An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Earlier today I was talking to one of my personal training clients about a TED talk I watched where the person suggested a complete overhaul of our healthcare system.
This person proposed that doctors should get paid a salary to keep people healthy rather than only treating them when they are sick. Now I’m not a doctor but if you think about it, that’s kind of what I do. I help get people healthy and keep them healthy.
People don’t hire personal trainers because they are sick. They hire them because they are sick and tired of looking or feeling a certain way. Many times they don’t even really know exactly what they want, they just know that their current state isn’t it.
In fact, the whole point of my goal assessment interview that comes after the one-week trial membership is quite simply to answer the question “What do you really want?”
You see, many times people come to me because something is off, and they reason that proper exercise will fix it, and they need my help to make sure they do it right.
In many instances, diet and exercise can… because the road to health by building strength and eating healthy nourishing foods that you enjoy can literally change lives. Mine sure did after all. That’s the reason I became a personal trainer was to change lives the way that getting strong, lean, healthy and confident changed mine.
One of my core philosophies is that life is for living, and the things you do should be to make it better, training and nutrition included. Life is better when you are strong, lean and healthy. You no longer are bound by the limits that come from poor health or obesity.
The chains that have held you back can be broken by some simple steps that progress you from where you are to where you would like to be. And breaking chains starts with choosing to go down a different path.
Many times it not only prolongs the quality of life but also the length of life in general. You see, things have a tendency to really go downhill when someone loses the ability to get in and out of a chair easily. When it isn’t easy, they tend to do it less. When they do it less, it becomes even more difficult, like a downward spiral that results in something like falling down and no longer having the ability to get back up.
Now, you may be years and years and years away from this that’s a good thing because the earlier you can get started the better and easier it will be. The things you do now can set you up for a stronger and healthier future. The key is to get started…because…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Benjamin Franklyn
Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.
Why it’s so hard to make healthy decisions TEDx
I enjoy watch TED talks and even presented at a TEDx event along with one of my friends. What I like is the information that comes out is usually not the same old run of the mill type stuff. They tend to challenge common thought.
One came across my feed that I found both insightful, and potentially useful. I’m posting it here for your enjoyment.
Let’s make 2020 the strongest year yet!
Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.
Resolution Abandonment Syndrome and how to overcome it
So a little earlier today, I was browsing facebook and I saw a post by Mike Gillette. If you are unfamiliar with him, he had been a bodyguard for Bill Gates and Sylvester Stallone, holds a couple of world records in various tough guy related feats and I once shared the stage with him along with other modern-day performing strongmen.
In his post he had mentioned that the turning of the new year represents a chance to reflect on various ways to improve, and people start out really wanting to make a change but most inevitably give up on their resolutions.
It’s true. Most people don’t achieve what they originally intended for various reasons. I’m not going to go into the reasons why they fail, but what I will do is present a way for you to actually make progress towards your goal…whatever you define it to be.
And speaking of that you’ll need to have something specific to work towards. If you don’t have a clear target to aim at, you won’t know if you are heading in the right direction.
I’ll use health and fitness as an example, one because “getting in shape” is commonly at the top of the new year’s resolutions list, and two because I’m a personal trainer with a personal training studio on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey…and getting people “in shape” is what I do.
First, you need to define what “in shape” actually means. Many times when people come to me, they just kind of have this vague notion of what they want. Figure out what you want, and figure out where you are compared to where you want to be. Do you need to lose fat…if so how much? 10lbs? 20lbs? 50lbs? These are all measurable. For getting stronger it’s easy. If the weights are getting heavier, or if a previously difficult weight becomes easy…you know you are getting stronger…ie making progress.
Then get a plan/system that will take you from where you are to where you want to be. Then simply follow the plan periodically checking what’s working and what isn’t along the way.
Now, something additional you can do that has been written in several books on success is to seek expert counsel, and/or a mastermind/accountability group. There is something about having an “authority” or someone that you have to answer to that can keep you on track en route to your goals. The other part, is the going can get tough sometimes and when that happens, some gentle encouragement can go a long way to helping you achieve what you set out to achieve.
I’ve had coaches in various aspects of what I do because I’m a big believer in seeking expert counsel. That’s how I got my world record. I also have accountability groups for both the entertainment business as well as my personal training business.
Now if you have a health and fitness resolution, I’d be more than happy to help you out. My personal training studio is on Main Street in Boonton and I offer a one week trial membership at no cost. This way you can test me out to see if you like working with me.
Call or text me at 973 476 5328 (text is usually easier for me) and just tell me who you are and what you’d like to accomplish to get started.
Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.