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Take
a humorous look at what being a dedicated trainer is all
about...you may recognize yourself!!
1. If,
on a job application, under "Previous Employment,"
you've listed weight training and under "Hobbies"
you've listed your actual previous employment.
2. If you've ever made yourself so sore that it either takes
you a full minute to sit on the toilet or you have to fall
down onto it.
3. If you've been banned from an all-you-can-eat buffet
restaurant.
4. If you've ever broken a bone and tried to "train
around it."
5. If you're buying a home and the first thing you look for
is where your training equipment will go (not how big the
kitchen is or if there's a furnace or running water or
anything like that).
6. If you've ever mentally calculated the protein content of
a piece of your own birthday cake. |
7. If you'd
vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger regardless of of his views, policies
or even what he's running for.
8. If everybody you know asks you to help them when they move
because you can lift heavy things.
9. If Navy Seal training "looks like fun."
10. If you've ever had to scratch your nose in the middle of a set
and you've used the weight to scratch it.
11. If you've brought skinless chicken breasts to a rock concert
instead of beer.
12. If you can remember your One Rep Max for 76 different exercises
but you can't remember your family and friends birthdays.
13. You've kept an old vitamin bottle for 12 years because it
"brings back memories."
14. If your fridge has more than 6 cartons of eggs in it at any
given time.
15. If, when you travel, you pack an extra bag just for your
supplements.
16. If your marriage vows include the words "for better or for
worse or for pre-contest dieting."
17. If your idea of a good leg workout is one where you work them so
hard you can't take two steps without falling down after a set.
18. If you use the squat rack more for squats than you do for
barbell curls.
19. If your spotter is yelling "It's all you!" and it
actually is.
20. You do bicep curls with your grocery bags as you bring them in.
21. You mix tuna into your cereal to get more protein.
22. If you need to go to therapy if you miss two workouts in a row.
23. If the thought of lifting a car sounds perfectly reasonable to
you.
24. If you've ever set a 45-pound plate on your lap and used it as a
TV tray for eating dinner.
25. If you set your alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to
drink a protein shake.
26. If you don't even have to set your alarm anymore to wake up in
the middle of the night to drink a protein shake.
27. If you've ever wrapped the calorie counter on a cardio machine
back around to zero.
28. If you've ever had to add extra weight to a machine because
there's just not enough weight on it for you.
29. You mix protein powder into your condiments.
30. If you're regularly the very first, very last, or only person in
your gym.
31. If you've laughed at any single one of the items in this article
because it describes you perfectly.
About The Author
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Nick
Nilsson is Vice-President of the online personal training
company BetterU,
Inc. He has a Bachelor's degree in Physical
Education and Psychology with emphasis on biomechanics,
physiology and kinesiology. He has been inventing new
training techniques for more than 16 years.
Nick
is a personal trainer and the author of a number of
bodybuilding eBooks including "Metabolic Surge - Rapid
Fat Loss," "The Best Exercises You've Never Heard
Of," "Gluteus to the Maximus - Build a Bigger Butt
NOW!" and "The Best Abdominal Exercises You've
Never Heard Of" all available at: www.Fitness-eBooks.com
He can be contacted at betteru@fitstep.com |
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