Personal Training with Brian Quinlisk Archives

Personal Training can help you stick to your New Year’s Resolution

Every year you do it. You make lofty goals about all the weight you want to lose, all the muscle you want to gain, all the health and fitness you want to work on. Then by mid-February, you’re right back in the same old rut you’ve always been in, because you’ve failed yet again. Don’t…

Crazy Mondays

I started off my Monday just as every other Monday with work to be done from last week, booking clients for this week, and the training of my Monday clients. Last week was not a good week: a lot of clients were sick, family things going on, and many other things to deal with. Monday,…

Lost 60 pounds!

*Individual results may vary. One of the best parts about personal training is seeing transformations among our clients. The results are great, but being a part of the journey is even better. Today’s spotlight is on Emily, who started working out at Absolute U Fitness in February of 2012 and has lost over 50 pounds,…

Would you go to a blind personal trainer?

At 19, Patrick Sjodahl, of Minneapolis, started losing his eyesight to a hereditary condition called Leber’s. Technical school was no longer an option for him, so he turned to the gym, where he found a new love, and is now working to become a personal trainer. He can’t see his clients, so he has to…

Tips for Sticking to your New Year’s Resolutions

Not surprisingly, the #1 New Year’s Resolution in America is to lose weight. We are constantly bombarded by the weight loss industry with commercials, radio ads, billboards and more, reminding us how we need to lose weight. Making your fitness a priority is always a great idea, and not just because it’s a new year. If…