Learn More About My “Hybrid” Approach to Exercise

“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless,
and add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee

I’m a Shreveport based personal trainer with over 20 years experience training and coaching people on a face-to-face basis. I specialize in safe, sustainable and time efficient exercise for busy people who don’t have the time or inclination to live in a gym. My approach to exercise is geared toward helping my clients attain maximum results in minimum time.

And the phrase “maximum results in minimum time” isn’t just a catchy, meaningless cliché with me. My somewhat unorthodox approach to exercise truly does deliver dramatic results without requiring a huge time commitment on your part.

My hybrid approach to exercise is a sort of system-less system of exercise. That may seem like a contradiction in terms, but hear me out for a minute.

You see…the problem with most “fixed systems” of exercise is that they all paint you into a very self-limiting corner. In fact, they tend to become almost cult-like, insofar as the teachers and followers of these closed-system exercise programs all tend to think their approach to training/exercise is THE BEST for all people in all circumstances.

But what would happen if we liberated ourselves from such narrow-minded and constrained thinking? What if, instead of following a single “system” of exercise, we took the best bits and parts of various training systems (While rejecting the less effective and/or dangerous parts) and combined them into a sort of “system-less” system of exercise? Well, that’s what I’ve done, and it’s what I do every day with my personal training clients.

You may have noticed the Bruce Lee quote above?  Well Bruce Lee deserves credit as being the first person to reject fixed/closed “systems” of martial arts combat. He saw the utter folly of being a cult-like follower of Kung-Fu, Karate, Aikido, or any other fixed system of fighting. So he combined the “best of the best” of various fighting systems into a sort of non-sytstem of combat which he called Jeet Kune Do which has proven to be MUCH more effective than any “fixed system” of self defense.

And so what Bruce Lee did with self-defense, I am doing with training and exercise. And therefore, I do NOT teach or follow any one particular training philosophy. But rather I see some value, and some stupidity in most all of them. Thus I take the good parts from each, and reject the not so good parts.

At the risk of sounding over-confident in my hybrid approach to exercise, I believe my open system of training and exercise is light-years ahead of any rigid, fixed training system.

Benefits of Personal Training with my Hybrid Training System ™

- One-on-one coaching in a PRIVATE training studio
- Work with a trainer with over 20 years experience helping people get in shape
- Safe and sustainable exercise with The Hybrid Training System ™
- Exercise program customized to meet YOUR unique needs
- Challenging workouts, but scaled to YOUR abilities and limitations
- Transform your body with smart exercise & dietary protocols
- Get in awesome shape WITHOUT having to live in the gym
- Train in a way which heals joints & low back pain rather than making it worse
- Develop well-rounded fitness (strength, metabolic conditioning and flexibility)
- Prevent bone demineralization and muscle loss as you age
- Prevent/reduce low back pain
- Help prevent heart disease and diabetes
- Increase your levels of mental clarity and energy
- Get in the best shape of your life with smart coaching and 3rd party accountability

Because you deserve results from your personal training program, I will push you hard in your workouts, and equip you with the tools you’ll need to make smart eating choices.

Depending on your current level of fitness, I’ll start you out gradually, then ramp it up very systematically and progressively over time. Each week, I’ll be looking for you to do just a bit more than you did the previous week. You’ll be pushed hard during your workouts, but always within your own personal limits.

The #1 Reason People Hire a Personal Trainer

Over the years I’ve learned the main reason most people hire a personal trainer is because they want to LOOK BETTER. Therefore my approach to training is very focused on helping clients achieve dramatic improvements in body composition via intelligent exercise programming and a healthy dietary approach you can actually live with.

In addition to helping clients make dramatic cosmetic improvements to their body, I also focus on increasing client’s muscular strength, cardiovascular ability and flexibility, as I feel these are the most critical indicators of a person’s overall level of health & physical fitness.

What about Diet & Nutrition?

Your diet will absolutely make or break your efforts to transform your body. I work very hard to present clients with an eating plan that will not only help them achieve a dramatic physical transformation, but is also one they can actually live with. Because no matter how good a given diet might “look on paper” it’ll be virtually worthless if it’s something YOU won’t stick with. I will work with you in an INDIVIDUAL LEVEL to help you develop an effecting eating strategy which is congruent with YOUR physiology, lifestyle and food preferences.

Where and How Often?

Photos showing part of my private personal training studio in Shreveport

All client training sessions are conducted in the privacy and comfort of my private training studio. I have rigid standards for controlling the training environment my clients are exposed to. I keep the temperature and humidity low and air circulating. The studio is kept impeccably clean and all equipment is sanitized with a germicidal several times per day. I also provide free cold bottled water to all personal training clients.

Most of my clients train with me for two 20 to 30 minute sessions per week, which for most people is the ideal training frequency and duration. Although I can also make a once a week training program work quite well, for those who are simply too busy for the twice a week program. I also strongly encourage taking brisk walks on the days you don’t train with me. This is a very low time commitment, and takes away the “I don’t have time to exercise” excuse. Yes you do have time to exercise!

I could go on and on from here I suppose…but the best thing will be to set up a free consultation, let me put you through a workout, then learn first-hand if my rather unorthodox approach to training and exercise might be a good match for your unique needs.

So shoot me an email or give me call to set up your free consultation.

In Health & Fitness,
“Coach Jeff”
Shreveport Personal Trainer & Fat Loss Coach

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