Are you looking for a Montgomery County Maryland In Home Personal Trainer?

Welcome to the official blog of Shape Shifter fitness, one of the leading in home Maryland personal training companies serving Montgomery county, Howard, Prince Georges, Frederick, and parts of Anne Arundal county MD. I myself reside in Germantown, so if you would like to experience Shape Shifter fitness one on one private in home personal training with me, I am available in the surrounding areas especially in Germantown, Gaithersburg, Potomac, Rockville, and Olney MD. For more information you can also visit our training site at http://www.shapeshifterfitness.com

Working one on one with me or another Shape Shifter fitness personal trainer is the fastest way to reach your fitness goals and develop an active fitness lifestyle. You will be learning the correct way to exercise to avoid injuries from poor techniques or over training. We bring all of the equipment to give you a safe and effective workout.

 Shape Shifter Fitness is much more then just one on one personal training, it is a unique fitness training methodology that once you learn will empower you to stay fit and healthy an entire lifetime. You will be building a strong foundation and a strong body, losing body fat and improving your coordination, and stamina. Shape Shifter Fitness builds high levels of strength, endurance, flexibility, fluidity, and poise. See for yourself how Shape Shifter Fitness works. If you live in Montgomery County Maryland you can schedule your initial workout and fitness assessment with me today.

If you are considering getting a Personal trainer and you live in Maryland, I sincerely hope you contact me online here through my blog or http://www.shapeshifterfitness.com  You know personal trainers aren’t for everyone, but a great trainer provides certain benefits that you can’t find when working out on your own. Here are the top ten reasons a personal trainer may be right for you.

1. Motivation
   One of the biggest reasons people stop exercising is because they lose motivation, primarily from lack of results. One of the main reasons people benefit from a personal trainer is that they don’t loss motivation to stick with a consistent exercise program. When the trainer shows up at your house, you know it’s time to do or die. So certified personal trainers can provide structure and accountability, and help you develop a lifestyle that encourages health.
2. Individualized program
   What you don’t need is some cookie cutter exercise program .If you have any chronic health conditions, injuries or training goals (running a marathon, for example) a trainer will work with you and your health care provider to plan a safe, efficient program that considers these needs and enable you to reach your health goals. A great trainer will assess your current level of fitness and then create a program to meet your fitness goals as safely and quickly as possible.
3. Efficiency
   Personal Trainers help you focus on results and stop wasting your time doing inefficient workouts. A personal trainer has a plan and will help you get maximum results in minimum time. This is important because the faster you see result’s the more motivated you will be to continue on your path to a healthy rewarding lifestyle.
   

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4. Improve technical skills
   If you play a particular sport, the right personal trainer will help you improve your skill by showing you new training techniques specific to your sport. The personal trainer will incorporate skills training into your program so you improve not only your strength and endurance, but your agility and mental focus as well. Our Maryland sports personal trainers have helped many achieve greater performance on and off the playing field.
5. You are new to exercise
   If you are an absolute beginner, a personal trainer is the ultimate fitness coach. A good trainer will introduce you to exercise is a safe and encouraging manner with a very simple, effective routine and build efficiently so before you know it, you have the confidence and knowledge to decide what is right for you.
6. Break through plateaus
   Ok, you are already in pretty decent shape, but you’ve been where you are for years. You just can’t seem to shake your current state of fitness and reach some higher levels. If you are stuck in the same routine and want to break out of a rut, a personal trainer is the perfect solution. A trainer will jump start, not only your motivation, but create new and challenging exercise routines.
7. Learn how to go it alone
   If you ultimately want to learn all the facets of designing your own routines so you don’t need to use a personal trainer, going for a few months may be all you need. All good personal trainers will teach you the basics of building and modifying a fitness program to achieve maximum results. I stress this the most to my client’s, it is much more important what you are able to achieve on your own.
8. Workout Safely
   A personal trainer watches your form, monitors your vitals and can provide objective feedback about your limits and strengths. Most of us tend to ignore some of the subtle signals our body provides. We either push through pain or give up too soon. Because a personal trainer can watch what you are doing while you are doing it, they can help push you or slow you down as necessary.
9. Workout at home
   Many personal trainers make house calls. If you don’t have the type or interest in going to a gym, but have a hard time knowing what to do on your own at home, a personal trainer can bring fitness into your living room.

10.  Lose Weight
There is a good reason that the number one reason people hire personal trainers is to lose weight. You can say goodbye to fad diets and realize to get in shape you need exercise and good nutrition — it works. If you made a resolution to lose the fat and build the muscle, a trainer can keep you on track and help you realize that goal.

Best Exercise and Nutrition Programs for Weight Loss

By: Shape Shifter

So you have heard of strength training, aerobic exercise, the daily food pyramid, and the list goes on and on. You would like to lose some weight, and have decided you are going to do something about it. You could always hire a professional certified fitness trainer. If you live in Maryland, Northern Virginia or the District of Columbia my company is at http://www.shapeshifterfitness.com however if not and you have decided to give it a shot on your own, I will lay the ground rules for you. 

The biggest mistake someone can make is to increase their activity level, and cut way back on their nutritional intake. So the first place to start is with nutrition, or more specifically, performance nutrition because there is a big difference. First you need to understand the daily recommended caloric intake is a scientific approach. 

What it comes down to are two important things, first being thermodynamics. So without getting too scientific, think of it as calories in and calories out. Now everyone has what is called a RMR, or resting metobolic rate. This is the amount of calories your body burns in a restful state. So if you were to lay awake on the sofa all day and watch television the amount of calories you burn to keep your heart beating, and lungs working, along with all of your other bodily functions is your RMR. 

Now you have to factor in the activity level, another words your exercise program, which should include strength training that builds lean muscle, and helps you burn more fat, and aerobic activity (2-3 days) that helps increase your ability to use more oxygen, another words strengthens your heart muscle, wiithout all the weight lifting. Remember when you are building muscle, it ways more then fat so you want to balance it out. 

So now how do we tie it all together to have the perfect program for weight loss with the right combination of nutrition, strength training, and cardio. Before you strength train make sure you have some good carbs about an hour before you lift, and after you are done, get some good protien. The protien will help in the muscle repair, and the carbs will help fuel your workout. Try to have a 50/30/20 ratio of 50 percent carbs, 30 percent protiens, and 20 percent healthy fat. 

Now also remember you are trying to create a defecit from your calories, but you want it to come from activity, and not from lack of nutrition. If your doing cardio for an hour that burns 450 calories, your RMR is maybe 1500 calories, but you have only taken in 1200 calories for the day, that is a 300 calorie defecit that came from lack of nutrition, plus the 450 calories burned, this will stop your body from burning fat, and slow your matabolism. 

So in closing, try to match your caloric intake with your activity level, and create a defecit from the activity and don’t starve yourself, use some fad diet, or magic pills because it does not work in the long run, exercise and sound nutrition are the best tools you have to losing weight.  

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