Trainer Tips for Health and Fitness

Razor Sharp's Experts Offer Advice on Social Media

Kate Rogan leading a GroupPOWER class

Razor Sharp recently introduced #TrainerTipTuesday to our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and we'd like to share a couple of these great tips with all of you here, too:

From Fitness Director Kate Rogan, a question:
     What is the hardest part of working out/exercise?
     Answer: Getting in the doors of the gym. 

Remember: Once you’re in, there is only one thing to do, get active and exercise!

Strategy: Schedule your exercise times in advance as a High-Priority Appointment with yourself. Then, show up -- no questions & no excuses.

For example, sit down on a Sunday (or any low-key day) and put the times and/or classes into your calendar for the following week. Stick to it and plan around it as you would a doctor, hair, dentist, happy hour appointment (whatever your fancy!).

The key is not to talk yourself out of it. Look, we can come up with ANY excuse if we want, so don’t even let yourself go there. If you keep it black and white (you’re either IN or OUT) after a few weeks (6-8, depending on how hard you work) it will no longer be the APPOINTMENT that motivates you, but the CHANGES you notice IN YOUR BODY and in HOW YOU FEEL.

Basically, if you want to get paid you have to show up to work on time right? So if you want to live longer and healthier, or reach a more specific goal, you have to show up to get those results!

If it were easy everyone would be doing it. It's hard, therefore it has the greatest pay-off: a healthier way to live!

Joseph Manussier leading a GroupRIDE class

From Personal Trainer Joseph Manussier:

Remember that healthy, fit living is a series of large and small CHOICES. Right now, parking at the mall is crowded, so embrace that, put your car at the far end of the lot and count the extra steps as a choice for more activity.

Then, in January, keep that habit, even if there are closer spaces. At the end of 2015, you'll have put in MANY extra miles by walking those few yards farther at every store you visit!