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San Diego Circuit Training Tips TheFitnessSpecialist 143 views One of the biggest causes for bad form is using too much weight. When training, your objective should be to make every move count. This can only be accomplished if you co...
What is TrainChange RPM Circuit Training? TheFitnessSpecialist 306 views At the TrainChange Fitness Studio, we take pride in helping people achieve maximum results, with minimum time and effort. We accomplish this using a unique style of circuit...
San Diego's Best Indoor Cycle Class TheFitnessSpecialist 1,428 views Get ready for the ride of your life! Step away from the usual cycle class and enter into a fun, energetic and intense approach to indoor cycling.
TrainChange Fitness: Weight Loss Strategy Overview TheFitnessSpecialist 200 views The goal of the TrainChange Fitness Workshop Series is to help identify and overcome the most common obstacles encountered on your fitness journey so that you'll have a lon...
Why the TrainChange Fitness Studio in San Diego is so fun! TheFitnessSpecialist 754 views As an owner of the TrainChange Fitness Studio in San Diego, Al Smith brings his exciting energy to work everyday! At 5'11, 214 lbs. with 4% body fat, the effort Al Smith, ...
TrainChange Fitness Studio (San Diego) TheFitnessSpecialist 2,607 views When you see this video you'll know why everyone is so excited about our SpinTense cycling class. The energy will have you jumping out of your seat and motivated to keep co...
Fitness Workshop III (TrainChange Fitness Studio, San Diego) TheFitnessSpecialist 570 views Consistency is what causes physical change to occur. However, in order to achieve this you'll need correct information and ways to stay motivated during your fitness journe...
Audio Book: TrainChange Fat Loss -TrainChange Fitness Studio TheFitnessSpecialist 4,814 views Many books have been authored about how to lose weight, but few focus on the real obstacle-FAT LOSS! Ironically, how you deal with this obstacle is what ultimately determin...
Personal Motivation (TrainChange Fitness Studio, San Diego) TheFitnessSpecialist 3,183 views With the knowledge he gained from his experience Al is now helping others tackle their own weight problems. Using an aggressive approach to fitness Al's primary goal is to ...
Physical Perfection (TrainChange Fitness Studio, San Diego) TheFitnessSpecialist 2,670 views The purpose of this video isn't to bash overweight celebrities, rather, it's to help people realize that the images of 'physical perfection' we often see aren't real. With...

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Al Smith Jr., not only won his battle with being over weight but has successfully managed to keep it off for over 9 years.

With the knowledge he gained from his experience Al is now helping others tackle their own weight problems. Using an aggressive approach to fitness Al's primary goal is to prevent relapse in his clients. He ingrains into them that living healthy is more than just about shedding pounds, it's about learning how to make a healthy lifestyle change.

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It may or may not surprise you when I say that the benefit gained from having a personal trainer is often overrated. As a fitness specialist and personal trainer myself, I'm not saying personal training isn't a good profession or a useful service. But just like there are skilled and hardworking attorneys who are a credit to their profession, there are also terrible attorneys who give their industry a bad name. Similarly, there are awesome trainers who are adept in the field of personal training and actually care about the success of their clients, and there are awful trainers who only care about stringing a client along so they can collect a weekly check. A pretentious statement? Maybe, but a matter that needs to be addressed and something you need to identify before hiring a trainer.

Prior to starting my fitness consulting business, I worked for several nationally-known fitness clubs that provided personal training. While most respectable clubs require their trainers to have some form of training certification, if a new trainer isn't certified at the time of employment, it's common for a gym to run them through a short in-house training mill certification process. Regardless, the majority of national chain fitness clubs require their trainers to go through some form of orientation to establish uniformity. As with any business, it's easier to keep an existing client than it is to find new ones. As a result, most clubs only teach their trainers the act of training (and how to sell in-house supplements) and not the art of training. A friend of mine who trains horses for a living gave a similar example of this training paradigm. She works at a high-end barn that covers everything a new rider needs to learn to become proficient. In the short term, this attention to detail cost clients a little more time and money. Down the street, a company offers similar services at a discounted rate and in half the time. Inexperienced riders who opt to work with these trainers eventually learn why their rates are so low -- the quality of training. Instead of empowering clients with knowledge to help them grow, they "hook" them on purchasing sessions.

Sadly, this scenario also occurs in the fitness industry. Instead of having a goal to maintain client retention by delivering quality service, trainers are told to confuse clients (some trainers manage this all on their own) with outrageous exercises in order to ensure client dependency and learned helplessness. Another problem with hiring a trainer out of the mill is that they understand how to use fitness equipment, but don't have the depth to teach lifestyle change, primarily because they lack the most important quality required to initiate personal growth, integrity.

A trainer is supposed to be your mentor, your rabbit. One of the goals of a trainer, for example, should be to teach their clients about the importance of consistency and self-discipline.

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Fitness Consulting, J2EE Architect

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Advanced Fitness Consulting, TrainChange Fitness Studio

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