Fast Track to Fitness Business Success
"None of us is as smart as all of us"- Ken BlanchardWe live in a truly fast paced world. To keep up, never mind thrive, we cannot go it alone. Think of the ultimate one-on-one sports -- be it MMA or boxing - two combatants stripped to the waist, with no equipment going head to head. It's one-on-one competition of the highest form.But look back at the corner of the ring. There are always at least three guys in that corner. it's never one-on-one -- it's a team effort.Everyone needs help. I think this is one of the reasons why social media has become so popular -- people see the benefits of shared k

Evolution of Personal Training Seminar DVD
The business model has changed and will continue to do so. The old ways no longer work and what was driving business two years ago is also not going to work now. For success you need to know how to thrive in change or better yet lead in change. In tough markets the rules are different

Corrective Interval Training ?
Guest Blog by Eric CresseyI love interval training, but one of the problems we commonly run into—particularly if someone isn’t prepared physically to sprint or doesn’t have a place to do it because of weather restrictions—is that repetitive, low amplitude motions are our only options. In other words, it has to just be cycling, the elliptical, or the stair climber. While slide board work, medicine ball medleys, barbell complexes, and sled pushing definitely help to work around these problems, when it comes down to it, many of them still don’t give certain folks the variety they need in their exercise programming.In our “Bui

Aerobic training doesn't create an afterburn effect?
A recent study from the University of Colorado (published in the Journal of Applied Physiology) had participants perform an hour long easy ride and monitored the "afterburn" - to see how much fat they burned post workout.They didn't burn any more than they did if they hadn't exercised.From the New York Times:To their surprise, the researchers found that none of the groups, including the athletes, experienced “afterburn.” They did not use additional body fat on the day when they exercised. In fact, most of the subjects burned slightly les

Bootcamp SYSTEMS
I bet everyone reading this has had a hamburger that tastes better than anything on the McDonalds menu. So it's fair to say that McDonalds may not have the best hamburgers in the world right?So why then do people invest several million dollars in a McDonalds franchise?I'll tell you ..... It's not the hamburgers. It's not the fries. And it's not the special sauce.It's the SYSTEM.The word system is essentially an acronym forSAVEYOURSELFTIMEENERGYMONEYYou see McDonalds has developed an absolutely perfect turn-key business SYSTEM. You don't have to know how to make a hamburger, how long to cook