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Tuesday 13 October 2015
Personal Training Studio in San Francisco
ThriveSF Fitness offers Personal Training Studio in San Francisco and San Francisco Weight Loss programs to help clients maximize progress with the least amount of effort with their activity, diet, and lifestyle. We are a full-service personal training and health coaching that includes support for what you need to succeed both in our studio session and outside our meetings, paying special attention to the details that will make your relationship and experience with us a highlight of your day. For more information visit - http://www.thrivesffitness.com/
Thursday 8 October 2015
Jeff Whaley on Training with Andrew Duffy | Personal Trainer ThriveSF Fitness
Client Jeff Whaley gives his testimonial of his experience with Best Personal Trainer San Francisco. Andrew Duffy of thriveSF Fitness. We are a full-service personal training and health coaching that includes support for what you need to succeed both in our studio session and outside our meetings, paying special attention to the details that will make your relationship and experience with us a highlight of your day.
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Personal Trainer San Francisco CA | San Francisco Weight Loss
Personal Trainer San Francisco CA - ThriveSF Fitness offers personal training and weight loss programs to help clients maximize progress with the least amount of effort with their activity, diet, and lifestyle. We are a full-service personal training and health coaching that includes support for what you need to succeed both in our studio session and outside our meetings, paying special attention to the details that will make your relationship and experience with us a highlight of your day.
Monday 10 August 2015
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Obesity leads to:
Obesity leads to:
- Unhealthy body weight
- Growing instances of heart strokes and other severe diseases
- Unattractive personality
- Lower level of self-confidence and
- Thriving inferiority complex among the overweight individuals
Certainly these problems are not at all acceptable, but still most of the people are struggling hard to get over the dilemma and working hard for trimming their bodies. A wrong diet plan and wrong workout curriculum will never help to overcome the situation, and it becomes imperative to find a guide who can be your messiah during your fight with obesity.
ThriveSF Fitness are the personal trainers San Francisco CA having an experienced team of instructors who offer a unique workout plan and nutritional and lifestyle review during training sessions. Not only that, they do a physiological and performance assessment and send the reminders for workouts and healthy eating plan.
Their initiative for shaping a healthy nation has made them one of the best San Francisco weight loss centers. You can also avail a complimentary consultation of worth $100 for goal setting and planning. Their training sessions also include diet and fitness recommendations and education sessions for offering information about the benefits derived from certain kinds of food, lifestyle changes and a unique workout regimen.
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Friday 15 May 2015
One Easy Hack to Get Your Fitness Going
If you have trouble getting exercise, stretching, or
mobility work in each day, here's an easy way to get you going:
Upon waking up, spend five
minutes or less on up to three exercises* you can easily accomplish. So
before you look at your phone, before you eat, before you get busy or
distracted, do those exercises. A few great examples of a quick
five minutes of exercise would be:
- One set of side planks, planks and cobras or superman, to an 8 of 10 effort level (not until failure, but to a level where you're challenged)
- Eight gentle sun salutations
Note how both of these suggestions require no special equipment, no shoes, and
no much other than a floor and a little space (which you have!).
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The key to making this
work? Do it first thing in the morning, every morning (yes, even
weekends). The goal is to do this for a month, but focus on each
morning, and set you up for success the night before. Try setting your
alarm for five minutes earlier. Just don't let anything get in the way of
it.
After each five minute
morning routine, you will feel better. I guarantee it.
And be creative and have
fun with it! If you want to do pushups because strength is one of your
fitness goals, that's great, do them! Jumping jacks? Awesome.
Just keep the specific exercises you chose consistent and do them each
day.
*Exercises, not statics
stretching. Why? Because early in the day, compared to later in the
day, your muscles are very likely to be stiffer in the morning, and sensitive
areas of your body like your joints spinal discs have more fluid in them,
making it harder to increase your range of motion comfortably and putting you
more at risk for injury. So keep any movements/exercises you do gentle in
tempo, and listen to your body and avoid pain.
Do you like this tip? Are you practicing certain exercises first thing each morning? Share with us what you're doing on our Facebook page. For added accountability, share it with one of our thriveSF Fitness coaches via email or on our Facebook wall after you complete it each morning.
