JERRY Diaz, a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, focuses on the long-term when aiding a client reach his or her fitness goals.
Army veteran Carldrine Santos performs Bulgarian split squats during a physical training session at BBJ Athletics.
He believes that fitness training can be more meaningful if it also includes nutrition programs for performance enhancement.
Whether you’re an athlete, a parent, a doctor, a soldier, a teacher, a student, a business owner or an employee, you should aim for optimal performance and quality movements while avoiding injuries, Diaz said.
With optimal training, he added, a person not only focuses on strength, speed and endurance, but on performance enhancement as well. This includes balance, agility, and plyometrics.
“Training outside of the bodybuilding conventional norm provides an individual with many types of exercises,” Diaz said.
Fitness training, for example, can lead to skills that can be transferred to our daily tasks such as throwing the trash, cooking or cleaning the yard, he added.
Diaz said each of his client presents a different fitness need, financial availability, time schedule, goals, and a mindset on how to make those goals a reality.
“As a certified fitness trainer, I’ve learned that the focus is not about how I coach them, but how to help them meet their goals,” Diaz said.
The key is to create positive habits that will produce long-term results, he added.
“We have to be efficient and effective with our daily movements and actions,” he said. “It is important to perform at the optimal level to help boost our mood and overall health. Physical image is great. However, we also need to remember that everyone has a different lifestyle, body type, genes, financial capability or experience.”
For professional fitness inquiries, contact Jerry Diaz through Instagram at @BBJ_Athletics or Facebook.
