Eastern Suburbs Personal Trainer Predicts Future of Fitness in 2009

Jan. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Eastern Suburbs personal trainer and fat loss expert Dan Clay is the founder of Dangerously Fit, an Eastern Suburbs personal training and fitness boot camp company.

It’s January so it’s time for my annual fitness review. Unfortunately obesity is still on the rise and is still plaguing our society with Australia still ranking as the most overweight country in the world.

More specifically, the sickening fact that Australian adults keep getting fatter, more lethargic, and less healthy has mirrored the unabated deterioration in the health and fitness of our youth population. However, on a positive note, I feel that 2009 will be host to several growing fitness trends that will provide the long-term answers to solve this ever-growing problem.

Fitness Trend#1- Fitness Boot Camps Will Rise, One-On-One Personal Training Will Fall

Fitness Boot camps are probably the hottest thing in the fitness game right now, especially in the light of the current economic recession. The group training business model creates the ultimate win-win for trainers and clients making the one-on-one alternative obsolete. Fitness trainers get to better leverage their time and maximize profits by working with an unlimited number of clients per hour. Fitness clients are able to better access personal training services in a unique and dynamic team environment that provides better social support and accountability for only a the third of the cost of typical one-on-one training rates.

Fitness Trend#2- Interval Training Destroys Aerobic Training For Improved Fat Loss And Fitness 100% Of The Time

High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is fast becoming the number one way for losing fat and increasing fitness. In 2009 there’ll be an increase of people doing more sprints and less marathons to lose weight and get fit.
Steady state cardio basically means going at a slow, low intensity pace for a long period of time (usually between 30-60 minutes). This kind of training results in minimal fat loss and lots of overuse injuries.
The focus with interval training is intensity of exercise. Interval training consists of alternating short bouts of high intensity effort with rest for a much quicker workout (typically between 10-20mins). High intensity exercise is scientifically proven to burn nine times more fat and leads to quicker gains in fitness than steady state cardio.

Fitness Trend#3- Lean Protein And Fiber Are The Carbohydrate Addict’s Answer For Improved Health, Performance, and Body Composition

The overwhelming scientific literature proving the fat burning benefits of a diet high in lean protein and fiber is finally catching the eye of mainstream consumers. Protein is the most important component of each and every meal or snack you consume. It builds and maintains muscle, allows your body to preferentially burn fat, increases metabolism through the thermic effect of feeding, and fills you up. Fiber (ideally obtained from fruits and vegetables, specifically green vegetables) helps slow digestion for a more steady supply of nutrients and sustained energy, it prevents overeating at each meal, and it helps keep you more full between meals. Thus by combining protein and fiber every two to four hours, you provide your body with the optimal one-two belly fat burning punch for a leaner, sexier you.

Dan Clay is a local Eastern Suburbs fitness boot camp instructor and real world fat loss expert. To book him to speak at your local Eastern Suburbs company, club, or organization please contact him by email at dan@bootcampsydney.com.au or by phone at 0422 936 963. For a free 1-week trial to his Eastern Suburbs boot camp to experience the best group personal training in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs please visit http://www.bootcampsydney.com.au/Eastern-Suburbs.html

# # #

Dan Clay is one of Sydney’s most sought after trainers and leads a team of motivated professional personal trainers striving to bring the ultimate results in health and fitness to their clients.