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Empowerment

By Dave Mugavero

Learning to give empowerment to others will be one of the single best things you will ever do in your life.

I have been privileged, over the past 35 years, to be in the fitness industry. This is truly an industry unlike any other I have ever worked in. Each day as a fitness professional, I have the opportunity to dramatically affect the lives of the people I am so lucky to work with.

The changes are not instantaneous in most cases. The changes occur much the same way they would on a construction site. As a Trainer, you must first build a solid foundation of affability and trust with your clients. This may take several months initially. Once that foundation is there, you can then begin to add to your creation.

You start to build strength first, then endurance, and then consistency. After several more months, you begin to see confidence and belief emerge in your clients. Then one day, while training your clients, something happens, something that you have been working towards this whole time but never really knew when or if it would finally reveal itself. It is not something that is tangible. It is what I feel, as a trainer, everybody wants, whether they know it or not when they first start their journey to fitness and a better life.

Here it is. What we all want and are looking for is EMPOWERMENT. What a great feeling it is to turn a person who never thought they would be into the person they always dreamed they could be.

Empowerment is a pretty bold word but I will tell you that it is real and it does exist as an opportunity for trainers and clients alike every day. Look at the big picture every time you train a client or every time you go to work out with your trainer. Strive for this word empowerment in your everyday lives and in everything you do and something quite remarkable will happen.

When you have sacrificed countless hours in the gym putting in the time necessary to improve your strength, balance, endurance and confidence. When you have learned enough about diet and nutrition that you feel you are now your own expert, and when you have worked so hard and so long to finally get the level of success you want in achieving your health goals, do something that would seem to go against everything that you worked so hard to achieve.

At the precise moment that you finally reach empowerment in your life, the moment you’ve waited to arrive at for so long.

GIVE IT ALL AWAY!

You read that correctly. Give it all away. Once you discover empowerment in your own life, you can learn to give it away to others. It’s what will continue to improve your life and the lives of many others who cross your path in a lifetime.

My father always told me, you come to this earth with nothing and you will leave this earth with nothing. We are just passing through. It’s what we give away while we’re here that makes the most impact on our stay. Empowerment, give it away, you’ll get back much more than you ever expected.

About the Author:

Dave Mugavero along with his wife Paula, are the co-founders of Custom Bodies Fitness in Irvine, California. They are extremely proud of their success as the top rated health club in Orange County. Dave has been in the fitness industry for over 24 years and is widely considered by many of his peers to be a “Weight Loss Guru”. His extensive knowledge of nutrition and human physiology, combined with his caring commitment are what makes him an expert in his field. He has been a top ranked Natural Body Builder and highly sought after personal trainer and lecturer. His website and contact information is www.WeightLossIrvine.com