Whether you use it as a noun with an "er" or verb, it has more meaning as an action verb. Personal training and personal trainers serve as motivators, enthusiasts, psychologist (though not clinically), coaches, teachers, and more. It is more than simply physical education. Physical education, though regarded lowly by many school districts and school curricula, is needed by everyone. Physical education, like personal trainers, has received a tainted name over the years. Of course, there are magnificent trainers and physical education programs around the world; but then there are the fly-bys and the get-bys.
Personally, I prefer the following terms: Exercise Specialist. Physical Trainer. Human Movement
Specialist. Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Personal
Trainer is not terrible, but it sounds redundant at times. All of the above do personal training, and they feel more in depth. There are great personal trainers training. But, remember there are many terms, some more preferred than others, to describe the position. Every position and approach to the same profession is different. It is one reason why many individuals have success with certain specialists.
What do you think?
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Plush Salad Average - No Fly Zone
How much do you spend on a whole foods salad on average with salads being $8.99/lb - spend too much?
Sure Whole Foods is known as "whole paycheck". The employees will tell you that. But, there is something more to Whole Foods. You buy what you need that is not in bulk. You also buy for the moment and not for the week or for the month. Well, most people resemble these shopping attributes. Going back to topics on purchasing salads at Whole Foods (See: Salad Bar Trickery and Spring 2013 Food Challenge), the above question is now a part of social media (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). So, what is your average? Let me tell you why Whole Foods is my favorite place to get a salad:
I used to have a go-to salad place. But, on my last trip to this particular grocery store, I witnessed two fruit flies - small in stature but robust in movement. I saw fruit flies hovering over the salad items on recent trips, but it did not mean anything. Just two of them. On this trip, however, I happened to look under the glass that hung over the salad bar and poof!...Or, proof! There, the fruit fly family and its cousins were having a salad BBQ that day. I put my salad container down, walked out of the store, and happily with mere disgruntlement walked to Whole Foods. I knew the Whole Foods salad bar would be more expensive - I left a $4.99/lb salad bar to travel a few blocks longer to, what was then a $7.99/lb salad bar, but is now an $8.99/lb salad bar...I. Have. Never. Looked. Back. Since. The Whole Foods salad bar greeted me with pristine light sans genus musca as angel trumpets surrounded the plush greenery.
So, there you have it. My salad choice has increased by $4.00/lb. I can finally say, I do not care, but it is caring to a different level. So, in a secondary question, if you are going to a salad bar that is less than $8.99/lb, and you spend more than $7.00 to $9.00 on average on a salad...soft why? (See: The Soft Why: Part I - Appetizer Intro) View this message as assistance. Also, from the following:
1) Do not be scared off by high-priced salad bars, especially if they are at Whole Foods level.
2) Do not go overboard with low-priced salad bars - you do not have to pile everything on your salad, which makes a $4.99/lb salad bar result in purchasing a $10.00 salad.
3) Most people either lack green food items, or they dislike them. So, one trick is to put a lot of green leafy veggies in your salad. In this manner, your salad is still light; and you have room to get other juicy or light weight salad items.
4) Pay attention to what is heavy. If you do not really need the food item on your salad, then do not get it. Of course, 99% to 100% of the salad items are pure food and health-awesomeness!
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Sure Whole Foods is known as "whole paycheck". The employees will tell you that. But, there is something more to Whole Foods. You buy what you need that is not in bulk. You also buy for the moment and not for the week or for the month. Well, most people resemble these shopping attributes. Going back to topics on purchasing salads at Whole Foods (See: Salad Bar Trickery and Spring 2013 Food Challenge), the above question is now a part of social media (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). So, what is your average? Let me tell you why Whole Foods is my favorite place to get a salad:
I used to have a go-to salad place. But, on my last trip to this particular grocery store, I witnessed two fruit flies - small in stature but robust in movement. I saw fruit flies hovering over the salad items on recent trips, but it did not mean anything. Just two of them. On this trip, however, I happened to look under the glass that hung over the salad bar and poof!...Or, proof! There, the fruit fly family and its cousins were having a salad BBQ that day. I put my salad container down, walked out of the store, and happily with mere disgruntlement walked to Whole Foods. I knew the Whole Foods salad bar would be more expensive - I left a $4.99/lb salad bar to travel a few blocks longer to, what was then a $7.99/lb salad bar, but is now an $8.99/lb salad bar...I. Have. Never. Looked. Back. Since. The Whole Foods salad bar greeted me with pristine light sans genus musca as angel trumpets surrounded the plush greenery.
