Friday, 11 December 2015

10 things to look at when hiring a Personal Trainer

10 things to look at when hiring a Personal Trainer

Personal Trainer County Durham | Chester le Street | 07983570574
If you want to invest wisely next time you hire a Personal Trainer, follow my 10 tips and you will end up with a real asset rather than a drain on your finances.

1. Price tag / cheap means rubbish when it comes to a health professional

2. Exercise variation / if your PT just does Pilates, weights or kettle bells they are an instructor and not a Personal Trainer.  She should use a wide wide variation every time.  This will reduce neuro muscular adaptation and continue results.

3.  Personal Attention / if your PT keeps talking to others, checking out the opposite sex or checking their watch or phone too often this means they aren’t really commited to you, just move on.

4. Are they a Class Instructor? if they teach a number of classes then all of their learning and knowledge comes from attending class courses, and if they dont do classes or teach the odd class it’s much more likely that they SPECIALISE in one to one training aka Personal Training.  Class instructors and personal trainers are not the same!!!

5. Goal setting / Your coach should always be helping you set goals, without a set of clear goals then your training is aimless.  Training to take part in a 5km fun run for example will give you all the motivation to keep attending training and a fun aspiration to head towards.

6. Website and branding / just because they haven’t got a web site or branded clothing doesnt mean they are bad, however if they do have websites and branded clothing it tells you they are serious and not just a class instructor.

7. Personal investment / this ties in with how much they charge, if your trainer only charges £15 per hour how can they afford to buy books on mindset, nutrition and training or attend courses to improve the service they provide to you.  They should have a number of recent specialist qualifications and should be almost constantly on course, if they are not how are they developing?

8. Nutrition advice / as much as not all trainers are expert in nutrition they should have really attended some formal training and have read books on nutrition in order to provide you with up to date advice and support.  I tend to offer all my Personal Training clients a free dietician consultation in addition to my food support.

9. Blogging or being the go to guy in the area / a great way of helping a number of people in their health battle and being a credible coach is blogging and spreading your knowledge far and wide...just like this blog.  Again if your PT doesnt have a website, or blog how credible are they???

10. Not everyone provides extras, but I believe giving a little extra builds a stronger team and helps motivate even the biggest procrastinating clients.

  • some things i provide my tribe:
  • goal setting motivation bands, flip bands makes life easier
  • eBooks on exercises, motivation, nutrition and all sorts.
  • Recipe books for healthy food.
  • Free Bootcamps
  • Free dietician resource to all clients
  • Mindset coaching using NLP Neuro Linguistic Programing
  • Home training App including workouts and videos
  • Training t-shirts 
  • Sports Massage and injury Rehab
  • Adventure Coaching and activities
  • Free event training used with goals

Hope this list can help you chose the right Personal Trainer to motivate you through 2016.

For weight loss and personal training in County Durham and Chester Le Street, text 07983570574 for a free no obligation consultation.

Kind regards team and good luck in 2016

glenn Hill
07983570574
www.personaltrainerchesterlestreet.com


Tuesday, 1 December 2015

mind-health-fitness chester le street

Mind, body and weight loss the story of Glenn Hill’s methods

Heya tribe please have a look at a recent press release, talking about a new way to look at improving someones health & fitness..
10:30am Monday 23rd November 2015

By Jenny Needham

mind body and weight loss chester le street
Having caught the fitness bug in the army, Glenn Hill is now using his expertise as a personal trainer, employing unique mind and body techniques. Sarah Millington reports
IT may not sound like the best recommendation but Glenn Hill admits that the first time he talks to a client, they often end up in tears. 

This, he quickly points out, is not his doing but the result of years of them trying, in vain, to lose weight. Meeting Glenn represents a turning point.
“Often they’ve failed so many times, they think it’s hopeless,” he says. “Unless you change that limiting belief, they’re always going to be in that cycle. Often people have been through all the diet clubs and they’re at their wits’ end.”
With clients like this, Glenn treads carefully, establishing a rapport and – crucially, trust – before subjecting them to the rigours of intense exercise. In fact, if someone doesn’t feel up to it, a session might not involve any real exertion at all.
“Every time a client comes in, I look at how they’re acting,” says Glenn. “If they’ve had a bad day, I won’t even take them in the gym – we’ll go and walk round the park. In the summer, I’ll get them to take their shoes off and we’ll walk on the grass. I’ll sneak some exercise in as we’re out there. Inevitably, the sessions become really hard at the end, but by then, their body and their brain are conditioned to it.”

