Categorized as: Coaching

What It Means to Prioritize Health

By Victor Ngo

The First Step

There are a lot of reasons why you “don’t have time” for the gym – work, family, and so on. However for each of those excuses there is an even better reason to start taking better care of your health now. We won’t even get into that,  let’s just say if you are here then you already realized that you have to take care of yourself first and foremost. And the first step is to make that appointment with your trainer. However, that is only the beginning. The next phase is what separates those who sees great versus mediocre results after training for a period of time.

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Searching for a Good Trainer/Coach

Searching for a Good Trainer/Coach
Friday, March 29, 2013 *from archives
By Kevin Hirose – BKin, CSCS

In this day and age, especially in the lower mainland area, fitness and exercise are an integral parts of people’s daily lives.  There are numerous gyms, personal training studios, yoga studios, martial arts clubs and many personal trainers.  Now let’s discuss personal trainers.

What you may have heard or seen on television programs such as “The Biggest Loser” is not truly representative of what goes on during a personal training session or at least what should happen during a proper one.  So, unfortunately, there are people who believe that is what all trainers are like.  Just like any industry there are good, average and just plain bad people in it.  Unfortunately, for the average person it can be very difficult to distinguish the good from the bad.  To become a Personal Trainer no degree is required , actually, a high school diploma is not even required to become one in BC. Read More