Fitness Expert

We have seen it happen on all of the tours and now it is a part of many weekend golf warriors' routines. Golf fitness is playing a larger and larger role in everyone's game. With the development of new technology, many fitness professionals can now develop golf-specific training programs for their clients that will improve their performance on the links. This does come with the caveat "Buyer Beware" as some trainers are attempting to pass themselves off as having training in how to create a golf specific workout when in fact it is just a marketing concept for themselves. So now the question becomes: How do I find a golf fitness expert? Here are some tips.

1. Ask yourself if you will be more comfortable with a man or woman. Seems simple enough. You want to find someone who will listen to you but yet still push you and drive you to find new personal bests.

2. Before you begin looking around, know exactly what you want for your golf fitness. Have a set of golf fitness goals in mind, and find the trainer that will most likely fulfill those goals. Depending on your goals and your budget, you may be able to accomplish this in a class or group setting.

3. Make sure to find a personal trainer with a certification from at least one of the major national organizations, such as the American College of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, or the National Academy of Sports Medicine. In addition, a personal trainer that has been certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) is very well trained on how to use golf specific exercises to improve your overall fitness and golf game.

4. Narrow your search. After you have a clear idea, and have checked with the national organizations, find interview the trainers near you. Ask them for references and talk to their past clients. Talk to the trainer themselves prior to training. Understand how you are going to achieve your goals and what it will entail from a time standpoint. Your personal trainer should set up a series of achievable goals (a certain amount of weight lost, a certain amount of repetitions, etc.) or else the workouts will start to feel meaningless, which will lead to a loss of motivation.

5. The trainer selected should have experience with golf-specific training. A golf-specific workout program emphasizes strength, flexibility, and balance and should include each of these aspects in your golf workouts. Each of these categories will not only improve your game, but also help prevent injury.

The price of a personal trainer can vary drastically depending on the area of the country you reside in. The National Strength and Conditioning Association's survey of trainer prices found an average of $50 per hour, with a range of $15 to $100 per hour.

As the golf fitness craze hits the masses, golfers of all levels are getting their golf games into shape as well as they are getting themselves into better overall shape. A qualified personal trainer who has been trained in golf specific training can go a long way to helping them achieve their golf fitness goals.

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If you want to loose weight, you might be one of those people who can’t seem to find the time and energy involved in a diet. You have too many other important things you need to do such as your job, housework, school or being with family. When you get home from work after a long day, you are too tired. Or maybe you planned to exercise and diet, but once you got started, you went right back to your old habits after a few days. You may have gotten discouraged because you didn’t see any instant improvements.

Well, you are not alone. You are just like most people who want to loose weight.
The answer to success is to obtain these three rules.

The number 1 rule is "DESIRE". No matter what you want to be or do in your life, you first have to “want” it. Desire is doing whatever it takes to achieve a goal.

The main reason people fail to obtain success in diet and exercise is because they are lacking a strong desire. If desire isn’t present, there is no way you can be successful. Unfortunately it is typical for people to take on a sudden desire only after a serious health issue arises. But sometimes, it's just too late. Some people have been known to have a heart attack and then get the will power and desire to start working out or change their lifestyle.

The second rule to success is "DISCIPLINE". It is needed to have successful in everything you do. Discipline means that you have to do something everyday without fail. You can’t just stop in the middle. You need the discipline to keep yourself going without backing out.

Discipline is greatly needed when it comes to diet and exercise. You have to look at it as a permanent lifestyle change. You won’t get anywhere if you diet and exercise for a few days, weeks or months then stop. This is why diets don’t work for many people. People think that diets are temporary change. Even if they do loose some weight, once they have reached their goal, they will stop the diet sometimes resulting in gaining the lost weight back and sometimes more.

The third rule to success is "DETERMINATION". You must have the mind set that tells you to never give up. If you have determination, you will be successful in getting what you strive for. We all realize that life is full of events all having their up and downs. When you are having a good moment, appreciate it and enjoy it. The bad moments are what it takes for determination to kick in. You must have that determination to get back up.

Last but not least is ATTITUDE. The proper attitude is needed to support the 3 rules of DESIRE, DISCIPLINE and DETERMINATION. Believing in yourself is key here. There are many people who want to be successful. Come to think of it, everyone wants to be successful in one way or another. But what most of those people lack is positive attitude. Not having this will make it extremely difficult to have the needed DESIRE, DISCIPLINE and DETERMINATION.

So stop and ask yourself if you have what it takes to be successful.

If you don’t have what it takes, you will have to change your attitude. Make diet and exercise a main priority in your life. Put it above your job, money, and your material possessions. However, realize that you will have to permanently change your lifestyle to achieve this. Follow these 3 rules and I guarantee you will achieve success!

Arnel Ricafranca is a six pack abs expert, fitness boot camp coach, author, and a motivational speaker. He has authored and co-authored several books including The Ultimate Weight Loss Success Strategies For Busy Men and Women Over 40 available online at www.elitefitnessexperts.com. Mr. Ricafranca has been featured as the fitness expert on numerous media such as Jersey 101.5 FM, and Morris Health and Life Magazine, and numerous websites such as NBC WALB 10 News, NBC KPLC 7 News, and KTRE ABC 9 news. Mr. Ricafranca can be reached via email at fitnessvip@gmail.com

arnel ricafranca - About the Author:
Arnel Ricafranca is a six pack abs expert, fitness boot camp coach, author, and a motivational speaker। He has been featured as the fitness expert on numerous media such as Jersey 101।5 FM, and Morris Health and Life Magazine, and numerous sites.

Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/nj-fitness-expert-reveals-the-3-ds-to-weight-loss-sucess-165483.html

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Many people that have been successful in the weight loss world will tell you about the importance of portion control. Here are 10 ways to control your portions whether eating at home or dining out.

1. Bigger isn’t Always Better

We all have seen the commercials and ads for the fast food places that are making their portions bigger and bigger for just a few more cents. Restaurants are serving giant portions sometimes large enough for four people. This is not right. Keep in mind that this is a bad thing. When eating at a fast food place, order a kids meal. You will get a small proper sized portion and you will not be able to over eat. When dining in a restaurant, ask to have your meal brought to you half on the plate and half in a take-home box. That will take away some of the temptation of eating the entire meal and regretting it later.

2. Divvy up Your Snacks

Instead of buying greasy potato chips, try buying mini rice cakes or low fat popcorn. Buy them in small single serve packages and limit yourself to just one bag. If individual bags aren’t available in the snack you like, buy the regular sized bag but right when you get home, separate the bag into about 12 mini bags, limiting yourself to one bag per serving.

3. Separate Your Leftovers

Just like the number 2 tip, the same goes for leftovers. Directly after a meal, separate your leftovers into a few small containers so you are not tempted to eat the entire leftover container full of food.

4. Say “No” To Seconds

Even is you still feel hungry, don’t let yourself go for a second serving. Know that you have already had the proper amount of food, and anything more would be adding more calories which is what you want to avoid. To make it easier on yourself, when dining at home, don’t let the pots or pans holding the extra food be in your view while you eat. This will have you constantly thinking about wanting more food. Instead, after eating one portion, be proud of yourself for not letting yourself go for seconds.

5. Mini Meals

I’m sure you have heard this one before, but it’s a fact. Eating smaller multiple healthy meals throughout the day will leave you more satisfied than eating three large meals everyday. By keeping these meals small, healthy and frequent, you will actually consume less calories than you do with three larger meals.

6. Eat Your Salad

Eating salad before a meal will make you partially satisfied making you not eat as much when the meal comes to the table. To make the salad more satisfying, add some raw vegetables to it making it extra healthy. Or add some chunks of meat like lean turkey cubes. Eating all of this together can be considered a full meal, so you may not even want to eat the meal that was supposed to follow.

7. Recognize Size

This one is important, because when dining out, you can’t really know how much you’re eating without knowing proper portion sizes. You can learn this by simply comparing ounces of meat to an object such as, 1oz of meat is about the size of a matchbook. One cup of potatoes or pasta is equal to the size of a tennis ball. Keep this portion sizes in mind the next time you have a big meal in front of you.

8. It’s Okay To Indulge

Everyone should be entitled to treat themselves to a “forbidden” food once in a while. This is fine as long as you pay attention to the four words, “once in a while.” Telling yourself that you can never enjoy a forbidden food ever again will leave you feeing deprived. Deprivation leads to overeating. So allow yourself to have a small treat once a week. You will always have something to look forward to. Just be sure to limit your consumption.

9. Stay Away From Buffets

As tempting and appetizing as a buffet might seem to you, they are a big no no for someone trying to loose some pounds. They cause over eating in just about everyone. With all that tasty high fat food nearby, it’s super easy to fill up your plate more than 3 or 4 times! This makes it impossible to control your portions. Instead of thinking of portion control you are thinking about what food you can try next. People tend to over eat so much at these “all you can eat” joints that they leave feeling sick. If you have experienced this feeling, remember this the next time you find yourself at a buffet. Personally though if you are dieting and or watching what you eat, then steer clear of all you can eat restaurants altogether.

10. Stick to Serving Sizes

Before eating anything that should be eaten in moderation, check the back of the package for the label indicating how much a serving size is. Most likely you will be very surprised and realize that you have been overeating without knowing it. Serving sizes are actually pretty small. When scooping ice cream into a bowl do you know that an ice cream serving size is only ½ a cup? Think back when was the last time you had just a ½ cup of ice cream? Without knowing this information, people are eating anywhere from 2-5 servings at a time. So get reading!

Arnel Ricafranca is a six pack abs expert, fitness boot camp coach, author, and a motivational speaker. He has authored and co-authored several books including The Ultimate Weight Loss Success Strategies For Busy Men and Women Over 40 available online at www.elitefitnessexperts.com. Mr. Ricafranca has been featured as the fitness expert on numerous media such as Jersey 101.5 FM, and Morris Health and Life Magazine, and numerous websites such as NBC WALB 10 News, NBC KPLC 7 News, and KTRE ABC 9 news. Mr. Ricafranca can be reached via email at fitnessvip@gmail.कॉम

arnel ricafranca - About the Author:

Arnel Ricafranca is a six pack abs expert, fitness boot camp coach, author, and a motivational speaker. He has been featured as the fitness expert on numerous media such as Jersey 101.5 FM, and Morris Health and Life Magazine, and numerous sites.

Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/nj-fitness-expert-reveals-10-secrets-to-portion-control-165647.html

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