Working freelance from Bannatyne’s health club in Chester-le-Street, Glenn sees all kinds of clients from those just wanting to tone up and lose weight to people with long-term health problems. As word of his success in tackling the latter spreads, he finds he is increasingly helping those facing a broad range of physical and psychological barriers.
Glenn’s approach is unconventional. 

Having invested £5,000 in self-development courses, he draws on the latest techniques to harness the mind in helping the body to function effectively. “I can often fix a client without touching them or by tapping them on the head or the area that’s injured,” says Glenn. “That’s what the backbone of my personal training is – being able to help people using cutting-edge techniques.

“Some stuff I do is called Body Map, which is like an MOT for the nervous system. If someone has an issue with function, pain or flexibility, it’s often the brain that’s causing it. Once you make the brain feel a bit safer, that gives them back their function and often removes pain as well.”
The science may be complicated, but Glenn’s methods are simple. He performs tests, like getting a client to extend their arms to assess flexibility, and uses things like tapping and vigorous rubbing to spur the brain into action. As far as he knows, he is the only personal trainer in the region to take such an innovative approach.

 “I do a something called Applied Movement Neurology and Neuro Linguistic Programming as well,” says Glenn. “It’s all based on modern science and some ancient science and it all works amazingly well together.”

His current role is a far cry from Glenn’s former career as an Army engineer. He joined up at 17 and spent 19 years as a soldier, throwing himself into any opportunity to learn new fitness skills.
“It wasn’t until I joined the Army that I realised I had a natural flair for health and fitness,” he says. “I competed at nearly every sport – hockey, football, rugby, kayaking, rock climbing – pretty much everything. I must have taken thousands of recruits on fitness and adventure training. I’m a very competitive chap so I tried to go on every single course I could. That’s what made me become a personal trainer and become one of the best – that competitive spirit.”

Having already decided to leave the Army, the move was prompted by Glenn being hit by a roadside bomb in Nad-e Ali, in Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand province, on New Year’s Day 2011. Escaping with minor injuries, he returned to his native North-East and set up the women’s gym Ladies At Leisure, in Chester-le-Street, where he now lives.
Despite its success, including nominations for Ladies’ Gym of the Year and Personal Trainer of the Year in the 2014 National Fitness Awards, he couldn’t make it viable, so was forced to close it. Since then, Glenn, 40, has been based at Bannatyne’s – though he hopes this will be temporary. “Next year I’ll start afresh,” he says. “Now I find it hard doing some of the hard fitness – I get injured all the time. I’d like to mentor other personal trainers so they can do what I do and have a venue somewhere else.”
Alongside his regular personal training, Glenn runs campaigns inviting those struggling with weight loss to contact him for free advice. He feels strongly that there is a need for more support in this area.

 “I don’t think the Government does enough,” he says. “Giving someone money towards a diet class doesn’t work. It’s a short-term fix because they’re still left with the issue that caused them to overeat in the first place. I offer nutritional advice to everybody. For some I’ll give them a full nutrition plan. Every personal training client I have, I send to a dietician.”
Even when he is away, Glenn makes his presence felt, providing apps containing everything from videos of himself demonstrating exercises to tips on getting a good night’s sleep. “It’s like having a little Glenn on their shoulder,” he laughs.
An outdoor adventurer at heart, he dreams of one day relocating to the Alps, where he hopes to host retreats incorporating fitness, adventure, psychology and relaxation. Whatever happens, Glenn will continue with his two great passions – exercise and helping others.

WIN SESSIONS WORTH £1,000
Glenn is offering one reader the chance to receive 30 free personal training sessions, worth £1,000. To be considered, email Glenn at i.trainhard@yahoo.co.uk, explaining in no more than 500 words why you feel you would benefit from the sessions.
 The closing date is Jan 2016.

