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helps to give variety and to motivate more people
to make fitness a lifestyle. Many trends and fad
diets are based around calorie restriction, helping
to drive awareness toward macronutrient tracking.
There is a focus right now on ketogenic diets. Keto
diets are based around carbohydrate elimination,
which puts the body into a state of ketosis—it tells
the body that burning fat is the preference over
FOLLOW: What is the most rewarding part of your job? Being in the fitness industry, do you feel constant carbohydrates for fuel. There are many different
@jensenfitness Changing people’s lives and being able to pressure to maintain a specific body image? If so, ways to feed and exercise the body. We feel that
- provide a supportive community for our clients. how do you deal with the pressure? the more we try, the more we learn, and the more
VISIT: It’s very rewarding to watch the client improve Working in the industry means looking the part awareness we drive toward health.
Jensen Fitness and change from their very first session. One and practising what you preach. We don’t feel
Calgary, AB. thing we love most about working in this industry pressure to maintain a specific body image, as For many couples, it is difficult to imagine
- are the relationships we create. It feels like we our industry is our lifestyle—so it comes natural running a business together. How do you
JensenFitness.ca get to hang out with our friends every day. The to look the part. maintain a healthy work/life balance?
403-200-0199 close relationships we have with our members One technique we use to maintain a balance
info@jensenfitness.ca is definitely one of our favourite things about What would you say to someone who wants to between work and personal lives is to move on
having our own facility. transition to a more healthy and fit lifestyle, but whenever we have a disagreement. There is not
doesn’t know where to start? enough time to fight when there is much to do.
How do you stay consistent with your fitness The first step would be to hire a personal trainer So we try to keep things pretty light and we’ve
and strive to assist others with theirs? Have you feel comfortable with. A personal trainer learned to let go very quickly. We also try to book
you ever wanted to give up? If so, what kept will help guide you through the necessary steps date nights and schedule time to connect with
you going? to achieving your health and fitness goals. It’s each other away from the office. It’s important
We are fortunate that the motivation to stay important to find someone you connect with. to tell each other that they’re appreciated.
fit comes naturally for us. One of the most The relationship between client and trainer is You have to find small ways to separate your
challenging times affecting motivation and important—it is much easier to follow a plan personal and business relationships. In the end,
consistency is during times of injury. When when trust is part of the training equation. There however, there is nothing better than having
you are dealing with a limiting factor like injury, is so much information on the Internet about someone you completely trust as your business
it’s important to focus on your goals and on nutrition and training, that trusting the advice partner. A working relationship can definitely be
treating the injury with care so you don’t do of one coach is much easier than trying to sift challenging, but it also has some very unique
more damage. When we are at our weakest, we through it all. benefits. We are both growing and developing as
are truly able to look deep inside ourselves and business owners and entrepreneurs and, because
find our driving force. I think what keeps us going What’s one fitness trend you wish would go away? we have the opportunity to grow together and
during challenging times is our commitment to All fitness trends are helpful to driving the face challenges together, our relationship is 5K335 $90
our goals. industry forward. Every trend in physical training much stronger than you can image.

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