NEPT: Northern Exposure Personal Training
1. Are you qualified?
Straight off the bat, find out if they have a qualification. If they don’t, walk right out.
Make no mistake, gyms and training studios are potentially dangerous places. I have seen some horrific lifting techniques over the years, sometimes with the trainer standing right next to the client! If your trainer is unskilled and unexperienced, you are placing yourself at risk.
If in doubt, ask them for…
For nearly 40 years of my weight training journey my diet consisted of approximately 30% fats, 35% protein and 35% carbohydrates during the off season and when in pre-contest mode that changed 20% fats 35% carbohydrates and 45% protein. I consumed most of my fats and carbs before midday and then more or less existed on protein.
Tough Titties
At the best of times my food was bland and at times unbearably boring but got even blander during the the pre-contest phase. Needless to say this was an extremely tough way to live for 4 months of the year but it bought results and as an athlete results are what count.
I learned to switch off my taste buds during the week, avoiding shopping centres and then rewarded myself with an anything goes “reward meal” and I mean anything, often gorging to the point of throwing up….
It's 3am when the alarm goes off.
It’s late June and the temperature is hovering around 3 degrees Celsius.
I force my tired eyelids to open against their wishes one at a time and the first word that escapes my lips starts with “F” and ends with “K”.
This is when the little, nasty, evil voices in my head jump into action.
