John Bower is a Personal Trainer and HR Manager at FLEX Fitness, an Executive Coach and an expert in Leadership Talent Development. His motivation to become a personal trainer arose from his desire to be able to keep up with his teenage sons. At the age of 54 John broke his leg wakeboarding, and up until that point he had never gone to the gym. He discovered at 54 he was no where near as strong as he used to be the previous time he suffered a broken leg at 30. The broken leg was a blessing in disguise. Strength had become an issue in his life. John tells this story in the podcast.
Being strong has many benefits and John goes into detail on the benefits in the podcast. improving bone density, blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and protecting against falls. Strength is one of the most critical components of wellness, whose importance only increases as we get older. John classifies himself as a nerd and really enjoys staying abreast of the latest findings in the scientific literature. He applies his extensive science-based knowledge of the fundamentals to assist his clients to become stronger and healthier.
Timings
3:41 This is my fourth career…
4:20 One of my favourite movies is Forrest Gump…
5:32 I have trained to be a personal trainer… I’m helping Charles to set up a new gym…. Training people how to be strong…
7:02 I don’t change for change’s sake… I like change… progression … and growth
8:44 The strength coaching is the latest step… what really matters is people…
10:29 Connection …the work I am doing today creates connection… 11:59 I need to be an expert…
13:07 To measure results…feedback is obvious…
14:40 What are the things that are presenting to you…
17:33[Strength coaching] That’s why I’m here… how do we make life a better place…
18:21 [Strength] The conditions that affect ageing… heart condition…high blood pressure… osteoporosis… avoiding falls … depression… strength is really useful…reduction of all cause mortality…
21:47 Up to the age of 54 I never went into the gym… I broke my leg wakeboarding …
23:07 My coach now is Charles… I coach people to be stronger…
25:43 The biggest challenge is to go from zero to one… the most useful and important thing is consistency…
28:10 [case study] Young middle aged guy….
30:35 In terms of strength progression … [beginners] We tell people not to work too hard… there is an evolution in training…
33:04 Coaching executives one in three people suffer with stress…
33:49 [Helping ourselves] Carve out an appointment of 2 *1 hr sessions with yourself …load your physical body with as much weight as it can carry… 2hr is the place to start
33:12 If you only come [into the centre] for 1h/w you are already going to make rapid gains… no more than twice a week.. is adequate…
37:14[Personal routines] I’m training about twice a week… for each muscle group…
40:34 Strength is vitally important…if we lose our strength we lose our ability to function… the benefits are tremendous… [clip]
42:38 [Plans]We want to have a large community of people …
43:50 [Overwhelm] Look for the priority…your source of meaning…
MTR Quote: “A Healthy Body is Strong – a Strong Body is Healthy”
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https://www.flex-fitness.com.hk
John@flex-fitness.biz
WhatsApp +852 96840774
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