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Fitness Training - Whose Decision Is It?

Fitness Training - Whose Decision Is It?

If you've trained with OPP for a while you've probably seen the wide variety of clientele that we have the pleasure of training. From post-rehab to body transformation and sports performance there is a huge range in training goals. [caption id="attachment_4154" align="alignleft" width="300"] Clients train for a variety of goals at OPP. One of the groups we work with doesn't really fall into any of these categories. While there may be some in this group that have played sports they aren't preparing for an upcoming season. And others may benefit from a little more lean body mass they aren't coming for this goal. And others still have have some type of injury but that isn't what brought them to us either. You see these students are from a school here in Kelowna which is a school that helps young people facing different types of challenges in their lives. These challenges may be substance/alcohol abuse, behavioural problems or some other type of conflict. Now since these are students they are still under the care of a parent or guardian. In other words it is usually someone else's decision that results in attending this school and ultimately training at Okanagan Peak Performance Inc. Think about that for a second... Imagine that someone else decided to send you to OPP? Imagine that it wasn't your choice to train? And that one day you ended up at our facility and someone such as Graeme, Megan, Jordy or myself was telling you to do squats, deadlifts, chin-ups and burpees? When we start with a new client there is one thing that determines success more than anything else and it has nothing to do with training, nutrition, recovery or supplements. Before we can worry about dropping 6 inches off the waist and hips we need to ensure the 6...

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