Fat Loss – Body Transformation – Advanced Nutrition

Are you stuck in a rut with your exercises? Does it feel as if your workouts aren’t returning the same results that they once were?

If you read my article on rep schemes and pathways of energy , I shed a little insight on how to determine what goal each rep range supports as far as muscular growth, strength, muscular endurance and aerobic endurance. Of course, we live in an absolute society: people who are trying to gain muscle often avoid cardio out of fear of burning calories, which in reality, neglects the most important muscle in the body, the heart. On the other end of the spectrum, many people, especially women, avoid lifting relatively heavy out of fear of gaining massive size (which is all but impossible – trust me as someone who is focusing on adding as much lean body mass as humanly possible :). Ladies, I’ve trained hundreds of females over the years, and I have yet to find one that gains muscle mass as easily as most think they will.

The key to training is variety. It’s easy to fall into the same ol’ same each and every time we walk into the gym. I catch myself starting at the same spot on a specific workout day and fighting the urge not to do exercises in a specific sequence. We are creatures of habit!

Most workouts don’t continue to work after an initial shock to the body because they ignore many important variables that are crucial to progression. So, what are a few things we can change up to not only keep our workouts fresh, but to also overload the body in a different way and force progression?

Exercise selection

-It is so easy to get comfortable with a certain group of exercises for a certain body part or group of body parts. While I do believe that there are some core exercises that everyone should be doing no matter their goals, don’t be afraid to mix it up and try different variations of the core exercises.

Order of exercises

-As with exercise selection, it’s easy to follow the same order of exercises. Hey, we are creatures of habit and comfort. It’s not comfortable to not be as strong at a particular exercise because instead of doing it first, we chose to do it fourth, but there’s some benefit in that. When the primary muscles are a bit fatigued, it forces the secondary groups to pull their weight and become stronger.

Number of reps and sets

-Too many people think that they should be doing 3 sets of 10 without much thought of ever breaking out of that zone. Sometimes, my squat workout may consist of 15 sets of anywhere from 1 to 20 reps. I might do 8 sets of 10 reps of one exercise, or 1 set of 100 of another exercise. Through rep and set scheme, there are many different ways to provide overload and shock the body, so don’t marry one set/rep scheme. Be creative!

Resistance (Weight) and weight progression

-This may seem like a no-brainer, but it’s anything but for most people. Adding 5 more pounds to a certain exercise may seem like an overwhelming task, but it is critical for progression. Women avoid it because they believe it will make them bigger, but if you read the Reps and Pathways article, I explain again why that isn’t the case.

It’s not just the ladies. I see many guys guilty of the same thing. For example, they decide they want to bench press. They start out with the same weight for a certain number of reps, increase to another familiar weight for another familiar number of reps and so on and so forth until they get to where they’ve always been. Then, they may try 5 more pounds. Either they’ve exhausted themselves getting there (had they cut out all of the fluff sets they would’ve been able to do 20 more pounds) or they get one rep and then during their next bench press workout, they don’t use that as their new baseline, just going through the same old movements. The importance for forcing a strength increase cannot be over-emphasized. Lift weights to make the muscles stronger – NO ladies, you will not get big and bulky…

Rest time between sets

Few people deviate from their comfort zone here either. I see some people that feel they need to be doing something every 5-15 seconds, and I see some guys resting 3-4 minutes between every set. Again, MIX IT UP! If you’re able to go every 5-15 seconds, add some weight and take a bit more time to recover, allowing the muscle to perform at optimal strength. If you’re lifting heavy and feeling you need to take 3-4 minutes between sets, force the muscle to adapt to less recovery time and cut your rest period in half, and occasionally mix in some quicker, circuit type work to increase muscular endurance.

Tempo (speed) of reps

Ever performed a bench press or a squat using a 10 second negative? Try JUST ultra-slow reps for a few workouts and if soreness is what you’re after, you’ll feel a deep soreness like you’ve never felt. In contrast, there’s time for explosive quick movements. While the eccentric portion should nearly always be controlled (and I believe in an explosive concentric portion), concentrate on varying the tempo of the eccentric and static portions of lifts for increased fiber stimulation.

Pre-exhaustion

Many advanced athletes use pre-exhaustion techniques to enable themselves to train heavy compound lifts with less resistance. For example, performing leg extensions before squats or a variation of a fly before a bench press are ways to accomplish pre-exhaustion.

