Posts Tagged with "personal training"
Become a Superhero Trainer
SURPRISE. Bonus weekend edition post today from San Antonio based personal trainer, Jonathan Acosta. Jonathan has written a handful of posts on this site, most notably his popular Carbohydrate Rotation Revamped article. Today he discusses what “superpower” is most beneficial for every trainer to be successful. Enjoy! Like any other guy I’m a bit of… Read more
Where Fitness Professionals Go Wrong When Training Women
Anyone’s who read TonyGentilcore.com for any length of time knows I’m passionate about a number of things: 1. Deadlifts 2. Beef Jerky (or any dead animal flesh really. Except eel. Or octopus. Or snail. Basically it needs to have legs if I’m going to eat it). 3. Star Wars 4. My Cat 5. Helping to reverse… Read more
Gym Etiquette 201
A friend of mine and amazing writer, James Fell, wrote a clever piece recently titled Gym Etiquette 101 highligting some of the not-so-etiquette-like shenanigans many gym goers are violators of. Give it a read. It’s hilarious. After reading it myself I was inspired to shell out my own list of Gym Etiquette rules. Admittedly I sort of… Read more
13 Words That May Help Change Your Life
NOTE: if nothing else, if you decide not to read this entire article (don’t worry I won’t cry. Too much), scroll all the way down and read the last quote. It’ll knock your socks off. 13 Words That May Help Change Your Life Like a lot of people I don’t like to venture too far… Read more
The 5 Worst Types of Trainers
I’ve been on a bit of a “ranty” mission lately with some of my blog posts and it seems it’s spilled over to my article writing as well. With my latest article on T-Nation.com I discuss some of the attributes and characteristics I feel make for the worst type of trainer(s). Granted, anyone could write… Read more
The Trainer-Client Relationship
Q: Hey TG- I’ll keep this short and sweet. So I’ve got a couple clients that have asked the awkward question “will I ever be able to do a pullup?” I really don’t like telling people what they can’t do. They come to me for solutions, ya know? Anyways, how do you approach the question and a)maintain… Read more
Fitness Industry “Pros.” Are You One (Or an Amateur)?
Before I get into the meat and potatoes of today’s post (it’s going to be a quick one because I’m t-minus ONE day before I leave Boston and fly down to Florida to get married. Of course, I have yet to pack. And I have every intention of spending my last day in Boston as… Read more
Fitness Professionals: Find Your Why
While I wouldn’t place myself in the echelon of “voracious reader,” I do read a lot. Fiction, non-fiction, autobiographies, Entertainment Weekly, it’s all fair game. Like many of my colleagues, I make a special point to read books on personal development and business. For some of my favs check out my list HERE. One book… Read more