Flip Your Script

As I’ve stated many times before, personal fitness trainers are multi-faceted in their jobs because let’s face it, we have to be. You can’t teach someone how to be a people person, either you have the gift of versatility when you speak to a client or you don’t. Sure, you can wiggle your way through […]

I was watching a TikTok yesterday which contained an interview with a so-called ‘Trainer’ saying that sometimes fat-shaming is needed to help motivate a client to self-motivate themselves into progressing in their fitness journey. Using phrases like ‘I had a fat client who……or ‘Fat-clients need to suck it up sometimes because….’ THIS IS NEVER OKAY […]

In today’s society, it seems that men are becoming more and more displaced in regards to how we’re seen as contributing members of society due to the boom of strong, independent females as well as causes such as Planned Parenthood, the Feminist movement and such others. Now, do not misconstrue what I am trying to […]

If you have a goal, any goal, the biggest part of achieving that goal is breaking through those annoying voices in your head telling you that for whatever reason, you can’t achieve it. Any fitness instructor and trainer will tell you that every client they’ve ever had has felt like this at some point, from […]

Since the dawn of time, men’s sexual health has always been a topic of great importance for the person involved as well as their partners. From pills to tonics and beyond, we’ve always tried to improve on our sexual virility and potency. Since Viagra came on the scene, it’s been a ray of hope for […]

Fat-shaming and body shaming are relatively new terms to edge their way into the vernacular of American language but here we are. These types of discrimination have been going on since the beginning of civilized time, we just didn’t have names and phrases to convey what it was. Fat/Body-shaming is the direct or indirect way […]

I sit down with my good buddy Brian Bortz, Bodybuilder, Entrepreneur and Fitness Coach to discuss how bodybuilding career, his role as a fitness coach and why he advocates fully for Magnum Ice Cream bars! Join the conversation tonight at 8:30pm on Zoom! Zoom ID: 816 6367 4031 Password: tdR6ug John Schessler is a Pittsburgh-based […]

“Did you hurt yourself?”, “Why are you limping?” These are questions that I hear if not everyday, every other day. For 30 years. 30!! It gets annoying sometimes but at least I know or hope that people are concerned for my well-being and not just being nosey. If you’ve read previous posts of mine, you […]

No, I’m not talking about which leggings are hot and which ones are not. What I’m talking about specifically is the lifting choices people make when working out. In my years as a trainer, I often have found myself walking the gym floor, looking at patrons working out and wondering to myself, “Why are they […]

At one point during my schooling, I had a vision of opening a fitness facility specifically aimed for people with special needs and disabilities. When I actually sat down and did the research, figured out the financial needs of starting such a business…needless to say, I put that on the back burner. Over the years, […]