WEBVTT - Alex Flint: When is it time to get a personal trainer? 0:00:05.761 --> 0:00:09.681 You're listening to the Weekend Collective podcast from News Talk SEDB. 0:00:12.681 --> 0:00:23.401 I like you for Christmas, please make my wish come true. 0:00:25.481 --> 0:00:29.521 Oh yes. Actually, the reason I'm playing that as well 0:00:29.641 --> 0:00:31.041 is because I am going to give a shout out 0:00:31.041 --> 0:00:33.601 because I'm doing a community event. This is me, by 0:00:33.641 --> 0:00:35.481 the way, from my Christmas album that I recorded a 0:00:35.481 --> 0:00:38.201 few years ago for hospice. It's because I'm doing community 0:00:38.201 --> 0:00:42.441 event at the Holy Trinity next Saturday night with the 0:00:42.441 --> 0:00:44.881 North Shore Brass and it's a Christmas concert and I 0:00:44.881 --> 0:00:46.721 can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it 0:00:46.801 --> 0:00:49.641 because we've had such a busy year and suddenly it's like, oh, 0:00:49.921 --> 0:00:52.081 let's get together sing a few Christmas songs. So there 0:00:52.081 --> 0:00:55.161 you go. That's my I said to my producer, say, 0:00:55.361 --> 0:00:57.641 I didn't say play some tim beverage, but I did 0:00:57.721 --> 0:01:01.441 say in different words. Maybe I pretty much said play 0:01:01.481 --> 0:01:04.201 that track. Yeah I did, Okay, yes, but I didn't 0:01:04.281 --> 0:01:05.921 use it in those words. I didn't say play someth 0:01:06.001 --> 0:01:09.401 and beverage. Conceptor sounds very ego centric, doesn't it. Anyway? 0:01:09.441 --> 0:01:12.441 Welcome back. The interviews are up for Politic Central, so 0:01:12.441 --> 0:01:14.161 you can go online and check them out. Had a 0:01:14.201 --> 0:01:18.361 fascinating discussion with Ashley Bloomfield and also Chris Hopkins and 0:01:18.401 --> 0:01:21.801 Thomas Coglan on the AGM for Labor and that was 0:01:21.801 --> 0:01:25.081 politics central. But right now I guess what we're moving on. 0:01:25.321 --> 0:01:27.521 It's the Health Hub and joining us. He is a 0:01:27.561 --> 0:01:30.921 personal trainer at body Talk. I love a good pun 0:01:31.081 --> 0:01:33.721 t O r q u E. Of course body Talk 0:01:33.881 --> 0:01:37.241 it's all about energy momentum. And his name is Alex Flint. 0:01:37.361 --> 0:01:40.201 How Alex, how are you? Oh, hang on a minute, 0:01:40.201 --> 0:01:41.681 I'll just tell on your microphone then you can say 0:01:41.681 --> 0:01:42.761 it again. You're good. 0:01:42.881 --> 0:01:44.361 I'm really good, Tim, Thanks for me. 0:01:44.441 --> 0:01:47.321 Excellently looking forward to the Christmas season. Yeah you've noticed 0:01:47.321 --> 0:01:49.121 the tinsel has gone up around the studio. 0:01:49.241 --> 0:01:51.241 Yeah I have. It's been a lovely touch since. 0:01:52.961 --> 0:01:58.841 Anyway, Hey, look we're going to talk about well home workouts, 0:01:58.881 --> 0:02:00.961 but you know, you know when you should use a 0:02:01.001 --> 0:02:05.721 personal trainer and and what you should why people use 0:02:05.761 --> 0:02:08.281 personal trainers for one, but the fun one I also 0:02:08.361 --> 0:02:10.401 want to touch on, just to get the conversation rolling, 0:02:10.441 --> 0:02:15.441 as the worst or the best piece of home workout 0:02:15.441 --> 0:02:17.601 equipment you've ever owned, And there would have been a 0:02:17.601 --> 0:02:20.961 time when Alex Flint didn't know much about exercise, so 0:02:21.041 --> 0:02:24.081 you may have been that teenager in his room with 0:02:24.121 --> 0:02:28.001 the chest expander and the bullworker, thinking that there was 0:02:28.041 --> 0:02:29.681 going to make you look like the guy in the ads. 0:02:29.881 --> 0:02:31.241 What's guilty as charged? 0:02:32.401 --> 0:02:35.481 What's the worst ever piece of exercise equipment you've ever owned? 