Archive for August, 2010

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Consult a Personal Trainer

Friday, August 20th, 2010

These days, we have been very hectic with our daily job while we usually lack time for our personal activities. We all need a break from all the strains from our day by day work. Sometimes, we just don’t know where to start when it comes to seeking fitness facilitation. Well, that’s the start when we have to do something for ourselves to be healthy and fit. This is just one of the major reasons why we should consult a personal trainer. Other than that, there are more plenty reasons that would actually convince you to start seeking for a personal trainer’s help now.

Northbrook personal trainers and Glenview personal trainers believe that there are more to life than getting ourselves mugged with our daily job life. These trainers believe that we should work on our body to get fit and naturally healthy. Since we all are not aging backwards, we have to keep a vigorous body as much as we can. And this can of course be possible with the help of personal trainers. Before saying no, you better start reading the following reasons to get you induced hiring your personal fit trainer.

1. Get Challenge
We can fool everyone, but not ourselves. We may confirm to everyone that we’re in shape and strong, but we can’t fool ourselves. As I mentioned above, we are not aging backwards, thus, we need someone’s help in this kind of case. We can consult GH Northbrook personal trainers to help us take challenges. These challenges shape not only our bodies but also our insistence.

2. Work Out at Home Alone
One of the benefits that we could get after finishing a session with Chicago personal trainers is that we can actually already work out by ourselves. That is, we may only need a little supervision from someone like GH Highland Park personal trainers, but for a less posh cost. By experiencing what it is to be trained, we can, on the other note, be familiar with how to train somebody else.

3. Physical and Behavioral Training
Working out requires dedication. Northbrook personal trainers don’t only train you physically but also behaviorally. They help you become dedicated in everything you do and decide for. They also teach you how to be patient. Since working out is a no pain, no gain activity, trainers like Highland Park personal trainers would teach you how to be patient.

4. Motivation
Facing in front of the mirror alone while working out is motivating, but knowing that someone else is looking after you whilst working out is more motivating. Better consult personal trainers for better results.

5. Physical Purposes
Take note that working out is not only for one to tone muscles and stuff. Personal trainers would help you to achieve the body requirements you need in order to qualify into sports events as well. Alternatively, you can also consult a personal trainer in order to help heal injuries that you had like arthritis, heart disease, and any other disease.

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The Industry of Personal Training Has So Far To Go at Highland Park personal trainer!

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Of course we all get sick sometimes and while making good food and health choices increases your immunity, sometimes you just have to go to the doctors office.  I want to share with you an experience I had going to the NorthShore University Health System’s Highland Park Hospital.

First, let me say that I really trust my doctor and appreciate the professionalism and care that I receive there, but I just can’t stop being a Highland Park personal trainer even when I’m sick and trying to be a patient!  Fortunately, I didn’t have anything more than the flu but I was sitting in the waiting room with my GH School for Healthy Living work shirt and one of the nurses asked me if I worked at a wellness center or if I was a Highland Park personal trainer?  I said yes I was a personal trainer thinking that maybe she wanted some advice about training or fitness as she was working as a nurse and probably had 50 lbs of weight to lose.  I thought for sure she was focused on the health benefits of losing weight, how it would lower her risk factors, increase her energy and improve her life.  She’s got a background in health, she obviously cares about her patients like I care about my clients, so I was so eager to help!

But after I said, yes I am a Highland Park personal trainer and started telling her how much I enjoyed helping clients, she stopped the conversation and looked away.  I asked her if I had said something wrong, and shared with me her own experiences with another personal trainer in Highland Park and why she thought the industry of personal training was full of quacks and idiots (her words not mine).  Long story short, she went to a gym, they sold her a “personal trainer” who had gotten 3 months of training and a certificate and she trusted that person enough to take the HUGE step to try.  After two sessions, that person pushed her so hard that she was exhausted, depressed, and they pushed her so hard she actually injured her back.  When she called to tell her trainer that she couldn’t come because of the injury, he shouted at her that she was giving up and he would never give up and she should try to be as tough as he was!  I couldn’t help myself but spend the next 30 minutes apologizing for the poor treatment she received and explaining that a personal training certificate is not enough – but someone has to have a passion for what they do and a love of helping others.  I tried, but I don’t think it made any sense to her.  After all, a nurse gets professionally training and then they are ready to work and patients can trust they are prepared.  Unfortunately, in personal training, a certification is not enough.  That was a day that I was embarrassed for my industry, and even more committed to raising the bar for what it means to be a Highland Park personal trainer and everywhere!

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Northbrook Personal Trainer Customer Review

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

We usually write blog posts with suggestions about what to eat before and after a work-out, or with an explanation of a workout that many of our clients are experiencing, but today I have to share with everyone a thank you note we received that is our paycheck here at the GH School For Healthy Living!

I will remove the client name for privacy purposes, but here it is:

Dear Greg Hahaj and GH,

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for helping me be a better mom and a happier person.  After the birth of my first daughter two years ago, I was exhausted, 20 pounds heavier, and started to hate my body.  I was so stressed out and tired that I felt like I went from being 34 to 50 in one year!  After 6 months with my trainer Marcin, I not only got my body back but I feel like I got my life back!  Marcin taught me how to make better food decisions outside the gym, and how to really use my time well inside the gym.  I have more energy at work, I am happier at home, I set a better example for my daughter, and I don’t know who is happier – me or my husband!

I live in Northbrook, not far from your Glenview facility, but far enough that before I came to you I was looking around for a Northbrook personal trainer.  I tried several personal trainers in Northbrook and no one helped me like GH.  I thought all personal trainers were alike so I focused on finding a Northbrook personal trainer instead of finding the personal trainer who would help me change my habits and not just make me sweat.  I’d travel to the end of the city for GH and my trainer Marcin, and I just wanted to take a moment and make sure you know what an unbelievable experience it is has been.  I will say GH is the best Northbrook Personal Trainer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have done for me and I look forward to many more years of egg whites and healthy living.

Your Loyal Client from Nothrbrook

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