Working out with the Rock!

I have been a celebrity trainer for many years with many different clients in the entertainment industry. It has really been exciting and very interesting to say the least. My one time workout with Barbara Streisand, thats a storty. An interesting time with Roseanne Barr, another story. My years and years of workouts with Michelle Pfeiffer which I will treasure forever, are just a few. Recently I have retired from training on a daily basis. Although I would come out of retirement for certain celebrities, I have taken to the gym as a regular person with my married name to workout myself. I joined the Equinox Gym in the San Fernando Valley in southern Califo
ia and love it. Carving out time to workout does take an effort. You need to be able to break away from your routine and focus on your body. I do this on a daily basis except for Sunday. Yesterday I was there on the EFX machine when I noticed the Rock, Dwayne Johnson. This guy is in shape. I watched him for a while and will tell you that he definitely spends time in the gym. His style is deliberate, he knows the musculature of his body and how to train it. He gets the results. In order to get results you have to challenge your body, give it resistance and definitely sweat. You must get your heart rate up beyond resting and beyond the walk in the mall. You have to feel it. Get over the hope that someday a pill will take the place of the gym. It is not going to happen and I hope it never does because what you get from the gym is priceless. The hour on the bike with my heart pumping to my ipod keeps me going. I smile, feel great, sweat dripping down my back and sometimes you run into old friends who are there for the same reason. Alec Baldwin, who I have known for 18 years was there sweating up a storm as well. We chatted for a minute and then we were both back to our workouts. Your body deserves the time that you devote to it. It is the least you can do to give back for all it does for you. See you at the gym.