Since I work with all types of people, from Athletes to Fitness Boot Campers, it is interesting to listen to people’s perspective on what will get them the results they want.

In most cases people are thinking in terms of old school techniques that have more to do with training to be a body builder or a fitness model and less to do with getting themselves prepared for the demands of their sport or achieve their fat loss goals.

Here is a short video clip we recently posted on YouTube that I think you will enjoy and I urge you to check out.

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This past weekend I was out on the west coast teaching the Tier 4 trainers of Equinox Fitness Club. It truly was a great experience.

I started out in LA, arriving Friday and checking in to the Sunset Marquis Hotel. The Sunset Marquis is an upscale hotel with luxury villas frequented by movie stars and rock stars. It boasts a recording studio in the basement and is steps away from the Sunset Strip. I spent the day poolside preparing my presentation the next day on “Coaching and Programming for Speed and Power”. The staff at the Sunset and West Hollywood vibe pumped me up to deliver a great workshop for the next two days. On Saturday we started the first workshop at Century City nestled between a prosperous business district and Beverly Hills. The club was beautiful and as I met the 10 coaches I would be teaching for the next few days I knew we would have a blast. Everyone had a high level coaching background and were motivated to learn which made it easy to get through the material.

Sunday morning before teaching my last day at Century City I had the opportunity to attend the Early Bird Service at Agape Spiritual Center in Culver City. This is the spiritual community started by “The Secret” star, Michael Beckwith. Although Michael not there, Ishmail Tuttei led the congregation through a moving and uplifting sermon. It was only my second time there but I know Agape is one of my favorite places to be.

From there I had a few hours to kill before heading back to Century City so I swung over to another one of my favorite places… Santa Monica. When I arrived I grabbed a breakfast at a small café then walked about 20 blocks over to Core Performance Center. CP Center was founded by my mentor Mark Verstegen and I was very impressed with this new model. The technology was cutting edge and the staff was great, stopping their day to tour me excitedly through the facility. Then, after teaching that day I relaxed at the hotel to prepare for round two of “Coaching and Programming for Speed and Power”.

Monday morning I boarded a Virgin America flight up to San Fransisco grabbed my rental car and headed down Route 101 to Palo Alto. Chris the manager of the Palo Alto Equinox is a graduate and former Rugby player at Stanford so we had access to their field house most of the weekend. The beautiful campus was a great venue to teach the 6 young trainers of the Palo Alto club. There was a much different vibe in Palo Alto. It was a smaller group and in a much more intimate setting. I delivered the material over two days and even had the opportunity to catch the Giants beat the Nationals on Tuesday night. Before my flight home on Wednesday I headed up to the Fisherman’s Warf for lunch. It seemed to me that the area could have been its own foreign country! Tons of tourists lined the streets.

So, now I am home from my trip and it is back to work for me. Although I was teaching about 8 hours a day to other coaches it was a lot of downtime for me. Much more alone time than I am used to these days. It was a way to step out of myself for a few days while still being able to execute on my work…. huge confidence builder indeed.

Check out this short core training video clip to make sure you have been training your core correctly.