NeighborhoodTrainer

When setting off on the road to finding a personal trainer, it is important to take an introspective look at yourself. Decide what you want. Figuring out what your fitness goals are is a big part of that. Imagining what you want to look like at the end of the process is important, too. However, while it is important to try to connect with a personal trainer who looks like they could be the role model who can help you reach those goals, it is more important not to let how the trainer looks be your deciding factor. If you look at the profiles of fitness trainers available at your local gym or at pictures of trainers across the internet, it is easy to get caught up in trying to pick the one that has the great physique. Sadly, though, the trainer who is posing with his shirt off and showing off the six pack abs is probably doing more to drive away potential clients rather than attract them. Many people find those types of pictures intimidating. An attitude or arrogance c...

Nowadays when you catch a fitness segment on television or a video on the internet, you tend to find that the personal trainer is always a chiseled, attractive physical specimen. While the old idea of a personal trainer was a hugely muscle bound man with doorway wide shoulders and tree trunk legs, the newer stereotype is one of a trainer who is lean and well defined. However, in the real world not every trainer is built to be on television. In fact, some of the most inspired and passionate personal trainers may not look like fitness professionals at all. So, do your research when looking for the perfect personal trainer. There is a story behind every one of them. Some personal trainers NYC are just genetically gifted and personal training seemed like a natural fit for them, as they pursue a career in acting or modeling. In New York City, this is not an uncommon situation. They work with their clients around auditions or photo shoots. For themselves, the staying in shap...

  Flexible is a word that many Pilates instructors uses when describing their clients, but usually themselves. Yes, they are probably physically flexible, but Manhattan Pilates instructors needs flexibility in their business model, as well. Independent fitness professionals of all kinds in New York City can find themselves in different areas of the city at any given time and forced to acclimate themselves to different environments for each climates. It allows them to be creative and innovative, much in the same way restaurant owners reconstruct the tiniest spaces into bathrooms for their patrons. Each day in the career of a Manhattan Pilates instructor has many twists and turns. The majority of Pilates instructors in Manhattan practice mat-based Pilates sessions with their clients. The reasons are very relocatable to the New York City environment. The first is that most instructors are traveling to people's apartment buildings. The sessions are either being perf...

  From Long Island City to Little Neck, residents of Queens in New York City are constantly looking for ways to get in or stay in shape. The of fitness professionals servicing the Queens area numbers in the thousands when you add in all of the personal trainers, Pilates instructors, yoga instructors, martial arts instructors, health coaches, and nutritionists. The majority of these independent fitness professionals are personal trainers. It can be an overwhelming task to try and sift through all of this information to try and select the right personal trainer. You can look at the profiles of trainers at your local gym or you can also scour the Internet looking at the different websites of many Queens personal trainers. That information overload is what makes most people looking for personal trainers turn to a fitness directory. Many personal trainers will tell you that they get most of their business from referrals. However, while it may be a great business tool fo...

When most people think of New York City, they think of the skyscrapers, landmarks, and Wall Street.  What people forget about is the myriad of parks sprinkled throughout the five boroughs.  For residents, these parks are a respite from all of the aforementioned places.  They go there to get away from the stresses of the daily routine.  In the spring and summer, the fitness community takes an extra special interest in what the parks can offer.  Many personal trainers and group fitness instructors spend the winter months planning their boot camp classes for when the weather improves.  Many of those classes start in April.  For people who are interested in getting involved, it is best to start looking early, in order to take advantage of availability and any early bird deals. There is a reason why people stand in line for hours on the release day of a new product.  They want to insure that the product is available for them to purchase before it se...