Saturday 21 March 2015
Reebok and the “Be More Human” Ads
Last week, I saw a really inspiring ad from Reebok with the tagline “Be more human.”
If you’re not familiar with it, here’s a very dumbed-down version: It’s a series of video clips containing shots showing...a fit man lifting one end of a large tractor tire, flipping it. A woman stares at her palms, bloody and apparently ripped open from the workout’s she’s been doing with an Olympic bar. A group of men and women do pull-ups (kipping). Then there’s a woman running, carrying a man. A man swims, and they jump to a shot of him in a wheelchair. A man runs at night with a group, and they jump to a shot of him stopping, then a shot of him as fireman. A woman teaches a kickboxing class, and they jump to a short of her playing patty-cake with her daughter. There’s a shot of a man on the ground, on his back, from fatigue of a hard workout. A group of folks climbs ropes, jumps into water, and a woman jumps over fire.
There’s a little more (I didn’t want to recap EVERY shot), and it’s pretty intense stuff. And it struck me, resonated with me because it stirred my hard-working athletic spirit. It motivated me. I went to the YouTube page to check out the ad again and underneath the video, Reebok writes: “To all the athletes out there who spend their days bloody, muddy, and sore, not for bright lights or money, but to simply be the best version of themselves: This is for you.”
There is a wonderful message about transcending what we believe is possible, about pushing ourselves to be more, more human. And they say that fitness can change and enhance your life. There is so much truth to that, and almost everyone I know would agree. They connect fitness and health with being more human, which is a principle I apply in my daily work and personal health choices.
But that’s the extent to which I agree with the ad. In fact I strongly disagree with the ad on the whole, and I believe that what they show is just not a good model for fitness (or for being MORE human for everyone. I don’t think that being more fit equals being “more human” for a lot of people…)
I realize this when I think about their target market. Their target market is Cross Fit-tars and folks who love fitness. Their market may also be the general population. In either case, their message isn’t appropriate.
The commitment to work hard and get fit for the sake of getting fit is at its core ludicrous. Fitness in its healthiest state is meant to be a supporting activity for something more, for life, for a sport. It has a place in life and helps us find balance and betterment. With this approach, you train to get better FOR SOMETHING MEANINGFUL, to feel better, to move better, to make life easier. Fitness serves a purpose. But in their ad and their quote on their YouTube page, Reebok is clearly subscribing to and promoting to the rising ideology that fitness is a good end goal and that working hard is absolutely good.
It’s not confined to Crossfit, which Reebok strongly presents in the ad (Reebok is a sponsor of Crossfit). I see it all the time with friends who talk about sweating hard and working out at Barry’s Bootcamp and SoulCycle, in person and Facebook. Are most of those people having fun with the exercise activity of choice? Yep. Is that so bad? Nope. But the obsession with sweat and fitness with little consideration for focus on performance or how it adds and contributes to the rest of life is killer. Working out to be sore, sweating for the sake of sweating or because it feels good, isn’t entirely right. If there’s a balance in how much you sweat - if you are bettering yourself and not worsening yourself, not putting yourself at risk for injury or stressing your mind or body out than activities you could otherwise be doing - then it’s great! But I can tell you from experience, working out hard a lot - which makes me feel good - has led me and plenty of friends to injury and pain and away from enjoyment of other things in life. And I see so many others on the same track, and that’s why I’m writing this article. Because I know plenty of people who workout with blood, mud and soreness as goals.
This may be news to some folks, but soreness isn’t a true indicator of a good workout. A good workout has a place in a progression and group of workouts that serves to better you. Sore muscles do not equal strength gains. The 5-3-1 strength gaining philosophy proves that. Training below max effort more often leads to better performance improvement; giving max effort isn’t always that productive.
There’s a good reason the mentality expressed in Reebok’s YouTube quote has made itself so prominent lately. The focus on fitness has risen as a response to a very high, elevated level of preventable disease and health issues related to poor diet and poor fitness. But the reaction to these widespread health issues - an obsession with sweat and activity and working for blood and soreness - isn’t necessarily healthy either.
