Basically, you only need a personal trainer if you can’t be a good coach to yourself. It’s that simple. If you’ve tried to get yourself in shape but you’re not in shape right now, you need a personal trainer. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.

You’re not doomed to failure. Get a health coach. Stop spending money on things that hurt you and channel some of that money toward getting yourself exactly what you want. When you change where you spend your money, it means your budget stays the same. You don’t need any extra money. You just have to stop spending on hurting yourself and helping yourself at the same time………because that never works anyway. Spend in one direction. Spend on making yourself better and watch the results start to show instantly.

Here’s the top 10 signs you’re can’t rely on yourself anymore to keep yourself in shape.

1. You have several pieces of home equipment that you now use as clothing racks.
2. There are no changes to your body, even though you’ve been trying for some time.
3. You’ve been to every weight loss clinic in your area and are now starting round 2.
4. You join the local gym each year and never go………again.
5. You’re still trying to exercise away bad eating habits even though 95% of all weight loss and toning results are diet related.
6. You’re already warming up the idea of blaming your genetics in conversations with your friends down at the local coffee shop.
7. You’re starting to talk about how falling apart is a normal part of getting older.
8. You’ve considered radical surgery that costs tens of thousands of dollars (that will hurt the body long term) before considering changing what you eat and how you exercise…..or hiring a health coach.
9. You’ve heard yourself say to someone that eating healthy is expensive but you’ve never thought about how expensive it is to be sick. (days off work, gas for trips to the hospitals, days off work for family and friends who now have to take care of you etc etc)
10. You believe that adding chemical medications to the sorry diet you already consume will improve your health. Yes, bad food plus chemicals won’t make you any healthier and can only make you worse. The mouth is for food…….that’s it. You can try to stick chemicals in there and hope you get better but that’s what the side effects are. Side effects are the list of ways you get more sick. They even tell you on the bottle that you won’t get better so don’t waste your time.

Picture a professional sports team. What does every professional sports team have behind the bench………….even though everyone on the bench already knows plenty about what’s going on? Everyone needs a coach to keep them on track and keep them accountable. Now imagine a situation where someone has no real idea what’s going on? (like being in a fitness club for the first time or exercising for the first time etc). That person needs a coach in the worst possible way.

When’s the best time to get piano lessons? The day you buy the piano or a year after you stop playing it because you were so frustrated that now you hate playing? Start off on the right foot. Get moving. Get a good coach and get in the best shape of your life. After that happens in only months, move on to your next challenge. It’s that simple. Contact me personally at [email protected] with any follow up questions or concerns.