Characteristics Of The Healthiest People I know!

As a Personal Fitness Trainer, I often hear new clients say they want to be like, or look like, some of our other clients.  Although that’s a great compliment to my many healthy clients, what so many people don’t understand is that it’s not just what I do with them during their training session that gives them their edge.  It’s their overall lifestyle that counts.  So I started to think of what characteristics my healthiest clients have and I came up with 6 of them.

1. They exercise regularly.  Seems obvious enough!  But I don’t just mean regularly.  I mean they workout when they are on vacation, they workout when they’ve had a long day, they workout if they are stressed, they workout when they are traveling half way across the world and in a bizarre time zone.  It doesn’t matter – they stick to their routine.

2. They eat all kinds of foods.  Fats, carbs, proteins, salt, even sugar!  There is rarely a bread bowl that doesn’t go untouched, and if they want a cookie for breakfast they have a cookie for breakfast.  BUT…  I never hear of them eating until they are “stuffed”.  Ever.

3. They cook.  Some cook gourmet meals, some are just happy to get something in the oven.  But they COOK dinner, they don’t just FIX a processed, pre-packaged dinner.

4. Fast Food?  Nope, sorry.  Most can’t remember the last time they had it.  And even more funny is trying to watch them order at a fast food place…  they stumble around the menu, with the deer caught in headlights look and eventually give up and order a coffee.  

5. They are very busy!  Most have the usual jobs and life obligations.  But they don’t just work.  They bike or walk, they travel, they take classes.  The last time they watched TV was their 1-hour show a week or when someone forced them to sit and watch a movie.  

Now my all time favorite characteristic…
6. When we tell them something they should do to improve their health, they do it!  

So if you aren’t already doing these things, it’s a great place to start to becoming one of the healthiest people I know!

Danielle Wirick, MS, CSCS is the owner of Iron Fitness Personal Training, a premier personal fitness training facility.  Our mission is to train our clients to reach new levels of physical health.  Iron Fitness strives to be the tipping point that moves our clients forward towards lifelong health and wellness.  More information on Danielle or her business can be found at www.ironfitnesspt.com or facebook.com/ironfitnesspt.