0:02:35.601 --> 0:02:39.721 I've had a lot, really. Yeah. At fourteen years of age, 0:02:40.001 --> 0:02:43.561 was had every muscle fitness magazine, and I think I 0:02:43.681 --> 0:02:46.721 had collected probably in the vicinity of half a dozen 0:02:46.721 --> 0:02:49.721 to a dozen home exercise pieces of equipment, all which 0:02:49.761 --> 0:02:53.881 were pretty much useless and gave me no results when 0:02:53.921 --> 0:02:55.561 compared to the person that I saw in the ad, 0:02:55.561 --> 0:02:57.721 who was like an Adonis. So well creaiting for that 0:02:57.721 --> 0:02:58.321 to happen. 0:02:58.161 --> 0:03:01.161 Do you think those I mean, I wonder when people 0:03:01.161 --> 0:03:04.001 ever work out that the person who's advertising the abdominizer 0:03:05.281 --> 0:03:09.121 amazing probably has only held an abominizer in their hands 0:03:09.201 --> 0:03:11.001 during the ad and the rest of the time they're 0:03:11.041 --> 0:03:11.761 doing other things. 0:03:11.961 --> 0:03:13.561 Yeah, I'm not sure if they'd even know what the 0:03:13.601 --> 0:03:15.401 name of the equipment was, to be honest, but yeah, 0:03:15.441 --> 0:03:18.201 they seemed to be able to find the very most 0:03:18.761 --> 0:03:22.881 athletically gifted and beautiful looking people to advertise. But yeah, 0:03:22.921 --> 0:03:24.441 they don't. They definitely don't use them. 0:03:24.561 --> 0:03:27.081 I had the chest expander was my first piece. I 0:03:27.121 --> 0:03:30.801 think the thirteen or fourteen year old boy the testosterones hit. 0:03:30.841 --> 0:03:32.241 You don't know what to do with yourself. You think 0:03:32.281 --> 0:03:34.801 I need I look like I still looked like an 0:03:34.801 --> 0:03:36.961 eleven year old. But I've got all these hormones coursing thrown. 0:03:37.001 --> 0:03:41.161 I've got to transform myself. And I bought the chest expander, 0:03:41.161 --> 0:03:43.681 which was the thing with two handles and a bunch 0:03:43.721 --> 0:03:46.921 of chains. That was the running gag was I think 0:03:46.921 --> 0:03:51.001 you could put there were springs, five springs, and depending 0:03:51.001 --> 0:03:54.361 on your strength, you would have either one, two, three, 0:03:54.441 --> 0:03:57.641 four or five and I think three was hard enough. 0:03:58.561 --> 0:03:59.841 And it was a bit of a running gag with 0:03:59.841 --> 0:04:02.041 friends about the guy who was only using the one spring. 0:04:02.881 --> 0:04:05.641 And ironically the biggest thing about that, you know, you 0:04:05.681 --> 0:04:07.601 buy it as a chest expander and it's not actually 0:04:07.601 --> 0:04:09.881 even using you it's bad pixels. Yeah, it's using your 0:04:09.881 --> 0:04:10.721 back muscles. Yeah. 0:04:10.921 --> 0:04:14.441 I did wonder about that. I thought, you know, any 0:04:14.481 --> 0:04:16.681 of your what did you have and was there something 0:04:16.681 --> 0:04:18.121 that actually was quite useful? 0:04:18.201 --> 0:04:20.721 Yeah, well, the first one that came to mind, and 0:04:20.761 --> 0:04:23.201 I do remember buying it and I would have been fourteen. 0:04:23.321 --> 0:04:25.481 Was the abdominizer. I was trying to think of the 0:04:25.561 --> 0:04:27.281 name of it here that you reminded me just as 0:04:27.321 --> 0:04:30.401 we started, and that was like an ab roller, so 0:04:30.441 --> 0:04:32.761 it was on the ground. It was like you put 0:04:32.761 --> 0:04:35.481 your head on a pad and then put your arms 0:04:35.561 --> 0:04:36.801 up in the air and sort of rock back and 0:04:36.841 --> 0:04:39.961 forth and basically did a crunch. And I think I 0:04:40.001 --> 0:04:42.401 saved up all my paper money for goodness knows how 0:04:42.441 --> 0:04:44.561 many weeks to buy that to pretty much do an 0:04:44.601 --> 0:04:45.961 abdominal crunch on the floor. 