| PERSONAL TRAINING |
"Personal Training" is so 1980's. Gone with spandex and big hair is the fitness guru. With the Internet, online forums, Wikipedia and dedicated fitness information websites, you have a wealth of information online ... MUCH FOR FREE! Real experts today are open to helping you find the information that best applies to your life. Experts know a lot, but they don't store more information in their minds than what is available on the whole Internet. Experts can help you separate the correct information for your exercise program from misleading or untrue information that can waste your time or even hurt you. Old School Gurus talk about secrets of fitness, they don't give you the whole information you need, and they create superior-inferior dependent relationships that don't always have your best interests in mind.
What does the 'personal' in personal training mean anyway? I guess it's supposed to emphasize the personalized instruction that you expect from a PERSONAL trainer. But what about fitness? I must share with you that the phrase "Personal Training" seems so culturally silly to me.
[yawn] Call me a Personal Trainer if you want (and I'll still use the phrase so people can find me), but I prefer fitness consultant or human interface consultant or exercise physiologist. But whatever you call it, I have much more to offer than a few techniques on a machine, or some superficial tip on the latest diet fad, or a single-minded approach that doesn't utilize an optimal mix of many modes of fitness. And, that's right I don't know everything. But I know how to problem solve, and work with physicians, physical therapists and other health professionals. And most important, I can figure out how to work with you.
Incorporating fitness into your daily routine, monthly plans and yearly goals is a way of life. If you don't want to enjoy that process, I am not for you.
If you think you ARE interested in the process and you want one-to-one fitness and human interface training in the northwest suburbs near Arlington Heights, checkout ...
ArlingtonAthletics.com
If you want to explore online, and you're interested in learning on the Internet with instruction via e-mail or text messaging and other online methods, checkout ...
exercisereports.com
What is all this other Stuff About?
Well, life would be pretty boring if you just lived to exercise and grow muscles and have zero fat and look in the mirror all day (or at least every time you walked by one).
Sooo ... checkout the rest of this page, and see that fitness is really a part of many facets of life. Fitness is not the end goal. It's not about starving yourself to win some bodybuilding trophy. It is not about being overly selfish and vain, but it IS about taking care of yourself and finding out how your body works. It is the method to reach other goals, and have the energy to enjoy many other facets of life.
In one-to-one sessions, the relationship that develops between a 'worker outer' and the trainer involves talking politics, talking news, talking relationships and much more ...
... all while burning calories, developing your metabolic energy systems, understanding muscle force initiation, musculoskeletal attenuation with your local environment, reducing risks to your body, enhancing the health of your body, and enhancing your human performance issues.
| GOT MUSIC |
CHICAGOFANFARE.COM
SUPERSTARPARTY.COM
SUPERSTARPARTY.COM is a fun media and music enterprise for private parties, sporting events and political events. The enterprise includes music programming, microphone and sound equipment that can fill a football field with sound.
CHICAGOFANFARE.COM is an online sports apparel store focusing on Chicago sports teams.
Onsite events are available with public speaking topics on fitness, sports medicine, injury prevention, and human/machine interface technology are available for schools and businesses.
| WEBSITE PUBLISHING/DESIGN |
WHAT'S HAPPENING --
LOCALLY & GLOBALLY
As the producer of several websites (see the short list at AA-ER.COM or the slides at the top of this page), there is a lot of work to do every day. With tools like Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Fireworks, video equipment, and still photography equipment, the work of a designer/publisher is possible. The websites provide information for local and global viewers. Local websites are focused on news and directories for Arlington Heights, Illinois and the Chicago metropolitan area. Check Arlingtoncards.com for shopping and service directory information for Arlington Heights, or The Cardinal (Arlingtoncardinal.com) for breaking news from the northwest suburbs. The emphasis of the breaking news site is crime prevention, safety and health promotion.
Global sites (as in it doesn't matter where you live to be useful) focus on physical fitness, wellness, exercise and human factors (ergonomics).
Exercisereports.comand fitnessmath.com are two top examples.
Two additional global sites focus on national security, preparedness, and health -- categorized as follows: (1) military news, safety and security and (2) worldwide health news. These websites are ...
GLOBALCONFLICTMAPS.COM
WORLDWIDEHEALTHMAP.COM
As mentioned above, two websites are music, marketing and promotion sites for sports fanfare, tribute, charity, and memorial events in the Chicago area. Services can include live national anthem and awesome, programmed music!
CHICAGOFANFARE.COM
SUPERSTARPARTY.COM
| THIRD PARTY PUBLISHING/DESIGN |
PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS
If you have a website project that is a match with my experience and has a good marketing connect with the in-house websites that I design, we should meet.
DIGITAL-LIFESTYLE.COM is the enterprise that puts human factors/ergonomics as a #1 priority in the development of technology and websites for your project. Web presence, Internet use and mobile use of technology in your business is the foundation structure of the intelligence of your business. This virtual nervous system of your business is vital and essential to understanding your customers and satisfying your customers.
Common preparation mistakes are preempted with a partnership with DIGITAL-LIFESTYLE.COM
If your company has a technology product in the design stage, or needs to determine how well the corporate spirit serves customers, clients and employees; contact me for analysis and consulting.
The Cardinal -- Arlingtoncardinal.com
Local news site for Arlington Heights and northwest suburbs focusing on safety, health and crime prevention.
FLORIDACARDINAL.COM
Vacations, travel, entertainment, lifestyle, fitness, sports and more -- where else? The sub-tropical and tropical 'Sunshine State.'