So, there you have it. My salad choice has increased by $4.00/lb. I can finally say, I do not care, but it is caring to a different level. So, in a secondary question, if you are going to a salad bar that is less than $8.99/lb, and you spend more than $7.00 to $9.00 on average on a salad...soft why? (See: The Soft Why: Part I - Appetizer Intro) View this message as assistance. Also, from the following:
1) Do not be scared off by high-priced salad bars, especially if they are at Whole Foods level.
2) Do not go overboard with low-priced salad bars - you do not have to pile everything on your salad, which makes a $4.99/lb salad bar result in purchasing a $10.00 salad.
3) Most people either lack green food items, or they dislike them. So, one trick is to put a lot of green leafy veggies in your salad. In this manner, your salad is still light; and you have room to get other juicy or light weight salad items.
4) Pay attention to what is heavy. If you do not really need the food item on your salad, then do not get it. Of course, 99% to 100% of the salad items are pure food and health-awesomeness!
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Athletes: Per Game Students
Athletes, how many hours per week on average do you spend being a student of your game?
Do you do any of the following:
1) Follow a favorite player within your sport and view how he or she prepares for the game?
2) Follow a player-to-coach relationship? How does the player respond to instruction?
3) Do you follow any old time players in your sport?
4) Have you noticed how your sport has evolved in to the game it is today?
5) Do you notice what your favorite player(s) do in warm-ups? And, why they do it?
6) Learn new ins and outs of your sport? What can you bring new to your sport?
It is great to become a faster runner, skater, rower, etc. It is great to work on your physical weaknesses and strengths. But, you can be a physical prodigy and still have major flaws in your on field, on ice, on court, or even on sand performance if you have no idea what is going on. For example, there have been plenty of extremely athletic NFL players who have failed in the NFL. Then, there have been players who excelled in the NFL that do not look like physical specimens. I'll name a few of them now: Darrell Green, Jerry Rice, Troy Brown, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, London Fletcher, all of the long term and successful place kickers and punters (basically), more recently, DeSean Jackson, and many more.
I am willing to bet that at some point all of these athletes can answer "yes" to the above questions. Can you as a solid athlete?
1) Watch someone like Sidney Crosby, Pavel Datsyuk, LeBron James, or Joakim Noah prepare for games. All of these athletes will be starting playoff games soon.
2) Look at the way Gregg Popovich talks to Tony Parker and to Tim Duncan.
3) Old-timers like Jerry Rice had a renowned off-season workout regimen. Even fans knew about it. The hill.
4) Baseball has changed so much as a sport that guys are bigger not including the PED-talk.
5) Every team has their general warm-up. Some players do subtle things in warm-up preparation because they know they perform well. It works. Does something different work for you? Is it physical? Is it mental?
6) As an athlete, do you bring a speed component to your sport that has rarely or never been seen? For example, is your first step the best ever? Is your slapshot the best ever? Is your pump fake the best ever? Is endurance great?
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Do you do any of the following:
1) Follow a favorite player within your sport and view how he or she prepares for the game?
2) Follow a player-to-coach relationship? How does the player respond to instruction?
3) Do you follow any old time players in your sport?
4) Have you noticed how your sport has evolved in to the game it is today?
5) Do you notice what your favorite player(s) do in warm-ups? And, why they do it?
6) Learn new ins and outs of your sport? What can you bring new to your sport?