0:04:47.041 --> 0:04:49.241 But actually, because there is a way of doing that 0:04:49.281 --> 0:04:52.401 with a dumb bell with handles on each side where 0:04:52.401 --> 0:04:54.361 you're sort of lying down a press up position, you 0:04:54.441 --> 0:04:56.521 roll out and you go back, there's something and that 0:04:56.681 --> 0:04:56.961 isn't that? 0:04:57.081 --> 0:05:00.481 Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah. I think at the end of 0:05:00.481 --> 0:05:04.081 the day, marketing gets us at the majority of home 0:05:04.121 --> 0:05:07.921 exercise equipment purchase late at night. So and I even 0:05:07.961 --> 0:05:10.321 know that from my own from my own gym, that 0:05:10.441 --> 0:05:13.001 a lot of members sign up when they're when they're 0:05:13.001 --> 0:05:15.041 in bed later on in the in the evening, when 0:05:15.041 --> 0:05:19.241 they're thinking about doing something. Uh, And that happens very 0:05:19.321 --> 0:05:22.481 much with home exercise equipment. So the times that we 0:05:22.561 --> 0:05:26.121 buy am probably our motivation is there because we think 0:05:26.161 --> 0:05:28.001 in tomorrow is going to be the day that I start. 0:05:28.081 --> 0:05:31.601 We see the marketing and purchase away, but never really 0:05:31.681 --> 0:05:32.641 use them unfortunately. 0:05:32.721 --> 0:05:35.081 And I think, of course we're thinking of that infomercial 0:05:35.281 --> 0:05:37.881 driven sort of exercise machines, and I think, you know, 0:05:37.961 --> 0:05:39.681 let's not say, if you've bought yourself a home a 0:05:39.761 --> 0:05:41.881 full home gym with free weights and all that in 0:05:41.921 --> 0:05:44.081 the equipment, that's when that's not what we're really talking about. 0:05:44.401 --> 0:05:47.161 But there is one piece of exercise equipment somebody's just 0:05:47.201 --> 0:05:50.161 reminded me on the text, which is legit if you've 0:05:50.161 --> 0:05:52.481 got the budget to get a decent one, and that's 0:05:52.481 --> 0:05:53.361 a rowing machine. 0:05:53.481 --> 0:05:55.801 Oh absolutely yeah, But what is it. 0:05:55.721 --> 0:06:00.801 With see rowing machines? It's obviously it's not still not 0:06:00.841 --> 0:06:05.641 going to expand that chest that But what's what's so 0:06:05.681 --> 0:06:06.961 good about a rowing machine? 0:06:07.041 --> 0:06:10.201 Yeah? I think, just to be fair and to clarify things, 0:06:10.201 --> 0:06:13.721 there is some absolutely fantastic home exercise equipment out there. 0:06:15.041 --> 0:06:20.601 Probably the biggest thing that we can use to justify 0:06:20.681 --> 0:06:22.881 it is actually and clarify it is the cost of 0:06:22.921 --> 0:06:26.001 the purchase. So if you're buying something which you're also 0:06:26.041 --> 0:06:29.081 going to see in a commercial environment. You know, for example, 0:06:29.081 --> 0:06:30.801 a rowing machine that you'll also see in a gym. 0:06:30.841 --> 0:06:32.881 You know, it's a great bit of equipment and it's 0:06:32.921 --> 0:06:34.801 going to be around long enough to use it. A 0:06:34.801 --> 0:06:37.081 lot of the stuff that we see on infomercials, that's 0:06:37.121 --> 0:06:39.841 where the issues lie because they're cheap, they don't last 0:06:39.881 --> 0:06:42.161 very long, and they don't necessarily give us much of 0:06:42.161 --> 0:06:45.841 a workout really, and so you know, there's a big 0:06:45.881 --> 0:06:49.521 differentiation in terms of what's great gear for home and 0:06:49.521 --> 0:06:52.761 what's not. So the first thing that is really fantastic home, 0:06:52.801 --> 0:06:54.961 and it's interesting that that's the first one that's come 0:06:55.001 --> 0:06:56.641 up in the text, is a rowing machine. So a 0:06:56.721 --> 0:07:00.201 rowing machine full body exercise, great for cutting vascular work, 0:07:00.281 --> 0:07:03.601 also great for muscular strengths, uses all your back muscles, 0:07:03.601 --> 0:07:05.961 your leg muscles. That's also great if your posture, as 0:07:06.001 --> 0:07:08.121 long as you use it properly, so you're getting all 0:07:08.121 --> 0:07:10.441 of these bang few buck things in one machine. 