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Houston: An Outdoor Workout City

Houston is well known for it’s ample green space. And for a large city, the air quality stays pretty fresh. So treat yourself to it’s surprising natural beauty to let the serenity into your physique! As a personal trainer I always agree to go outside whenever my clients want.

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Starting Your Journey as a Mobile Personal Trainer in Houston

Personal training is a wonderful way to serve the community if you have an affinity for moving your body. You can branch into many niche’s and specialties as you hone your natural talents and inclinations. If you want to make the best money, it’s wise to learn how to market yourself as a mobile personal trainer.

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How to Find an Active Community in Houston

Finding an active community is not a replacement for personal training, but a great long term strategy for finding your joy and consistency in being physically fit. As a mobile personal training I love assisting people finding ways to workout and use their muscles that don’t feel like work.

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Matt Bench Yoga

Youthful living naturally dissolves wrinkles from the face and tones the body. We all know how it feels to spend a few days away from the pressures of ordinary life.

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Next Level Food Journal

Track what actually matters like sleep quality, mental clarity, sex drive (what good nutrition FOR YOU is indicated by). Food Journals should be more than just the type and amount of the food. Use this one, you’re welcome *hug.

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A Profile on Posture

What is good posture? How do we account for poor posture? Why does it matter anyways? All these questions answered in this trainer’s findings over 2 years of work.

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Glutes/ tookus/ rump/ heinie

Of all the muscles to discuss independently, your bum deserves it. Not only is it the biggest muscle you got, but it’s the most beat up in the modern world of sitting. This one’s for you glutes!

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Pre-workout Ritual

Time to workout…how to begin? As opposed to jumping right into a calisthenics exercise, try this!

More than your basic warm-up routine. Be smart, effective, and efficient with your time invested into an at-home workout.

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The Skinny on Semi-Private Sessions

Decisions decisions. Save $ or get a better workout? Before diving into a fitness commitment, here’s 5 things to consider before thinking about bringing a friend, family member, or partner with you for a private or semi-private personal training package.

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Off the What?

Clarifying my company name and slogan choice. Two very deliberate plays-on-words that I love! A bold carving of a niche within the in-home personal training industry.

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Top 11 Reasons Why People Don't Exercise

Some excuses are better than others. Where does your's rank? And let's see if I can empathize with ya. The best I can do for them is respectfully ask them to elaborate and really think about the words that are holding them back from the flood of benefits exercise gives.

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Trash the Scale

The scale is relic of an old way of thinking. Many of my client have been motivated to throw it away. Not only does it not measure what you really care about, it is an emotional rollercoaster that is affected by too many variables. 

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You Don't Have to Work Out

Plenty of folks make it to 80 90 100 years old without claiming to have ever done exercise for exercise sake. I'm just here to give you the dignity of choice. Either way you are a worthwhile human being. I will say that you could be even more perfecterer with regular exercise though. 

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Yoga's Place in the Fitness World

Yoga has a very welcomed place in the fitness world, but it has it's downsides. Here's what this body-weight personal trainer thinks about Houston yoga.

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NO PAIN, gain?

You're hunting for motivation to workout today. Good for you!...one day you'll get it going without external help! But for now who do you listen to? Fitness guru's seem to be truthworthy; after all they have a great body to show for it. But some of the maxims they are blasting just seem....wrong.

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Trainers... Huddle Up!

To innovate the fitness industry (or any industry) you must do several things:

1 Don't worry about who gets credit for you new ideas, share them.

2 Don't condescend to people still figuring it out

3 Dare to be different, because that's what you have to be to change the status quo

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The Perfect Body

In the fitness industry, you can go far dangling the promise of a sexy, chiseled physique in front of people's faces. 

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