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The Motivational "MOVE" Philosophies

Updated: Jul 1


My goal with this post is to motivate YOU to MOVE more.

I'll do this by telling you how I motivate my clients to MOVE more via my "MOVE" program lol.

Also I named it “MOVE”, a very vague name indeed, with intention. Bonus points if you can guess why at the end.


So Alrighty! No more building up to it! Here are the 5 highly motivating philosophies that inspired me to create my “MOVE” program:


#1 The Best Exercise Program is the One You’ll Actually Do. Meaning, it’s less important what kind of exercise you’re doing, and more important that you do any at all! So I included as many elements for motivating people to to show up that I possible could. Here’s the list:

  1. I Keep it Fresh. I include 5 new exercises every single week for 24 weeks straight.

  2. I Keep it Fun. I use super fun exercises like hitting a punching bag and slamming a slam-ball.

  3. I Drop The Beat. I play that techno dance music you can’t help but want to MOVE to.

  4. I Keep it Custom. I adjust every exercise to suit your personal preference, goals, and medical needs.

  5. I Track Your Progress. I have a folder with your name on it where I track your fitness progress.

  6. I Keep You Accountable. I text you when you don’t show. I track your attendance and goal progress.

  7. The Price is Right. My higher price means you get a private studio, more 1-on-1 attention, and a big incentive to not miss your session.

  8. We Keep It Social. I used to think I was just getting lucky with having nice clients, but apparently I’m just good at fostering a very positive and supportive culture here. Everyone has good vibes.

  9. Non-Competitive. Since this is circuit-based cardio, everyone is doing a different move, which is crucial to discourage competition. Which is a very safe and motivating practice.



#2 High Hear-Rate + No Injuries = Perfect Cardio Session. People over-complicate their cardio sessions with unnecessary concerns, but as long as these goals are met, you are good:

  1. Be out of breath as often as you can. aka: work hard enough that it's difficult to have a conversation.

  2. Be out of breath for more than 11min (A MOVE circuit is 23min).

  3. Don't get hurt. So no joint pain, nausea, or sudden jolts of pain. The only pain you should feal is exhaustion and burning muscles.



#3 The Best Cardio is EVERY Cardio. Most people stick to ONE type of cardio, but we stick to MANY types of cardio. That way you can get LOTS of different kinds of results! The list of benefits of such a program in include:

  • Lower risk of injury. Changing up movement patterns prevents over-use of muscles + joints.

  • More Thorough Results. Diversity of movement ensures EVERY muscle gets hit very well.

  • More Balanced Results. Balance is key to good posture, longevity, injury prevention, and looks.

  • More Kinds of Results. For instance, I even throw in strength training for abs, arms, and glutes.



#4 Scaleable Zero Joint-Impact Cardio + YOGA = Ultimate Body Longevity. To make it to old-age happy and healthy it’s best to use these practices:

  • No Running or Jumping (Unless you like to). Running and jumping are great cardio exercises, but you really don’t need them, so I built this program to exclude them unless someone asks for them. Why? Because I wanted to remove an important hurdle (pun intended) people often have for getting into cardio: They can’t/won’t jump. And that’s fine, I can whoop you into shape just the same!

  • Cardio is a basic human need. The heart and lungs must be challenged often or we won’t last long.

  • Yoga is a basic human need.  We need flexibility/balance/meditation or we get stressed/broken.

  • Scalable Fitness. I make sure your cardio and yoga moves meet you perfectly at your fitness level.


#5 YOGA Needs To Evolve To "MOGA". The second half of my MOVE program I call "MOGA". It's where we meditate, stretch, do personalized physical therapy, meditate again, then I finish with a "wellness of the week" tip. Classic Yoga is great, but it could be doing a lot more to help people. So here is why my “MOGA” is better than YOGA:

  • We use benches, mounted poles, and dowel rods. All these tools give us leverage to get a WAY better stretch than you ever could with just the floor and a yoga block. Plus, it keeps things interesting and fun.

  • We focus much more on flexibility than balance. Balance is important and we do indeed work on it, but not too much. Why? Because it's fustrating for most people and my goal is to motivate first and foremost. Next, total stability allows you to go deeper into a stretch much easier, thus more flexibility results.

  • We do personalized physical therapy. This is because science shows that you can make the most progress by simply working on your greatest weakness. So we figure out your weakness and then I show you how to work on it!

  • Every week it’s very different. This is the same principal as the "Every Cardio" philosophy, but with stretches. Keeping things interesting and better for resutls.

  • Other Wellness Practices Are Needed. Yes, my MOVE/MOGA program will help your wellness greatly, but other wellness practices like sleep, diet, and stress management are supplemental and synergistic to your fitness goals. And so, every week I nudge you in the right direction with a short word of wellness before you leave.


#6 Just Move! Just like Nike asks you to “Just Do It” I ask you to “Just MOVE”. What I mean is, I don’t care how you move, just let me do everything in my power to help you move. Progress, not perfection. Good enough, instead of never. Some, instead of none. If you can move faster great, you’ll get faster results. But if not, just make sure you’re not rotting in a chair every week, because that’s the fastest way to losing all your ability to move at all.



Phew!! So there you have it, all 5 philosophies behind my MOVE program. Hopefully my idealistic motivations for making this program have also motivated you too! Or at least to give this post a like and share so that other people might be motivated to MOVE. (Please, these blogs take me hours to write lol).


But remember, I’m a personal trainer and wellness coach so I can ultimately create ANY conceivable program that works for you. I just create programs like “MOVE” as a great starting template that I can customize there after.


So if that sounds interesting and you want to learn more you can schedule a free in-person consult with me at my studio any time using this link:


Thank you and Keep Moving Up! ↗️🏔️✨

 
 
 

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