Let's kick off.
Are you ready? Here's what you'll get when you train and coach with me. Most people lose weight and experience less back pain as side effects.
Stronger heart and lungs without running or “doing cardio” as you currently know it.
Feeling better all around.
The skills of patience and self-acceptance, as your workouts gradually advance and your body improves in its own way.
Increased strength all over your body -- and you'll start feeling it very soon.
Increased capabilities in everyday life, even in those activities you dread.
Exercise workouts that build you up instead of breaking you down
Knowledge!
How to lift and carry objects safely
How to exercise with barbells (the best exercise equipment there is)
Confidence:
To carry your kids, your groceries, yourself!
To lift weights in any gym that has them, without needing any young dudes to boss you around
Safety:
To get up if you’re down
To protect your back from injury, without even having to think (eventually)
The type of exercise you’ll do with me is low in stress, good for sleep, and good for mood.
I teach a method of strength training that starts light — so you gain some easy rewards — and progresses gradually, so it’s safe.
What is the difference between training and coaching?
Training is physical. Personal coaching is not physical. It provides friendly support for your lifestyle changes and good habits. Coaching is when we talk through your own creativity and resourcefulness to clear obstacles and let you give yourself the good care you need and deserve.
We meet to train (exercise) once or twice a week for 40 to 60 minutes. Between sets (of lifts), we talk. I use optimistic, open-ended questions to help you expand your thinking and your sense of possibility, and to highlight your successes.
Obstacles we work on might be (just a few examples):
How to change habits that are in the way
Getting the rest and sleep you need
Too much sitting
Seeing your way out of “too many demands and too much to do”
Getting the help you need with life’s logistics
Other people (or yourself) judging your habits, your appearance, or what you eat
Difficulty in setting boundaries at work
How I work
We'll meet for 20-30 minutes at no charge, ideally in person, to ask each other questions and decide whether we can work together. If we decide to go ahead, payment for the training package will be due in advance.