Q: What’s your favorite exercise mode that is not offered at your studio?
A: Yoga
Q: What common piece of exercise equipment is most likely to cause an injury due to misuse?
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A: Barbell
Q: What’s more important - healthful eating or regular exercise?
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A: Eating
Q: What food do most people knowingly under-consume?
A: Vegetables
Q: What do many people intentionally, but mistakenly, under-consume?
A: Fat
Q: What’s under-represented in most people’s exercise program?
A: Flexibility
Q: What quality needs more focus in most people’s strength training work?
A: Control
Q: What could dramatically improve most people’s cardio training work?
A: Intensity
Q: What do you think is the most important missing ingredient in most people’s weight loss efforts?
A: Readiness
Q: What do people who consistently maintain their ideal achievable fitness and body composition have that others seem to lack?
A: Ownership
Dan Taylor, ACE, NASM-CPT, is owner and head trainer at Pleasanton-based Tri Valley Trainer. They provide personal training and small group fitness solutions at their studio, a free Facebook group for living a lean lifestyle for non-cooks with chaotic schedules, and a premium, innovative, medically endorsed web-based group healthy eating coaching program.
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