San Antonio Personal Training

9/30/07

What a great weekend!  My Fightin' Texas Aggies rebounded with a nice win over Baylor, the Cowboys romped the St. Louis Rams, and both t.u. and Oklahoma lost!  For an Aggie, things don't get much better than this.  Hopefully, all of you got to go out and enjoy the nice weather and maybe take in a football game or two.

Last night my girlfriend, Sarah, and I rented a movie called "The Pursuit of Happiness" that came out a year or so ago, featuring Will Smith and his son Jayden.  The movie was about Chris Gardner, a man who was  homeless, trying to take care of his young son, and doing an internship trying to become a stockbroker all at the same time.  In the end Gardner excells in the internship and gets the offer for the job, and later became worth millions.  What is amazing about this story is how Gardner became a millionaire.  He was not a silver spoon, he didn't win the lottery, he worked his rear-end off to rise to the top.  Throughout the movie there were times that you thought for sure he would have to give up, ask his ex-wife to care for their son, and continue to live poor, but he pushed through those tough times and made it to the top!

After watching the movie I started to think about my clients, and others who I have talked with about their fitness goals.  When I think about these people, there are two categories that I can break them up into:

1) Those who hope.

2) Those who do.

Chris Gardner would have fallen into the second category.  I want you to sit back right now and take a minute or two and think about your biggest dreams.  Really think about what you want to achieve in regards to fitness.  Maybe you  need to lose 15 pounds to look perfect in that wedding dress, or maybe you need to drop a significant amount of body fat to be healthy, or maybe you are just tired of being a skinny rail and you are ready to add a little size onto your frame.  Now think about what you have done to acheive these goals.  How bad do you really want it?  Are you willing to sacrifice the fatty foods you are eating to achieve those results.  Are you willing to spend 10+ hours exercising every week to achieve those results? Are you willing to spend your hard earned money to acheive your dreams? 

Before I begin working with them, I ask every potential client of mine these questions.  I ask them these questions because I want to know if they are going to be a walking billboard for me or if they are going to be a walking failure!  Some people come to me saying they hope to lose 10 pounds, but that they probably won't be able to because their whole family is fat and therefore their genetics won't let them look the way they want.  As soon as I hear a story like that I politely tell that person that I am not the trainer for them.  If they are HOPING to lose 10 pounds, but they don't think they can, then they are not the person for me.  If they were to train with me, they would not like it because I would push them toward their goals and they are not willing to work hard enough to get there.  They would be sore, they would be tired, and they would probably give up because after a week of physically exhausting exercise the scale will not have changed (or just enough to measure the drop in water weight), they will be mentally weak and they will give up.  I want the person who comes to me and says, "Nick, I need to lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks and I will do whatever it takes to get there."  These are the people I chose to work with because they are the clients who are going to make me look good while making themselves look good.  They are going to follow my advice and they are going to acheive their dreams.

Which type of person are you?  Do you hope for good things to happen to you?  Or, like Chris Gardner, do you make positive things happen for you?  If you are part of the second group, and you are looking for help in achieving your fitness goals, then give me a call and we will get you there.

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

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