5 Reasons Why I Love Being A Trainer!!

You hear alot of people complain about what they do for a reason or they just seem to be going through the motions at their job just so they can pay the bills. I'm lucky, I do something that I'm passionate about and love doing. I generally am excited to go to work(if you want to call it that) each day. So since I like what I do I should come up with five reasons why I love it. Well here they are:

1.)Developing solid relationships-I love becoming friends with people. How often do you spend 2-3 hours a week with someone, not very but the people I see regularly often become friends as well as clients. You get to know alot about them and their life. You become their confidant, cheerleader and friend. It's cool to go to work and hang out with your friends all day.

2.)Fitness always evolves. They say if you are not growing you're dying. I've found that the fitness industry is constantly evolving and challenging me. Which keeps me from getting bored or complacent. There are always new directions to grow and learn.

3.)Making a difference! I've seen what I do make a huge impact on people's lives. From helping someone walk again to weight loss to improving lower back pain, it's nice to know what you do has improved the lives of others.

4.)Lots of humor. In my studio we are constantly ribbing each other about music, clothing, or whatever it makes for a great environment. Even if my fellow trainers still don't get that my music rules. I think having a fun and positive atmosphere really can energize people and turn bad days into good ones.

5.)Allowing me to be creative. I was a park and rec major so programming and creativity has always been big in my book. I get to think of special workouts and programs and implement them much to my clients' dismay sometimes. Some favorites are counter terrorism training, muscle beach, and football training.

Oh I've thought of 6. Here's a bonus one...

6.)Being around other passionate people. I'm talking about the other trainers. It's energizing to be around other people with a like mindset. I think our dedication and positivity is contagious. I'm proud to have some of the best trainers in the Twin Cities at my facility.

Jump Start Partcipants Take On Rock Climbing Wall!

Jumpstarters attack rockwall at Lifetime!!

Last Saturday 9 Jumpstart partcipants took on our rock wall challlenge for our Jumpstart conest. It ws led by trainer Andrew Franz who himself is an avid climber. Sandy Larson was the top dog making to the top twice. Everyone did extremely well their first time out and most importantly had lots of fun. It was such a hit that we will be doing some ongoing climbing events in the ear future.

Check out our jumpstart contestants in action below...

Player of the week Kelli Carter struts her stuff on the "gauntlet"

Jumpstart Contest Update

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Down to the Wire!!

Some teams are finishing up this week and they are piling on the last minute points so it should be an interesting finsih. As I stated in last week's email all final scores will be kept confidential so the newer teams won't know the point totals to beat. We feel this is fair for everyone.

Kelli Carter was player of the week. She broke 30 minutes in her 5k somethoing she could never do and she has been doing bootcamp another new and challenging activity for her in fitness regimen. According to her coach Andrew Franz she has really stepped it up lately for her team the BK Broilers. Other honorable mentions are Jessiuca Breyer of Irrational Behavior with a whooping 415 points for her last week's totals a new record for Jumpstart.

We will be posting video from the climbing wall challenge last Saturday this week.

Current Standings

Irrational Behavior 4215

Erik's Angels 3695

TNT 2695-not all points reported

Enforcers 2567.5

BFDS 2430-not all points reported

Sweat 530-not all points reported

Pony Pals 1185

Team Dynamite 1085

BK Broilers need points from 1 team member

Team Speedwagon need points from team members

Jumpstart Bootcamp Highlights!!

Highlights from the Jumpstart Bootcamp

Wednesday night 12 out of the 22 Jumpstart Participants conquered the Puravida Trainer's bootcamp challenge while braving a wind tunnel outside and as always the sick and twisted exercise routines that our trainers come up with!

Here some some video highlights below...

Up Downs With A Special Chant For 80s Hairbands!!

The Pony Pals And Sweat In Action!!

The Push Up Gauntlet! Looks Like Fun!!

The Push Up Gauntlet! Looks Like Fun!!

Bootcampers at Puravida give us their 2 cents!!

Cathy Geckler Busy Mom From AM Bootcamp

Barry Van Duyn PM bootcamp veteran

Jumpstart Contest Update

Irrational Behavior overtakes Erik's Angels Again!

Irrational behavior regained the lead over Erik's Angels again. It's going to be a battle to the finish as the teams duke it out in their final weeks. The Double Ds and TNT are still a viable threats as well.

With 3 challenges and 1 seminar next week it should be a great opportunity for some teams to finish strong and others to get some early momentum.

This week's player of the week is Andrea Vircks who has been a steady performer from day one. She takes the morning boot camp here at the studio and just completed her first half marathon as well. She also has dropped 2.6% bodyfat and 7.5 pounds as of her half way point check out her video above.

Other honorable mentions Sandy Larson of Pony Pals, has come out with both guns blazing. She has overcome numerous kids parties and post tennis Applebees outings where there are plenty of temptations. she has already noticeably leaned out alot. Kelli Carter of the BK broilers has started off strong with her consistent hard work in the gym and with her cardio. Her teammate Breet Sweer is doing a fitness camp for a week which should generate them some huge points as well.

Team Dynamite member Chad Krueger has also dropped 12 pounds so far with cleaning up his eating and ramping up his exercise program. As always Cheryl Lewis keeps trucking she is down 75 pounds since kicking into overdrive over the holidays and the contest has just elevated her intensity. Look out for Danielle and Jessica of Irrational Behavior they have some devious tricks up their sleeves to pull this one out according to reliable sources. Peggy Sherman did a triathalon and continues to improve her routine and lose weight as well.

Great job everyone!

Here are the current standings..

Irrational Behavior 3445

Erik's Angels 3305

TNT 2695

Enforcers 2257.50

Double Ds 1950(still need to report some points)

BFDs 2430

Sweat 530(Need to report some points)

Team Dynamite 1085

Pony Pals 965

BK Broilers Need to report some points

Team Speedwagon Need to report some points

Puravida Fitness at Cinco De Mayo!!!!

Feliz Cinco De Mayo!!

Last Saturday Puravida Fitness was privileged to join Blue Cross and Blue Shield a health insurance provider based out of the Twin Cities, at the Cinco De Mayo celebration in St. Paul. We sent Erik and Felipe the two bilingual trainers on staff at Puravida to interact with the local Latino crowd. We hope to team with Blue Cross in the future to help them better serve their cusotmers by providing education and instruction to help them live healthier lifestyles and prevent health problems down the road

We led festival goers through exercise while handing out prizes and exercise guides in Spanish for spanish speakers who were interested in learning more about exercise and weight loss programs. What a great day to be a part of such a cool event. Thanks to our friends at Blue Cross.

Watch training in Espanol with Puravida!!

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