Personal Training and Building Your Physique

Getting a Beginner’s Education

All personal trainers have to start somewhere. The good news is that this means you can become a personal trainer even if you have no fitness experience and aren’t in great shape; all you need to do is put in lots of hard work.
Start preparing for a career in this field by independently educating yourself on fitness and training. Read books on the subject, watch training videos and take affordable, relevant classes online or at community colleges near you. Keep a journal of everything you do and learn, and review it regularly to keep things fresh in your mind. If possible, find a personal trainer in your area who is willing to give you advice and guidance. If you can establish such a relationship, you might be able to shadow that trainer on the job or even earn an internship, which would provide you with invaluable experience.

Exploring Specialties, Career Paths and Certification Programs

Because the personal fitness training industry is booming, many trainers are differentiating themselves from their peers by pursuing training specialties. There are dozens of in-demand specialties out there, including physical therapy for people with disabilities and chronic diseases, sports training, massage therapy and weight loss counseling. Research the possibilities and see if any specialties jump out at you as being particularly interesting or close to your heart. If you can choose the right specialty for you, make plans to pursue specialized certification in that area later.

Becoming Fit

Personal trainers don’t need to be hulked with muscle or among the fastest runners in the world, but they do need to be in good shape. Preparation for a career in this field requires that you maintain a healthy diet, exercise regularly and generally maintain good health habits. If you smoke, quit. If you’re a little behind where you should be in terms of fitness, work hard to catch up. If you need help getting there, hire your own personal trainer. Seeing the job from a student’s perspective will teach you a great deal, too.

Female Bodybuilding Workouts

 

Female bodybuilding workouts are a lot like the male kind. The primary difference is that while men are naturally stronger in their upper bodies, women have naturally stronger legs. This means that women have to concentrate on developing their upper bodies more than male.

Make sure you work alternating groups of muscles, as in chest/back.

Here are some exercises you can do to build muscle:

    * Good exercises for your back include: deadlift, lat pull-down, side lat raises, seated cable row and the bent-over barbell row.
    * For your chest you may want to include the incline bench press, decline press, bench press, dumbbell flyes and incline dumbbell flyes.
    * To work your legs, squats are one of the best exercises you can do. Don't forget the lunges either. You can also do leg presses, hamstring curls, deadlifts and calve raises.
    * For your biceps include incline curls, standing barbell curls, preacher curls, and concentration curls. To work your triceps do some overhead extensions, tricep curls, tricep press down and dips. You can do wrist curls to strengthen your forearms.
    * The military press, front and side arm raises, lat raises and shoulder shrugs are all great workouts for your shoulders.
    * There are a variety of crunches you can do for your abs, all which are great for strengthening your abdomen. You can also do leg lifts to strengthen those muscles.

Josephine Dalton -Trainer Fitness

Lift for Life Model of the Month, Josephine Dalton 
People are a lot like jigsaw puzzles, some more complex than others but each the collective sum of their parts. If you look at Lift for Life Model of the Month Josephine Dalton on the surface only, you will miss all the complexity that lies within.
Natural beauty is in and of itself a gift, but it is also a burden that carries with it the weight of assumptions that society places on attractive women. When an average woman and an attractive woman achieve similar degrees of success, the more attractive of the two will often be accused of having "slept her way there". Regardless of her ability, effort and dedication, the assumption will be that her looks gave her the advantage.
But beauty is also a thing to be cultivated and even natural beauty can use a little help. As such, Josephine began weight training in 1987 and quickly became addicted to the way her body responded. She learned that she could not only change her physique, but her life as well. Josephine joined the US Navy in 1992 serving until 1997 after which she attended Iowa State University for Pre-medicine and Exercise Science. In 2003 she became a personal trainer and has been competing since 2005.
Life is not without difficulty and perhaps it is not only how we cope with challenges that define who we are, but how we overcome them. Josephine experienced a period of prolonged depression beginning in the summer of 2001 which ultimately led to an attempted suicide while under the influence of prescription medication and alcohol. Grateful to have survived, Josephine is quick to state,
"The very fact that I survived my suicide attempt (and just so you know, it was not intentional.... chemically based. I had no clue at the time) is the #1 reason why I stay motivated. I thank God every day for my 2nd chance, and I strive to not take anything for granted anymore"

Though tragedy has the potential to break a person, it also holds within it the seeds of change. So it was that Josephine emerged from her own tragedy with an renewed appreciation of life

"To this very day, I can only thank God for his miraculous intervention and allowing me a second chance at life"

Within two weeks of her recovery, Josephine found the inner strength to walk away from an abusive relationship. Though both her nose and ankle had been broken in the exchange, her spirit was strangely renewed as she became awakened to the potential that lie within her. She was determined to regain her self esteem, she was determined to rebuild her life, and nothing, not even the lingering pain in her own body was going to stop her.
"2 months later (after an intense diet & exercise program that did not include cardio), I competed in Clark Bartram's very first show, the 2006 Golden State Championships (FAME at the time) and hobbled away with the Female fitness model Champion title. Granted, I was not in the best shape of my life or of the other competitors, but one thing is for sure, I was more happy to have been alive to make it there than to have won in the end."
Josephine continues to train, compete, model and inspire others. Though she claims to be too flawed to be anyone's role model, she does state

"everyone and anyone can identify with me in terms of overcoming one's own obstacles, hitting rock bottom then skyrocketing back up, embracing self love and a healthy & realistic relationship with one's health" Josephine Dalton

Personal note: If you are involved in an abusive relationship, don't wait for the other person to change, do what Josephine Dalton did and get out now. Many communities have shelters that can offer advice and assistance that can get you back on the path to independence. Never stop believing in yourself!