San Antonio Personal Training

10//13/07

This is a make or break weak for my two favorite football teams.  My Fightin' Texas Aggies (who are in first place in the Big XII south) are up in Lubbock to take on the Red Raiders, and the Cowboys (who are undefeated)  are taking on the New England Patriots.  It will be a great weekend and I cannot wait for the games to get started.

On a note more specific to MPT; I have created a page on this website that has links to businesses that in one form or another have supported MPT in getting up and running.  As a thanks to those who have helped us, we put these links up with the hopes that we could recipricate their giving by sending people in their direction.  If you get the chance please visit http://www.sampt.com/friends-of-mpt-2.html to see those who have helped us and if you need their products or services please give them a call or visit their websites and let them know that you heard about them through us.

If you are a client of ours and I have not included your information on this page and you would like it included then please send me you information and I will get it up as quickly as possible.

Thanks to all of you who have helped us reach this point!

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

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10/12/07

Do you dream big?

What is your dream in relation to fitness?  Do you want to workout to lose 15lbs?  Or are you looking to add a few inches to your arms?

With every client or potential client I have ever met with I ask them what their fitness goals are?  Most reply with, "I want to lose a few pounds", or "I want to add a few inches onto my arms and bench press X amount."

There is nothing wrong with these goals, all are good answers and all are sincere replies.  However, after talking with these people for a while I can usually get them to open up and tell me the real reason they are here to work with me or Jennifer.  The real reason they come in to work with us can be things like an upcoming wedding, an upcoming class reunion, the desire to attract someone of the oposite sex, etc.  Once I find the real reason someone has come to see me then I can really get them to open up and let me know what their true fitness dreams are.

I would imagine that most people wouldn't be satisfied with losing 15lbs if after losing 15 pounds they still don't look the way they want to in the mirror.

What I want to tell you today is to dream HUGE!!  When you think of what your fitness goals and dreams are don't think of the number of pounds you want to lose or inches you want to add to your arms.  Instead dream bigger!  Look in the mirror and imagine yourself with the perfect muscle tone and a low percentage of body fat.  Picture whatever it is that you imagine to be the perfect body.  Imagine yourself living the life you have always wanted.

Once you have imagined what your fitness dreams are then start turning them into your reality. There is absolutely no reason for you not to have your dream body.  All of the cliches are true, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take", "If you can't see it, you can't be it", etc.  You can have your fitness dreams!  Everything and anything is accomplishable if you work for it. 

I hate when people say "I can't!"  (As a matter of fact, if you are working out with me and you say, "I can't", then you immediately have to do 10 pushups.)  Don't tell yourself you can't!  Don't let others tell you, you can't.  You can, and you will if you are willing to put in the effort and make the changes that are necessary to accomplish your goals!

Are you dreaming big enough?

Are you ready to accomplish those dreams?

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

(210)415-5934

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10/10/07

Well, the weather in San Antonio is starting to cool down and fall will soon start to roll in!  Fall typically lasts for all of about three-four weeks here, and then it just goes to being cold.  I hope that you are planning some camping trips, hiking trips, fishing trips, hunting trips, or simply some nice days outside to enjoy the mild temperatures that are starting to show up.

One of the complaints I hear the most often from my clients is that it is just too hot to run outside in Texas.  Well, that complaint is no longer valid so get out and do your body some good and work to obtain your goals...before too long you will have the complaint that it is too cold to be outside running, so take advantage of it while you can.

In honor of the nice weather that I am hoping will be here in November I am going to run a few outdoor boot camps next month, in addition to the indoor boot camps we have been running this month.  I ran some outdoor boot camps in the summer months but they were in the early morning to avoid the heat.  In November we will have some early morning outdoor boot camps, but also some at more normal times.  I am excited because now we can be outside with the sun and nice weatherand not mosquitoes.  If you are interested in attending out boot camps, then check out our boot camp page (http://www.sampt.com/fitness-boot-camp-in-san-antonio.html) and then contact me ( http://www.sampt.com/contact-us/index.php) to let me know what camp you would like to attend.  We do have a limit of 6 people/indoor boot camp so if you are interested get a hold of me quickly.

I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the nice weather!

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

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10/8/07

I have had several new clients mention to me lately that they want to lose the fat on the lower portion of their belly, or the fat that hangs underneath their arms when they wave, or the fat off their rear-end, etc.  They don't understand why when want to lose fat in their stomach, I would have them doing arm, chest, back or leg exercises.  From their point of view, I should put them through 1 hour of ab exercises to get them 6 pack abs.

It is easy to see where people get this idea from when you take a look at the infomercials out there who say you will have a six pack of abs if you just use this fancy machine that has you do 50 different types of crunches. 

Unfortunately, we cannot spot train for fat reduction.  If you have fat that hangs from the back of your arms and you want to get rid of the "second wave" (the fat waves good bye to people when you wave your hand good bye), then you have to reduce your total body fat %.  To lose this body fat you will have to add muscle to your entire body so that your resting metabolic rate (rate at which your body burns calories at rest) rises.  Thus, the reason we will do leg, back, chest and other exercises when you are predominantly worried about losing your belly.

I know this is probably not what you wanted to hear, but in order to have the stomach you want you will have to eat right, lift right, and stay active so that you burn your body fat % down low enough so that your abs will be visible.

Spot training would be great if it worked.  Unfortunately it doesn't, so just continue to work hard in the weight room and eat right and I promise in the end you will lose that stubborn fat and you will have to look you want.

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

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