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Blog #14 12 Day is Christmas and Crossroads

12/22/2018

Last night was our annual 12 days of Christmas workout! Yes we do this every year right before Christmas. I have to say though that last night was one of the most fun times this class ever has been! Every year it gets better. We had a full house. Everyone was on task and put their minds to it and got it done. This was in no way easy. But we had everyone from seasoned vets to rooks here and everyone worked their butts off! What a great way to go into the holidays. Having a mind set and drive to become better humans. It beats sitting around wishing and dreaming of being able to move better and be stronger. Most people take for granted the ability to wake up each morning and get up, move well, pick up your children, groceries, be able to do the yard work, and be able to keep up with your children. Yet there are so many more people out there who can’t do these things.

This is a time of year to be thankful and greatful for your abilities no matter what part of the journey your at. Either beginning or seasoned vets, in this gym your all one team. You are all here for the same reason, to be able to do these things better and for longer! I know we push you all past your comfort levels and encourage you to lift that next heavier weight and go those extra reps and sprint/row/cycle a little faster each time, but that is how you become better. By forcing adaptation to the demands of your body. Don’t let yourself be held back because you “don’t think you can”. Always give it your best effort no matter what!

After class we all went to Crossroads Tavern in Hilltown for drinks and burgers! What a fine group of humans! This is how we bring this team closer together and form new friendships and start feeling part of something bigger than just a gym. How many gyms have a culture like this where every member and their family’s can all go out together after class for drinks and burgers and get to know each other better? I hope everyone had a great time last night and formed closer bonds/friendships. Being part of a team/family is knowing that these people got your back. It’s not Drama and negativity, but rather a group of positive people to surround yourself with who lift you up, encourage you to be better, motivate you, keep you accountable. With all the negativity in the world it’s important to have somewhere and people in your lives who make you feel better and forget about the negativity. Having outings like this as a team really helps everyone. As well as helps me as a coach to see what amazing people you all are. I mean I already know you are amazing in the gym but...this is a different setting and you truely are all amazing people!

I will encourage each of you to share this with your friends and get them in here. If we can grow this team, we can grow the energy, the positivity, the friendships and we can make a difference in this world our way! It hard to tell someone this gym isn’t anything like other gyms as most people know the “gym” as places like Planet Fitness or LA Fitness or places like that. As you know that’s Nothing like us and this team. GetReal Training is all about the people and the team! It’s about us coaches getting to personally know each one of our team members. It’s about each one here becomeing better friends and teammates! This is the real meaning of Personal in personal training! Share your team with others and get them in here. Know someone on the fence about it, drag them in here. Know someone who’s scared or intimidated, drag them in here. You all know there is nothing to be afraid of here. But from outside looking in it’s easy to see why people might become intimidated. But we are all truely just humans like anyone else, trying to make ourselves better.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Holliday!

Schedule for the next week:

NO class Sunday

Monday: 9:30 am group class / (youth class welcome)
Tuesday : Christmas Day (family day) closed
Wednesday: 9:30 am Group class / (youth class welcome)
10:30am personals (If you miss tues/thurs get in here)
No PM classes
Thursday: 9:30 am Personals
4:30pm personals
6:00pm youth class
7:00pm Group class
Friday: 1:00pm personals
6:30pm Group Class
Saturday:10:00am open gym (let me know if you’ll be here)

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Blog #13 What is a gym to you?

12/6/2018

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What is a gym to you? Is it a place you go to simply burn calories? Is it a place you go to just run/bike/swim? Is it where you go to get strong/lift weights. Or maybe it’s your place to socialize and meet new friends. All of these things are right and all are commonly promoted reasons to goto the gym. Is that your perception of what a gym is?

Here is what I think about a gym. I hope to help you see it in a different light after this.

I used to think the same way the general population thinks about gyms. They are boring places for people who are lifters and cardio seekers. It’s “where you go to lose weight”. I never wanted to go because I didn’t know what to do or how. I used to go to Planet Fitness only to run on a treadmill or elliptical just because they had a bank of TVs I could watch during my hour of mindless “exercise”. Yes it was only $10 a month, what a score, but it didn’t do anything for me. At that rate it gave me permission to skip if I felt like it. It was only $10. And that’s what happened, therefore I didn’t get anything out of it. As much time as I spent there (3-4 days a week, if I felt like it). I only did cardio, because that’s all I knew at the time. Occasionally I’d try a weight machine workout. No accountability!

Now fast forward to lost my job and changed careers. I went to school at NPTI (National Personal Training Institute) and obtained a diploma after 500+ hours of hands on in the classroom learning of muscular anatomy, exercise science, programming, nutrition and more. I graduated at the top of my class and went on to obtain my Bachelors of science in exercises science. After this my vision of the gym changed. I saw what it could do for you if used right. I saw the Real changes it made for my self and my fellow classmates as we trained each other over the 6 month period. I had little kids at home at the time and I was now in the best shape of my life. All because of the focus I found in the gym. The gym to me is a place I can go to become a better human for my family, to become a better daddy to my children and get the strength and energy to keep up with them as they grow and become more active. Yes I enjoy the gym because I have a purpose for it now not just for myself but for my family. I am a better person after the gym.

Why this story? If you always look at the gym as just a place full of weights and a place to do cardio there is nothing that makes it exciting or enticing. I want you to start seeing the gym more as a tool in your quest to become a better human. It’s not a place to go get beat down in a workout, it’s a place where you and others come together as a team and support group holding each other accountable and encouraging each other to reach your goals. It’s a place where you can become better able to keep up with your kids and not be that parent who sits there watching their kids play because you can’t. It’s a place where you can help yourself have a better quality of life with more strength to move better for longer. Know your purpose and the gym becomes part of the answer. Without purpose the gym is just a room full of equipment.

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Corbin Williams is a certified personal trainer and devote husband and father of two very spirited children. Graduating top of his class at the National
Personal Training Institute in Philidephia Pa, Corbin assisits individuals in achiving their nutritional and personal fitness goals. He also is a part time Instructor for NPTI in Philadelphia, and writes a fitness and nutrion advice column for the Upper Bucks Free Press . . . . Learn More about Corbin.

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