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		<title>By: The Perfect Training World</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Perfect Training World</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] reading Frankie’s article as to why he is a personal trainer it is good to know there are other trainers out there who truly do everything they can to help [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Mario</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mario</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Coach, I truly enjoy your writing.  My vision for the personal training industry is possibly close to yours.  With prevention, higher more consistent pay &amp; better training certs available being at the top of the list... I would like to see the development of motivational &amp; inspirational techniques for discipline, commitment &amp; improving self confidence.  (What&#039;s out there works, yes... some... There is always a better, right? : )  I&#039;d like to tell you I&#039;m working on that!

I personally know what it&#039;s like to not understand or be aware of those simple, innate concepts while improving &amp; changing the body.  

My vision includes more motivational &amp; inspirational coaching techniques.  Applied through the lenses of the health &amp; fitness industry.  Something better than Tony Robbins &amp; louder (with out being annoying) than Richard Simmons.  ; )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coach, I truly enjoy your writing.  My vision for the personal training industry is possibly close to yours.  With prevention, higher more consistent pay &amp; better training certs available being at the top of the list&#8230; I would like to see the development of motivational &amp; inspirational techniques for discipline, commitment &amp; improving self confidence.  (What&#8217;s out there works, yes&#8230; some&#8230; There is always a better, right? : )  I&#8217;d like to tell you I&#8217;m working on that!</p>
<p>I personally know what it&#8217;s like to not understand or be aware of those simple, innate concepts while improving &amp; changing the body.  </p>
<p>My vision includes more motivational &amp; inspirational coaching techniques.  Applied through the lenses of the health &amp; fitness industry.  Something better than Tony Robbins &amp; louder (with out being annoying) than Richard Simmons.  ; )</p>
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		<title>By: Frankie Faires</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frankie Faires</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love this comment, Brad!

The first part of the cert is about this very thing...
just simpler.

fF</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this comment, Brad!</p>
<p>The first part of the cert is about this very thing&#8230;<br />
just simpler.</p>
<p>fF</p>
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		<title>By: John Zimmerman</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Zimmerman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Summed up:
After spending the time educating myself and losing 100lbs, I feel everyone deserves a chance to better their life.  Being an Obese child and teenager was no fun.  I went to the Underground Strength Coach certification a year ago to further my study and receive advice on training others.  Currently I am working with friends to help them get in shape from weight loss to those lucky naturally thin friends who want to put weight on.  In two months I will receive my CPT and move into a professional gym to reach more people.  Everyone deserves to have a life of easy movement and I want to help them achieve that.  Some day I will open a gym to help overweight kids and adults get in shape safely and keep it off.  

Biofeedback has given me wonderful results so far and I will continue to use it.  Along with this, I plan on attending the RKC towards the end of the year as well as start my Z Health training.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Summed up:<br />
After spending the time educating myself and losing 100lbs, I feel everyone deserves a chance to better their life.  Being an Obese child and teenager was no fun.  I went to the Underground Strength Coach certification a year ago to further my study and receive advice on training others.  Currently I am working with friends to help them get in shape from weight loss to those lucky naturally thin friends who want to put weight on.  In two months I will receive my CPT and move into a professional gym to reach more people.  Everyone deserves to have a life of easy movement and I want to help them achieve that.  Some day I will open a gym to help overweight kids and adults get in shape safely and keep it off.  </p>
<p>Biofeedback has given me wonderful results so far and I will continue to use it.  Along with this, I plan on attending the RKC towards the end of the year as well as start my Z Health training.</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Berenbroick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gary Berenbroick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>exactly what I meant Adam

one of my favorite sayings that I can&#039;t credit to anyone is

&quot;it&#039;s harder to carpet the world than it would be to put on slippers&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>exactly what I meant Adam</p>
<p>one of my favorite sayings that I can&#8217;t credit to anyone is</p>
<p>&#8220;it&#8217;s harder to carpet the world than it would be to put on slippers&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Brad Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brad Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frankie, I love your comment on &quot;unlearning.&quot; I&#039;ve got a bit of a riff on it (you may notice that R.A.W. has acted as a significant influence on my thinking):

 This reminds me of Niels Bohr, a quantum physicist who made massive contributions to quantum physics without actually believing in quantum physics. He considered only the results of his experiments and regarded all explanations of them not as explanations of how the universe worked, but how the human mind worked. He called this &quot;the Copenhagen interpretation,&quot; and it seems the best method of interpreting sense data that I have yet encountered. 