Supersetting, Giant Sets, etc

-Want to add a little intensity to your workout? Try super sets, triple sets, and giant sets. In short, these are styles of training involving different exercises for one set. For example, you can use the same group (db bench press followed by flies) or antagonistic body parts (bicep curls and tricep pressdowns) without rest between the two exercises for added intensity. Giant sets are similar, just incorporating three or more exercises into one “set” (squats + leg presses + lunges, for example).

Body parts on specific days (split)

-Depending on your goals, there may be several different reasons to train using a certain split, but every split has different benefits. Whether you’re breaking your workouts down by one or two bodyparts each day, an upper/lower split, full body 3-4 times per week, or based on movements (push/pull split), experiment using a variety of splits often, allowing different muscle groups to work together on certain days and mixing up how many times per week you train.

Time of day you exercise

-Want to optimize the body? Don’t let it get used to training at the same time each and every day. Of course, much of this has to do with schedule, but on occasion, throw the body a curve ball and workout at a much earlier or later time and notice how the body performs differently at different times using different training styles.

I cannot overemphasize this, but the body can and will adapt to absolutely anything, so it is extremely important to use as much variety as possible. Be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater – depending on your goals, many principles will remain consistent, however, keep it fresh by manipulating these variables and watch your body progress to new heights quicker than you’ve ever imagined.

When I tell a client that no two workouts are the same, I say so with each and every one of these variables in mind depending on their goals and the current training focus. Are you getting the most out of every one of your workouts?

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

This time of year is a very busy time for my personal training studio, as many parents find just a little bit of extra free time with the kids going back to school. I can relate, my 5 year old started Kindergarten just last Monday!

The holidays will be here before you know it, however, there is still PLENTY of time to make a total body transformation while learning how to keep momentum through the holidays (wow, I can’t believe I’m already referencing the holidays, but don’t blink, they’ll be here soon enough). It’s now September 1 – how would you like to look and feel radically different when you visit family and friends at the end of November/December?

You can drastically change before the holidays are here!

Don’t put it off any longer. The first step is the hardest, but once you start moving, building momentum comes naturally and a new wardrobe for Christmas will seem like a phenomenal idea (and a very realistic goal).

Live stronger, live leaner, live better – the “best shape of your life” is not a thing of the past, it will be your holiday present! Get ready to work for it!!!

For our back to school personal training specials, contact me at 210.391.1454 or email me at boyd@the-personal-trainer.com for more information.

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

I have a reputation of telling it how it is when it comes to changing the body and losing weight. With that reputation has come the accompanying reputation of being “very hardcore” and I’ve had clients that have told me that initially, they were afraid to contact me.

While I could probably bring in many more clients if I posted about how they could drastically change everything about their lives without following a nutritional strategy and by exercising as little as 15 minutes per day, I’d kick my own ass if I ever typed anything like that. I am well aware that we are in an immediate gratification society. I know people are always looking for the quick fix and the easy way out.

You want a real fitness secret? Do you want the holy grail of fat loss? Here it is: be ready to absolutely work your ass off. Everything you do had better be based on the premise of hard work. There is no easy way, there’s no shortcut. If that is what you’re looking for, then you may want to exit now and keep wasting your time, money and effort on $20 hour personal trainers, worthless supplements and exercise gadgets and the next modern miracle of fat loss.

Once you grasp that making a drastic change takes hard work, then you’re light years ahead of most other people who think they are serious about making the change. It’s not impossible. Hell, after a few weeks you’ll be amazed at what intensity, discipline, effort and consistency can do. That’s why I hold every one of my clients accountable and push them harder than they have ever been pushed – not just for the sake of pushing them, but to help them get better.

This blog is here to educate. You can read the training and nutritional articles all day and have a very solid grasp on what it takes to change your body, lose fat and begin looking better immediately. I put even more effort in educating my clients and really getting specific in their programs as they get closer to goals or set new ones. As the body develops new strengths, it also develops new needs, and I take pride in the ability that I know how to help clients to make adjustments to continuously make progress.

I hear it day in and day out: “I love the way I look, I love the way I feel, and while it seemed like it was torture, it also seems like time flew by.” While they’re going through it? It’s hard damn work. But for some really odd reason, they actually begin to like it (eh Michelle, Ruth?)

Again: Discipline. Effort. Consistency. Intensity. Education. Accountability.

