It’s been a week of driving and I FINALLY made it back to Thunder
Bay. I’m only in town for about a week though because I’m going
to head out west to Alberta to try and rekindle one of my dreams.

So as I get ready - and stay really busy - I didn’t really have too
much time for this week’s email or next weeks for that matter, so
if you don’t get an email next week that’s why.

I’ve gotten a lot of questions again this week so I will get back to
you - it might just take a couple days :).

Thoughts for the week:

- I went to a commercial gym for the first time in a few months
the other day. People were working hard - thinking they were
anyways -, but I really don’t know where this industry went
wrong. Maybe it’s the money - actually, it’s probably the money - but
the personal trainers there had people doing some of the most
pointless shit I’ve ever seen.

I think there’s a major LACK is motivation for these trainers. I
mean, if I paid somebody $50 an hour to train me, I wouldn’t be too
impressed if all we did for that hour was chat about life and go
from machine to machine not really challenging my muscles at all.

I think maybe these trainers just think that this is what the people
want maybe - I don’t know.

But when I see people - who are getting professional (kind of)
guidance - I cringe when I see them doing machine twist ab exercises
that are doing nothing but guaranteeing that client a major lower back
problem in the future.

All it takes is a little bit of learning for this industry to realize
that a lot of the machines out there are a waste of time, money, and
whatever else.

If you have a trainer and you haven’t learned AND implement the core
exercises of squats, dead lifts, pull ups, and pushups (variations of
them all too), it’s time to find somebody new.

That’s just my opinion. You may be getting the results now, but you
also may be setting yourself up for injury in the future.

Sorry if that was a little scattered. Just something to consider.

- Why people hate me - find out here.

- I’ve said EPOC quite a bit in the past but I’m not really sure if
I’ve ever explained it - that’s here.

Have a great one,

Dan Grant