And she’s back - on this week’s episode of the Dot to Dot podcast both Lou and I speak to Sarah Gorman. What is the psychology behind exercise and fitness? Sarah has trained athletes but spends the majority of her time with everyday folk like me. Lou as you all know works with elite athletes. So I’m curious, are there similarities when it comes to the mindset of the two. I thought that this surely wouldn’t be the case, but Sarah and Lou disagree (with me, not with each other) – tune in for more.
We also discuss a whole range of other areas of health and fitness including:
While some people are inspired by what they see, many of the exercise influencers create a persona that people are unable to live up to. This can be extremely harmful and demotivating for many and from a psychological standpoint this means we don’t have a realistic context for what we’re trying to achieve for ourselves. Sarah and Lou discuss why it’s so important to understand where we’re are at personally, where our body is at and what our purpose is and keeping these front of mind as far as possible.
The trick of a trainer is to move the extrinsic to motivation to the inside so someone still has it once you’re not there. When you find someone who can do that for you you’re on to a winner. Sarah does this in more than one way but something that stands out is that her clients like her. She treats them as equals and with respect so they don’t have a need to impress or desperately clammer for approval rather are driven by a genuine desire to work with her and even to please her.
About Sarah:
Sarah Gorman is a personal trainer, fitness educator, class instructor who guides people on their health and fitness journey. She qualified as a Pilates instructor and, after moving to the Los Angeles decided to give her focus to the fitness industry and began furthering her repertoire further still. She trained in Boxing and Barre under some influential fitness gurus in LA and from there began to teach her own classes. She’s worked with actors, celebrities prepping for roles and has worked on theatre and film choreography in London and across the USA. She’s also trained American football players, golfers and everyday folk like me in fitness taking you beyond your comfort zone in a way that's not uncomfortable - hard to explain but true.
Sarah says “My drive is to continuously create new and inspirational classes that are at the cutting edge of the fitness industry, with the focus, very much, on energy and fun. My ambition is to bring my love and passion of the fitness industry to the widest audience available to me. I want to inspire people to feel empowered, strong and find a love of movement. Laughter, enjoyment and positive energy are at the heart of what I do.”
Through her amazing mix of experience and application she has created her BlendFit method, providing an eclectic approach to fitness training; blending disciplines to create energetic and fun classes to get people strong, fit and healthy. By combining disciplines she effectively trains your entire body, and mind, enabling you to feel you have given focus to your whole self.
For more from Sarah go to:
@sarahgormanblendfitwww.instagram.com/sarahgormanblendfit
There’s a questionnaire from the Centre for Disease Control (USA) exploring what your barriers to exercise may be and how to overcome them in my book ‘Defining You - How to Build Your Unique Personal Profile and Unlock Your True Potential’. This can be found via the link below and in all good bookstores:
https://bit.ly/DefiningYou2ndEd
If you are curious about who you are, your brain and the influences in your life then please dip into my more recent book ‘Mirror Thinking – How Role Models Make Us Human.’
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