19 Training Styles and Motivational Factors

In Episode 19 Adam discusses his biggest surprise in how the fitness industry has changed since starting InForm Fitness almost 20 years ago.  Following the IForm Fitness protocol, Adam, Mike, and Sheila share some of their individual techniques for accessing their clients' goals and motivational factors.

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019 Training Styles and Motivational Factors

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Tim Edwards  00:00

This episode of the inform fitness podcast is brought to you by Thrive Market. Thrive Market is on a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone to receive a special discount code for 15% off of your first order, email Tim at inbound podcasting.com. Hey inform nation thanks for joining us here once again on the inform fitness podcast. 20 minutes with New York Times bestselling author Adam Zickerman and friends brought to you by inform fitness and thrive market.com My name is Tim Edwards of the inbound podcasting network. And joining the show, as always is Sheila melody, Mike Rogers and the founder of inform fitness. Adam Zickerman. Hey team

Adam  00:47

hey, hello

Tim Edwards  00:53

That's gonna be a running theme with every show will begin the English accent. Well, here in this podcast, we discuss high intensity slow motion strength training system that's so effective, you'll get a week's worth of exercise in just 1, 20 to 30 minute session, which is about the length of each of these podcast episodes. Now in this episode team, we want to share some of the wisdom that all of you have accrued over the many years and just talk about what it's like in the life of a personal trainer at inform fitness. This is a very non-conventional type of workout for for some. And so, I want to learn from you how things have changed over the last 20 years or so, Adam, when you began this revolution,

Adam  01:33

when I thought about what we're going to talk about for this episode. Because I was asked a question not too long ago by one of my mentors, who I've known for a long time. And he said to me, so Adam, now you're doing this almost almost 20 years, what's the biggest surprise? You remember how you thought about all this 20 years ago? And now, where you are now where the state of the industry is now? What's the biggest surprise? What surprises me the most is something that appeared so logical. And so kind of like an epiphany, aha type of moment. 20 years ago, for me, I was a little surprised, quite honestly, that it hasn't been an aha moment for the for the whole society.

Tim Edwards  02:23

Or you mentioned in previous episodes with with Doug macguff. It's like why isn't everybody talking about this?

Adam  02:29

Well, that was I think that episode we were talking specifically about the anti aging properties of Yeah, well, yeah. When that news came out, when that research came out, just one more thing that you think that's going to be the tipping point. That is what's going to get people to say, hey, but it wasn't,

Mike  02:47

you know, Adam, I keep talking about like, you're surprised that nobody or like, it hasn't become like a national a wave of like, have an epiphany for everybody, as it has been for you or me are all of us on who you know, who've been doing this and do teach it. I actually think I have the answer. I think it is. I think everybody wants results. Now in a day. I think the reality is for almost all things that are worthwhile. It just it's time to do it no matter what you're trying to do. Whenever anyone tries any new exercise regimen, they usually feel the initial gains of whatever they do a new Pilates class, a new Bikram yoga class, a new slow weight training, and their body feels like a new thing. And it's and I think they get wrapped up into it. Anyway. That's what I think I think people just aren't patient enough to let something like this settle in. And that's the reason why.

Adam  03:46

I remember when we used to drive these gas guzzling cars back in the 70s during the gas crisis I'm aging myself when I was a kid in a big car

Tim Edwards  03:55

waiting in those long lines to get gas remember 

Adam  03:58

Escalon remember that I do? I was a kid.

Mike  04:01

I don't

Adam  04:02

Yeah, I'm a little bit older than you is right before your time. Anyway, I just remember the expression being coined from that period is that every time our car passes a gas station it burps has that desire just goes with gas like crazy. And I I remember I apply that that same type of joke, if you will to, to genetically gifted individuals. Every time they walk past a dumbbell, they get bigger.

Tim Edwards  04:34

I hate those people I really do.

Adam  04:38

They don't need to do much. No. And

Mike  04:41

it I can see that that is discouraging, encouraging and discouraging for people. You know, I think about it. I mean, there's some people, you know, they they're like, how come she looks so good. You know, and they wonder, you know, like I saw this girl at the gym. She has this incredible body and I'm like running on the treadmill. I'm like, Well, did she look that way before she was on the treadmill? 

Sheila  05:05

yeah, it's hard to get people to understand that. The reasons why you want to do this not just, you know, to have this perfect body to there's so many other good reasons, and I'm constantly trying to remind people have those, you know, just your overall health and wellness. And, you know, it's like what Adam has often, you know, said, it's like brushing your teeth, you're gonna Are you gonna stop brushing your teeth, because you don't see, you know, immediate results or whatever is gonna continue to breastfeed.

Mike  05:37

I think a lot of people though, that when it comes to fitness, I think they do give up quickly, I think if they haven't, they, you know, the, you lose weight, maybe you know, ho...