I was catching up on some paperwork, working on our 2009 business projects and saw one of our favorite topics come up on CNN:  Children's Fintess and Childhood Obesity.  The guest was Richard Simmons, the legendary fitness "guru" (not sure how the word "Guru" applies here, but he has done a tremendous amount to create and increase awareness in the fitness community) was speaking about how he felt when he saw overweight children...admirable and honest.  It actually looked like good things were going to come out of this, he was promoting an intiative to President-elect Obama about childhood obesity (all good so far...Go Richard!...)

Then, at the conclusion of the interview, out of the blue, he starts kissing and molesting the leg of the CNN anchor...totally erasing any immediate memory of what he was talking about, and making himself (and possibly the entire fitness world...) look absolutely embarassing.  I am sure he was trying to be funny, and maybe to some he was, but the total shock reaction from the people in the studio (and the victim) sets trainers back another couple steps on the evolutionary scale.    I think that is my point; some of us trainers are out there, quietly trying to make people believe in the message about health and wellness thru education and information, and it seems that we have to keep battling our industry's image more than we should.

How many of you have ever thought "typical moron trainer" when you see one at the gym do something risky to their clients, or ogle themselves in the mirror, or talk trash to try to impress someone, or even make something up because they do not know the answer to a client question?  I got into this business because I was frustrated with the massive amounts of misinformation out there:  gimmicks that don't work, products that underperform, programs that hurt more than help, trainers overcharging their clients and delivering nothing...We are committed to exposing those issues this year. 

Enough with the bad info, overpriced programs, misleading advertising...watch the blog for more on this (we are calling it "Counterpoint Fitness"), and we will be offering the ebook in the next couple weeks...sign up for our newsletter to keep posted on progress and receive free chapter downloads as it progresses...