Working as a personal trainer makes me laugh a lot!

The most hilarious exercise I saw today was the leg curl while someone sat on the butt not to make the hips elevate from the bench and at the same time the range of motion was decreased because someone sat in the way!!!

Lesson of today - Choose a proper weight for the leg curl ;)

/Fanny 

"Anyone could be a Personal Trainer (PT), it's easy to make another person totally exhausted" - That's what a personal trainer from the United States on the TV-show "Made" was telling us on TV the other week.

Oh my god, where to start? Unfortunately it's too fucking easy to get a license as a PT. There're companies offering "education" during 2 months and then you can wave your Personal Training-license and say "I know about training and nutrition, I can train athletes". That's what many of the PT:s out there are thinking, I've seen it. BUT even more ridiculous is when the person who actually put both money and time for a decent education, still use the bosu ball for squats and think they're making progress when they actually manage to do 10 reps without falling off. 

Here's my 5 top things to look for in a PT when spotting them in the gym (because there's actually some good once):
- The trainer should correct the persons technique, many PT:s allow far to bad techniques
- The trainer should have complete focus on the person, is the PT occupied looking at him/herself in the mirror it's for sure not a good one! It happens all to often, I'm NOT kidding!
- Off course the trainer needs to be fit, what credability has a person regarding health when he/she has a belly looking out over the trousers? None credability!
- The program they're doing, does it involve a lot of movements with free weights (dumbbell, barbell), kettlebells etc. instead of elastic bands, bosu balls or any cardio machine such as the electric chair (cycle with an electronic screen on it) or performing stupid exercises such as squatting on a bosuball/swissball - Read more examples: http://www.charlespoliquin.com/Blog/tabid/130/EntryId/1190/A-Few-Things-We-Wouldn-t-Recommend-Dumbest-things-we-ve-seen-in-the-gym.aspx
- Your gym most likely have some information about all the trainers, If the trainer is PICP or Biosignature educated it's more likely to be a good coach

Always have a consultation with the PT you're interested in first to make sure it's a person you would like to inform all the dirty details on your eating habits, injuries, training, sleep, and so on.. If not? Then just say; I will look more into the other PT:s before I make my decision. And remember that the consultation is also a place for the PT to see if you're the material for him/her.

So friends, Please choose your Personal Trainer carefully so you don't end up with a Personal Entertainer!

If the blog is not updated as regularly as before that's because I'm overbooked with clients and the clients will always come first.

Looking forward to celebrate my first "17 mai" Norways national day tomorrow.
You have a nice day,

In Health (as my friend Chris in New York use to say),
Fanny

So it's may already and soon it's time for bikini-season!
That's what most of us are thinking so I will dedicate my post to you guys.

Here's 5 tips of how to keep your motivation going:
1) Make changes in your training - Maybe it's time to get some help with your training to be able to get to the next level.
It's both needed and fun with variation
2) Think of your goal - If you want the nice body you were wearing last summer you need to visualize and remember that at all times, cause if you even forgot for a second you won't remember why you were on your way to the gym either.
3) Make a plan with goals - Set a time limit, ex. at the end of june I will have 5 % less fat than today and until then I will have 4 workouts each week and I will have at least 5 meals with 150grams of protein/meal every day.
4) Take measurements every week - Measure your waist, fat %, weight or other to see your improvements.
That is Real motivation!
5) Watch others - This is a thing that works really well for me. I love surrounding myself with people that are better than me, no matter what it is. Look around you and steal some of that energy from the energetic people in the gym. And train harder than the bitch in front of you with the body you would like to have!

Let's hit the gym!
Fanny

Today I would like to share with you an article by Charles Poliquin about drinking coffee instead of taking energy drinks as a resolution of enhancing performance pre workout:
http://www.charlespoliquin.com/Blog/tabid/130/EntryId/1124/Beware-Energy-Drinks.aspx

As I've mentioned before caffein is great pre workout to:
1) Get your body a boost of energy
2) Increase the time to fatigue during workout.
3) Much more, see previous post about caffein..

Have a nice day folks,
Fanny

Strength training is the number one thing you should focus on when it comes to training for fat loss. But as a complement you could perform sprints to increase fat burning, here's what Charles says about it:

http://www.charlespoliquin.com/Blog/tabid/130/EntryId/1082/Tip-310-Perform-Sprints-To-Burn-Fat-And-Lose-Weight.aspx

When the sky is blue and the sun i shining don't hestitate, go for a run, sprint intervals!

In Health,
F