0:07:10.481 --> 0:07:12.961 I've always hated the rowing machines at the gym. When 0:07:12.961 --> 0:07:14.561 that you know, you go and see a personal trainer 0:07:14.561 --> 0:07:17.081 and they say let's get on the rowing machine. I'm like, ah, 0:07:17.761 --> 0:07:21.401 just I, just I don't know what, but I mean, 0:07:21.601 --> 0:07:23.841 is there anything it's it's not it's not working your 0:07:23.881 --> 0:07:24.561 chest out, is it? 0:07:24.681 --> 0:07:25.841 No? Not really no? 0:07:26.001 --> 0:07:26.641 Does it matter? 0:07:27.321 --> 0:07:32.681 Well? I mean yeah, I mean there's no one exercise 0:07:32.721 --> 0:07:35.641 that's going to be great for everything. We need multiple 0:07:35.641 --> 0:07:37.961 things and it's the same. Rowing is a fantastic form 0:07:38.001 --> 0:07:40.921 of cardiovascular work and it uses a reasonablemount of muscular 0:07:40.961 --> 0:07:43.881 strength and power. But like anything, there's not really a 0:07:44.281 --> 0:07:46.961 one size fits all exercise or machine. 0:07:47.281 --> 0:07:49.801 Actually that does sound like also a talkback question, to 0:07:49.841 --> 0:07:51.921 be honest. I mean, what is if you're going to 0:07:51.961 --> 0:07:53.801 do one excess? If you're going to do one thing, 0:07:54.481 --> 0:07:57.681 what should it be for me? Up until the point 0:07:57.721 --> 0:08:01.001 your knees go? And Greg Pain's going to call me 0:08:01.041 --> 0:08:02.241 in a moment saying, what do you mean your need 0:08:02.281 --> 0:08:05.041 is going? You're running wrong? But I would argue that 0:08:05.201 --> 0:08:08.041 the best piece of home exercise equipment you can get 0:08:08.081 --> 0:08:09.281 as a decent pair of running shoes. 0:08:09.321 --> 0:08:13.081 Absolutely, yeah, Ben Guy Beverage for the one. That's the one. 0:08:13.241 --> 0:08:15.441 If there's one thing that you can do, get yourself 0:08:15.441 --> 0:08:17.361 a pair of running shoes and get outside, start running, 0:08:17.441 --> 0:08:19.641 and if that's walking, to start with Greg Pains and 0:08:19.761 --> 0:08:23.241 men to talk more about getting people into it, you know, 0:08:23.281 --> 0:08:25.921 effectively in a safe way. But yeah, absolutely running is 0:08:26.001 --> 0:08:28.801 number one. Having said that, there is a big reason 0:08:28.841 --> 0:08:30.961 why we need to include strength training as well. 0:08:31.281 --> 0:08:33.681 Well, that's actually part of our conversation. We wanted to 0:08:33.721 --> 0:08:36.521 have this affternoon because and some of the conversations that 0:08:36.561 --> 0:08:38.561 we come up with, you know, is a discussion with 0:08:38.761 --> 0:08:40.881 myself and my producer and other people around. But this 0:08:40.961 --> 0:08:45.081 one's come from me because I'm walking, because I've had 0:08:45.081 --> 0:08:46.641 to take a break from running for a few weeks 0:08:46.681 --> 0:08:51.521 just to let a knee settle down. And it's one 0:08:51.561 --> 0:08:53.361 of the things my physio who doesn't like to tell 0:08:53.401 --> 0:08:56.201 me what to do, but she has not set a 0:08:56.281 --> 0:08:58.321 no to it in the way that's I think she's 0:08:58.361 --> 0:09:00.881 telling me I should do strength training again. And I 0:09:00.961 --> 0:09:02.841 used to go to do strength training with the four 0:09:02.881 --> 0:09:06.281 major well you know, we had left squats and a 0:09:06.281 --> 0:09:10.281 couple of others. And so here's the question is around 0:09:11.001 --> 0:09:15.441 when should you use a personal trainer? Is it when 0:09:15.481 --> 0:09:18.281 you are and why do people use personal trainers because 0:09:18.281 --> 0:09:21.321 everyone have a different reason. For me, I would use 0:09:21.321 --> 0:09:24.241 a personal trainer to get good professional advice because I 0:09:24.281 --> 0:09:26.601 can motivate myself to turn up, whereas other people get 0:09:26.601 --> 0:09:28.361 a personal trainer because it's an appointment they. 0:09:28.281 --> 0:09:28.761 Have to keep. 0:09:30.521 --> 0:09:34.401 But let's talk about when it is advisable or very 0:09:34.441 --> 0:09:35.801 helpful to have a personal trainer. 