Get It Done: My Plan, Your Goal: 60 Recipes and Workout Sessions for a Fit, Lean Body. Bradley Simmonds
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Название: Get It Done: My Plan, Your Goal: 60 Recipes and Workout Sessions for a Fit, Lean Body
Автор: Bradley Simmonds
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Кулинария
isbn: 9780008222710
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CONNIE, MY SISTER
After a short while, I began to notice that my dad was in a much better mood and his skin had improved. My sister’s mood swings had disappeared and as a whole the family was losing weight. Seeing how much my entire family benefitted from improving their diet and changing their ingrained unhealthy habits, I found a new passion: helping people transform their lives into healthier ones, starting with my own. That’s when I googled ‘How to be the best personal trainer’.
BECOMING A PERSONAL TRAINER
After years of being an athlete, I began my journey as a personal trainer in 2015, aged 20. While still recovering from my injuries and without a salary, I put all my life savings into a personal training course. I’m a strong believer that everything happens for a reason, so despite the horrific injuries, I’m now thankful for them as they’ve taken me on a journey that I love.
For me the marker of a good personal trainer is their ability to motivate their client and make them feel better in themselves and about their body. In a session with a client I’m serious and focused because that’s what I expect my client to be. Nevertheless, my workouts are fun, varied and undoubtedly get results.
I really enjoy the social aspect of my job; nothing is instant and building relationships with my clients and the people I train with is a massive highlight of what I do. I’ve enjoyed many perks and have travelled to the most beautiful places, including Monaco, Dubai, Barbados and Arizona, training with interesting, inspiring people.
I WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO JOIN IN WITH THE SWAPS AND LIKED TO THINK I WASN’T ACTUALLY EATING THAT MUCH SUGAR. IT DEFINITELY IS AN ADDICTION. I STILL CRAVE SOMETHING SWEET AFTER DINNER BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE DARK CHOCOLATE IN THE FRIDGE FOR THAT.’
MY DAD
I love sharing my knowledge with clients and learning from others in the field. I’ve always believed that everyone you meet knows something you don’t. This philosophy is a great one for the stubborn people out there; don’t think you know best, we are always evolving.
It’s definitely a lot more admirable when someone admits they can be healthier or can work harder. For me there is nothing worse than someone who is ‘proud’ to be unhealthy.
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED EVERYTHING
My first job was at Virgin Active Gym, Chiswick. I’d ride my dad’s bike to and from work every day, then train clients all day. However, even though I was working as much as I possibly could, I knew I couldn’t help everyone in the gym. But honestly, I really wanted to.
By watching people in the gym struggle with technique, fear creativity and clearly lack confidence, it gave me the idea to post fitness videos on my Instagram. That way I could help a lot more people and showcase my style of training. Some people laughed as it was such a new concept; others found it extremely useful and motivating.
My followers began to grow and I plucked up the courage to approach some more high-profile clients to gain credibility, exposure and to build my brand.
TRAINING CELEBRITY CLIENTS AND ATHLETES...
Made in Chelsea was the hit show at the time, so I contacted the female cast members offering free personal training sessions in exchange for exposure. Luckily, Sophie Hermann and the Watson sisters took up the offer and became my new clients. As my profile grew, my videos became more and more popular and people who were inspired by me and my style would tag me in their videos.
As my credibility and following increased from 20,000 to 60,000, I decided I wanted to focus on going back to my roots. It was important for me to train athletes because not only did I completely understand the damaging emotional, physical and financial repercussions of injuries on professional sportspeople, I now had a really comprehensive grasp of how to enhance their performance while preventing injury. This is when I began training John Terry and Theo Walcott.
TWO YEARS LATER...
Now, at 23, I’ve trained some of my personal sporting heroes and represented Adidas, Lucozade Sport, TAG Heuer, Women’s Health magazine, Men’s Health magazine and Maximuscle.
But even though I’ve had access to some of the most well-equipped gyms and state-of-the-art equipment, I’ve tried to stay true to my ethos that exercise can be done anywhere if you have the right mindset, and that’s reflected on my Instagram.
I’ve experienced a whirlwind of emotions in the last couple of years, from the fear of failure to the excitement of a new challenge. My journey has proved to me that with the right attitude, outlook, and determination you can turn things round. I’m proof that even if you feel you have hit rock bottom, you can get up and you can go on to achieve amazing things.
MINDSET
Before you embark on your journey we are going to focus on your mindset. You can dream of having the best body in the world every night and think about it every day, but if you aren’t focused, committed and determined to work for it, it will never happen. Not everything comes easy in life, but with a positive mental attitude you’ll be surprised at how easy it can actually be.
Exercise doesn’t have to take 60 minutes to be effective and you don’t have to give up your social life to reach your goal. The sooner you make exercise and healthy eating a normal part of your daily routine, the better you’ll feel and the easier it will be.
I hate when clients repeatedly cancel sessions or constantly moan. When it comes to your health, consistency should be viewed in a positive light, as it’s essential to maintaining your goal. Don’t get me wrong, initially it will require perseverance, but once you start noticing the changes you won’t want to be anything but consistent.
BALANCE
Another key ingredient of realising your goal is balance. It’s a word used commonly in the health and fitness industry, but often misunderstood.
For example, I used to think that because I was training every day as a footballer I could eat what I wanted. What I know now is that balance is about a VARIETY of nutrient-dense food so we get the vital vitamins and minerals needed for healthy body function, and CONSISTENCY of healthy habits. Regardless of what your goal is, the food we eat needs to provide us with more than just energy.
I love my food so much but I have to remember to occasionally rein it in because it doesn’t matter how much exercise you do – if you’re eating the wrong food, a poor diet will always catch up with you. So if you love treating yourself as much as you love sweating it out, you may have to rethink.
On the other hand, if you do no exercise at all and eat what you want (yes, even if you’re one of the lucky ones who, from the outside, seems to get away with eating as you please), you need to wake up and start caring for your mind and body. A bad diet will be putting stress on your internal organs, it’ll increase your cholesterol levels, and you’ll СКАЧАТЬ