Pissed Off Personal Trainer

Many elements of the fitness industry seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time convincing people, especially women, that they are weak. How often to you see fitness equipment for sale that is supposed to make things easier? Or tiny little dumbells and kettlbells that aren't even heavy enough to hold a door open? The image to the left has a half kilo dumbell! Unless you are recovering from an injury or have a serious injury I can not think of a single exercise were that weight would be appropriate. So if a weight isn't heavy enough to hold a door open yet you are perfectly capable of pushing or pulling that door open then logically you are strong enough to lift a heavier weight. This is the crux of the matter as even people who haven't ever lifted a dumbell before still move heavy items multiple times a day. It may be opening a door, shopping bags, children or even just moving themselves. I have lost count of how many times I have, for example, s...

What is the Best?   Fitness Professionals are forever being asked question like:   What is the best way to lose fat? What is the best way to get a flat stomach? What is the best way to get big biceps? I urge all Fit Pros to not answer these questions because there is no 'best; for anything. We are all different and we all respond to things differently. Sadly the internet, paper media and social media is full of supposed 'best' ways. People need to stop reading these articles and instead think about the principles behind whatever they are trying to achieve .   Example 1 – Fatlos s   In order to get your body to burn stored body fat you need to create a sustained calorie deficit. You eat less than you burn. How you achieve that is down to the individual, all that matters is you actual create a calorific deficit and you sustain it.  You want to cut carbs, great it will work. You want to cut fat, great that will work. Want to cut out ju...