I grew up with the “harder = better” mentality. In high school, I wrestled and exercised at practice for two and half hours, losing up to five pounds, and then would go lift weights at home. One winter, after losing two matches I shouldn’t have lost, I felt exhausted. So what did I do? I worked to get better, and started doing pull-ups after a match. I worked harder to get more results. My coach, a former state champ and nationally ranked college wrestler, saw me and said “Andrew, in my years of coaching, I’ve never told anyone to take a break. But you need to rest. Take the weekend off.” I didn’t believe what I was hearing, but I trusted him. It was hard, but I took the weekend off. At the next tournament, I performed the best I ever had. The lesson I learned was about balance of effort. I’m still learning it because, I, like many Cross fit folks, feel awesome when I move a lot and exert a ton of effort. It’s like a drug. But it’s dangerous. I always say that if I wasn’t injured as much as I was - from sports or working out too much - that I’d be a Cross fit junkie. But it’s a good thing I’m not, because I’d be more broken than I already am.
That’s one of the reasons why we have our training philosophy of “Play and Perform”. Play and Perform is about having fun and enjoyment while getting better at something. And getting better at something requires focused, efficient time, not just effort. Reebok says be more mindful, work harder. But working HARDER isn’t necessary if you’re mindful: working EFFICIENTLY and EFFECTIVELY is. Doing more and putting more effort in doesn’t always yield more results, whether it’s fat loss or improving a skill. Sometimes it does, but often it doesn’t. The real genius behind mind full exercise, diet and lifestyle is finding the balance you need to accomplish your goals.
To those like me, who value strict self-discipline and to whom it comes easy, to those who will do anything asked of them once they give their commitment, who will put their all into making a goal happen, to those who consider themselves warriors...is the time you spend in the gym or on an activity taking away from you living and enjoying life? Is it possible that it is damaging you? Are you working out because you need it? What are your workouts doing for you?
About Author –
Best Personal Trainer San Francisco CA - ThriveSF Fitness offers personal training and weight loss programs to help clients maximize progress with the least amount of effort with their activity, diet, and lifestyle. We are a full-service personal training and health coaching that includes support for what you need to succeed both in our studio session and outside our meetings, paying special attention to the details that will make your relationship and experience with us a highlight of your day. For more information visit http://www.thrivesffitness.com/about-us.html
If you’re not familiar with it, here’s a very dumbed-down version: It’s a series of video clips containing shots showing...a fit man lifting one end of a large tractor tire, flipping it. A woman stares at her palms, bloody and apparently ripped open from the workout’s she’s been doing with an Olympic bar. A group of men and women do pull-ups (kipping). Then there’s a woman running, carrying a man. A man swims, and they jump to a shot of him in a wheelchair. A man runs at night with a group, and they jump to a shot of him stopping, then a shot of him as fireman. A woman teaches a kickboxing class, and they jump to a short of her playing patty-cake with her daughter. There’s a shot of a man on the ground, on his back, from fatigue of a hard workout. A group of folks climbs ropes, jumps into water, and a woman jumps over fire.
There’s a little more (I didn’t want to recap EVERY shot), and it’s pretty intense stuff. And it struck me, resonated with me because it stirred my hard-working athletic spirit. It motivated me. I went to the YouTube page to check out the ad again and underneath the video, Reebok writes: “To all the athletes out there who spend their days bloody, muddy, and sore, not for bright lights or money, but to simply be the best version of themselves: This is for you.”
There is a wonderful message about transcending what we believe is possible, about pushing ourselves to be more, more human. And they say that fitness can change and enhance your life. There is so much truth to that, and almost everyone I know would agree. They connect fitness and health with being more human, which is a principle I apply in my daily work and personal health choices.
But that’s the extent to which I agree with the ad. In fact I strongly disagree with the ad on the whole, and I believe that what they show is just not a good model for fitness (or for being MORE human for everyone. I don’t think that being more fit equals being “more human” for a lot of people…)
I realize this when I think about their target market. Their target market is Cross Fit-tars and folks who love fitness. Their market may also be the general population. In either case, their message isn’t appropriate.