GLOBALCONFLICTMAPS.COM -- HOMELAND SECURITY & GLOBAL AWARENESS
Global conflict news with maps and reference links.
| I AM INTO | FAVORITE CHARITIES | INSPIRATION | ||
| Baseball Football NASCAR Astronomy/Weather Fitness/ Optimal Human Performance Politics National Security NRA 80's Music House Music 70's Rock 60's Anti-War Music The Constitution Freedom of Religion (not freedom from Religion) House Plants Law Enforcement FIRE-RESCUE-EMS Truth to Self Florida News U.S. Constitution Free Thinking Freedom |
Susan G. Komen 3-Day American Heart Assoc. Bears Care Children's Memorial Hosp. International Burn Camp Disabled American Vets USO Action Against Hunger Huntsman Cancer Found. 'Murph' at the train station
Avatar Absence of Malice Terminator Unforgiven Rocky (1976) Christmas Vacation War of the Worlds (1953) Mars Attacks! Pretty Woman An Officer and a Gentleman Wizard of Oz Sleepless in Seattle Jurassic Park Untamed Heart |
Steve Jobs Arnold Schwarzenegger Dennis DeYoung Charles Krauthammer Greg Gutfeld (wit, not abs) Bill O'Reilly Glenn Beck Mike Ditka
Styx Eric Clapton Led Zeppelin Earth, Wind & Fire The Bravery/Believe Alan Parsons Project Paul Oakenfold Paul van Dyk Jackson Brown Tom Petty Pink Floyd Bee Gees ABBA Herb Alpert Kansas Eagles Rush U2 |
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PERSONAL CONSTITUTION
The United States Constitution is one of the most important documents in civilization. The common sense and inspiration of the United States Constitution is manifested to human beings -- offering the best gifts of life possible in the domain of civilization. And it has benefitted people around the world.
Just like the United States has a Constitution, each individual needs a Personal Constitution to uphold their liberty, health & fitness, grace, happiness and creativity. When things are not going your way and failure and frustration are everywhere around you, it is time to design or recall your Personal Constitution.
When things seem impossible, you just might be about to give your best successful performance, but you need to find the message, and the design. When things are desperate or impossible, you are also at your most vulnerable state -- inclined to be taken advantage by hostile or uninterested, overpowering entities that are bound to expend you until your are useless and broken. If you feel like you need to quit, you are probably closer to your goal than you realize. FAILURE is DELAYED SUCCESS.
Be grateful for what you have, and what you ARE as a Creation with unalienable rights. And be inspired to design your life to be fit for a purpose -- for a reason.THE 10 PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS
The 'No Good Deed Goes Unpunished' Commandments
Adapted from KENT M. KEITH:1. When people are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway ... just have built-in protection.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight: for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
9. People that really need help may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway, but have a safe exit.
10. Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
To give the world the best and get the best in return, you must strive to develop four life categories: Mind, Body, Emotion and Spirit. When your MIND and intelligence are in top form, you have foresight and vision to design, produce and lead. Educate yourself and be prepared to use your intelligence. To maximize your physical well-being and the function of your BODY, you consistently train your body for performance and endurance and you avoid excess calories, fat and harmful foods. To enrich your Emotion, love what you do. Rich EMOTION -- when your emotional health is in high gear, you show great passion and love what you do. To enrich your Spirit, love the world, your Creator, the creations of the world, and be grateful. Rich in SPIRIT -- when your spirituality is thriving, your ego stays out of the way, you feel grateful and you attract good things to yourself and those around you. Miraculous human power happens.
Your mind has to want this, and training your body -- a mandatory first step -- is the simplest and most effective way to develop all four life categories. When the body functions optimally physiologically, all four life categories are likely to manifest. Suffering is a part of life. Complete lack of physical activity can reduce your tolerance to suffering to zero. Working out prepares all life categories ... so train not just for your body, but for your mind (intellect), emotions and soul ... No excuses!
For more information, check out the following: the online exercise & fitness journal and reference -- Exercise-Reports.com, great fitness products and ideas -- CoolFitnessGifts.com. You can get help with fitness calculations on FitnessMath.com, AND don't forget, you can keep an online exercise journal on Exercise-Reports.com (subscription required for the journal, but there is a lot of free reference information available, too).
Exercise-Reports.com | exercisereports.com | xfx360.com
FITNESSMATH.COM | COOLFITNESSGIFTS.COM
GoodWorkoutNow.com | Arlingtonathletics.com
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ARLINGTONCARDS.COM
ARLINGTONCARDINAL.NET
Best spot for getting the news:
All-nighter inside the
CNN satellite truck.
NEWS: current events, new information, noteworthy events and noteworthy people. That's the news.
Some people say the NEWS is an acronym: north, east, west, and south (the cardinal directions) ... news all around the world in every direction.
News content guidelines recommend the "Five W's" (who, what, when, where, why, and also how) of an event. Breaking news is often incomplete regarding the "Five W's."
News as education; news as entertainment. News tends to cover unusual subjects that catch people's attention and differ from their "ordinary lives" (e.g., escapism) . As a result, news often skews reality and misrepresents the risks of events happening to ordinary people. However, news is still an important factor in keeping people informed for financial decisions, political decisions, personal inspiration, risk reduction for safety and health, and satisfaction and comfort in sports, entertainment and weather.
News gets out! News is provided to the population via print (newspapers, magazines), broadcast (television, radio), Internet (news websites, blogs, video/audio streaming), messaging (SMS/text messaging, e-mail, emergency telephone notification) or word of mouth. News providers range from multinational corporations, to government agencies, to school districts and small blogging operations.
The range of news providers is global (national news networks) and local (local television, local newspapers, local governments, local school systems).
While traditional journalism strives for objectivity and fair, unbiased reporting; it is almost impossible to provide complete objectivity. Many news providers are outwardly political, especially political blogs.
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