These 6 things are crucial to changing the body, and they’re the core of my personal training programs and are what I instill in each and every client. Unfortunately, the biggest mistake people make is that they don’t have these 6 things in check. They either lack the discipline to eat what they need to eat and stay consistent. They won’t put forth the necessary effort to be prepared. They don’t push themselves with intensity to force change, or they simply don’t know what to do (it’s not about simply moving around from station to station, everything has a purpose).

Progression does not “just” happen, it must be FORCED!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

While at La Cantera the other day, I heard a lady say “Size 12 is the new size 4.”

No, it is not…

No matter what Shape Magazine or any of the numerous periodicals in the checkout line of Target or HEB may tell you, lean will always be preferred over “not lean”, and being “comfortable in your skin” is society’s way of saying it’s okay not to make taking care of your health and your body a top priority. Most everyone has been through it: watched clothes stopped fitting and either attempted to keep “squeezing into” and not accepting that it’s time to rope things back in.

The obesity rate has multiplied exponentially over the last few years, and as quickly as it has grown in the last 10 years, I expect that rate to double again in the next 4 years. It is NOT slowing down, and making it acceptable will not protect you against heart disease, diabetes, and the painful joint/bone conditions that come along with carrying excess weight.

Sadly enough, obesity isn’t just an adult or “growing old” problem. Of course, the childhood obesity epidemic is well documented, and the amounts of excess weight related injuries, juvenile diabetes and other conditions is absolutely staggering in children today. While many people look at the “video game” generation, honestly, it is just a microcosm of society as a whole. It’s happening across the board, from 3 to 73 – we are getting larger, and it has to do with less intense activity and consuming more processed, hormone filled food. The difference? Children are at the mercy of adults who are willing to make bad decisions. Parents, take care of your children in every way. Sacrifices to make sure they go to a better school and that they have things that you may not of had as a child aren’t enough: give them the gift of health.

Regardless of what has become socially accepted, do not let that influence your decision to practice what is best for you and your family’s health. While acknowledged as an epidemic, the overall cost of obesity due from a health care and lost work standpoint cannot even begin to be estimated – living longer is worthless if you aren’t living better.

Take control of your life and your body. While it has definitely become more socially acceptable to become clinically and morbidly obese, do not settle for a lower quality of life. Life is amazing thing, as long as you are able to live it and fully experience it every single day.

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

While much of the articles I write and posts that I make target those that have become sedentary and are thinking about losing weight and changing their bodies, there’s another demographic that comprises many of the people that contact me about my personal training services: those who have been exercising for years and feel as if they’re spinning their wheels, not making progress.

So many people believe that drastically changing the body and/or performing at a high level is just a case of exercising more and potentially eating less. Of course, the initial response to any exercise is the body’s adaptive abilities, so initially, everyone makes some amount of progress. Unfortunately, most people fell to understand that they must change things up and give the body a new stimulus to adapt to.

Others are following a program they saw work well for someone else, and can’t figure out why they aren’t making that same type of progress. They’re ignoring the Principle of Individual Differences (we’re all different) and just keep waiting for it to work.

There are many reasons why people exercise and put forth the effort, but become frustrated or discouraged when they aren’t seeing the fruits of their labor. It’s not easy – while working out does stimulate the body and is a great stress reliever, most people are ultimately after physical improvements that seem to be very evasive for most.

As a Master Fitness Trainer with over 14 years of personal training experience, I am an expert at identifying the limiting factors of most training programs. At no point do I feel overwhelmed by any task when it comes to training a specific client. I’m not the “average Joe” that simply took a certification and started calling myself a personal fitness trainer. I’ve trained individuals from all walks of life, from stay at home mothers to numerous professional athletes, dancers, models, actresses, and every type of “hard case” you can imagine – nobody is beyond assistance!

So many of my clients come in with extensive exercise experience, but still make progress like my clients that come in with absolutely no background in fitness or training. Even better, my regular modifications to every aspect of a client’s program allow my clients to keep making progress, and to help them shatter whatever glass ceilings they’ve imposed on themselves.

Don’t put forth the effort and fall into the mindset that you’re just not able to look a certain way. The only physical limits that we have are those created in our minds. Definition, defined muscles, and looking like someone who exercises and has discipline is reachable for absolutely anyone, no matter how far away that may seem to you right now.

If you’re content with exercising and not seeing results, then I’m not the personal trainer for you. But if you want to get out what you put in, feel free to contact me to discuss your situation.