0:09:36.121 --> 0:09:39.641 Yeah, it's a great question, and probably tim your I 0:09:39.681 --> 0:09:42.881 would say, a reasonably motivated exerciser and something that's you 0:09:42.921 --> 0:09:45.081 know on your mind? Would you say it? 0:09:45.441 --> 0:09:50.681 Actually, only because I found something I really enjoy and 0:09:50.081 --> 0:09:54.721 I finally got over the hump of running. I used 0:09:54.721 --> 0:09:56.401 to hate running, and then I did it enough that 0:09:56.881 --> 0:09:59.441 I now it's I will miss it if I couldn't. 0:10:00.361 --> 0:10:03.761 Yeah. So the number one reason when people are interviewed 0:10:04.401 --> 0:10:06.921 and they've been in involved in personal training for a 0:10:06.921 --> 0:10:09.601 long period of time is believe it or not, it's 0:10:09.721 --> 0:10:12.481 out of accountability and motivation is the number one reason. 0:10:12.521 --> 0:10:14.881 So it's a date. Basically, I've got a date with Alex. 0:10:15.161 --> 0:10:17.241 I can't make it. Even though I'm paying them. I'm 0:10:17.241 --> 0:10:18.441 going to let them down if I'm not there. 0:10:19.041 --> 0:10:22.001 Regardless of how you know the experience and the expertise 0:10:22.001 --> 0:10:23.961 of the personal trainer, it's the fact that someone's waiting 0:10:24.001 --> 0:10:27.281 there for you, and that's a hard thing to stand 0:10:27.281 --> 0:10:29.801 someone up. Yeah, So that's the first reason. So just 0:10:29.841 --> 0:10:33.521 being accountable and turning up and having someone waiting for 0:10:33.561 --> 0:10:38.081 you is the number one reason, followed relatively closely by 0:10:38.601 --> 0:10:43.441 expertise and professionalism. So obviously in your case, you know, 0:10:43.481 --> 0:10:44.841 if you feel like you need to get back into 0:10:44.841 --> 0:10:47.561 strength training and it's something that you want to complement 0:10:47.641 --> 0:10:50.201 your running, then just going to the gym and starting 0:10:50.241 --> 0:10:52.081 any old programs probably not the right way to go. 0:10:52.121 --> 0:10:54.321 You want something which is specific enough to not only 0:10:54.361 --> 0:10:57.361 help you run, but maybe also help you stay injury 0:10:57.361 --> 0:10:59.921 free or get over any injuries. So that's I guess 0:10:59.961 --> 0:11:02.041 where the expertise of a good trainer will lie is 0:11:02.161 --> 0:11:04.281 being able to set you up with the right programs 0:11:04.081 --> 0:11:04.961 for what you're out. 0:11:05.921 --> 0:11:08.281 How do you identify a good personal trainer? Because there 0:11:08.281 --> 0:11:12.441 will be those who are qualified, and there will be 0:11:12.481 --> 0:11:14.921 those who've not necessarily qualified, but they've been doing it 0:11:14.961 --> 0:11:16.641 for twenty years and they've learned on the job, and 0:11:16.681 --> 0:11:18.481 that's a legitimate way of becoming good at what you 0:11:18.521 --> 0:11:21.561 do as well. But how do you actually, yeah, how 0:11:21.561 --> 0:11:25.721 do you choose a personal trainer? Apart from obviously Alex Flint, Yeah, 0:11:25.721 --> 0:11:26.081 well you. 0:11:26.001 --> 0:11:30.841 Could always choose me. Now, I think the biggest thing 0:11:31.001 --> 0:11:34.561 that I've found. I'm almost fifty now, and through my 0:11:34.601 --> 0:11:38.521 own experience, I feel that it's very important that your 0:11:38.561 --> 0:11:41.401 trainer has empathy for your position, and they almost might 0:11:41.441 --> 0:11:44.521 have been through a similar stage either in their life, 0:11:45.081 --> 0:11:48.041 or they've been through a similar weight loss journey, or 0:11:48.041 --> 0:11:49.881 it might be you know that they've got similar sort 0:11:49.921 --> 0:11:53.601 of motivations or goals or backgrounds. So that is