Overcoming Obesity – A Personal Trainer’s Story

ISSA certified fitness trainer David Gluhareff helps others lose weight with his own story of overcoming obesity.

Danville, VA – March 7, 2006 – A personal trainer for 10 years, David Gluhareff credits his career as a fitness professional to his own personal weight-loss story. The process of losing 100 pounds, which he began at age 16, is what inspired him to start training others utilizing proper nutrition, exercise, supplementation, rest and recover, and stress management. Today, Gluhareff is sharing his story with the multitude of others that are seeking to lose weight and get in shape.

His first book, “How I Lost 100 Pounds!”, originally written as a means of self-reflection, was recently released in January 2006. “The goal of this book is to be motivating and inspiring to others,” says Gluhareff, “and to show people who need to lose weight that it’s possible for them to get their weight under control.” In his book, Gluhareff details the physical and emotional barriers that he had to overcome in order to lose the 100 pounds in little over a year, along with weight-loss tips and sensible easy-to-follow fitness concepts.

Although Gluhareff, lost most of his weight through diet and cardiovascular exercise, it was with the addition of resistance training that he began the process of building muscle and found that balance that is necessary for total fitness. His fascination with the changes he had produced in his body led him to obtain certification from the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). The knowledge he acquired in the process enabled Gluhareff to look back on what he had initially done to lose weight, make corrections, and realize the best and most efficient weight-loss and muscle building methods to better help others achieve their fitness goals.

Due to his history as being overweight and obese, Gluhareff is in the unique position of not only being able to understand and correct his clients’ and readers’ health problems but to empathize with the majority of his clients who come to him for weight-loss. Since he also trains bodybuilders, racecar drivers, football, basketball and various other sports players for general conditioning and proper nutrition, Gluhareff has expanded his ability to identify with his clients by building more muscle. Having gone from one extreme to another, he has developed a good understanding of what it feels like to be at different sizes and the effort it takes to go from obese to lean, from lean to more muscular.

What does Gluhareff require in order to structure a client’s life for healthier eating and exercising, and help them overcome their physical, mental, and emotional barriers? Commitment. “I do not take Personal Training lightly,” says Gluhareff, “This is and has been a serious profession for me and all of my many clients over the past 10 years. Our health is serious business, especially when it comes to prevention tactics. Obesity is spreading around the world very rapidly and is taking lives each day, so my job and that of other trainers is only going to get busier and tougher.”

Even with his dedication to and passion for health and fitness, Gluhareff has never been a drill sergeant with his clients – instead wanting them to feel comfortable enough with him that they can be honest with him about their meals, workouts, stress levels, supplementation, rest and recovery periods, and at the same time have fun and get results. “I hope readers of my book become inspired and feel ready to take action against being overweight and obese.”

About David Gluhareff

David Gluhareff is a Certified Fitness Trainer through the ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association). His personal training business consists of one-on-one personal training at Perfect Body Fitness Center in Danville, Virginia, as well as online personal training and group fitness training. Mr. Gluhareff writes regularly for magazines and websites and also speaks to groups on health, fitness and bodybuilding related topics. Having recently published his first book “How I Lost 100 Pounds!”, he is currently working on a new book. For excerpts from his book, articles, testimonials and other motivating and useful information, please visit: www.trainwithdave.com and www.shockyourmuscles.com

About the Book

“How I Lost 100 Pounds!” by David Gluhareff. Publish America, 2006. Paperback, 76 pp. ISBN 1-4241-1361-X. This book can be ordered online at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.Amazon.com, www.Target.com, www.Bokklubben.no, www.Play.com, www.Tesco.com, and  www.whsmith.co.uk – Or ask for it at your local bookstore

About ISSA

Since 1988 the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) has provided certification and continuing education to over 75,000 fitness professionals. ISSA certifications are recognized worldwide. From Sports Conditioning to Youth Fitness, ISSA offers 10 certification programs and dozens of continuing education courses. For more information on the ISSA, please visit: www.issaonline.com

To schedule an interview with a representative of ISSA, please contact:

Sabeen Sadiq
Director of Public Relations for the ISSA
Email: ssadiq@issaonline.com
Toll-free: 1-800-892-4772
International: (805) 745-8111

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