Glenn’s top tips for a healthy New Year
1 Try to get at least ten minutes of fresh air a day.
2 Drink five glasses of water a day.
3 Try to have an extra hour in bed.
4 Eat food with the least number of ingredients possible.


5 Make time for yourself. Keep a diary and write down only positive things. At the end of the week, read all the good things you have done.

www.itrainhard.co.uk
07983570574

Sunday, 31 May 2015

Online PT with shortlisted Personal Trainer of the year

Online PT with shortlisted Personal Trainer of the year 

“People of County Durham & The North East, please check out my new online Weight Loss Plan”


What:
A unique complete online PT portal with a handy app for home exercise, including help with exercise, food, mind, sleep and stress.

Why:
I felt the need to provide a more complete online PT package that mirrors my normal Personal Training standards.

When:
Right now, you can start the package right away if you follow the links...
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Is it any good?

I really believe that i help lots of people, with loads of success stories and a very professional reputation, i had a trial run of the online software with a client and the results where excellent.
He lost 10lbs in the first two weeks of the online package, everyone can expect varying results  but the system clearly works well.
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is it different to other online PT?

A plan is only as good as the experience and knowledge of the person designing the plan.  With a background of Army Fitness, Outdoor Coaching, Nutrition courses, NLP, Bodymap and Personal Training i think that i have the foundations to design a good plan.

More importantly i love to help people that need my help.

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What is included?

Check out all of the stuff that i have included into the plan to ensure clients can easily achieve their weight loss goals.

  • Weight Loss Meal plan with simple foods
  • Simple to follow home exercise workouts with video demos
  • A user friendly app that makes training easy and fun
  • Lots of useful eBooks providing health tips on motivation, metabolism and mindfulness and willpower.
  • Healthy recipe book with 30 breakfast, lunch and dinners
  • BodyMap flexibility magic video to improve mobility within 2 minutes
  • Stress relief video blogs
  • Tips on sleeping, facial and teeth detoxification
  • Video using an NLP anchor that can give you more energy within 2 minutes.
  • Loads more tips and advice in video and other documents. 


This is a month plan that can be repeated to make it a 2 month weight loss plan, usually this would retail at around £800.

The online plan is Just £99 for guaranteed weight loss for two months


online personal training durham
 “CLICK ME TO LINK TO ONLINE PT PAGE”
Thanks Folks and please check out all of my stuff on Youtube under Glenn Hill

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

7 minute low impact workout-PT chester le street

Personal Trainer Glenn Hill | Chester Le Street | 07983570574
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Good afternoon or tribe

7 minute low impact workout-PT chester le street



Todays blog is all about low or no impact workouts, i have also attached a nice 7 minute no impact workout for everyone to have a try NOW at home.


The main reason that low impact and no impact workouts and execises are so useful is the fact that lots and lots of folks these days have absolutely destroyed their joints by conducting tough high impact exercises for most of their lives.  Another reason is a lowered impact or no impact workout is a good method of training well whilst you are on rehab for damaged muscles or joints( most of my clients ).

As an ex soldier, Army Physical Training Instructor, Army Para, Diver and distance runner i would suggest i can understand the low impact benefits.  My knees and ankles are ruined “Thanks British Army” only joking as i wouldnt change a thing and my issue is that i am super competitive and have pushed myself too hard for too long.

When i thought about doing a low impact youtube workout i looked at what else was on Youtube in regards to low impact “ flippin heck” absolute tosh, people that are clearly not qualified doing exercises that wont work.  I try to never criticise other fitpros but most of the videos involve swinging legs and arms to left and right and rocking from side to side.

Thinking that most of the individuals that need low/no impact are a bit older or are rehabilitating an issue, movement and function are essential.

  • Just swinging your leg left and right isn’t using all of your joints through their full range of movement and therefore is doing very little for your muscles.
  • If you are not using your muscles properly you wont be building muscle which in turn won’t slow down the signs of ageing (sarcopenia) old age belly, or won’t increase your metabolism (burn more calories)
  • if you are not using your joints through their full range of movement(full functionality) then you will continue losing your functionality.  Think about this “you dont lose function because you get old, you get old because you lose function”.

