Personal Trainer & Weight Management Certified here to help!
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asimmons26
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Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. please post it! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
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asimmons26 wrote: »Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. send me a message! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
Advertising services in exchange for getting paid is against the forum guidelines. If you just want to share your knowledge for free there are lots of threads on here looking for help, feel free to jump in and offer advice.0 -
I'm not advertising any paid services. I'm just passionate about fitness and nutrition as well as helping people reach their goals.0
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asimmons26 wrote: »I'm not advertising any paid services. I'm just passionate about fitness and nutrition as well as helping people reach their goals.
Great pitch in
There's lots of people needing help
And welcome0 -
asimmons26 wrote: »Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. please post it! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
Welcome to the site0 -
asimmons26 wrote: »I'm not advertising any paid services. I'm just passionate about fitness and nutrition as well as helping people reach their goals.
If this is the case, I suggest you start responding to existing threads on the forums. Your OP sounded a lot like an advertisement.0 -
asimmons26 wrote: »Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. please post it! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
How many years does it take to get certified as a personal trainer?0 -
mccindy75 wrote:How many years does it take to get certified as a personal trainer?
In Canada you can take a 2 day course and then an exam (written and practical) to become a personal trainer.0 -
asimmons26 wrote: »Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. please post it! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
How many years does it take to get certified as a personal trainer?
You can pay to take a test and be certified through several organizations. Some of them only give you 6 months to take the test from the date you sign up for the "course".0 -
I have a question. I was reading last night that proper amount to eat in order to maintain is 10-12 calories per pound. My current weightloss strategy is 500 calories under my TDEE.
Since my TDEE calculations change with weight loss and activity levels, wouldn't it be easier just to eat at 10 calories per my goal weight? Would this even work?0 -
Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal. Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day. Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything. Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta). These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter. Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.-2
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asimmons26 wrote: »Hey guys!!! I'm a certified personal trainer and weight management coach here to help. If you need help losing weight/gaining muscle/work out help etc. please post it! No reason my knowledge should go to waste right?
Have a great day and go out there and reach your dreams!!
How many years does it take to get certified as a personal trainer?
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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asimmons26 wrote: »Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal.Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day.Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything. Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta). These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter. Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.
It takes more than just having a certification to support what you've stated above. While whole foods are a better choice due to nutrient value, one doesn't have to stay away from rice, bread or pasta to lose weight.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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asimmons26 wrote: »Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal. Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day. Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything. Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta). These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter. Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.
Technicall, no. BMR is defined in such a way that it includes having a metabolically neutral temperature, so if you read someone's energy expenditure in other temperatures, you're no longer reading their BMR. Even the less strict RMR requires neutral temperature.
Why is white rice any worse than brown rice? The macronutrients are minorly different, and the process that turns rice white removes anti-nutrients in the rice.0 -
Optimistical1 wrote: »I have a question. I was reading last night that proper amount to eat in order to maintain is 10-12 calories per pound. My current weightloss strategy is 500 calories under my TDEE.
Since my TDEE calculations change with weight loss and activity levels, wouldn't it be easier just to eat at 10 calories per my goal weight? Would this even work?
EX: 200lbs
Goal weight: 130
GWx10=1300
So say at 200lbs your TDEE is well over 2500 calories. That means your deficit would be more than double if your current deficit is your TDEE minus 500.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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asimmons26 wrote: »Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal.Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day.Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything. Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta). These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter. Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.
It takes more than just having a certification to support what you've stated above. While whole foods are a better choice due to nutrient value, one doesn't have to stay away from rice, bread or pasta to lose weight.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Seconded. I'm uncomfortable with a supposedly trained and certified personal trainer saying these kinds of unscientific things.0 -
Oh did I mention be sure to make sure your advice is scientifically sound because you'll get called out for peddling "nutrition" course misinformation and asked for proof
Basimmons26 wrote: »Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal.
yes they are, just like cm, litres and inches a calorie is a unit of measurement
Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean
please specify what this means to you as it has different definitions, for weight loss it doesn't matter
and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day.
no this advice is not correct, just ensure adequate hydration and your best tool is the urine colour chart
Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything.
Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. BMR is temp neutral, it's just an estimation calculation that is good enough. No point majoring in the minors
Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta).
I eat white bread and rice by taste preference. Nutritionally there are minor differences. This advice is a little misleading
These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter.
fat is an important nutrient, if butter helps you reach your minimum fat requirement within your calorie budget then I would include it ...45 cals for a teaspoon is not massive
Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.0 -
asimmons26 wrote: »Most calorie strategies for weight loss have a downfall. The reason is all calories are not created equal.Your best bet is to just worry about eating clean and drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day.Your BMR doesn't stay the same. (As you stated) The better fit or unfit you become you would need to recalculate everything. Temperature also changes your BMR so to go strictly off of a calculation like TDEE would need to be an estimate only. Don't even bother with that. Stay away from whites (rice, bread, pasta). These should only be eaten for special occasions. Replace these with Ezekiel bread, quinoa, etc. Get creative with your veggies, no butter. Your veggies should be the biggest portion on your plate.
It takes more than just having a certification to support what you've stated above. While whole foods are a better choice due to nutrient value, one doesn't have to stay away from rice, bread or pasta to lose weight.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
This. So much this.0 -
How many years does it take to get certified as a personal trainer? @mccindy72
In Canada you can take a 2 day course and then an exam (written and practical) to become a personal trainer.
Yes ... I've taken the 2-day course, and wrote the written exam, and did some work toward the practical exam ... but "life" stepped in and I never did get the practical done.
And now I'm in Australia, so it could be different here. I do toy with the idea of doing it again and actually finishing it this time.
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How are we suppose to know who's actually right and who's wrong.
I need proof please... Post it! Thanks.
And my information can be backed by scientific study.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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How are we suppose to know who's actually right and who's wrong.
I need proof please... Post it! Thanks.
If you post what exactly it is you would like proof of, I'm sure someone can provide it. As for all the helpful answers given.... science is the proof. The non science statements have no proof.0
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