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I recently had the opportunity to go to a fitness conference out in New York City ... well actually Stamford, CT, but close enough.  This conference wasn't like the typical fitness conference, though. ... You know, the ones filled with spandex and muscle shirt lovers.  This was all about getting some of the brightest fitness minds into one room and bouncing ideas off of each other.

This conference was absolutely amazing.  The room was filled with visionaries such as multi-million dollar fitness authors, the Yankees strength coach, the Philadelphia 76er's strength coach, celebrity fitness trainers, fitness professionals generating 6 figures in 1 MONTH, etc.  Needless to say, the ideas thrown around the conference room during this weekend were ideas that I feel are going to shake up the fitness industry in the months and years to come. 

As amazing as the success was in this room, the more amazing thing was the people I was able to meet.  Not only did I come away with some amazing fitness-biz ideas, I also came away with another idea.  You want to know what it was?

It was that there were so many fitness ideas.  (Pretty simple, huh?)

What do I mean by that?  I mean there are so many ideas out there on how to stay fit, but nobody had every idea.  Some fitness professionals concentrate on one area of fitness, some concentrate on another.

I say this because it just goes to show that you don't have to like all ideas of fitness; you just need to pick one idea.  Pick one technique that you enjoy doing and build your workouts around it.  If you love to run, then build your workouts around it.  If you love to swim, do the same.  If you love to throw sand bags around, knock yourself out.  Whatever it is, make the idea you enjoy doing your strength, and then add a twist to it.  Maybe you like throwing sand bags around.  How about throwing sand bags around while incorporating jumping jacks in between each throw?

Just be active.  Don't worry about finding the right place, time, or method to get you to your goals; just get out there and do something.  Do something you enjoy because if you enjoy it, you're more likely to stick with it.  And if you stick with it, you're more likely to get the results you want.

As a little company, you might have heard of, called Nike says, "Just do it!" 

Dan Falkenberg, BA, ACE-CPT, NASM-PES

Dan Falkenberg is the cofounder of Your Live Trainers.  He can be reached at DanFalkenberg.com.

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Tags: cardiovascular exercise, exercise selection, muscle gain, weight loss