Fitness – First
& Forever
Welcome to my Blog!
It’s
my intention to offer fitness coverage in an ever expanding manner. Since fitness covers just about everything
one can do to maintain and keep optimum health, you’ll see topics regarding
exercise, it’s theory and practice and how to develop an effective personal
fitness schedule. Sleep is another item that will be discussed and updated to
current thinking. Nutrition will be
reviewed as will diet, vitamins, minerals and supplements. Comments from
readers, their interests, and their desires pertaining to fitness will be
welcomed.
I hope to make this a weekly blog
beginning on Monday, July,8th,2013. References to any of my comments will be
offered by request and the reason is that they can take up a lot of room. It’s my intention to keep the blog relatively
short but interesting and informative.
About the author…As a
youngster growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota I was introduced to exercise in
the form of weight training with dumbbells, barbells, and no fancy machines. My
two older brothers were accomplished body builders and one was also a high
school gymnast. My dad was a dentist and
mainly lifted teeth from their roots! I
later followed his footsteps in dentistry.
In high school and college, weight training and jogging was
an interest along with wrestling. It was
also a time when I was taking strength training at a well known gym in Los
Angeles. After three years and a degree
in college I was accepted to dental school at Northwestern in Chicago. In my first week in the Windy City, I bought
a used set of weights from a senior student and used them as time allowed. Otherwise, they were kept under the
bed!
After starting a dental practice I retired after 38 years
and continued on as a certified personal trainer, working for LA Fitness. My dental experience helped me immensely
because of a background in life sciences – physiology, biochemistry, anatomy,
histology, and, most important, managing a large dental practice. Working with
clients in a gym is similar to treating patients in a busy dental office. In both situations stress is sometimes a
problem and recognizing it and allaying their fears is “part of the
game”.
Let’s get together next week.
Cordially yours,
Paul B. Beck, DDS, CPT
The Fitnessmavin