something 0:11:53.641 --> 0:11:55.881 which I believe is very important. So you're looking for 0:11:55.921 --> 0:12:00.001 a trainer which is aligned, I guess with yourself, and 0:12:00.001 --> 0:12:02.201 they've probably got a background that means you're going to 0:12:02.281 --> 0:12:06.081 have similarities. One of the biggest things that I've found 0:12:06.161 --> 0:12:10.201 over time is when I was young, training people that 0:12:10.281 --> 0:12:12.561 were say twenty to thirty years older than me, I 0:12:12.641 --> 0:12:16.041 just didn't know how their bodies felt. I didn't understand 0:12:16.081 --> 0:12:19.921 injuries the same way I didn't understand the drag that 0:12:20.241 --> 0:12:22.921 and not having energy because you've got kids and family 0:12:23.081 --> 0:12:25.881 and you know these types of things that can pull 0:12:25.881 --> 0:12:29.161 you down. So probably I wasn't as effective training people 0:12:29.201 --> 0:12:31.641 that were twenty years older than me when I was 0:12:32.161 --> 0:12:34.921 in my twenties because I just didn't understand. So as 0:12:35.001 --> 0:12:38.681 time's gone on, me being able to I guess experience 0:12:38.721 --> 0:12:42.241 some of those things myself has also made me experience 0:12:42.281 --> 0:12:44.721 it in a way that I have to get better myself. 0:12:44.761 --> 0:12:47.881 But also I've got more empathy and more understanding of 0:12:47.881 --> 0:12:49.361 how to get the results with certain people. 0:12:49.361 --> 0:12:51.801 Does that I guess that means you've changed the way 0:12:51.841 --> 0:12:55.241 you do business. I almost wondered whether because this is 0:12:55.241 --> 0:12:58.841 the thing, people are impatient. They make an appointment, they 0:12:59.321 --> 0:13:02.081 arranged to meet a personal trainer, and probably the most 0:13:02.081 --> 0:13:06.041 frustrating thing is for the clients, So they just expect 0:13:06.081 --> 0:13:08.121 you to pull out a program, right, let's get into it, 0:13:08.121 --> 0:13:10.321 We're onto it, when probably the first thing you want 0:13:10.321 --> 0:13:12.681 to do is interview them and chat to them and 0:13:12.721 --> 0:13:14.761 get their priorities where they're like, yes, I want to 0:13:14.801 --> 0:13:17.161 get in good shape. Yes, yes, yes, But that is 0:13:17.201 --> 0:13:18.201 a huge part of it, isn't it. 0:13:18.281 --> 0:13:21.401 Yeah, it is. When people are ready to go, they 0:13:21.561 --> 0:13:23.401 make their appointment to see their trainer, or you know, 0:13:23.441 --> 0:13:28.081 they start googling online. The motivation factor means that it 0:13:28.161 --> 0:13:30.041 is important that they get off to a quick start 0:13:30.081 --> 0:13:33.721 and start to see some results, but it's also equally 0:13:33.721 --> 0:13:36.681 as important that we make sure that there's a long 0:13:36.761 --> 0:13:40.241 term process put into place, because often I think you know, 0:13:40.721 --> 0:13:43.641 associated with personal trainers is you know, short term six 0:13:43.681 --> 0:13:47.121 week programs, twelve week programs. We often have people coming 0:13:47.121 --> 0:13:48.281 to us at the gym that just want to do 0:13:48.321 --> 0:13:50.681 a couple of weeks, you know, big kickstart. But the 0:13:50.761 --> 0:13:54.721 problem with that is your risk of injury and your 0:13:54.801 --> 0:13:57.561 risk of overdoing it is highest at the start. So 0:13:57.641 --> 0:13:59.961 it's almost like there's got to be a pulling back 0:14:00.001 --> 0:14:03.561 of expectations and a more long term outlook. 0:14:04.361 --> 0:14:08.521 So for someone who's getting okay, and look, this is 0:14:08.561 --> 0:14:10.441 my situation, but there be a lot of people like it, 0:14:10.801 --> 0:14:13.281 especially when you've been around a few years. You've been 0:14:13.321 --> 0:14:14.961 into a few gyms, you've been out of them, You've 0:14:14.961 --> 0:14:19.121 done different exercises, you've done different routines, and you think, oh, look, 0:14:19.121 --> 0:14:21.761 I'm just going to go back and I'll do that 0:14:21.841 --> 0:14:26.121 simple routine I did five years ago. But intuitively, I'm 0:14:26.121 --> 0:14:28.441 telling myself that I shouldn't just go into the gym 0:14:28.481 --> 0:14:30.961 and do that stuff. I should really do it supervised. 