Our customer service specialist Jes Buhler continues her adventures in personal training this week with MFit’s own Vancouver personal trainer Anthony Toth. Click here to view Jes’ previous workout with Caro Bourgoin.

First, I would love to start by saying Happy New Year! The welcoming of the New Year can bring a lot of great things; a fresh start, a bright outlook and brand new resolutions. I know that I, like many, have often made a New Year fitness resolution and have felt like I have bit off more than I can chew. Growing up, I was a very active person and played competitive sports for most of my life. Once I started university, I decided to take a break from my sports and focus on my academics. Before I had even realized, I stopped working out all together, was constantly tired and extremely stressed. When ever I went to the gym, I felt that I had fallen so far behind that I was overwhelmed and did not know where to start. So let me clarify: I am not a fitness expert, I am still learning to love working out and currently I am rarely able to run on a treadmill for longer than 30 minutes. Sound familiar?!

One of the perks to working in a gym is constantly surrounding myself by people who are living an active, healthy lifestyle. This year, I have decided to make several small, realistic fitness resolutions throughout the year instead of one giant unrealistic one right at the beginning of January. I then decided that I am going to make myself accountable and take steps to making sure I meet my resolutions. So as a start, I am announcing to the world that for the next 30 days, I will do some sort of cardio without skipping a day. My Vancouver personal trainer is going to help me achieve this goal!

This week my Vancouver personal trainer was Anthony. As a professional triathlete, Anthony is trained in many forms of cardio and is also extremely great at teaching these skills to others. This week, we worked on proper running technique which not only prevents injury but also makes running much easier. Now don’t be intimidated- Anthony did not make me run for my entire 60 minute session! Between 2 minute running intervals, we worked on strengthening some of the major muscles used in running such as my hamstrings, quadriceps and glutes. My training session with Anthony flew by because not only was I genuinely interested in what Anthony was teaching me, I can actually see myself starting to enjoy running as it is slowly begins to get easier.

For those of you who have joined me in making a fitness New Year resolution, I encourage you to look into getting a Vancouver personal trainer to help make sure your goals are met. Not only do they hold you accountable and make sure you are continuously updating your goals, they also teach you proper technique to make sure that you’re doing exercises properly and most importantly, efficiently. They will tailor to your specific goals and needs and will help make those overwhelming fitness goals into achievable results.

“The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.” –Unknown

If you’d like to book an appointment with Anthony call us at 604.732.4884 or email us today!