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Phil Stevens |
| The world of fitness
as we know it has grown immensely with the advent of the Internet.
The fitness knowledge that used to be shared by fellow gym rats,
team mates or possibly a region, is now out there for the world
to see. If one wants to find information on any type of fitness
regime or nutrition protocol they are merely a Google search
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However, even in this day of shared
training and nutritional wisdom via the interwebz, we yet have a
tendency to get blinded by ourselves, or the latest crazes, and
tend to get in our clicks or groups as fitness enthusiasts and even
as coaches. It’s natural that we tend to gravitate to those
of like mind, and we always will. We will always as well then try
to reach out to others and bring them into our fold. “Come
to the Dark Side Luke”
The problem is that this safe closet
we are in can also be holding us back if we allow it; if we don’t
reach out. One of the greatest things we can do for ourselves is
yes, keep our formed opinions, but be open enough to view and learn
what others are doing - to learn from them - grow from them. We
need to reach out to take into our fold, not only their followers
we convert to our obviously superior methods, but their own methodology
that through our openness and education we may find useful and be
able to expand our own knowledge base.
It is with this in mind that I start
this series. A series of interviews that I hope will allow us as
a whole, as coaches, trainers, and fitness enthusiasts, to expand
our knowledge of the real state of the core worldwide fitness industry
at a grass roots level. We'll take a look at the fitness industry
from the eyes that are in it - not those making it - but using and
living it. We will not be conducting the usual interview with well
known coaches, athletes, and trainers but with that of your everyday
fitness enthusiast or gym rat. Not the person who created the training
or nutritional program you see in the ads or read the testimonials
about, but the person who made the transformation, took those pictures
for Johnny Trainers break through eBook, or Coach Happy Pant’s
new DVD.
This will be a series to let us start
at the foundation, and talk to people from across the globe. We
will interview them about their personal triumphs in this game of
iron and fork, and their view of the fitness and nutrition industry
on a general level from the land they live in. We'll take an in-depth
look at the state of fitness and nutrition for the population that
surrounds them, and one that we may have a guess of its habits,
but no clear knowledge.
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I aim to give us
a glimpse of what’s really taking place in training and
nutrition at the gen pop level across the globe. From Calcutta
to Croatia, from Bali to Berlin, it’s a global market
and knowledge bank now.
The first step
to reaching any market, or learning from it, is to know what
is at its foundation. Without that base knowledge, it’s
like trying to make it to your ending point using a map that
clearly defines your destination, but without a clue of where
you are starting from. I am going to give us a clear point
A by building a global library of spots with each installment
from the words of a fitness and nutrition enthusiast living
it.
Look for the first
installment of this new series next week and if you are a
person living anywhere aside from the continental USA and
Canada, or know someone who does that doesn’t work in
the fitness industry but is an enthusiast, please drop me
a line to Phil@staleytraining.com
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About The Author
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Coach Phil Stevens is an accomplished
strength athlete with considerable experience in both powerlifting
and strongman competition. Phil is the 2007 APA World Champion
in the 242-pound class (total). He currently holds the APF
275-pound class raw National bench, squat, deadlift, and total
records. Phil’s marquis lift was his 700-pound raw deadlift,
performed on February 14, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Phil has been ranked in the “Top 10” in the deadlift Nationally across all powerlifting federations, also serves as the Arizona State Chair for the North American Highlander Association, as well as the founder of Lift For Hope, an annual strength-competition
with proceeds donated to Charity (www.Lift4Hope.org).
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