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| - I have been training with Josh Wolinsky at Training Revelations since 2008, and it has had a transformational affect on my life. Before I started training with Josh, I was not in good physical shape: my upper body strength was very poor, and I had the "spare tire" of an out-of-shape male in their early 40's. One thing that I was certain about was that I had zero interest in strength training or weight lifting. (I did not enjoy it when it was a required unit back in high school gym class, and I had never done it again since then.) My wife took the initiative to start training with Josh, and given the positive experience that she had, she eventually convinced me to give it a try.
After my first session with Josh, I realized that this was going to be something that I would enjoy (much to my own surprise). Josh clearly knew what he was doing, and he explained that the idea was not to compare my strength with other people, but simply to make improvements relative to my own previous performance (i.e. to try to set "personal records"). I really liked to think about it that way. Also, given how out-of-shape I was, I decided that my room for improvement was probably huge.
I noticed myself getting stronger even after the first couple of months of training with Josh. I was impressed by how good he was at setting and adjusting my goals during each workout. Eventually, I found that I was not only getting stronger, but my body was noticeably changing for the better: I was starting to look like someone who was in good shape.
These positive changes inspired me to not only continue with my strength training, but to also improve my diet, and to start running, swimming, and biking. I eventually worked my way up to running marathons and doing triathlons (I completed my first full Ironman race this past summer), which I really enjoy. I'm now in the best shape of my life since I was a teenager, and I feel like I've turned back the clock by several decades.
Although I now spend more time each week on my endurance training than I do on strength training, training with Josh continues to be extremely important to me, since it is the foundation of all of my training. My workouts with Josh give me the overall strength to make it through a marathon or an Ironman triathlon without injuring myself, and so that I can perform well.
I think that Josh's most remarkable gift as a trainer is his ability to sense and predict exactly when I would cross over from (i) pushing myself hard enough to get stronger to (ii) pushing myself too far. I see examples of this nearly every week that I train with Josh; for example, I might think that 10 reps at a certain weight might be reasonable, but Josh somehow knows (from personal experience and from his ability to read how my body is responding to the workout better than I can) that 8 reps is the right number on that particular day. It never fails that Josh is exactly right about these things, and I learned to trust him on this many years ago. In summary, Josh makes me stronger, and he does so without putting me at risk of injuring myself. I give him my strongest possible endorsement as a strength trainer.
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