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I just got my cert. and I need liability insurance before starting to teach a class at a different gym?


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    Waltham’s Auld starting strong for top-ranked UMass-Lowell field hockey Waltham High alumna Abby Auld traded in one Hawk uniform for another two years ago and immediately found out there was a big difference between high school field hockey and playing for one of the top Division II programs in the country. Read more on Waltham News Tribune


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    Starting power is your ability to explode from a dead stop, meaning there is no change from eccentric to concentric muscle activity, eliminating the stretch reflex. This is different from a plyometric style exercise like a Depth jump, which works on reactive ability. Starting power is all active ability – your ability to quickly turn your muscles on and explode without a prestretch. Just think of the Deadlift – you explode up from the ground. In MMA, this would be useful if you’re on the bottom and you have to throw someone off of you. Or if you’re clinched up and you want to explode into a takedown or throw and surprise your opponent. Starting power is just one of the more advanced concepts integrated into my Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program, which you can learn about here: www.UltimateMMAStrength.com

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    Paul Domowitch: Ex-Eagle Sheldon Brown starting over in Cleveland BEREA, Ohio – Sheldon Brown saw something last season that he had never seen before in his NFL career. Something disturbing. Something that he feels was every bit as responsible for the Eagles defense’s struggles last season as the never-ending injuries and the departure of Brian Dawkins. Read more on Philly.com


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    Do you always dream of having a personal training business? Yes, it is a profitable venture and starting your personal training business today can mean an income ranging anywhere around $50,000 – $100,000 per year.

    An income that will envy most people especially in this time of financial uncertainty.

    If you always dream of starting your personal training business and don’t know where to start then read on, this could be the most important article you ever read this year.

    Define Your Purpose

    State the reason why you want to start a personal training business? Give yourself many good reasons. Don’t just say “because I hear this is a good business”.

    Just like any other business, there will be ups and downs in your business days. One day you will get a lot profitable clients, and another day they simply disappear. If you don’t have a strong foundation and passion, you will give up so easily.

    It is the willingness to never give up and try different approach that will differentiate six figure personal trainers from the rest of the pack. You might start personal training business because it is your hobby?

    You might have childhood experiences that compel you to start personal training business? Whatever the reason say it clearly, this can shed light on your rough time.

    Define A Marketing Plan That Sell

    Business is all about selling. It is as simple as that. Plan your marketing strategy, whether it is door to door meaning you knock every door in your local neighbourhood to introduce yourself, or put advertisement on your local newspaper, or pay for advertisement on your local radio.

    Whatever the means you eventually will take, make sure it sells. You might have to consult with marketing consultant on how to market your product, and it can be very expensive, but rest assure that the money you pay will be back many times.

    Have Exit Strategy

    You can start simply by going to your local gym as an instructor. You might get paid very low at the first time, but once you have several clients willing to pay to be trained under your wings, it will start pay off.

    Have an exit strategy, maybe someday you want to write a book, have your own gym, or have your own television show. Whatever you would like to do, make sure you aim high and have an exit strategy.



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    A passion should be converted into a career only after carefully considering the minute details. Say, gardening is your passion and you are thinking of making it your profession. So, you need to consider the scale on which you are willing to do it in order to be able to provide yourself and your family with a comfortable life. You need to think about how much money there is in gardening and what the prospects are. The same is true for starting a personal training career in case you are a fitness enthusiast.
    In order to ensure that you do not have to rue the decision of making a career in personal training, you need to use your own intellect and judgment in weighing up all the associated factors. Try to look beyond the clichéd statements about the prospects of the personal training industry and the rosy images presented by celebrity fitness trainers and their wealth.
    A properly balanced decision requires that you consider each of the following factors before starting a personal training career.
    1. Primarily you need to ascertain whether you have the inherent traits to become a personal trainer. An analytical mind, patience, persistence, motivating ability and good listening skills are just some of the virtues you need to succeed in this field. You should also have good interpersonal and networking skills in order to connect with your clients and gain their trust. Setting examples with your own physique and lifestyle may also be a part of the job.
    You will be in close interaction with your clients and thus will also need to maintain a professional demeanor at all times. So ask yourself whether you are willing to make the sacrifices that will are required to strengthen your character and become a role model to your clients.
    2. You will also need to get educated and certified in one or more of the many disciplines of fitness sciences before starting a personal training career. There is a lot of theory that you will need to go through in order to take the certification exams.
    Even after you attain basic certification, you have to continue your education by keeping yourself updated with the latest advancements in the field of fitness. So, if you are a person who likes academics as much a cat likes to bathe, you need to have second thoughts about becoming a personal trainer.
    3. Also keep in mind that just becoming a personal trainer won’t guarantee the big bucks. There is a lot of struggle involved when you are just starting a personal training career. More often than not, you will have to scrap it out with other trainers at gyms and health clubs. It will take a lot of time in order to climb your way up from the bottom rung of the ladder.
    The pay might also be very low initially. In fact, figures suggest that the average income of personal trainers is around $30,000 a year only when those having their own business are clubbed with those working at gyms. So you can pretty well guess that the average figure for personal trainers starting out on their careers is much lower.  
    If you are determined and focused, then you can overcome every hurdle in the path of starting a personal training career. All the best!



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    One of the best ways for someone to get into maximum shape and shed those unwanted pounds is by starting body building workouts. Weight training will both increase the resting metabolism, turning the body into a 24/7 fat-burning machine, and tone and define the muscles for that sculpted look. Seems easy enough, doesn’t it?
    There is, as there always is, where getting into shape is concerned, a catch. Body building workouts demand a huge effort and an iron will if you are going to stay with them long enough to see results. And the effort and will power to not merely that you will stay with your chosen program of body building workouts; they also mean you will make the effort to educate yourself about when it’s time to stop. Stop When You Are Tired
    Many people, in the eagerness to achieve their perfect new bodies, get carried away with the difficulty and duration of their body building workouts. They don’t want to stop until they are literally falling down with fatigue, and in pushing themselves are simply increasing their risk of injury.
    Any form of exercise, when done to the point of exhaustion over and over again, can stop being fun and start being an ordeal. And many people facing ordeals find it easy to avoid them. If your body building workout feels like it is becoming an ordeal, you need to take a break. You probably needed to take a break anyway, just to give your body a chance to recuperate and build new muscle, but now you need an emotional break as well. For more info see http://www. bigbodybuildingtips. com/Body_Building_Equipment/ on Body Building Equipment.
    If you are new to body building workouts, you may not have done enough research to learn that your body experiences the greatest benefits from them during the days when you are idle. Those days are your recovery days, and it is during them that the muscle you so long for is actually created. Muscle mass does not increase while you are exercising; its too busy working. It increases for the two days–or even longer–following your workout.
    If you want to maximize the good effects of your body building workouts, restrict them to three or four sixty-minute sessions weekly. On your in-between days, if you want to be active, stay away from the weight room and concentrate on speed walking, jogging, cycling, or some other low-impact cardiovascular tuning. You’ll keep your metabolism chugging along, and you’ll be giving your body a chance to pile on that muscle!



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