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    So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners
    So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners
    So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners
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    So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners

    By Linda Burke

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    In this seventh book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke divulges her top ten tips and secrets for beginners: how to exercise and train smart in the gym.

    Burke takes her 27 years of experience and all the most popular questions she gets asked and puts them into the top ten tips and secrets for a fact-filled book that will boost your workouts into overdrive! She covers everything from how to get the best results in the least amount of time all the way to what to eat and how to dress. She truly leaves no stone unturned. It’s a true must-read for beginners and anyone who wants know how to get the best results from their gym investment.

    This book breaks down how to train in the gym into comprehensible concepts, including practical sample workouts, giving anybody who truly wants to change their health and their lives in profound ways the tools and knowledge to do so.

    So You Joined A Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips & Secrets for Beginners: How to Exercise & Train Smart gives you essential information and step-by-step guidance so that you can structure your workout and confidently navigate the gym in a way that will deliver permanent results for a healthier, happier life no matter what your age or fitness level.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Burke
    Release dateApr 19, 2013
    ISBN9781301993703
    So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners
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    Linda Burke

    I am a fitness professional who hates hype, scams, and lies. I write books that dispel the doubts, fears, and confusion these create. I simplify and demystify the convoluted messages sent out by mainstream media in attempts to sell useless products to desperate people. I do this by writing the truth. No shortcuts or magic. Just the simple truth minus the fluff and filler. Linda Burke, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer

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      So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II Essential Workout Tips and Secrets for Beginners - Linda Burke

      INTRODUCTION

      So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II

      The media has done a smash-up job of proclaiming a very loud and clear message that America and most of the world's population is fat and unhealthy and getting fatter and unhealthier by the minute. You'd have to be living under a rock not to be aware of this sad fact. Unfortunately, most people want a quick fix for their fitness woes.

      On one hand the media inundates the public with enticing offers of miracle pills, potions, lotions, contraptions, procedures of all sorts, drinks, injections, etc., that promise everything from weight loss to eternal happiness; unfortunately, it's often at the expense of the consumer's health and safety. On the other hand you have the media that tells it like it is: You've got to move it to lose it! A sedentary lifestyle will kill you as fast, if not faster, than smoking cigarettes! Diets don't work and can actually make you gain weight instead of lose!

      Just what is the truth? What will it take to shrink the world's oversized people back down to a healthy and normal weight?

      TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE: The only thing that truly works is a balanced nutrition and exercise program. Well, now there's a shocker! However, I admit that this is much easier said than done, especially if you are new to the fitness arena.

      As a fitness professional, I know how difficult it can be to implement a health and fitness plan and stick with it. I see people struggle every day, and I occasionally struggle with challenges myself. Hey, I have to work at being fit too! However, your worries are over because help is at hand! That's precisely why I decided to write The Now What? Fitness Series to help you navigate the road to fitness without wasting time and making the mistakes that so many do.

      My books give you the real tools to health and fitness minus the hype and quick-fix promises. There is no such thing as a quick fix that works. If you want to truly improve your health and reach your fitness goals, my books will give you the info you need to finally succeed! The Now What? Fitness Series is designed to simplify your quest for a fitness plan that absolutely works! No fake promises, fluff, or filler. This book will show you how to simply TRAIN SMART. With the expert guidance I painstakingly instill in all my books, you will have the necessary arsenal at your fingertips to finally reach your fitness goals.

      The knowledge you gain from reading So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II will set you apart from the unfortunate masses in the gym who spin their wheels and accomplish little. You will enter any fitness facility with confidence, and you will achieve your fitness goals by training smart! Armed with the wisdom and knowledge that comes from a fitness professional with over 27 years of experience, plus your positive attitude, hard work, and commitment...YOU WILL SUCCEED!

      So, let's get on with it! Walk with me, if you will, through the proverbial doors of the fitness center of your choosing, and together we will clear up any scary or confusing issues that may have kept you from joining a gym or enjoying a positive experience in a gym setting before now!

      In the following pages, you will find the top ten workout tips and secrets (and so much more) that will blast your workouts into results-producing sessions that will change your life. This is the stuff that makes the difference between a mediocre workout (at best) and a training session that will invigorate and feed your body with the magic of vitality that only a good workout can. It makes strength training like your very own fountain of youth!

      I tried to be succinct in order to keep things as uncomplicated and easy to understand as possible. Some of the material is easier to communicate in question and answer form, so I have written it in that format when deemed appropriate. I have also linked my website in numerous convenient places throughout this book in the event you would like to delve a bit deeper into any of the subjects at hand. This was truly done more for convenience than for the shameless plugging of my website. However, if I managed to do both, so be it. I am a two birds with one stone kind of gal. So, without any further ado...let's get this party started!

      ***Of course, always check with your physician before beginning this or any exercise and fitness or nutrition regimen.***

      ****

      Chapter 1 TIP #1 What to Do, When to Do it, and How to Do it Correctly

      I will never forget the extremely uncomfortable and exruciatingly self-conscious feeling I had when I walked into the gym for my very first time. I had never played any sports, so I was not athletic by any stretch of the imagination. To say I was out of my element in the gym was quite an understatement. I had absolutely no idea what to do or how to do anything. So trust me when I say I completely understand the overwhelming feeling that you may have when you first enter a crowded gym and see everybody like worker bees on a mission, all seeming to know exactly what they are doing.

      Therefore, I truly empathize with my novice clients when we are training in a busy gym that is buzzing with activity. I honestly know how scary that feels. Obviously, I overcame my fears and became a fitness trainer, but that wasn't until several years later. My first several weeks and months in the gym included getting through the newbie learning curve and initial discomfort that every novice must endure.

      But, you are so much more fortunate than I was because you have me and my books to guide you through. You see, I left the gym after my first attempt at a workout that day over 27 years ago, and I was determined not to go back until I had figured out how to utilize the fitness facility and all it had to offer to my utmost advantage. That is exactly the intention behind So You Joined a Gym...Now What? Part II.

      Unfortunately, I watch people come into the gym daily who obviously have no clue as to how to structure a smart, effective, and safe workout. Hence, their appearance never changes, and many times they get discouraged and quit. Knowing what to do, when to do it, and how to do it properly is essential for a workout that will work

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