Posted in Workout on May 4th, 2008
Last week we lost one of the best trainers in the country. Jason Hadeed of E.A.T.S. in Germantown Maryland was senselessly murdered in his apartment complex. His killer turned himself in to police an hour later.
Jason leaves behind 2 children, the many people whose lives he’s improved through fitness, and the numerous […]
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Posted in Workout on Apr 9th, 2008
When most kids grow up they dream of being doctors, lawyers, or even astronauts. If they only knew what being a Top-Level Trainer was like, they might change their minds!
The truth is Personal Training doesn’t always get the respect it deserves as a real profession. While the public and media generally paint a […]
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Posted in Workout on Mar 24th, 2008
It took almost three weeks of back and forth, speaking through assistants and balancing time-zones. I didn’t have any friends in common with the man, so it was a shot in the dark, but one day while sitting in a Starbucks, I got what I was looking for: my phone rang and the person […]
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Posted in Workout on Mar 2nd, 2008
Staying on top of your game in this business is very important. While doing some continuing ed recently, I found out one glaring weakness in my training arsenal - kettlebells. You see them in every gym and studio these days, and I have to admit that I knew little about their use and […]
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Posted in Workout on Feb 11th, 2008
I know all of you at one time or another has typed the term “Personal Training” into Google out of curiosity.
When you did, right there in the top ten results, along with Wikipedia and all the big training companies with huge advertising budgets, you surely saw Scott White’s gleaming bald head shining back at […]
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Posted in Workout on Jan 24th, 2008
Some trainers, even the most knowledgeable ones, often get too caught up in the training part of this profession. They think that just additional training knowledge will break them out of the ruts they’re suffering through in their careers.
While noone will argue whether a strong background in training is a must, at some point you […]
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Posted in Workout on Jan 15th, 2008
As a great man once said - “Let me see that THONG” -
Or in this case I wanted to talk to him: I’m referring to fellow trainer Eugene Thong. For every trainer out there who gets big-time media coverage, trains a roster of stars, or is selling a new workout machine, there are […]
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Posted in Workout on Oct 10th, 2007
Funny what you’ll find on YouTube these days …
I found a video clip of fellow Personal Trainer Jamo Nezzar, part of the launch of his new online training program, Jamcore Training.
Most people need to smoke a gram of crack to feel as good as Jamo! Just goes to show how it feels when you […]
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Posted in Workout on Sep 12th, 2007
I just got my hands on an article from late 2005 from the New York Times and it was pretty shocking. What’s the main point of the article? Personal Training isn’t your usual job - it can’t be bound by the confines of a gym, can’t be punched in a clock, and your […]
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