Personal Fitness Professional - October 2008 - (Page 7)

[ LETTER S H E LBY M U R P H FROM THE EDITOR ] Y A CLIENT, while in the midst of her workout this morning, confessed that she had eaten almost a full carton [ED I of cookie dough ice cream the night before. She was rightfully alarmed since this was not her typical behavior. Through the previous month, she had been doing more independent cardio than ever before. She was eating well, and she attended all her training sessions. Her body fat had fallen to a level where you could see gorgeous cuts in her quads, biceps and triceps. For the ﬁrst time in more than a year, she was on track… until the ice cream thing. My reply, as many of yours might have been, was “So what?” I told her that she was paying for her indiscretion by feeling sluggish in her workout, but that should be the end of it. There was no need for her to drag herself through the mud over one anomaly in otherwise stellar behavior. Leave the exception behind, and go on with good habits. Success is built on good habits — those things we do repeatedly — and destroyed by bad habits. An occasional slip-up crumbles in the face of repeated positive behaviors just as an occasional good deed cannot fend oﬀ repeated self-defeating behaviors. That’s easy to tell a client, but how does that same philosophy play out in our ﬁtness careers? Are we cultivating regular behaviors that will make us successful, or are we harboring habits that make meeting our goals virtually impossible? As a magazine and multimedia company dedicated to helping you prosper as a ﬁtness professional, PFP consistently oﬀers up tips which, if translated into habits, can skyrocket your career trajectory. And this month is no diﬀerent. From Phil Kaplan’s piece about gently using fear to motivate clients to Kelli Calabrese’s column about observing what works for you and what doesn’t to marketing maven Mona Nuckolls’ article about branding your business, these articles contain ideas that can be systematized to create an amazingly successful career or business. But also consider your personal habits. Like my client who worked daily to optimize her health and physique, what are you doing daily to make you a stronger, more in-demand trainer? How are you building a fortress, through everyday good habits, that no small slip-up could ever destroy? Momentum makes all the diﬀerence, [ CONTRIBUTING MARK ROOZEN is Owner and President of Performance Edge Training Systems in Texas and works with Day of Champions Sports Camps. Mark holds a masters degree in education, is a Certiﬁed Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction and has served on a number of committees through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), currently sitting on the Board of Directors for the organization. He is also the past NSCA Texas State Director. Mark is a Club Coach with the United States Weightlifting Federation (USWF) and teaches classes at Tarleton State University, part of the Texas A&M System, in Stephenville, Texas. Mark has presented at the local, state, national and international level and has written numerous articles for publication. You can contact him at mroozen@itexas.net. BRIAN GRASSO currently serves as Executive Director for the International Youth Conditioning Association and is a sought-after expert in the realm of young athlete development and youth ﬁtness worldwide. Brian has written feature articles for sport training magazines throughout North America, including Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, SportingKid, American Track & Field and Personal Fitness Professional. Brian also contributes to the monthly British sport training publication, Successful Coaching. He presents educational seminars to personal trainers and coaches throughout North America, Europe and the Paciﬁc Rim. Check out Brian’s groundbreaking Free Resource Center at www.DevelopingAthletics.com, or become a certiﬁed ‘Youth Fitness Specialist’ and learn about training children, youths and teens by visiting www.IYCA.org. TO R] SH ELBY .M@RBP U B.C O M WRITERS ] OCTOBER2008 · WWW.FIT-PRO.COM 7 27 http://www.DevelopingAthletics.com http://www.IYCA.org http://WWW.FIT-PRO.COM

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Personal Fitness Professional - October 2008 Contents Letter from the Editor, Writers Current Controversies Combating with Obesity Pilates and Yoga for Athletes New! The Balancing Act The Top Prize Building a Base of Special Populations Datebook The Success Image The Anatomy of a Fitness Assessment Branding Training Ruts Product Profile New on the Market

Personal Fitness Professional - October 2008

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