Another year has passed and Christmas is almost here.
Which means it's time for me to release my Holiday Rant for the tenth consecutive year.

Now I know in the past, some of my rants may have been considered too vulgar and mean.
Therefore for this year, I'll try my absolute best to keep this rant clean.

Yes it's true, Santa will probably leave another lump of coal in my sock.
But if you get offended easily and don't like my rants, then write down your comment, and put it in my suggestion box.

So get ready to go because I've got alot of things to rant about and say.
As I'm tired of watching the fitness industry dilute itself and begin to decay.

The Holidays are a time in which most people take some time off from their hectic work schedules to spend more time with their family and friends. Unfortunately the Holidays are also a time in which most people take time off from their diet and training in the gym as well.

As a Trainer, I’ve never quiet understood the reason as to why so many people back off from their workouts and clean eating over the Holiday Season. I mean one would think that with all the additional time off from work, that would leave even more time to exercise and meal prep accordingly. Alas, this is rarely if ever the case, as most people use the Holidays as an excuse to let both their diet and training, well…ummm….go to shit.

I work with a lot of clients - both online and in person. I have helped a lot of people lose fat, build muscle, and transform their physiques over the years. I have assisted people rehabilitate from both acute and chronic injuries, some that even required extensive surgery. I feel extremely grateful to be at a point in my career where I can choose to work with people who are actually willing to work hard for their results, rather than those that expect me to carry them to their results (such was occasionally the case in my rookie years as a Trainer).

When it comes to diet and training, I only offer my opinion and advice when asked. I’m open to listening to my clients’ views on these subjects, however I’m not open to debating with them over what works and what doesn’t work while training them on the floor or while working with them online. If someone decides to work with me, I assume they are working with me for my expertise in the area of health and fitness. Therefore if they trust me, then I assume that they will trust my knowledge when it comes to training, diet and supplementation.

Sure there are other ways of doing things. And yes, there might even be a few more efficient ways to losing fat and building muscle that I myself might not even be aware of. The health and fitness industry is constantly evolving and as a trusted Coach and Personal Trainer, I have a duty to ensure that I continue to evolve with it. However I refuse to compromise my beliefs and my principles with fad diets and training gimmicks that offer no REAL scientific data or conclusive results to back their fictitious claims. This is not what I would consider to be evolving. In fact, on the contrary, I would consider this to be devolving and diluting an industry that is already full of lies, empty promises, and misconceptions.

The other day while I was at the gym doing my own workout, it occurred to me that no one else around me was actually doing their own workouts. As I looked around the gym, almost everyone was glued to their phones, cruising through Instagram, watching YouTube, or perfecting their selfies in the gym mirrors.

Now it’s no secret that technology has had a significant impact on the gym culture within the past decade, and has changed the dynamics with regards to how most people train (or don’t train) these days.

However has anyone stopped to consider that perhaps some of this technology is also one of the main reasons to blame for their lack of results that they are achieving with both their physiques and their health?