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

Hey San Antonio,

I just wanted to take a few seconds to recognize a few of my amazing clients!

Sarah is 6 weeks out from her figure competition in which I do believe she will win and obtain her professional card as a figure competitor. Her work ethic is like few I’ve ever dealt with and while she is competing for the ability to obtain professional status, that is NOT her full time job: her corporate job contains her for 12-14 hours per day minimum, yet, she makes time to do what is necessary from both the nutritional and diet standpoint. She’s a perfect example of what hard work and consistency can do. While many people don’t train with the goal of competing, if someone with her schedule is able to do that, anyone can train to get to where they want to be physically.

Andy and Chade have worked with me for some time now, and they continue to make progress. I’ve bragged about these two guys for a while now with good reason: they’re business owners that put in a ton of effort in their highly successful business, yet, make the time to invest in themselves and that has turned in to more than 100 combined pounds lost and a total transformation of their bodies: from soft guts to visible, defined abs! More than 10″ off of each of their abdominal circumferences with every body part defined and conditioned – absolutely amazing progress and I’m happy every time I see them because they are perfect examples of what drastic changes are possible.

Catherine has only been training with me for a short while, but she is obsessed with making a drastic change and is willing to take whatever I dish out. She told me Tuesday was the hardest workout that she had ever done – that although she felt that I was trying to make her cry (and/or quit) that there was NO WAY she was going to “give me the satisfaction”. I recognize her desire to drastically change. Catherine, I am not trying to make you cry: I’m going to make you BETTER! I have no doubt that quitting is not an option for you.

For those that think it’s too late to change? Tell Ruth: she’s 58 years old and during our initial consultation, she basically explained that she hated everything about exercising. Now, she does lunges and abs on her day off and her clothes that she used to wear are falling off of her. She enjoys the “torture” (her word) and works harder and does more than the average 23 year old: never does a “girl push up” (Only the real things), squats, bench presses, kettle bells, plyometrics – if it can be done, she does it!

Chris came to me roughly two months ago in his final couple of months as an active duty Air Force member. While I think he initially came to me thinking he wanted a jump start on getting him fit for the rest of his life (trust me, people tend to put on weight at the end of their military careers!), I don’t think he was prepared to change as drastically as he did. His family will be here for his retirement ceremony next week and he’s extremely excited for the person they’re going to see – and I’m honored that he gives me so much credit (HE did the work). The best part? He routinely tells me how it’s just something he does now: the eating and working out are natural to him now and were easily integrated into his lifestyle.

I could go through my client list and tell a similar story about each and everyone of my clients: this personal training studio is full of the same type of success stories, and I’m extremely proud of each and everyone of my clients. I told them what was required when they came to me, and that I expected nothing but exceptional change for them.

You CAN do it – the only limitations that are holding you back are self-imposed. Do not settle!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

One of my clients told me that this was one of their favorite writings on my blog, so I’ve decided to to

I could write about some of these things until my hands fall asleep. I could take over every news network in the world and rant about fitness myths and things people are doing incorrectly when it comes to attempting to change the body, and it’d go in one ear and out the other. Few people ever make drastic changes, yet most people think they know what they need to do.

A big part of my service is that I ask for people to give me full control, at least temporarily. I mean, if you’re coming to me for drastic changes and to become leaner and more defined than you have ever been, then it’s important that I eliminate as many x-factors as possible and help you reach those goals in as little time as possible.

I write a lot about fitness. I have numerous websites, I belong to numerous communities across the internet, and I am self-admittedly addicted to social media, like to search for people asking fitness questions and offer them my advice. Fat loss and body transformation are my passions. I’m obsessed with performance nutrition, training and the human body.

But I digress… No matter how much I type, how many questions I answer or how much effort I put into spreading fitness truth, there will always be that group that thinks their body is completely different than the other 6 billion bodies on earth and that they require some outstanding, miserable approach.

Here are a few of the misconceptions about changing the body that I wish would go away forever.

Cardio is not the best weapon against fast loss.
The best weapon against fat loss is increasing the resting metabolic rate. The best way to do that is to increase lean body mass. Unfortunately, this has a negative stigma from a large demographic, as they think it will lead to “big and bulky”. That’s absolutely false. Getting big and bulky is actually quite difficult (much more so than becoming lean and defined, actually).