0:14:32.121 --> 0:14:34.321 That sounds to me because I just I don't really 0:14:34.321 --> 0:14:35.721 want to. I just I feel I just want to 0:14:35.761 --> 0:14:37.841 rip into it. But my brain's my little Jim and 0:14:37.881 --> 0:14:40.721 E Cricket's going no, no, don't do that alone. Go 0:14:40.801 --> 0:14:43.721 and see someone and just get them to not nurse 0:14:43.761 --> 0:14:45.481 you through it. But you know what I mean, would 0:14:45.481 --> 0:14:46.281 that be your advice? 0:14:46.481 --> 0:14:49.401 That's a really sensible way to go about it. I mean, 0:14:49.801 --> 0:14:52.521 exercise is relatively simple. What we need to do. You know, 0:14:52.561 --> 0:14:54.841 we need to be consistent. If we're strength training, we 0:14:54.881 --> 0:14:57.201 need to pick effective exercises, we need to do enough 0:14:57.201 --> 0:14:59.281 of it, and we need to do it regularly enough. 0:14:59.321 --> 0:15:03.601 Same with cardiovascular work, same with mobility inflexibility work. But 0:15:03.801 --> 0:15:07.201 really one of the most important things with this is 0:15:07.241 --> 0:15:10.121 that you almost have a blueprint and you understand how 0:15:10.161 --> 0:15:12.921 your body works where it's at, and you meet your 0:15:12.921 --> 0:15:15.161 body with a program which is effective for where your 0:15:15.161 --> 0:15:17.201 body is at the moment. So even if we talk 0:15:17.241 --> 0:15:20.441 about five ten years ago, what worked for you then 0:15:20.681 --> 0:15:22.761 may not work for you the same now. And one 0:15:22.801 --> 0:15:24.841 of the things that I really recommend that everyone starts 0:15:24.841 --> 0:15:27.281 with with a good trainer or just going to a 0:15:27.321 --> 0:15:32.361 gym is actually getting a very effective and reasonably sort 0:15:32.361 --> 0:15:37.081 of lengthy assessment program which will give you a blueprint 0:15:37.161 --> 0:15:37.801 for where you're at. 0:15:37.881 --> 0:15:39.561 What's that? What's an assessment program? 0:15:39.681 --> 0:15:43.001 So what we do is we do some body scans 0:15:43.241 --> 0:15:46.561 seen a match fit we do. We look at it 0:15:46.641 --> 0:15:49.481 if I want to know, what the hell's that? Oh 0:15:49.521 --> 0:15:52.161 that's you, Yeah, so that's you know. We look at 0:15:52.201 --> 0:15:55.281 blood pressure, we look at resting heart rate. If someone 0:15:55.321 --> 0:15:57.241 can we get them to go to the doctor and 0:15:57.281 --> 0:15:59.121 get some blood tests just so we know that those 0:15:59.121 --> 0:16:02.401 types of things are safe. But that also then means, okay, 0:16:02.441 --> 0:16:04.001 we know what your health is like, and if you've 0:16:04.001 --> 0:16:06.441 got a healthy body, you've got a responsive body. If 0:16:06.481 --> 0:16:08.281 you've got a body which is not so healthy, that 0:16:08.321 --> 0:16:11.841 should be your first priority because often if you take 0:16:12.161 --> 0:16:14.881 an unhealthy body and push it hard, you're just asking 0:16:14.921 --> 0:16:18.161 for you're asking for trouble. So assessments number one and 0:16:18.201 --> 0:16:21.561 then figuring out from that what your strengths and weaknesses 0:16:21.601 --> 0:16:25.121 are and then tailoring the program based on that. So 0:16:25.121 --> 0:16:27.561 if we find, you know, that someone comes in for 0:16:27.561 --> 0:16:29.961 an assessment and they're in really good health and they've 0:16:30.001 --> 0:16:31.401 said that their goals are they want to get a 0:16:31.441 --> 0:16:33.441 bit stronger, or maybe they've you know, they've got a 0:16:33.441 --> 0:16:35.401 half marathon goal, we know we can pretty much move 0:16:35.441 --> 0:16:38.521 straight into that. For someone else, they might have really 0:16:38.561 --> 0:16:43.161 bad knees which are preventing them from being able to 0:16:43.241 --> 0:16:45.401 participate in what they would really love to do later on. 0:16:45.561 --> 0:16:48.081 So the first step for them should be some sort 0:16:48.121 --> 0:16:50.681 of rehabilitation program to see how we can get on 0:16:51.081 --> 0:16:52.201 and move them down the track. 