The commitment to work hard and get fit for the sake of getting fit is at its core ludicrous. Fitness in its healthiest state is meant to be a supporting activity for something more, for life, for a sport. It has a place in life and helps us find balance and betterment. With this approach, you train to get better FOR SOMETHING MEANINGFUL, to feel better, to move better, to make life easier. Fitness serves a purpose. But in their ad and their quote on their YouTube page, Reebok is clearly subscribing to and promoting to the rising ideology that fitness is a good end goal and that working hard is absolutely good.
It’s not confined to Crossfit, which Reebok strongly presents in the ad (Reebok is a sponsor of Crossfit). I see it all the time with friends who talk about sweating hard and working out at Barry’s Bootcamp and SoulCycle, in person and Facebook. Are most of those people having fun with the exercise activity of choice? Yep. Is that so bad? Nope. But the obsession with sweat and fitness with little consideration for focus on performance or how it adds and contributes to the rest of life is killer. Working out to be sore, sweating for the sake of sweating or because it feels good, isn’t entirely right. If there’s a balance in how much you sweat - if you are bettering yourself and not worsening yourself, not putting yourself at risk for injury or stressing your mind or body out than activities you could otherwise be doing - then it’s great! But I can tell you from experience, working out hard a lot - which makes me feel good - has led me and plenty of friends to injury and pain and away from enjoyment of other things in life. And I see so many others on the same track, and that’s why I’m writing this article. Because I know plenty of people who workout with blood, mud and soreness as goals.
This may be news to some folks, but soreness isn’t a true indicator of a good workout. A good workout has a place in a progression and group of workouts that serves to better you. Sore muscles do not equal strength gains. The 5-3-1 strength gaining philosophy proves that. Training below max effort more often leads to better performance improvement; giving max effort isn’t always that productive.
There’s a good reason the mentality expressed in Reebok’s YouTube quote has made itself so prominent lately. The focus on fitness has risen as a response to a very high, elevated level of preventable disease and health issues related to poor diet and poor fitness. But the reaction to these widespread health issues - an obsession with sweat and activity and working for blood and soreness - isn’t necessarily healthy either.
I grew up with the “harder = better” mentality. In high school, I wrestled and exercised at practice for two and half hours, losing up to five pounds, and then would go lift weights at home. One winter, after losing two matches I shouldn’t have lost, I felt exhausted. So what did I do? I worked to get better, and started doing pull-ups after a match. I worked harder to get more results. My coach, a former state champ and nationally ranked college wrestler, saw me and said “Andrew, in my years of coaching, I’ve never told anyone to take a break. But you need to rest. Take the weekend off.” I didn’t believe what I was hearing, but I trusted him. It was hard, but I took the weekend off. At the next tournament, I performed the best I ever had. The lesson I learned was about balance of effort. I’m still learning it because, I, like many Cross fit folks, feel awesome when I move a lot and exert a ton of effort. It’s like a drug. But it’s dangerous. I always say that if I wasn’t injured as much as I was - from sports or working out too much - that I’d be a Cross fit junkie. But it’s a good thing I’m not, because I’d be more broken than I already am.
That’s one of the reasons why we have our training philosophy of “Play and Perform”. Play and Perform is about having fun and enjoyment while getting better at something. And getting better at something requires focused, efficient time, not just effort. Reebok says be more mindful, work harder. But working HARDER isn’t necessary if you’re mindful: working EFFICIENTLY and EFFECTIVELY is. Doing more and putting more effort in doesn’t always yield more results, whether it’s fat loss or improving a skill. Sometimes it does, but often it doesn’t. The real genius behind mind full exercise, diet and lifestyle is finding the balance you need to accomplish your goals.
To those like me, who value strict self-discipline and to whom it comes easy, to those who will do anything asked of them once they give their commitment, who will put their all into making a goal happen, to those who consider themselves warriors...is the time you spend in the gym or on an activity taking away from you living and enjoying life? Is it possible that it is damaging you? Are you working out because you need it? What are your workouts doing for you?