Cardio alone leads to a reduction in lean body mass. So many people believe that the key is to burn more calories than they consume, so they reduce the amount they eat and start tearing the cardio up. This is not an effective way to determine which weight your losing (muscle versus fat). This leads to weight loss which will simply lead to a smaller version of what you are now, not a transformed version. Making yourself smaller does not mean that you have made the fat go away…

Running is not the best cardio exercise available.
Do you know how many people believe that running is the best fat loss tool? I’ve always said the best cardio is a type of cardio that you can do intensely, consistently, and stay injury free. Running leads to more overuse injuries (IT Band, Plantar Fasciitis, ligament, lower back, and the list goes on, and on, and on) than any other activity. Most people don’t listen to their bodies well enough to realize that it’s time to scale back training and choose a less impactive form of cardio. I’m all for doing something you love. But they key to long term progress is consistency. They key to consistency is staying healthy. If you like running and haven’t suffered any pain, than great, keep it up. But if you hate it, it hurts you and you don’t want to do it, there are many other effective alternatives.

Ab workouts do not change the appearance of the mid-section.
I have this conversation way more than I like. People routinely tell me that they are just doing abs at night to stay thin. How on earth does that even make sense? You train abs for functionality – not to change the way they look. They aren’t all of a sudden going to push fat aside or bust through them. If you want to see the muscle group, you must reduce fat.

Knowing what to do is not enough.
I am willing to write about absolutely any fitness related topic that someone asks me about. I routinely have question and answer sessions, tweet “Ask me any fitness, fat loss or training question” and browse the web communities looking to help individuals. I have absolutely no problem with sharing knowledge. The information is out there (as contradicting as most of it may be). But here’s the thing: it takes a little more than knowing. It takes a little more than willpower. What do I mean?

I am a compassionate person. But if you are having trouble getting started? I’ll call a spade a spade: I’ll tell you to get off of your ass and do it. How bad do you want it?

If your problem is emotional eating? Deal with it. Just stay away from the bad stuff. If you think that food tastes better than reaching your goals, then hell, eat all you want. I can guarantee you that no food has ever tasted that good.

Like going to happy hour? Getting to a certain level of conditioning is hard and requires sacrifice. Once you get there, you can loosen the reins, but if you aren’t there? How bad do you want to be there?

There are people that will tell you what you want to hear. I’d rather just tell you the truth.

Sometimes, the truth hurts.

I’m not losing weight and don’t get it. I’m eating tons of fruit.
Many fruits spike insulin. Insulin is the hormone that yells “STORE!” That’s pretty easy to understand. I’m not debating the mineral value of fruit. You DO need the vitamins. But it’s a cost benefit thing. If cigarettes had vitamin C would you ignore the other health risks to obtain it that way?

Same thing with wine. I am aware of the antioxidants. Alcohol makes you fat. Period. I don’t care if it’s wine, vodka and water, rum and diet, whatever. It makes you fat.

A male personal trainer doesn’t understand a female’s body.
This isn’t so much an article about personal training, but I was browsing fitness sites today and I read on a female personal trainer’s website that bolded statement above. I guess if the personal trainer has a month’s experience and their education is from reading bodybuilding magazines, than she may be correct. But that individual lost a ton of credibility with me by having that information on her site, as it is bogus. I take a great deal of pride understanding the different nutritional needs of a male and a female. I have spent hundreds of hours studying the contrasting hormonal effects of nutrition and training on males and females. I’m also well-known for helping females get ready for fitness and figure competitions, magazine shoots, auditions, weddings, and other drastic transformations. With that being said, I recognize that as nonsensical marketing, and while I’m thinking that someone will fall prey to it, it’s inaccurate. I totally understand that many people are more comfortable with a trainer of one gender or another, and that’s fine. But I know some great female personal trainers that are quite capable of training men and vice versa.

High reps do not tone your muscles.
“I DON’T WANT TO GET BIG!” Go check out my videos and see Julie dead lifting (just click on the “Videos” link on the side) 70 more pounds than her bodyweight for 1-2 reps. She has lost over 25lbs as she has prepared for her wedding, and not one time has she questioned my training techniques. All rep ranges are required, from 1 to 50 to, in some cases, 100. Intensity is key. You should not be looking as if you are moving your body through air while you are lifting. It should burn, you should be sweating and breathing hard.

Muscle has two states: it grows or it goes. Hypertrophy or atrophy. There is no state of toning or hardening.

At no point should you be starving.