0:16:52.881 --> 0:16:53.321 Is there. 0:16:55.201 --> 0:16:58.641 I've to generalize, but is there an age where people 0:16:58.641 --> 0:17:02.201 are more inclined to seek, you know, a personal trainer, 0:17:02.241 --> 0:17:06.161 because obviously you're eighteen, nineteen, twenty twenty one year old. 0:17:06.161 --> 0:17:07.721 You know, they've got mates, been to the gym, they 0:17:07.761 --> 0:17:09.601 probably played sport. They're just going to rip in there 0:17:09.601 --> 0:17:10.161 with their mates. 0:17:10.201 --> 0:17:13.681 Whereas TikTok is a big I really plays a big 0:17:13.681 --> 0:17:15.401 part in that as well. Now really yeah, so in 0:17:15.481 --> 0:17:19.361 the younger age groups, might I've got daughters, you know, 0:17:19.401 --> 0:17:21.841 they both my fifteen year old she I noticed she 0:17:21.921 --> 0:17:26.401 starts she's looking more into exercise online. But you know 0:17:26.441 --> 0:17:29.721 the rise of influencers and there is to be fair. 0:17:29.921 --> 0:17:32.161 There'd be some good ones, but there'd be some rubbish ones. 0:17:32.241 --> 0:17:34.361 Yeah. Yeah, it's a bit of a minefield, like there's 0:17:34.401 --> 0:17:37.121 some really really good ones and just within the field. 0:17:37.121 --> 0:17:39.641 Obviously I sort of follow a lot of that sort 0:17:39.681 --> 0:17:42.281 of stuff myself, and there is I think over the 0:17:42.361 --> 0:17:46.561 last probably twelve months, there's been a rise in what 0:17:46.681 --> 0:17:51.361 you kind of I guess call the rise of sensible advice, 0:17:51.601 --> 0:17:53.961 where yeah, there's a sort of almost like a real 0:17:54.001 --> 0:17:57.921 attack or an exposing of the ones which are you know, 0:17:58.041 --> 0:18:01.441 look great but don't necessarily care about anything but themselves, 0:18:01.561 --> 0:18:03.561 or they don't have a lot of education or experience 0:18:03.561 --> 0:18:04.321 in training others. 0:18:05.481 --> 0:18:09.641 That's a trend that's creeping in that the internet's getting smarter, Yeah, 0:18:09.721 --> 0:18:10.761 getting more sensible. 0:18:10.801 --> 0:18:13.841 Oh my goodness, that's great. It's yeah, it's long overdue. 0:18:14.001 --> 0:18:15.601 Yeah, I will want to take your cause on this. 0:18:16.081 --> 0:18:17.761 And if you've got any questions for Alex, he's a 0:18:17.761 --> 0:18:21.041 personal trainer at body Talk and he's well known. He's 0:18:21.041 --> 0:18:24.841 been on You've been on TV. But Getting exports people 0:18:24.841 --> 0:18:26.241 to get back into shape. I can't remember what the 0:18:26.321 --> 0:18:28.761 name of that show was, match Fit, Match for that's 0:18:28.761 --> 0:18:29.041 the one. 0:18:29.081 --> 0:18:30.641 We've had four seasons of match Fit and we've just 0:18:30.721 --> 0:18:32.161 got a new one coming out. 0:18:32.601 --> 0:18:34.121 Yeah, really is it all under wraps? 0:18:34.281 --> 0:18:40.881 It's under wraps, change of players, change of genders, still legendary. 0:18:41.081 --> 0:18:45.241 Exports now exports women from around about the same era 0:18:45.361 --> 0:18:47.441 that also won World Cups. A bit of stuff. 0:18:47.561 --> 0:18:48.801 I'm going to ask you off here and keep it 0:18:48.841 --> 0:18:50.961 to myself right. We'll be back in just moment. You 0:18:51.361 --> 0:18:53.961 got any questions for Alex, give us a call eight 0:18:53.961 --> 0:18:55.641