A Day in the Life of a Trainer...

8 Oct 2014

Tags: nutrition, health, bootcamp sydney, bootcamp melbourne, bootcamp brisbane,

Overindulge over the weekend? Beating yourself up for it?

Often our clients perceive that as trainers we live immaculate lifestyles eating steamed broccoli and training every single day? 'My Body is a Temple' and all that jazz!?

Think again.

Yes, we know what is great for us but do we ALL (ALWAYS) practice what we preach? Obviously every single trainer is different however to prove we are human and yes we have our bad days as well I’ve asked 2 Evo trainers to share a Day in the Life of (them)… One in my opinion is very close to how I would describe as an ideal day taking all health factors into account (other than his water intake), the other... (self confessed) has a little work to do.

There are a few pointers to consider here (and I’m not making excuses for them)

Neither of the trainers have weight loss goals
Even the perfect Cam days can be spoiled with a bottle of Red on a Friday night
John openly acknowledges there is scope for improvement yet with a very lean body mass and high energy output he can obviously get away with it aesthetically
There generally isn’t a TYPICAL work day for a trainer

A Day in the Life of …

Cameron

4.30 Wake up, Shower, Meditate 20 mins

5.05 Pre-breakfast- Kulture Klub (KK) spice tonic

Breakfast- sardines on sprouted 3 seed organic bread with lemon KK fermented sauerkraut

Organise clothes etc for day

5.30am Head to session, set up equip at Rosebay

6am Take session and pack up

7am Head home for coffee and admin

8am 1-1 client

9.30- Go to Yoga (90mins)

11.15 home for shower and lunch

Lunch- tuna salad- tomato, onion, rocket, sauerkraut, corn, chilli tuna, 5 bean mix, roast pumpkin, seeded mustard apple cider dressing (homemade)

12-2 Evo meeting

2.30 1on 1 client

Snack- piece of chocolate, nuts, fruit or smoothie if not had in morning

3.30 home meditate 20 mins and chill or read

4.45

Dinner- steak w steamed vegies turmeric cashew nut butter

6.15 Rushcutter’s evening sesh

7.30 Home chill time and snack

Organic biodyamic yoghurt and couple pieces of organic 85% choc

8.30/8.45 Bed

Water- approx. 1.5L water + 2 herbal teas

Standard week of training

Couple runs a week 20-40 mins

Yoga 4-5x week @ power living

Core training 2-3 x 10 mins a week

A(n average) Day in the Life of…

John

4.50am Wake and check weather, dressed

5.15am head to session, arrive and set up in Sydney Park

6am Session

7.45am get home and breakie

Breakfast- 2 x toast with eggs

Admin and chill time/ nap

Snack- banana or 2

10.30am run 60-90 mins

1pm Lunchtime session in city

2pm Home for Lunch- homemade chicken schnitzel, sweet potato

4pm After hours school sport coaching

Snack- sushi

6pm group session in the city

7.30 home, eat dinner, watch tv

Dinner- Spaghetti Bolognaise

Dessert- Apple crumble

10/10.30 bed

Average water intake 2-3L water

Standard week of training

3-4 x 45-120 mins

1 x 2 hr cycle

physio/core exercise

off season of training

Where do you sit on this continuum?

The moral of the story…

If you have a physical goal to reach ie. Losing weight, gaining muscle, getting leaner then you would want MOST of your average days to look more like Cameron’s to gain the best results.

If most of your day’s look a little naughtier than John’s I would start with one meal at a time to create healthier habits- (either lunch or dinner) as this is where most people need the most improvement. Even if you don’t have body composition goals, I would ask that you think about what kind of health you would like to be in in 10, 20 and 40 years .

Blowing out 1 day of your weekend because you went to the races, drank way too much and had a kebab on your way home is not the reason why you can’t get to your goal weight.

Aristotle famously said –"Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” Better still, creating quality habits will ensure you reap the rewards later on.

Consistently eating cleanly, consistently training hard, scheduling time to relax and calm your system, getting to bed early enough to get enough sleep and working hard to minimize as much stress as possible are the sure fire ways to live the healthiest, longest life possible.