Before you look at the 7 minute workout video and hopefully do the video, let me remind you that low or no impact exercise doesnt have to mean that the exercises are ineffective.  If you are doing a low impact exercise and you aren’t flexing or bending your knees, hips, shoulders and elbows then what exactly is the benefit of the exercise?

Enjoy the workout below,  apologies for wind in the background there is a written explanation too.

30 seconds squats
30 seconds press ups
30 seconds slow scissor
30 seconds slow mountain climber

30 seconds rest

repeat twice more........     work at the best of your tecnical ability and range of movement and warm up prior

Hope you enjoyed the video and workout, check out the rest of them on Youtube on glenn hill page.  My assistant on this video is Andrew Irwin from Bannatynes in Chester le Street.

Glenn(nil impact) Hill

My next video is going to be a killer leg workout you can do anytime when you are outside: impact included and massive results.

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Friday, 30 January 2015

3 reasons diets dont work - PT Durham

3 reasons diets dont work - PT Durham

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Heya Tribe

There will be a number of ladies and men explaining that, “diets do work because i have lost this or that much weight” People do lose weight on diets on the short term or even some long term.  However the largest study on the effects of diets suggests only around 5-10% keep the weight off long term.

Before i explain why diets dont work I will lead by saying this is the MOST important factor “ the amount of lean muscle you have effects how many calories you use daily - or your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
{More muscle uses more calories - less muscles uses less calories}

Diets:

1. Calorie reduced diets strip off large amounts of vital muscle which is the major component that burns the fat in the first place. Scientists have known for decades that low calorie diets of 800 – 1300 calories per day can use up to 45% of muscle tissue for energy, this is a disaster long term for fat loss.  Anything more than a 10-20% reduction is unhealthy and not long term.

2. Diets release toxins which have been stored in body fat (adipose tissue) which can decrease our fat burning hormones and inhibit our energy factories called mitochondria from burning fat efficiently.   This is the same reason why detoxification for weight loss is a good idea, to clean the adipose tissue before releasing toxins.

3.  Your metabolic age or speed, i have had PT clients in their 50s with a metabolic age of 80s, this means the constant dieting and lack of muscle has stopped any fat burning.
Diets can drop metabolism by as much as 40% which will have a rebound effect when you start eating more food again when you can no longer stick to the diet. And, this will equate to the body going into super – compensation mode in storing as much fat as you can in readiness for the next perceived starvation block (aka diet).

Dont get me started on faddy or pyramid schemes such as herbalife, Body by Vi, Juice Plus (check out my blog on juicing)

Any Personal Trainer selling any of these isnt a Personal Trainer in my eyes or the eyes of the global health and well beinf industry.

Cheers Glenn

07983570574

text for a free consultation

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Improve your flexibility and function-Durham PT

Improve your flexibility and function-Durham PT

Personal Trainer Durham | Glenn Hill | 07983570574

This blog is all about improving function and flexibility and it can be done in less than 10 minutes with no stretching or painful pulling or pushing.

I will be displaying this magic for free from friday until monday at Bannatynes Gym in Chester le Street.

Bannatynes are running an open weekend which members can bring along their freinds and family for free from Friday until Monday.  If you would like to improve your flexibility, function or remove or reduce pain book up for a free BodyMap consultation with myself.

You can book up for a free body MOT at the reception at Bannatyne, open weekend schedule: 

1430-1600 Friday
11-1200 Saturday
11-1200 Sunday
1600-1830 Monday

How Does it work?

Think about events like pain, loss of function and reduction in flexibility as brain events, your brain makes these things occur and worsen and improve them as it wishes.

Bodymap using a clever process of improving functions such as breathing,eyes,balance,proprioception in order to make your brain feel SAFE.  As soon as the brain feels safe it can then free up function and remove pain.

Seems mad, it’s upstream thinking about downstream issues and works amazingly well.

So book up and see for yourself, amazing BodyMap magic at Bannatynes.


Glenn (BodyMap) Hill

07983570574


Friday, 2 January 2015

five tips on dealing with stress - Personal Trainer Durham

New Year New You - Chester le Street