Keri McKibbin Personal Training

Here’s a lesson in life.

First RAINY morning in a while this morning, less numbers but tremendous character shown.

Scorching last friday morning, 15 there. The way it is.

When we had the gym shut down and we had to do several outside classes a day, we often had 28 people on occasions, and there were a couple of times when I literally turned people away, even in our vast outside area. I never mentioned that, but lots of you witnessed it.

We trained in monsoons, not many but we did it, they felt rewarding because we did it against the odds and we still did tremendous sessions.

When I started personal training all those years ago, many told me “it will never take off”, when eventually after a LOT of hard work I had a sold out schedule, I knew it upset some people, but that’s the fun part of life, proving people wrong through hard work.

When we opened the gym, people said they would never go there, we built it up and got great results one body and mind at a time, until so many did, they happily put up with a wait to start, just as long as they could start.

Whatever field you are in, you need to stay the course no matter what, keep getting better, keep staying positive and keep serving your people as well as you can-NO DROP OFF in performance.

In the gym, if there are too many people there, some are not happy. If there’s not many, some aren’t happy with that too, you can’t please everyone, but I know often the less you have, the better session you can deliver and you as a member can get even more attention and do even better.

Through experience, I have learned to laugh at opinions because everyone has one, good or bad and just concentrate on getting better all the time, seasons will come, seasons will go. We are blessed to have so many hard working members who support us through everything. Our attitude is do our BEST for everyone, ONE body and mind at a time!!

Following on from my piece this morning on the perils of overeating, eating the wrong stuff, drinking more than we should, and not exercising, it’s important to expand on it.

Eating too much is clearly an addiction for so many people. Drinking too much is an addiction, and when you too much of both or just one, the thought of exercising is often the least thing on your mind because you are wiped out and have no energy.

There’s an author called Gabor Mate who has wrote many great books on addiction and its causes. 

This doctor who is now world famous in his field, deals with the drug users/homeless phenomenon within a couple of square miles in downtown Vancouver. 

His research shows that most addictions stem from a trauma in life that has never been properly dealt with or talked about, and drugs, alcohol, food end up the big emotional crutches that people hide behind instead of dealing with the previous trauma in their life.

It’s easy to see how presents events in life can stop us doing good things for ourselves. I don’t believe anyone wants to overeat all day and have terrible health and the ravages that will eventually come from it.

I don’t believe anyone is happy drinking all day every day and have that kind of life and side effects that you never see behind the scenes.

I believe most people would love to be out and about with good ability and movement, have strength and be able to do what they wanted to do, instead of being imprisoned by a life of pain by their continued lack of exercise, overeating or drinking or all three.

It’s usually a mask that some people wear very well.

I urge you to get out of it, however hard it may be right now. Start small, try 5 mins of exercise, buy a little bit more good food, drink a bit more water, and cut down a little bit on the stuff you know will kill you over time.

I’m no expert on this subject, but I know some of you are in a very tough situation, but not trying to get out of it is the very worst thing you can do. You have our support.