Fit For Life: You’re Not Alone
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Keep the passion going.
Another reason I attend these conferences, is because I am surrounded by many people with the same passion for the industry as I have. All of us surrounding ourselves with lots of positive energy and support. Confirming our techniques and strategies with others we admire and respect. If you become a personal trainer or coach just for the money, or you think it’s an easy job, you are in it for the wrong reason, and you won’t last long, be successful or professional at what you are doing. While there are a lot of trainers out there who can memorize an anatomy book, but without genuine passion, enthusiasm, and a caring attitude, you can’t be the best at what you do. Yes, knowledge is important, but we are responsible for helping people feel good, lose body fat and gain muscle, and maintain new healthy lifestyles for the rest of their lives. By feeling energized, committed, and good, yourself, about what you do, you will help your clients feel good both physically and emotionally, too, all for their greater success.
Keep learning new things.
Whatever business we are in, something we’ve been doing for a long time, or a new job or business venture, we shouldn’t go it alone. It’s easy to get isolated in the day to day activities we all must do. Take time to be with professionals you admire – positive, high energy people – people who are succeeding – role models, if you will. Find time to improve your craft – learn new things that can help you in your business – but also in your life. Are you the best you can be? Are you healthy and fit to face life’s challenges?
If you work out with a personal trainer make sure they, too, are taking advantage of continuing education and opportunities to be surrounded with positive like-minded people. That keeps a trainer focused and on fire – best suited to deliver the results you, the client, are paying for. After all, every quality trainer can learn new things – it might be science that is bringing out new information – or it might be a new piece of equipment or technique. If trainers isolate themselves and don’t think they need to learn anymore or be with others, then they get stagnant – and that’s deadly in this business. And no good for you at all.
We’re all in this together.
My message today is that we are all in this life together. We are all in the business of making money and supporting ourselves and our families. We need to be on top of our game, able to share our knowledge with others, and to offer a hand up to someone who is coming up in the ranks behind us. The old phrase “a rising tide floats all boats” is true. It’s important to find ways to be part of a bigger entity, and know that others are with us in our mission. That mission is to reach and help people become better and feel as good about themselves as we do. That mission is about finding success in your business life and in your personal life. I am not alone, and that keeps me on fire. I learn and listen to experts, and surround myself with other professionals - not only make myself better, but to make my clients better, and to share what I know with you to help you be better informed. Don’t be alone. There’s no reason to. Great people are all around you. Together, we can do anything.
Related Slideshow: New England’s Healthiest States
The United Health Foundation recently released its 2013 annual reoprt: America's Health Rankings, which provides a comparative state by state analysis of several health measures to provide a comprehensive perspective of our nation's health issues. See how the New England states rank in the slides below.
Definitions
All Outcomes Rank: Outcomes represent what has already occurred, either through death, disease or missed days due to illness. In America's Health Rankings, outcomes include prevalence of diabetes, number of poor mental or physical health days in last 30 days, health disparity, infant mortality rate, cardiovascular death rate, cancer death rate and premature death. Outcomes account for 25% of the final ranking.
Determinants Rank: Determinants represent those actions that can affect the future health of the population. For clarity, determinants are divided into four groups: Behaviors, Community and Environment, Public and Health Policies, and Clinical Care. These four groups of measures influence the health outcomes of the population in a state, and improving these inputs will improve outcomes over time. Most measures are actually a combination of activities in all four groups.
Diabetes Rank: Based on percent of adults who responded yes to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?" Does not include pre-diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.
Smoking Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are current smokers (self-report smoking at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke).
Obesity Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher.
Source: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
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