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Well, it may seem like a no brainer, but a recent study found that women who had given birth and were working on dropping their baby weight did better with a strength training and cardio combination with a personal trainer than they did with every other workout option. What is more mind blowing? The group in the strength-cardio workout group using personal training lost twice as much weight over the 12 week program than the next highest losing group. On average the women using a personal trainer lost 12 pounds. That is a pound a week which is AWESOME!!

Using a trainer offers you the best workout as well as gives you a lot of extra things such as professional advice, motivation and an appointment that you are paying for so you actually show up and do it!!

Do you have a weight loss goal? Or a workout goal. I would love to hear it and find a way to make that goal a reality!!

Tags: Douglasville, Fitness, Personal Training by David Hansey, Personal Trainer
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Exercise is a critical component of a healthy lifestyle. And I know I have talked here about personal training being a great addition to your life to help you commit and perfect the right workout for your needs. And I have also discussed that you need to do something besides your personal training in order to really change your body. One, two or three sessions a week with me are great but you need to ensure you are getting enough cardio as well.

So now that we have all those concepts, let’s look at the other thing that you need to get under control in order to really change your health and your weight. And that is your eating habits. What you eat, how much you eat. Not a diet but changing your eating habits to develop a better lifestyle.

Now that is ALWAYS easier said than done. I know how hard it is to make healthy eating choices. I make them and so do a lot of other healthy people every day. And sometimes it can be a struggle. I am not going to try to fool you. Eating right (like all things good and worthwhile that get results) takes work. Trying to pre-plan and prepare helps to keep you on track. It is much harder to eat healthy if you don’t shop healthy and keep your house stocked with healthy food and spices and staples to prepare healthy meals.

For healthy recipes and tips, be sure to check out my great new site, Douglasville Weight Loss

Tags: Douglasville, Fitness, Personal Training, Sports Fitness, Weight Loss by David Hansey, Personal Trainer
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Hi There,

Just wanted everyone to know that I have a new website called www.insanefitness.com. Insane fitness is all about getting tough with your workout so if you like to be a bit more extreme then it is the site for you. Boot camp, military training, working your ass off…. then you are an insane fitness kinda person!!

Come on, don’t be scared. Give it a try.

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With all things, there are people who get what they want and people who don’t. But unlike many things in life, fitness is something that you can achieve and it comes down to one thing…. how bad do you want it?

Sorry to say but getting fit requires a lot of hard work and then the commitment to keep going. Sometimes people try to make their life too complicated by mixing two schedules together. Like mixing your schedule with a fitness class schedule. And often what happens is that you end up dropping out and doing nothing because it is just too much scheduling. For those people I always suggest personal training. Either as an ongoing thing or as a primer to get into (or back into) fitness.

Personal training fits with your schedule. And it shows you a routine that you can come to the gym and do anytime it works for you!!

I find that when people commit to a few hours a week of working out, their whole lifestyle changes and they begin their way to a new healthier, less stressed life. But you actually have to start to make it work!

So if you are having a few false starts — like you have tried to come to the gym as a new years resolution year after year and never do. Or you “decide” you will try one of the fitness classes and never actually show up. Or you decide to “eat better” and never change what is in your cupboard.

So here is a NEW FITNESS PLAN — and IT WORKS!!

Book 5 hours of personal training. You can split it into either half hours or hours. So I would suggest you come for 1/2 hours and get the biggest bang for your fitness buck. Here is how you work them….

Week 1 — Come 3 times a week, doing 1/2 hour of cardio before each personal training session. Do this on a week that you don’t have to travel or do some special project at work. And make this your TOP PRIORITY!!

Week 2 — Come 3 times this week, again doing 1/2 hour of cardio before each session. You will notice that you feel better this week!

Week 3 – Come 2 times this week to personal training and come one time on your own, concentrating on learning the tempo of each move. Again, you will do the cardio before your session and if your cardio is too easy, you can start to up the time this week.

Week 4 – Come 2 times this week and one to two times on your own. 30 days sets in a habit so it should be getting easier to “find the time” for this. Also it should be getting easier and you should feel better.

Week 5 – Come 3-4 times this week on your own. If you have trouble making ANY of those sessions or are confused about your workout in any way, you need to get with your trainer and find a path forward. Crossing the one month threshold makes it a habit but you may still slack off and the key is to knowing how you react.

I have some personal training clients who train for this period and go off on their own and I see them often in the gym working out on their own with their new healthy bodies. I have other clients who drop completely off and start to slide back into their bad habits. Then I have others who know themselves and they find a way to make it work for themselves. Some choose to invest and continue with personal training. Others do a personal training session once a week or even once a month. The KEY is to know your body and yourself and make it work for you!!

So let’s get serious and find a way to make it work!!

Tags: Fitness, Motivation, Personal Training, Sports Fitness, fitness classes by David Hansey, Personal Trainer
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How do the World’s Top Executives and Power Brokers find time to fit exercise into their busy schedules?

1- Wake up early. Studies show that it only takes 5 weeks to make an early morning workout routine a habit. So do it, stick it out and enjoy the benefits.

2- Prioritize your life. The basis of all time management training programs, record EVERYTHING for a few days and see where you waste your time. I think you will be surprised.

3- Multitask. Use workout time to unwind, make difficult decisions, be with family, read, whatever helps you DO IT.

I find it interesting that people who have very busy lives manage to make time for fitness but that also having no time is the biggest excuse for not getting to the gym.

Many of you see me every day at the gym and do not realize that I wake up around 3am every day to not only be there for your workout but also to meet my own fitness goals. And many nights I work until 8 or even 9 in the evening. No whining here. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING A PERSONAL TRAINER. I feel as though it was a calling that I am now answering and I beam like a brand new parent when one of my clients meets their goals and improves their health.

That said, I also see people who have great goals but put little or no effort into achieving their fitness goals. A personal trainer is like a teacher, I cannot MAKE YOU DO IT. I can’t come to your bedside and force you to get up and come to the gym. Sometimes I wish I could. Because I see so many people who get past the first month or so and develop fitness as a habit and they never go back. They love being in shape.

So if you have set a goal for yourself — whatever it is — commit to it. Give yourself time in your schedule to do it. Really force it into your schedule for the 6 weeks or so. It will become a habit, I promise. And you will miss it on those days that you do not work out.

Now, if you need little goals, consider doing some races with me. I do a couple of marathons and a few shorter races a year and they are a great motivator and accomplishment. And there are some great races right here in the Douglasville area so you don’t need to go very far to do one.

I wish you the very best of success in meeting your goals!!

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