Most people attempt to induce starvation to lose weight. This is the biggest mistake that one can possibly make, as it slams the metabolism shut. The body is a smart machine, and it can quickly determine when it is being starved – in defense, it will begin to preserve itself. Since fat is an infinitely denser source of calories than muscle, the body will sacrifice muscle and save fat. SO, the side effects from starvation are two-fold: an immediate halt in the metabolism and a reduction of lean body mass, slowing the metabolism long term. Besides, the starving, refugee look is not desirable.

The science behind changing the body is complex, but fortunately, you don’t have to be a biochemist or an endocrinologist to transform the way you look. With that being said, you cannot ignore some very simple things. For whatever reason, most people throw logic out the window and pay attention to the same, tired old myths that simply do not lead to progress. These traps may lead to a few pounds lost in the beginning, but they do not yield long term results.

Remember: if you do the same old thing, you’ll get the same old results. When something isn’t working, it won’t mysteriously start yielding results. Patience is one thing, but being naive is another. Discipline is paramount, but it also requires education.

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

Hey everyone,

Now that the blog has well over 1000 posts, I am going to add a “Most Popular” (or most important) articles on the sidebar to help people find important information. While I enjoy writing the rant posts and ripping bogus workout routines (especially P90X :) and other things, I’m going to keep the sidebar to the nutritional information that you can use to develop your diet strategy, my main training articles, supplement guidelines and the other information that will assist readers in their body transformations and fat loss endeavors.

If you’d like to suggest a past post to be listed, let me know. If there’s a topic you’d like to see me cover, I always take suggestions into consideration.

I hope everyone’s has a great Wednesday – maybe it will cool off here in San Antonio. As summer comes to an end, there’s never been a better time to embark on your own body transformation program. It’s not easy, but the success rate of my clients is extremely high – make the next success story yours!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

Hey San Antonio and beyond,

It has been an absolutely crazy last few days for me but I wanted to get a blog in before I hit my workout with the insanity that I typically do ;). My little boy started Kindergarten yesterday, and while school is a huge rite of passage, it still was an emotional time for me. I love seeing the little boy he is transitioning from baby into, but the man he will become gives me a sense of accomplishment and pride like nothing else I have ever felt.

Referral is the main source of my business. My clients don’t hesitate to talk about what we’re doing and they’re usually asked “what on earth are you doing” and “how did you lose that weight?” I hear a lot of the same stories: “I was telling her what we do and she said that her personal trainer never pushes her or never changes the workouts up.” One of the first thing I tell my clients is that no two workouts will be the same – the body adapts and we must continuously change to force the body to keep adapting. The other thing that they hear right up front from me is that the only easy workout is the last workout. I don’t want you to dread anything: every day is a new day that is an opportunity to become better. But this isn’t for those who aren’t ready to change. People often say “I’d do anything to look a certain way” and I hold them to that.

My first job is to motivate you and to help push you to become better. Sometimes, we get a little run down, tired, or simply have a slight reduction in motivation – when this happens, it’s my job to guide clients to the spot of which they set their goals. If I have to pick them up and carry them, I embrace that.

Stop doing the same old thing. The same thing keeps getting the same results. You have to continuously take yourself to the next level to reach new heights.

The body is an amazing organism, and the mind is the engine that moves it – you are only restricted by yourself. Never hold back!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454

On the Personal Trainer in San Antonio Blog, I often say that radically transforming the body and maintaining fat loss progress is one of the single hardest things one can possibly do.

But let’s put things in perspective for a second.

When you’re a bit too tired to workout, or just don’t have the energy to get another set or to find the intensity, remember that you are ABLE to be there. Right now in Chile, there are 33 miners trapped in a collapsed mind. Today, after 17 days, it was discovered that they were alive and had made it to a “safety” seam (kind of like an apartment within the mine for emergencies). They are now in the process of being rescued and barring a catastrophe, they’ll be pulled out alive.

Seventeen days in a mine with no contact with the outside world would seem like an eternity. Now, while being rescued, they are getting supplies, water and fresh air. But 17 days is the tip of the iceberg: it will take over 4 months to get them out.

Think about the big picture. A little discipline and work ethic will go a long way, but you have to make it happen. So you’re tired, work too much, and have a lot going on at home – you aren’t trapped in a mine 3000 feet underground.

Do not look for excuses, they’re way too easy to find, and excuses don’t lead to progress.

Do the work! Obtain the results!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454