It is great to become a faster runner, skater, rower, etc. It is great to work on your physical weaknesses and strengths. But, you can be a physical prodigy and still have major flaws in your on field, on ice, on court, or even on sand performance if you have no idea what is going on. For example, there have been plenty of extremely athletic NFL players who have failed in the NFL. Then, there have been players who excelled in the NFL that do not look like physical specimens. I'll name a few of them now: Darrell Green, Jerry Rice, Troy Brown, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, London Fletcher, all of the long term and successful place kickers and punters (basically), more recently, DeSean Jackson, and many more.
I am willing to bet that at some point all of these athletes can answer "yes" to the above questions. Can you as a solid athlete?
1) Watch someone like Sidney Crosby, Pavel Datsyuk, LeBron James, or Joakim Noah prepare for games. All of these athletes will be starting playoff games soon.
2) Look at the way Gregg Popovich talks to Tony Parker and to Tim Duncan.
3) Old-timers like Jerry Rice had a renowned off-season workout regimen. Even fans knew about it. The hill.
4) Baseball has changed so much as a sport that guys are bigger not including the PED-talk.
5) Every team has their general warm-up. Some players do subtle things in warm-up preparation because they know they perform well. It works. Does something different work for you? Is it physical? Is it mental?
6) As an athlete, do you bring a speed component to your sport that has rarely or never been seen? For example, is your first step the best ever? Is your slapshot the best ever? Is your pump fake the best ever? Is endurance great?
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Air
Honestly, I have no idea what is the best way to link the Malaysian Airlines debacle with health and fitness. It is horrible to think about what the families are going through and what the passengers have or are going through.
It's sad. It is.
It feels worse that there are so many leads in such a sophisticated world, yet no one can confidentially say that the plane has been found (kind of like playing 'Carmen San Diego'). Then, there is also the question of "why and how did the incident happen?" Blogs have been posted in the past on being fit in case of an emergency (See: Earthquake). But, in this case, that would fall in to the lap of the pilots and passengers. There are too many question marks on that end. The only other connection with health and fitness for this type of event is the case of emergency on the searchers and investigators part: diligence. More appropriately, due-diligence is the term.
Diligence simply states that there is persistence in actions. We are diligent in waking up in the morning and in exercising. Due-diligence states that it must be done. It is due in this case. We do not have to wake up or exercise, but we do because things to get done and are due! We do not have to fix our injuries, but we do because we will, otherwise, be in more pain and lose movement where it is necessary.
Do it. Then, due it.
Really, that is it on this topic.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
It's sad. It is.
It feels worse that there are so many leads in such a sophisticated world, yet no one can confidentially say that the plane has been found (kind of like playing 'Carmen San Diego'). Then, there is also the question of "why and how did the incident happen?" Blogs have been posted in the past on being fit in case of an emergency (See: Earthquake). But, in this case, that would fall in to the lap of the pilots and passengers. There are too many question marks on that end. The only other connection with health and fitness for this type of event is the case of emergency on the searchers and investigators part: diligence. More appropriately, due-diligence is the term.
Diligence simply states that there is persistence in actions. We are diligent in waking up in the morning and in exercising. Due-diligence states that it must be done. It is due in this case. We do not have to wake up or exercise, but we do because things to get done and are due! We do not have to fix our injuries, but we do because we will, otherwise, be in more pain and lose movement where it is necessary.
Do it. Then, due it.
Really, that is it on this topic.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
The "Tudes"
Yes, there are the 'Beatitudes'. There are also the "tudes".
Stellartude. Train-atude. Forget-a-tude/Please-a-tude. What-a-tude.
1. Stellartude (See: Stellartude) is a good attitude with a plus. You go above and beyond the good attitude. It is the 'wow-factor'.
2. Train-a-tude (See: March Madness) is your attitude towards training your body in the many "lly's" such as physically or mentally.
