Sometimes I just have to rant. This is one of those times. Too many times, I see people that are desperate to lose fat, gain muscle, or correct dysfunctions. Yet, they do all of the wrong stuff.

Now if you don’t know, you don’t know. The kicker is that these same people do know better because they have been told.

I watched a man the other day (a guy who I once trained) go through an entire circuit and never once did an exercise on his feet.

When I trained him, he never sat down. We did squats, lunges, dead lifts, standing presses, standing core work (yes, you don’t really need to do crunches) and many other exercises…on the feet.

He was in the best shape of his life. Yet now, he is back to old habits, getting weaker, in pain and has gained about 10 pounds.

I just don’t get it sometimes. We are on our butts all day at work or at home, and when people finally have a chance to workout, release stress, get stronger, correct imbalances and get fit, they choose to sit, yet again!

Do yourself a favor, if you are currently doing a strength or fitness program and any of the exercises have you sitting down, replace them with standing exercises and see how much more you get from your workout.

If you are trying to lose fat, the last thing you need to be is sitting. If you are trying to get stronger, sitting is not going to get you there. If you are an athlete, you should rarely sit during your training.

If you need replacement exercises, send me a comment on this blog. I will be more than happy to give you replacement exercises that you can do.

I always say, anything you do sitting can be replaced by a much better standing exercise.

Stand up and make a change.

The truth is, I have trained countless people that have lost large amounts of weight, and many that have had physical issues. Sometimes I will change names (to protect the innocent) or change the years around just so I can avoid singling anyone in particular out in one of my blogs.

Therefore, if you read one of my posts and you think, “is he talking about me,” chances are I am not…not directly. Even though you may have had a very similar experience as the one I am describing, it doesn’t mean it is about you…unless the blog starts with “Yesterday, I was working with a 33 year old house wife that just lost her job.” In a case like that, I will probably get permission or at least give you a heads up before I send your story into cyber space.

99% of the people that I have worked with are more than happy to see their name and experience written about. As a matter of fact, many ask me why I have not written about them at some point. However, there are a few that would rather not be talked about in any way, and that is OK too. Just don’t assume that it is you that I am writing about each time you read about a person who might share a similar story.