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  • Jerry Answers Your Questions Part 2 - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Jerry Answers Your Questions Part 2 - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Today’s post is part 2 of an ongoing series where I will be answering some of your questions. Here’s what we will be tackling this week… “My kettlebell swings don’t look like the ones I see in videos, and I have a difficult time feeling my posterior chain working. I have a longer torso, shorter legs, and fairly tight hamstrings. So, whenever I try to get into a backswing with ‘proper form’ it hurts my back. Do you have any thoughts?” Mark, 66 First off, full disclosure; Mark is a student at our facility and has been for many years. I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge him for staying in the iron game during a time in his life where ....

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  • Jerry Answers Your Questions Part 1... Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Jerry Answers Your Questions Part 1... Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Over the past couple months, I’ve gotten myself involved in a big writing project that has been occupying a lot of my brain power (spoiler alert: It’s a book… stay tuned!), so I reached out on social media looking for an opportunity to answer some of your questions. There were some great ones! So, in the coming months I’ll share some of those with you. Here is the first one… “Why have I gained weight since I started working out? I’m still fluffy and not toned, so it can’t be muscle!” Brandy, age 46, Tucson, Arizona Thank you for your question, Brandy! Let’s start with the easy part, even if you left that last part out, I ....

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  • No One Talks To You More Than You Do. Be Careful With Your Words - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    No One Talks To You More Than You Do. Be Careful With Your Words - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder Although we don’t do this sort of thing often, we decided to run a summer special this year. It brought a lot of new faces into our doors, which is great. When working with a group of new people, I get the opportunity to see what I call, “new people problems.” You may think I’m referring to various physical limitations, but this isn’t the case… which is the subject of today’s post. Enjoy! In an effort to maintain the quality of our product, as well as give people (especially new ones) the best experience possible, every new student comes into our system with a small handful of private sessions to help them ....

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  • Why I STILL Don't Have A Smartphone - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Why I STILL Don't Have A Smartphone - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder – 13 minute read – August 6 th , 2019 About 3 years ago, I wrote an article called “Why I Don’t Have A Smartphone” ( click here if you missed it). In it, I spoke about how what started as an innocent tardiness to the upgrade party, became a very intentional decision. The main takeaways from it were:
    Being more present during live interactions with actual humans
    Being more attentive to my spouse
    Disallowing myself to be distracted by shiny objects and actually getting crap done Well gang, it’s been almost three years and I’m still sporting the flip phone. However, nowadays, people aren’t making fun ....

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  • Is Functional Training Still A Thing? - Tucson Personal Trainer Blog

    Is Functional Training Still A Thing? - Tucson Personal Trainer Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder You’ll have to excuse me, I might spend a little too much time cooped up in my 4 walls and things tend to slip past me, but I found myself stuck in a conversation recently where the topic of ‘functional training’ came up. I asked a simple question, “What do you mean by functional training?” The answer was vague to the point of being useless. “Functional training” has almost become like the word “core” or “Nazi.” It’s been used to describe so many things that, at this point, it can’t describe anything. I will confess, however, for a lack of better terminology, I do sometimes ....

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  • Absorb What Is Useful, Reject What Is Useless - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Absorb What Is Useful, Reject What Is Useless - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder “Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless.” “Using no way as the way, accept no limitation as limitation.” Bruce Lee The two quotes in today’s post were introduced to me by our fellow coach, Chad Robinson. The “using no way as the way” quote has been the signature line on his email for as long as I’ve known him. Honestly, although I’ve always admired and respected Bruce Lee’s wisdom, that quote never made a lot of sense to me until recently. In the fitness world, it’s not a lack of information that holds us back, but rather TOO MUCH information that causes many people to suffer ....

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  • Guest Post - Suicide By Habit - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Guest Post - Suicide By Habit - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    <Today’s post is a guest blog form a colleague of mine, Brandon Shewbert. We met at an instructor’s certification a number of years ago and have stayed in touch through the wonders of social media. He is based out of Vancouver, Washington and is in the process of writing a book. This post is an excerpt. His message puts a fine point on one of our main founding principles, and I hope it resonates with you as much as it did with me. Enjoy!>



    Suicide by Habit
    By: Brandon Shewbert How many people do you know that gave up on living long before they died? This may be difficult to think about, but how many people do ....

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  • Why People Don't Like Facts - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Why People Don't Like Facts - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder In some ways, the internet has done wonderful things to enhance the quality of our lives. In other ways, not so much… How awesome is it to carry a little device around in your pocket that allows you to find the answer to virtually any imaginable question at a moment’s notice? That is some Jetsons stuff right there! (side note: if you’ve read this blog often enough, you know that I still use a flip phone. Just play along…) However, with these great innovations come a dark side as well. Two things stick out here:
    Internet trolling
    The human psyche’s strong disdain for facts that are inconsistent with their ....

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  • How To Spot A Fake Rolex - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    How To Spot A Fake Rolex - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman - Owner and Founder What does this subject have to do with exercise/nutrition? More than you might imagine. Have you ever fallen for something that, in hindsight, you realized was pretty dumb? I have. Many times. I suppose that’s one of the cool things about getting older… attaining new levels of wisdom. Wisdom is very different from book smarts and street smarts, and it seems like the only way to attain it is with time. Trial and error are great teachers. In my programming presentations during workshops, I always say that if success leaves clues… failure leaves step-by-step detailed instruction. As a business owner, husband, strength coach, and ....

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  • Interest vs Commitment - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    Interest vs Commitment - Tucson Personal Training Blog

    By: Jerry Trubman, Owner and Founder This post is part 2 of a previous post. Click Here
    if you missed it. I may ruffle some feathers when I say this, but after doing this coaching thing for over 15 years now, I’ve gotten to a point where I can almost tell in the first ten minutes of talking with someone whether or not they will be a good student in our facility, and/or will get the results they are looking for. Yes, on occasion I get proven wrong, but it’s very rare. In today’s post I’m going to share with you what the ‘tell’ is. Why would I share this on a blog post? Well, there’s a mindset component that I think can help you take on ....

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“I noticed a sign on the side of the road that said, “Get Fit Today” with a phone number. That was May 2011 and I still look forward to my 6 a.m. workouts with Jerry. Each and every week, I continue to get stronger and healthier, this is evident by my increased working weights and the noticeable increase in stamina I have during the workouts. I truly enjoy the ever changing and challenging workouts that are planned out for each session. There is no mundane boring exercise routine here! Living a healthy life is easier when you surround yourself with like-minded people. The Protocol is truly a healthy addiction for me!”
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“Training at The Protocol has significantly improved my overall health. I’m in the best physical condition of my life, and as a Type 1 Diabetic, my blood glucose is more predictable and I take less insulin than I did before. I’m also extremely satisfied in the simple, effective approach that Jerry takes in his methodology.”
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-82 years young. Holder of 8 world records in powerlifting… all obtained after age 80.

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