. All this talk about it being an amazing conditioning tool due to its small learning curve and safety irritates me. I get even madder when I see videos of coaches using it in their training — especially with hardcore [...]

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Why my clients are better than your clients – And are making me rich

December 9, 2011 By Jonathan
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“My clients” I have the most amazing clients.  They’re all dedicated, consistent, and work around my hectic schedule because they see the value in training with me. For the last 3 years I haven’t given one sales tour, done 1 cold call, or taken on a client who wasn’t a direct referral.  It might surprise [...]

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Group Exercise ain’t so bad after all

November 27, 2011 By Jonathan
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My World changed yesterday.  Before I explain, a little history: I’m a personal trainer.  A nitpicky hands on personal trainer in fact.  I’m proud of the study I’ve done and how I’ve been able to apply it with my amazing clients.  I only do private sessions and give them my full attention.  The hour is [...]

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Bikinis, Bodyweight Training and MMA drills

November 11, 2011 By Jonathan
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This is a guest post by Rachel Guy.  Her full bio is at the bottom of the article. I won’t lie, I love lifting heavy shit off the floor. I love rock music, I love hitting bags, I love weighted chin ups and doing all that other bad ass stuff with chains and bands! However, [...]

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Work Out Tracks: Vol 1

November 11, 2011 By Jonathan
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My friends call me music illiterate because I don’t listen to the Beatles and am not a Phish Head. The truth is that the only functioning ipod I have is a 2gig nano given to me from one of my amazing clients but when I train you better believe that ipod blasts when I’m training. I didn’t [...]

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