Renegade

The holiday season is now in full swing. With Christmas around the corner, the annual hustle and bustle has begun. However, with all the “to dos” the holidays bring, let us not forget the true reason and spirit of celebration, a time of giving. All too often we get caught up in the commercial side of the holidays and forget the true essence. We have put blinders on and, sadly, care more about ourselves than others. Yet, during these challenging economic times, more individuals need assistance than before. Whether your gift be financial or a donation of service, give something that will make a difference in the lives of others. It only takes a moment but the gift of kindness last forever.

Let us remember the spirit of the season.

Jennifer Calderone
Hordon Health

You will be better tomorrow at what you do today. I often think of this line, Renegade founder, John Davies said at one of the conferences I attended this year. While this holds true in most areas of life, I think this phase serves as a source of motivation when applied toward exercise. As many individuals have experienced, exercise is challenging especially in the beginning phases. Yet the body is amazing and can quickly learn to master movements. I have a client who could barely touch his toes during our first Yoga session, yet in only a couple months time, he is now able to put his palms on the floor. Another of my clients, with minimal strength several months ago, can now snatch the Olympic bar over head. I marvel at the body’s ability to adapt and the improvements gained through perseverance.

When you find yourself struggling through a workout or unable to master new exercises remember, “You will be better tomorrow at what you do today.”

Jennifer Calderone
Hordon Health
www.hordonhealth.com

Unfortunately, anyone can become a personal trainer. The field does not require a degree but rather the purchase of a text book and multiple-choice test to receive national certification. Sadly, these mediocre standards have resulted in nothing more than a field teeming with lackluster individuals devoid of professionalism. A man with hypertrophy or a woman with a nice figure does not warrant a career in personal training nor does it provide the qualifications necessary to be a fitness professional. Often the same haphazard methods utilized in these trainers own workouts are employed to train all clients because that is the extent of their knowledge within the field. Yet this is not the way to enhanced functionality, performance, or health. Many of these individuals, lacking basic common sense, do not realize there are serious consequences to improper weight lifting technique.

Renegade trainers, on the other hand, are held to completely different and far superior standards of excellence than any other trainers in the industry. An effortless payment and purchase of a book is not the manner in which one becomes a Renegade trainer. It is an elite group of individuals that not only requires recommendation by a current trainer but also requires a certain caliber of individual. Once certified the trainer must actively pursue avenues that will continually enhance their knowledge within the field through seminars, articles, books, videos and more. Most importantly, the founder, John Davies, does not hide behind a large corporation with a staff of customer service agents fielding questions but is always available via phone or email, serving as a mentor to all that fall under his wing.

Mr. Davies’ does not only insist on high educational standards but in addition requires absolute professionalism, morality, honor and excellence. These are the marks of distinction separating Renegade Fitness Professionals from all others.

If you’re ready to train with a fitness PROFESSIONAL, contact a Renegade Trainer in your area and experience the difference.

Jennifer Calderone
Hordon Health
www.hordonhealth.com

Those who follow Renegade Training know all about the “Renegade Concepts of Training.”  For those just learning about Renegade Training, the “Renegade Concepts of Training” are a set of fundamental concepts that provide structure and focus to our training and lives.  These basic guidelines are ingrained into our mindset and once understood will often leave the follower questioning the effectiveness of many exercise routines promoted by so called “professionals.” As a Certified Renegade Kettlebell Professional I have trained both clients who have never touched a kettlebell before, and those trained by so called “certified kettlebell trainers.” Within this latter group of clients, I have often been left scratching my head as these clients explain or demonstrate their exercise routines to date. That is not to say everyone I have trained or trained within this latter group falls into this category, the key word I used was “often.”  However, more and more frequently I am seeing what I can only label as “bar tricks” from these demonstrations.  Now these “bar tricks” may look great on video, or for showing off to your friends, but you have to remember that is all it is, a trick.  Like the “bar trick” their exercise routines too look good on the computer screen, but often lack even the most basic of fundamentals.  It is not a question of “if” but “when” an injury will occur as a result of improper training.
As I work with these clients in correcting their routines, and curiously peruse online communities, I am always reminded of my first Professional Wrestling Instructor who had his own version of training concepts. First on his list, and repeated at least once during every training session, was “No Wacky Bumps!” You were under his tutelage solely to develop a solid foundation of basic, effective, and proven wrestling moves along with match psychology.  You were not there to learn the latest “move of the week” or some “trick” seen on television or YouTube the night before.
The incorporation of this instructor’s concept; “No Wacky Bumps!”, in addition to common sense and basic fundamentals, have helped keep me in the wrestling ring, in the gym, and in the active lifestyle I am accustomed to, long after I would dare say eighty to ninety percent of my peers were forced into retirement due to injury.  The same concept can and should be applied to kettlebell training, and training in general.  All you need to do is substitute the word “bumps” with “lifts” and add that to your own concepts of training.  Training does not have to be “wacky” to be challenging, or effective.

Please contact me, J.Johnston aka "JJ", Delaware’s Renegade Kettlebell Professional at jjcrewguy@aol.com