About Author –
Best Personal Trainer San Francisco CA - ThriveSF Fitness offers personal training and weight loss programs to help clients maximize progress with the least amount of effort with their activity, diet, and lifestyle. We are a full-service personal training and health coaching that includes support for what you need to succeed both in our studio session and outside our meetings, paying special attention to the details that will make your relationship and experience with us a highlight of your day. For more information visit http://www.thrivesffitness.com/about-us.html
Sunday 1 March 2015
Our philosophy towards physical activity is pretty simple: Perform and Play
Perform:
If
you perform better, you will feel better and look different because your body
will have to make the physiological changes to improve performance, from a
cellular level to what you see in the mirror. With a focus on performance, you necessarily see results. Period.
Play:
Engaging
in activities that stimulate and
excite you is just way better
and more enjoyable than activities and exercises that are boring and not
challenging. We can agree on that, right? Well, we want to give you
an experience that you look forward to enjoy, every time.
The Perform and Play philosophy has a place in all of our personal training and coaching sessions because they build the best possible foundation and plan for sustainable long term success. Results and engagement/enjoyment are simply the best predictors of how well you’ll stick with a program and healthy habits.
In an ideal world, you’d have a nice mixture of both Performance and Play in your activities. Sports, for me, have always been a nice blend of performance and play: I love playing basketball and ultimate frisbee because there’s competition and play, and it also includes skill that I can get better at with practice. Plus they have great health benefits.
But I
don’t always play sports because it’s hard to schedule and make them happen
with friends and my schedule, and you may find the same thing. So focusing on
Performance when you can’t play - working out to develop certain performance
markers for your health - is a great option that will yield good results.
Just work on getting better at a skill that has impact on your health and
fitness goals, whether it’s a type of cardio or specific sets of exercises for
strength or posture. Just make the workout engaging and at least a little
playful so that you leave feeling better.
On
some days, depending on how you’re feeling, you may need to just start Playing
and not think about performance, just be active in a way that you enjoy.
Not everything has to be about improving performance.
So, how do you Perform and Play? If you don’t, how can you?
Best Personal Trainer San Francisco CA - ThriveSF Fitness offers personal
training and weight loss programs to help clients maximize progress with the
least amount of effort with their activity, diet, and lifestyle.
Sunday 8 February 2015
Staying On Track
Getting motivated to get fit or stay fit is something we’ve all wanted
to do, right? We get inspired to do something and we attack it with
passion and enthusiasm. Take new years’ commitments to diets and fitness for example. We’re
inspired to make changes in our health and fitness. And we follow through
on it for at least a good period of time. We go to the gym or classes, or
we eat really clean and healthy and don’t drink for a bit, and we see feel good
and maybe even see results. But eventually most of us “fall off the
wagon” and let those habits go to the wayside.
The challenge, we say, is
staying motivated.
Why? What happens?
I hear it from our clients all the time: “Work is just so busy, I just can’t workout outside our sessions”, or “I know I should be eating healthier, but (insert excuse here)”, or “I’m super-stressed...”.
But it isn’t that you are busy. It isn’t that you’re stressed that you aren’t going to the gym. You may have lost a bit of the drive or desire to keep your healthy habits. You can also have that desire to be healthy or do something active and fun and still not follow through. It’s just you haven’t built the habits enough to last you a while. You haven’t made those healthy habits strong enough to withstand your other priorities that pose challenges. It takes work and time - PERSISTENCE - to develop a pattern in your life that you will stick to. Just like learning your first language, an instrument, or how to get to work - you had to learn and practice it. Once you practiced it, it became a habit that you didn’t have to think about. And that’s the goal: to make your healthy habits something easy and effortless that you don’t have to think about.
If you have trouble sticking with your plan, we are here for you. We help keep you accountable and help you develop habits. And we do that by working with you to strategize the best ways for you to develop good habits for the long term, because there are many approaches and strategies but you need the one that works best for you.
The thriveSF Fitness experience
positively encourages a lifelong healthy lifestyle through unique exercise
routines and movement training, physiological and performance assessments,
nutritional guidance, and well-being support.
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