3. Forget-a-tude/Please-a-tude fall under the same categories. Forget- is when you tell yourself, "forget it...I will not...I cannot do it." Or, in its simpler form, "pleeeaaassse!" It is the difference between doing a routine squat or accomplishing an athletic achievement versus choosing not to pursue it.
4. What-a-tude holds promise. It occurs when someone says, "What!?" Or, "you want me to do what!?" Either the individual does not do it. The "it" is too difficult or crazy. Or, the person does it. What is "it"? Well, you can take your pick among a plethora of things, including the following: taking on adequate nutrition, walking a mile daily, stretching twice daily, biking daily, practicing a skill until you're a pro at it, and more.
What "tude" do you fall under? What "tude" drives you to success? In a transitional season from winter to spring, many "tudes" will be adopted. No matter what "tude" you choose make sure the "tude" carries you through the next season.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Stellartude. Train-atude. Forget-a-tude/Please-a-tude. What-a-tude.
1. Stellartude (See: Stellartude) is a good attitude with a plus. You go above and beyond the good attitude. It is the 'wow-factor'.
2. Train-a-tude (See: March Madness) is your attitude towards training your body in the many "lly's" such as physically or mentally.
3. Forget-a-tude/Please-a-tude fall under the same categories. Forget- is when you tell yourself, "forget it...I will not...I cannot do it." Or, in its simpler form, "pleeeaaassse!" It is the difference between doing a routine squat or accomplishing an athletic achievement versus choosing not to pursue it.
4. What-a-tude holds promise. It occurs when someone says, "What!?" Or, "you want me to do what!?" Either the individual does not do it. The "it" is too difficult or crazy. Or, the person does it. What is "it"? Well, you can take your pick among a plethora of things, including the following: taking on adequate nutrition, walking a mile daily, stretching twice daily, biking daily, practicing a skill until you're a pro at it, and more.
What "tude" do you fall under? What "tude" drives you to success? In a transitional season from winter to spring, many "tudes" will be adopted. No matter what "tude" you choose make sure the "tude" carries you through the next season.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
The Soft "Why" - Part I: Appetizer Intro
I have held this topic off for the past year and half. Every year this topic pops up because something or some scenario triggers the soft why approach. What is a soft-why?
(Also see: Eat Motivation)
Well, a hard-why says this, "why are you eating barbecue chicken and waffle flavored potato chips!?" The soft-why says, "are you eating the chips because they are cheaper/tempting/etc or because you do not know what to eat? Is this why you made your choice?" You can add in any "speciality" food that comes to mind.
The soft-why attacks the conscience and the discipline in you. Just as much as time and money are not the main reasons for adopting or abstaining from certain behaviors, knowledge, motivational level, and discipline are the movers of choice and of our choices. For example, throw time and money out of the window for someone who has a lot of time but no money; and you are left with knowledge, motivation, and discipline in this case. Nonetheless, take an individual who has a lot of time and money; and you are still left with knowledge, motivation, and discipline in this case. So, the soft-why targets the latter three active attributes.
Do you practice them or does time and money get in the way? That is actually a trick question with one right answer.
Very quickly, money entered this conversation because an article came out this past winter detailing how an unhealthy diet or food choice was only $1.50 less than a healthy food route. A $1.50, when you incorporate the fact that food is not the only thing that contributes to optimal movement, is not a lot. And, time...well, time is beaten by priority. Yes, as a new dad I can say time is of the essence because you have to be quick. But, offspring take...priority.
There. That is your appetizer.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
(Also see: Eat Motivation)
Well, a hard-why says this, "why are you eating barbecue chicken and waffle flavored potato chips!?" The soft-why says, "are you eating the chips because they are cheaper/tempting/etc or because you do not know what to eat? Is this why you made your choice?" You can add in any "speciality" food that comes to mind.