An entire generation of physicists believed literally in his model of the atom - the Bohr model. Everyone, that is, except Niels Bohr. 

In my opinion, belief of ANY kind stifles thought. Therefore, the less we &quot;know,&quot; the more effective we become as investigators of phenomena. The fewer preconceived notions that we bring to our experience, the more accurate our measurements. 

Unfortunately, the very structure of the english language (as people use it today) reinforces these kinds of unconscious &quot;certainties.&quot; By using the verb &quot;to be,&quot; we insinuate a level of objectivity that a human can never possess. 

Rather than say &quot;the rose IS red,&quot; we can say &quot;the rose LOOKS red TO ME.&quot; Rather than say &quot;light IS a wave&quot; and &quot;light IS a particle&quot; (as went a major debate in physics), we can say &quot;light acts as particle under X conditions when measured with instrument Y&quot; and &quot;light acts as a wave under W conditions when measured by instument  Z.&quot; Just by eliminating the implied bias of the verb &quot;to be,&quot; we have eliminated one of the major debates of 20th-century physics.  

It appears to me that education should consist not primarily of learning, but of UNlearning. This also echoes the adage that (parahrasing) &quot;a man is truly educated when he realizes that he knows nothing.&quot; 

Why not apply these principles to human movement? Why limit sanity to particle-accelerators and quantum wave probabilities? 

I intend to know LESS today than I knew yesterday. I intend to accumulate more questions and fewer anwsers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frankie, I love your comment on &#8220;unlearning.&#8221; I&#8217;ve got a bit of a riff on it (you may notice that R.A.W. has acted as a significant influence on my thinking):</p>
<p> This reminds me of Niels Bohr, a quantum physicist who made massive contributions to quantum physics without actually believing in quantum physics. He considered only the results of his experiments and regarded all explanations of them not as explanations of how the universe worked, but how the human mind worked. He called this &#8220;the Copenhagen interpretation,&#8221; and it seems the best method of interpreting sense data that I have yet encountered. </p>
<p>An entire generation of physicists believed literally in his model of the atom &#8211; the Bohr model. Everyone, that is, except Niels Bohr. </p>
<p>In my opinion, belief of ANY kind stifles thought. Therefore, the less we &#8220;know,&#8221; the more effective we become as investigators of phenomena. The fewer preconceived notions that we bring to our experience, the more accurate our measurements. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the very structure of the english language (as people use it today) reinforces these kinds of unconscious &#8220;certainties.&#8221; By using the verb &#8220;to be,&#8221; we insinuate a level of objectivity that a human can never possess. </p>
<p>Rather than say &#8220;the rose IS red,&#8221; we can say &#8220;the rose LOOKS red TO ME.&#8221; Rather than say &#8220;light IS a wave&#8221; and &#8220;light IS a particle&#8221; (as went a major debate in physics), we can say &#8220;light acts as particle under X conditions when measured with instrument Y&#8221; and &#8220;light acts as a wave under W conditions when measured by instument  Z.&#8221; Just by eliminating the implied bias of the verb &#8220;to be,&#8221; we have eliminated one of the major debates of 20th-century physics.  </p>
<p>It appears to me that education should consist not primarily of learning, but of UNlearning. This also echoes the adage that (parahrasing) &#8220;a man is truly educated when he realizes that he knows nothing.&#8221; </p>
<p>Why not apply these principles to human movement? Why limit sanity to particle-accelerators and quantum wave probabilities? </p>
<p>I intend to know LESS today than I knew yesterday. I intend to accumulate more questions and fewer anwsers.</p>
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		<title>By: adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joseph, if you love doing something, you will become exceptional as you chase it. Keep us updated</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joseph, if you love doing something, you will become exceptional as you chase it. Keep us updated</p>
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		<title>By: adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is best for you is most important. Don&#039;t sweat the industry as a whole, we are here to do the heavy lifting. What i need is for you to be the most successful local business in your area. thats how we win ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is best for you is most important. Don&#8217;t sweat the industry as a whole, we are here to do the heavy lifting. What i need is for you to be the most successful local business in your area. thats how we win <img src='http://www.adamtglass.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Kira

