Fitness Ninja

Ahem.  That sound you hear is me stepping onto my soap box.  So listen up!!! (LOL!!)

I’m not one to comment on political issues much, nor will you find me expressing my personal opinions of such issues in this arena very often.  However, the big news this week is the newly passed Health Care Reform bill.  It may be the single biggest piece of legislation put into action in the past 50 years, and will seemingly affect almost every single American.  I do believe everyone should be afforded some sort of minimal healthcare, and I don’t believe people should be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions in most circumstances.  But more important that either of those things, I believe people, ALL OF US, need to take…ready for this…PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for their actions regarding their physical health and well being.

In case you didn’t know, 70% of our population is currently overweight or obese.  The CDC reports in 2008 that 20% of the adult population smokes.  Throw in the millions of people addicted to prescription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol, etc., and you can see why there is a health care crisis.  Companies lose billions of dollars a year due to employees missing time from work for health related issues.  Premiums continue to rise every year, and the cost on society as a whole is astronomical!

Maybe, just maybe, if more people took a proactive approach to their health and made an attempt to live a healthy lifestyle, our great nation wouldn’t be in this predicament right now.  Healthy people miss less work, are typically more productive, and have less insurance claims every year.  I know there are things out of our control (environmental factors, heredity…), but we should at least take advantage of those things we DO have control over.  Nothing we do will ever completely eradicate disease or rid us of health related complications that simply come from life itself, but it certainly could not hurt for all of us to live a healthier lifestyle on a daily basis. 

I’ll step off my soap box now J

NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!!

Those of you who know me know how passionate I am about health and fitness.  It’s all I’ve ever done professionally in my life.  So when I see blatant disregard for human life, it really gets me riled up.  I was watching the news the other day and heard a story about a woman who is TRYING to set the world record for fattest woman ever.  Um, yeah, I’m going to type that again in case you think you misread…TRYING to become the fattest woman ever!! Here’s a link to the story to read the details if you’re interested.  This just appalls me on so many levels.  She has kids, is spending each week what many of us spend in MONTHS on groceries, and, in my opinion, is committing a slow suicide.  Absolutely disgusting!! I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.  Please read the story and reply if you feel so inclined.

And to end on a positive note, I will leave you with my client quote of the week:

“Come on dude, this is f***ed up!!”

NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!!

Like many of you, I’m busy.  We’re all busy.  There’s always something.  Isn’t that one of the inherent issues of life, trying to fit it all in everyday???  I hear the excuse often from people who are NOT my clients…”I just don’t have time to workout.”  Yeah you do, you just don’t want it bad enough.  I understand.  There are things I keep saying I’m going to do, but it just isn’t happening.  Apparently I don’t want those things bad enough either.  I do, however, want to be more consistent with this blog.  So I am publically vowing to do this at least once a week.  I KNOW I have time for that.  I waste a plethora of hours now playing Words with Friends on the iPhone (for those of you who know the game, you feel my pain!!), so there’s no good reason I can’t update this blog regularly. 

Now I will leave you with these, various things clients have said to me over the past few days while training.  ENJOY!! J

“This sucks”

“I hate these motherf***ers!!” (referring to a specific exercise)

“But that’s harder!!” (um, yeah, it’s supposed to be!!)

“I don’t want to do that” (Ain’t gotta wanna, just gotta!!)

“I’m still sore from Friday” (you’re welcome)

And one of my favorites that I have the pleasure of hearing from time to time…”Thanks for kickin’ my ass!!!”

Till next time…NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!