The soft-why attacks the conscience and the discipline in you. Just as much as time and money are not the main reasons for adopting or abstaining from certain behaviors, knowledge, motivational level, and discipline are the movers of choice and of our choices. For example, throw time and money out of the window for someone who has a lot of time but no money; and you are left with knowledge, motivation, and discipline in this case. Nonetheless, take an individual who has a lot of time and money; and you are still left with knowledge, motivation, and discipline in this case. So, the soft-why targets the latter three active attributes.
Do you practice them or does time and money get in the way? That is actually a trick question with one right answer.
Very quickly, money entered this conversation because an article came out this past winter detailing how an unhealthy diet or food choice was only $1.50 less than a healthy food route. A $1.50, when you incorporate the fact that food is not the only thing that contributes to optimal movement, is not a lot. And, time...well, time is beaten by priority. Yes, as a new dad I can say time is of the essence because you have to be quick. But, offspring take...priority.
There. That is your appetizer.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
March Madness: Bite Size Candy
Many of you probably filled out an NCAA Men's or Women's Basketball bracket. Every year it happens.
Every year there are surprises in the tournament. It is inevitable that upsets will occur; however, no one is exactly sure who will deliver the upset or who will be upset. Upsets can wreck brackets and wreak havoc on filled out brackets. But, that is the beauty of March Madness. Any team can win at any moment - the size of the school does not matter.
(If you have paid attention to the title of this message, I just changed it from 'March Madness: Random vs. Strategic' to what it currently reads.)
Have you ever bitten into a piece of candy without knowing its taste? The inside could be crunchy, smooth, gooey, slimy, bitter, sweet, bittersweet, or even liquefied. Well, that is March Madness. It is also human performance fulfillment in so many ways. Wait, cue in the Forrest Gump quote, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
You fulfill your human performance with or without knowing what you are going to get. For example, if you start training for a 10k, you know you will be sore at some points. You know you will test your physical, mental, and verbal limits. What you do not know is what place you will finish the race. You do not know who may encourage you because you could encounter random supporters. You also do not know how much fat you will burn, how much work your heart will do, or how much your muscles will work because the fact is you can stop or not even start at any point in your training.
This is March Madness. Take a bite of your March candy.
Just like a tournament that is perfectly difficult to achieve a perfect bracket, your train-a-tude is random and strategic. Sometimes, you do not know what you will get out of your training. At the very least, you can, at least, try. Your outcome may be random or depending on how you train the results are strategic. Mind boggled and physically and mentally inclined you just dive in to the chase. In to the pursuit.
This is March Madness.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
Every year there are surprises in the tournament. It is inevitable that upsets will occur; however, no one is exactly sure who will deliver the upset or who will be upset. Upsets can wreck brackets and wreak havoc on filled out brackets. But, that is the beauty of March Madness. Any team can win at any moment - the size of the school does not matter.
(If you have paid attention to the title of this message, I just changed it from 'March Madness: Random vs. Strategic' to what it currently reads.)
Have you ever bitten into a piece of candy without knowing its taste? The inside could be crunchy, smooth, gooey, slimy, bitter, sweet, bittersweet, or even liquefied. Well, that is March Madness. It is also human performance fulfillment in so many ways. Wait, cue in the Forrest Gump quote, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
You fulfill your human performance with or without knowing what you are going to get. For example, if you start training for a 10k, you know you will be sore at some points. You know you will test your physical, mental, and verbal limits. What you do not know is what place you will finish the race. You do not know who may encourage you because you could encounter random supporters. You also do not know how much fat you will burn, how much work your heart will do, or how much your muscles will work because the fact is you can stop or not even start at any point in your training.
This is March Madness. Take a bite of your March candy.
Just like a tournament that is perfectly difficult to achieve a perfect bracket, your train-a-tude is random and strategic. Sometimes, you do not know what you will get out of your training. At the very least, you can, at least, try. Your outcome may be random or depending on how you train the results are strategic. Mind boggled and physically and mentally inclined you just dive in to the chase. In to the pursuit.
This is March Madness.
With heart,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS www.teempt.com TEEM Performance Training
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