We will reshape this industry, make no mistake. Everyone has a choice- continue to support the old guard and status quo, or challenge it and CHANGE IT. 

We can stop the stupidity, we can end the age of misinformation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Kira</p>
<p>We will reshape this industry, make no mistake. Everyone has a choice- continue to support the old guard and status quo, or challenge it and CHANGE IT. </p>
<p>We can stop the stupidity, we can end the age of misinformation.</p>
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		<title>By: Frankie Faires</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frankie Faires</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brad,

Make your business education as important as your academic education.
One way to go about this is to get good at sales at a chain gym.
If you want to be an independent personal trainer, then you&#039;ll need to know a few marketing strategies, as well.

We offer both business and academic education concurrently.
If you save your money to invest in us,
I&#039;ll make it my mission to make it the best investment you ever made.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brad,</p>
<p>Make your business education as important as your academic education.<br />
One way to go about this is to get good at sales at a chain gym.<br />
If you want to be an independent personal trainer, then you&#8217;ll need to know a few marketing strategies, as well.</p>
<p>We offer both business and academic education concurrently.<br />
If you save your money to invest in us,<br />
I&#8217;ll make it my mission to make it the best investment you ever made.</p>
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		<title>By: Frankie Faires</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frankie Faires</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kira,

There is a concept that states 
the more sophisticated technology is -
the easier the interface.

For example, the first computers required engineers to operate.
Now three year olds can operate an IPhone.

Being that we are the most sophisticated biological organism on this plant, 
our interface is incredibly simple.

So is movement.

So much of what I teach is de-programming.
The people who know the least 
I can teach the fastest.
Unlearning is slow.

(interestingly enough - the first thing I teach is how to never have to unlearn ANYTHING)

I make collegiate &quot;Biomechanics&quot;
and Motor Learning Theorists
heads explode.

As everyone is saying, 
&quot;it just can&#039;t be that simple,&quot;
we are PRing.

We know it&#039;s that simple.

Some people collect letters after their names,
we collect PRs
and connect everything else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kira,</p>
<p>There is a concept that states<br />
the more sophisticated technology is -<br />
the easier the interface.</p>
<p>For example, the first computers required engineers to operate.<br />
Now three year olds can operate an IPhone.</p>
<p>Being that we are the most sophisticated biological organism on this plant,<br />
our interface is incredibly simple.</p>
<p>So is movement.</p>
<p>So much of what I teach is de-programming.<br />
The people who know the least<br />
I can teach the fastest.<br />
Unlearning is slow.</p>
<p>(interestingly enough &#8211; the first thing I teach is how to never have to unlearn ANYTHING)</p>
<p>I make collegiate &#8220;Biomechanics&#8221;<br />
and Motor Learning Theorists<br />
heads explode.</p>
<p>As everyone is saying,<br />
&#8220;it just can&#8217;t be that simple,&#8221;<br />
we are PRing.</p>
<p>We know it&#8217;s that simple.</p>
<p>Some people collect letters after their names,<br />
we collect PRs<br />
and connect everything else.</p>
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		<title>By: Frankie Faires</title>
		<link>http://www.adamtglass.com/2010/03/19/why-are-you-a-personal-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-3356</link>
		<dc:creator>Frankie Faires</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes...it is quite a bit simpler...
and you owe me an email.

fF</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes&#8230;it is quite a bit simpler&#8230;<br />
and you owe me an email.</p>
<p>fF</p>
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