I’m Filipino-American, living in New York City, and in the Philippines we have a phrase there…Seksi Naman, (Pronounced SEXY NA MAN). When translated it means sexy person or you are agreeing that person is a sexy. All the people around the world in all cultures want to be that person that… Seksi Naman. Cool, debonair, collected and more importantly in shape like the Philippines national hero Lapu-Lapu, who was responsible for the killing of Ferdinand Magellan.

So what do you do…meander through the gym and possibly hop on a cardio piece to work up a sweat or maybe join random group fitness class and or throw some weights around like Conan the Barbarian. Do that for a length of time and sim sala bim, you should get your desired results….Right? Wrong! You will get a result….now whether or not the result you have obtained is the one you want in the first place, is a different story.
First and foremost you must define to yourself…what is this Seksi Naman look that you are looking for…trimmer waist, loss of some baby fat, lose the muffin top, the demise of your back fat, leaner look, bigger, faster, stronger, fat loss, you get the idea need I go on?

Secondly, you need to construct a plan that will result in the desired result. I know you have heard it before you may have read it in some health and wellness magazine with some male or female and or both on the cover with some 6-8 pack of a stomach versus the fuel tank that your neighbor is carrying around as he invites you over for wings and beer. The Seksi Naman plan needs to also be specific…ok, Coach T you mean the torn page that i have from “Men’s Health”, “Women’s Health” or the WOD, Workout of the Day, that I obtained from a web site is, not enough? NO! Sorry to rain on your parade but it is NOT enough to obtain your desired goal. Here is why: Your desired goal means that there needs to be a desired biological, aka physiological, response that results in your desired performance goal and or aesthetic goal.
These physiological responses are also specific to the following:

o Movements assigned
o The intensity of the movements, force or energy exerted
o The volumes of the movements, frequency moved

That is the difference from a Workout Program versus a Training Program. Workout Programs are something you can tear out of a magazine and or download off a website to follow. These programs are great for the short term or to “change things up” within your total workout. Training Programs are highly focused in their construction as well as execution and they have the “Big Picture” in mind:

• Your Stated Goals aka what you want

o I want to look Seksi Naman… “pa cute” (cute) in my bathing suit
• Your functional goals aka what you need, is obtained through a coach’s assessment process and worked into the program. These needs are high on the coaches “to do list” for you. These goals are what you need to continue to be functional and or increase performance of your function in every day activity. So besides looking “pa cute” in your bathing suit…what does a coach see and want to address:

o Lumbo-Pelvic Control
o Joint instabilities that may or may not be caused by muscular imbalances
o Movement anomalies or what I like to call movement strategies that may be:
- Extraneous
- Superfluous
- Mechanically inefficient
- Mechanically unsound

Am I telling you that you shouldn’t follow the WOD, Workout of the Day, or the “Expendables” workout from your favorite fitness publication? Not at all! Those workouts and or routines do have their place within your programming need. But if you are looking for a higher return on your investment then you should be training….not working out!

WTF Coach T! What are you saying? That I am wasting my time doing curls for the girls’ workout?

No not all! But, consider this, not only is the woman, ok let me give you more credit…women, around your arms not an accessory, they look at the total package not just those small packages called your biceps…of course. What I am saying, is that instead of curling in MY, that’s right I claimed it, squat rack while staring at yourself in the mirror and NOT getting the wanted and needed results then you should go and train instead of “working out”. This way you will be a functional Seksi Naman.

Coach T

PS…NO BS is willing to help…don’t know how to get started post up on the comments and I’ll guide you along the process!