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Meeting Steve was not what I expected — in a good way. When I think of fitness trainers I think of scary people who only wear wife beaters and yell and scream and say, “one more rep” when what the mean is “three more reps”, but that wasn’t Steve. I expected someone who only talked about squats and reps, but that wasn’t Steve at all either. Instead, Steve gave it to me straight, was funny, kind, and a pleasure to work with.

I met with Steve to talk about some writing projects he wanted to start working on. After our initial phone call, I Googled him and learned he was a personal trainer in Clearwater, but was staying in Chicago for awhile. I am a writer in Chicago, helping companies with the writing aspect of their Internet marketing. Steve called me up and told me all about the writing projects he was working on. He asked if I could coach him through them. I was intrigued, so we met for coffee and he explained to me about his program.

The honest truth is I’m not really interested in fitness. It’s not one of my hobbies or a point of interest in my life. Since working with Steve, that has changed a bit. He makes it so personable and I love hearing about his stories, how he helps people achieve their goals by using methods that actually work. I can tell by his passion and his experience that The Bloomberg Method really is a program that works with people’s strength and weaknesses. In fact, in the week after meeting Steve, I found myself trying to sleep more, drink more water, and move more than usual. It was almost unconscious, just trying to see how I’d feel if I followed the program. Truthfully, I felt better.

Steve’s enthusiasm and professionalism is electric and catching. He quickly became one of my favorite people. We work together on his exciting writing projects and I can’t wait to see them all come to fruition and position him to disseminate the knowledge of The Bloomberg Method and what it can accomplish. Because after working with Steve just this short time, I know it can really help a lot of people.

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Over the last several months, I’ve had many responses to my post, “Found At Last! The Two Reasons Why Exercise and Diet Programs May Not Be Working For You.” Questions like: What diet works the best? How can I lose weight the fastest? How many days a week do I have to workout? And statements like: “I thought you’d tell me what to do”, and “You left me hanging”, filled my e-mail inbox daily. I’m sorry I am taking so long to answer, I was busy moving my Clearwater personal training business for Chicago for a few months. But now I’m ready to answer these pressing questions.

I’m sure these are just a few of the questions most of you have asked yourself at some point. And chances are you heard or read “low-fat”, “low-calorie”, “high carbohydrate”, “low carbohydrate”, “don’t eat after 6”, “no carbohydrates after 3”, “The cabbage soup diet”, “train HARD”, “train daily”, “train infrequently” just to name a few. Well…which one DOES work the best?

Here’s the secret! Are you ready?!?!? THERE IS NO SECRET!!!

What most people do is they go on a diet that is not something they can stay on, and so starts the rollercoaster of lose weight/gain weight…eat healthy/splurge…get healthy/feel horrible. What I frequently see is someone go on some totally restrictive diet (very low cal, starvation, liquids, fads, etc.), lose the weight and then start back on the same patterns after they’ve lost the weight. Sound familiar, huh?! I thought so. The weight comes back and then it’s time to repeat the weight loss cycle…Except this time you don’t get the same results because you’ve already played the game and it’s not nearly as fun or effective.

As far as exercise goes, training hard and training smart are two different creatures. So many people quit programs because they train TOO HARD and get crippling soreness (real fun, huh?). If being sore is your main focus during a work out, then you could run into a brick wall and achieve that same soreness in a much shorter period of time than working out. No pain…no gain is antiquated thinking. Crawl before you walk and walk before you run. We’re looking for constant and gradual progress, NOT inconsistent overtraining.

Often and frequently overlooked is the definition of goal. My favorite definition is “DREAM WITH A DEADLINE!” I’ve found the easiest way to achieve your goals is to focus on what you want, create a plan, and then work backwards. If you want to lose 20lbs in 8 weeks, you know you have to lose 2 ½ pounds a week starting now. By the way, it IS ok to hit your targets and be ahead of schedule.

Above I mentioned there was no secret, but if there was…Here it is!

EAT FEWER CALORIES, SLEEP AT LEAST 8 HOURS DAILY, DRINK AT LEAST 1/2 GALLON OF WATER DAILY (PREFERABLY 1 GALLON), MOVE YOUR BODY MORE AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS.

If you need assistance in creating or following a program just drop me a line. I PROMISE it’s very SIMPLE reaching your goals!

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