Introducing Mind Over Matter’s first, but certainly not last, fitness DVD!
The hardest thing about exercising isn’t the workout itself, but finding the time to do it. With that in mind, Mind Over Matter is proud to provide you with an effective tool to maximize your time when it comes to exercising. This exercise video will show you the quickest way to get optimal results in a short amount of time. It’s not how long you work out, but how efficiently. This video will show you how—in a safe, result-driven manner.
The exercises included are trademarked exercises of Mind Over Matter, and specifically Joshua Margolis. They reflect the philosophy of Mind Over Matter, of moving as much of your body as often as possible as frequently as possible. To use as much energy and therefore burn the most calories, all the while achieving a toned, firm, lean physique. Remember, your body is the best piece of exercise equipment you’ll ever need.
Mind Over Matter Health and Fitness was founded in 2004 to provide busy New Yorkers an accessible service that would help integrate fitness into their lifestyle. MOM’s mission is to provide certified, friendly, reliable fitness professionals specializing in areas such as Personal Training, Yoga, Pilates, & Private Boot Camp Classes. We also have an emphasis in Pre-Natal and Postpartum Fitness. Whether in your home, office or even outdoors, MOM trainers are equipped with the skills to turn any existing space into your own private health club, complete with your very own private masseuse.
Fact: exercise enhances and improves your mood. If you are feeling lousy, doing nothing on top of that will only precipitate that sensation. Through an elaborate release of neuro-chemicals in the body, exercise literally makes you feel better. A healthy alternative to Prozac, Paxil, or any other of those magic pills sold over the counter.
If you need any more motivation, look to the fridge, or more specifically what you should put in that fridge. Put up a picture of yourself when you thought you looked your best. Conversely, if you respond best to negative reinforcement put up a picture of when you look your worst, or your fattest moment or most out of shape; maybe that will get you motivated. A third option, that favorite celebrity body you hope to obtain should be smack dab in the middle so you see it before you go for that snack.
Here’s a thought; the quickest, easiest, simplest and cheapest way to get a good workout costs $3.99. It’s called a jump rope. All you need is space and the motivation to do it. You can achieve an efficient cardiovascular workout in only 20 minutes with that rope. You should hang it over your doorknob on your front door so every time you walk out the door you have to touch it to close the door. Simplistic, think less is more.
Other little hints and tips; the little things mean a lot. When driving to a destination, park as far away from the door as possible. If you are visiting or live in a destination not on the first floor take the steps. Any errand that is within a mile, walk. Any business trip or vacation, pack the sneakers. When you sit down and order dinner, don’t order the drink right away. Order the meal and then get it.
If you are a morning person set the clock 15 minutes earlier, literally roll on the floor and start your stretching routine. All you need is 15 minutes. Having a small window of time is not an excuse to do nothing.
In my time spent in the fitness industry, I’ve come across this more frequently than one would expect. Especially in the concrete jungle known as Manhattan, where if you walk on the wrong side of the street you don’t get any sun throughout the course of a day. The easiest way to deal with this is simple enough: through exercise. There are a host of reasons why this generally has a positive effect on peoples’ demeanors and dispositions.
From a biochemical standpoint, when the body is exercising, it is releasing neurochemical transmitters that, surprise, make the body feel good. Serotonin, dopamine, epinephrin, are just a handful of these that the body releases and the brain reads during exercise. When there is a positive shift in the proportion of these neurochemical transmitters, it easily combats the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder, which, incidentally, is more times than not misdiagnosed. When most people think they’re in a bad mood, they blame it on the weather. All that being said, the power of the mind is so strong in that, if you think you have it, your body will feel the effects of it.
But back to the chemical transmitters for a moment – the only other way to get a higher proportion of these in your body, and probably the more common way, is through drugs. I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials. To give you a basic idea of what each one does: Dopamine influence motor activities that involve movement. It increases the ability to focus, and if you have low levels of it, you won’t be able to concentrate. Sometimes you will even become somewhat clumsy as a result of lack of motor activities.
Serotonin is more closely associated with disposition and mood. It tends to have a quiet comforting affect. If your serotonin level is low, generally you will be irritable, depressed, and even sometimes obsessive. Epinephrin has similar properties and qualities to the first two. All can be triggered by doing something as simple as exercising. Also, put simply enough, get outside and exercise! Now you’re increasing your vitamin D from the sun, and nothing like a little fresh air to do you right.
I have been in the Health & Fitness industry now for 10 years dealing with a wide array of clientele. These clients range from those who have never exercised in their life to former collegiate athletes. Regardless of their situation they have one thing in common, like the rest of us they are seeking that extra something.
They are seeking out someone who can identify their problems, and just as important, someone who can remedy them. It is a surreal moment when a client finally opens up to their personal trainer, to confide in them why they’re here. Once that moment happens a huge weight is lifted off the shoulders of that client, (the first of many weights to be lifted) and a bond is formed that is rarely ever broken. This bond is essential and instrumental in the success of that particular client.
As a client you have to be ready willing and able to help yourself. You have to take responsibility for your own actions; you must recognize how you got here, and be able to go forward from this point on. Once all of this is accepted and realized then the process of revitalizing your body as well as your mind can begin.
A successful relationship between a client and trainer takes accountability on both sides. As a trainer you have to be the one to facilitate this. I often find that with these clients, the times they see me each week, could very well be the highlight of that week. They get that much out of it. On my end, very little feels as good as watching that client reach his or her potential in fulfilling their goals.
I would be interested in sharing some of these stories with you. Stories of clients that have overcome obstacles, whether mental or physical and the tools I have used to get them there.
