Wednesday - March 18, 2009

alpha doggin 

A hundred years ago I sang along to a song about being in love with a frog who had "glasses and a PhD."  I had no idea what "PHD" meant or why it mattered, I just liked to sing silly songs.  

Many years later I learned that letters following people's names sometimes meant more than which generation of Billy-Bob they were and decided to start my own collection.

Well now  I can officially add "ACSM" to the MA and AEA after my name.  Well, it's a start.  At a fitness convention recently, the business card of one presenter had so many letters of academic merits and fitness affiliations that it took two whole lines!  You just knew this guy was a top dog who really knew his shit, and you instinctively opened your brain for him.

Now I can tell you how many calories are in a pound of fat, calculate how much fat you have and help you decide how much you want to lose and figure out how long it will take you to work off those pounds of fat depending on what exercise you choose.   

(fyi- that's a pound of fat, which equals 3,500 calories, or about 43 regular size bags of M&M's...)

I can also help you design a very personalized program to build strength and balance and flexibility and cardiovascular endurance, with periodic changes in the program to keep it interesting and challenging.  

I can tell you a bunch of reasons why that cardiovascular stuff is especially good for you, and help you identify your risk level for cardiovascular disease. 

I'm excellent at helping you set realistic, achievable goals and giving you postive feedback.

(Maybe those letters after my name should be WII-FIT.)

But that's not all!

I have some knowledge and lots of resources to help you address your special issues.  Really individualize a program for your specific needs, telling you what exercises you should be doing for your body... and why.  And more importantly, help you anticipate stumbling blocks and plan ways to overcome them.  

And all I ask for is a foolproof employment contract with excellent compensation and a huge bonus at the end of term regardless of whether you made any improvements to your health or not.