Sean White
CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer
NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
CSEP Certified Fitness Consultant
CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer
NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
CSEP Certified Fitness Consultant
Our bodies are made to move, and they are made to adapt to challenges. I believe that the
pursuit of fitness is the pursuit of our maximum potential. We all have the potential to improve
our quality of life and to look and feel our best.
In order to achieve optimum fitness, it is best to follow a multi-faceted approach that includes a
combination of resistance training, cardiovascular training and flexibility. Specifically, there
should be aspects that challenge the strength and endurance of your muscles, aspects that
challenge your heart and lungs to work at increased capacity, and aspects that challenge your
range of motion and body awareness. The body’s response to these challenges is what makes
you stronger, more efficient, more functional and mobile, more resistant to stress and injury,
etc…
When considering program design, there are certain methodologies that can be applied
consistently to generate maximum results. There are several biomechanical and physiological
principles that, when understood and applied properly, will produce significant results time and
time again. Training by feel and exercising for the sake of exercising are great of you just want
to become more active. But if you have specific goals that you want to achieve, it is best to take
definite, deliberate and progressive steps toward that goal.
It is important to begin any new program with a realistic assessment of your current health
status and body composition, as well as your daily activity level and nutritional habits. This will
be a recorded starting point from which we will be able to measure improvements. Also
important at this stage is an in-depth goal setting session. Long and short term goal setting
provides much needed info for both the personal trainer and the client. It determines the
purpose and direction of the program, possible timelines, standards of measuring efficacy of the
program, possible reinforcement schedule, as well as providing motivation for the client and
internalizing related priorities.
Once the starting line is set (initial assessment) and the tentative finish line is identified (goals),
proper program design creates the road map that will take you from A to B. During the
program, it is important to keep detailed records of exercises, reps, weights, distances, etc… in
order to consistently track progression towards the respective goals. This provides feedback as
to the efficacy of the program, as well as continuous motivation as improvements are attained.
It is useful to track progress like this because it is the deliberate and progressive overload of
the body’s systems that causes adaptations to occur. The body responds best to moderate
stress, therefore careful monitoring and adjusting of intensity, duration and frequency of
activity helps you to continue using your time effectively and safely. As a result, there is
constant fine tuning and updating to maintain development, as well as to avoid obstacles such
as over-training and injury.
A personal trainer’s knowledge and experience can be a valuable asset that will help you
achieve results, with motivation, planning and guidance; but they cannot do it for you.
Ultimately it is your dedication, determination and perseverance that are needed to maintain
those results. Once active living and consistently making healthy choices becomes a priority for
you, you will no longer consider health and fitness a pursuit, it will have become a lifestyle; a
lifestyle that has you looking and feeling your absolute best.
pursuit of fitness is the pursuit of our maximum potential. We all have the potential to improve
our quality of life and to look and feel our best.
In order to achieve optimum fitness, it is best to follow a multi-faceted approach that includes a
combination of resistance training, cardiovascular training and flexibility. Specifically, there
should be aspects that challenge the strength and endurance of your muscles, aspects that
challenge your heart and lungs to work at increased capacity, and aspects that challenge your
range of motion and body awareness. The body’s response to these challenges is what makes
you stronger, more efficient, more functional and mobile, more resistant to stress and injury,
etc…
When considering program design, there are certain methodologies that can be applied
consistently to generate maximum results. There are several biomechanical and physiological
principles that, when understood and applied properly, will produce significant results time and
time again. Training by feel and exercising for the sake of exercising are great of you just want
to become more active. But if you have specific goals that you want to achieve, it is best to take
definite, deliberate and progressive steps toward that goal.
It is important to begin any new program with a realistic assessment of your current health
status and body composition, as well as your daily activity level and nutritional habits. This will
be a recorded starting point from which we will be able to measure improvements. Also
important at this stage is an in-depth goal setting session. Long and short term goal setting
provides much needed info for both the personal trainer and the client. It determines the
purpose and direction of the program, possible timelines, standards of measuring efficacy of the
program, possible reinforcement schedule, as well as providing motivation for the client and
internalizing related priorities.
Once the starting line is set (initial assessment) and the tentative finish line is identified (goals),
proper program design creates the road map that will take you from A to B. During the
program, it is important to keep detailed records of exercises, reps, weights, distances, etc… in
order to consistently track progression towards the respective goals. This provides feedback as
to the efficacy of the program, as well as continuous motivation as improvements are attained.
It is useful to track progress like this because it is the deliberate and progressive overload of
the body’s systems that causes adaptations to occur. The body responds best to moderate
stress, therefore careful monitoring and adjusting of intensity, duration and frequency of
activity helps you to continue using your time effectively and safely. As a result, there is
constant fine tuning and updating to maintain development, as well as to avoid obstacles such
as over-training and injury.
A personal trainer’s knowledge and experience can be a valuable asset that will help you
achieve results, with motivation, planning and guidance; but they cannot do it for you.
Ultimately it is your dedication, determination and perseverance that are needed to maintain
those results. Once active living and consistently making healthy choices becomes a priority for
you, you will no longer consider health and fitness a pursuit, it will have become a lifestyle; a
lifestyle that has you looking and feeling your absolute best.
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