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Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer

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Hi, my name is Troy Taylor and here is a "quick" background.  Fitness began for me in 1988 as a member of my high school football and track teams.  My high school had implemented a mandatory weight training program and I learned an early appreciation for the effectiveness of customized fitness programs.
 
I had always wanted to be in the health and fitness industry so I entered Ventura College with the intent of becoming a physical therapist.  I needed to work like most of us, so I began selling fitness equipment.  This sales position grew into a phone fitness counseling position.  It was during these counseling sessions that I realized what fitness could do for people both from a mental and physical standpoint.  My appreciation for specific instructed fitness programs began to mature.  I immersed myself in the fitness world taking a job working for a small club in southern California.  This job allowed me to experience club management as well as an early taste of personal training a field that I believed was about to explode.
 
After receiving my Associates Degree from Ventura College I chose to continue my education at California State University Northridge.  This forced me to leave my then club management position and take on a new career as a personal trainer for Spectrum Club Agoura Hills. The Sports Club Company which owned Spectrum Clubs at the time became the catalyst for an awesome future in the fitness industry.  They had committed themselves to continuing education for all of their trainers. They kept us on the cutting edge of current trends and evidence based instruction which ultimately led me to the National Academy of Sports Medicine, which in my opinion is the premier certification organization within our field.

It is 1996 and my personal training business is taking off.  A lot of the trainers that I worked with at the time were in the fitness industry waiting to do something else.  I had come to believe that fitness was the future in preemptive health care and decided to treat my fitness business with the same level of professionalism and dedication that a career of that importance would demand.  

My certifications include NASM's standard and advanced trainer certification a precursor for their CPT and CES certification that I hold today. I became a full time personal trainer in the southern California area and have my own training and consulting business in greater Los Angeles.

I have been personally blessed to see lives forever changed.  I have also been lifted up by having a hand in many of those changes.  I am very thankful to have found this industry and look forward to the many lives that health and fitness will impact in the near and present future.  I am also very excited to witness the technological explosion that is occurring within our industry and the future that we will have working with new friends across the world.  Looking forward to meeting you.


mailto:taylorfitness@me.com


Yours in Fitness,

Troy Taylor CPT, CES 

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  • Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer
    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Are very low-calorie diets effective for weight loss?
    In the short term, a very low-calorie diet generally does result in weight loss. However, the weight loss is generally muscle and water weight. When someone loses weight quickly due to very restrictive diet, they are at high risk of gaining the weight back. Party because eventually restriction of...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    What happens to our skin, if fat tissue shrinks?
    When we lose a moderate amount of weight, our skin shrinks to fit our body's new size. The collagen in our skin gives it elasticity. Losing a massive amount of weight, however, can leave you with extra skin because it has lost its elasticity. In some cases, when people lose massive amounts of weight,...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Why is yo-yo dieting a bad idea?
    When you lose weight without exercise, you lose both muscle and fat, but when you gain weight without exercise, you only gain fat. It's much easier to gain fat weight than it is to gain muscle weight, which is one of the reasons why yo-yo dieting fails so miserably: When you continually gain and lose and...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Why do diets fail?
    There are lots of reasons to eat: You're bored, you're at a party, your kids left 17 extra fries on the plate. The ultimate reason to eat is to provide fuel for your body-not only to keep you lean, energetic, and strong but also to feed your organs with the foods and nutrients they crave to keep...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Why do diets not work for long-term weight loss?
    Real changes work.  Short-term “diet” fixes do not.  Diets don’t work because often people who diet restrict themselves so much, they start imagining people on the street as ice cream cones or salivating in their sleep as they dream about fried chicken.  Diets can help you get to a point where you start looking good naked, but then what happens?  You get tired of starving yourself and you go back to the same old bad eating...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer answered:
    Why do diets not work for long-term weight loss?
    The primary reason why so called "diets" don't solve long term weight loss issues is that...  Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Are diet pills safe?
    Diet pills are not approved by the FDA as a safe way to lose weight. Often these types of pills contain unsafe stimulants that can be damaging to your heart and cause it to beat dangerously irregularly. People have died from taking diet pills. The safest and healthiest way to lose weight is a healthy...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Do diet pills have side effects?
    Yes, the problem with diet pills and other pound-peeling medications is the side effects. You can't put anything into the body (not water, not fiber, not anything) without your body making the proper corrections. Oxygen, too, has side effects - things like glowing skin, mental clarity, increased...Full Post
  • Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer
    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Are Botanical Slimming diet pills safe for diabetics?
    There are no magic diet pills. The safest technique for losing weight is to reduce your caloric intake and boost up your physical activity. Maintaining a healthy weight is important for managing diabetes (both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes). Botanical slimming pills or any type of "diet" pills are c...Full Post
  • Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer
    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Are diet pills a good way to lose weight?
    Stimulant-based diet pills are not shown to be clinically effective in the long-term, and sometimes, they can be dangerous. What does work is long-term behavioral modification, and some of the programs that have been around for a long time like Weight Watchers are actually the most effective. And...Full Post
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    Do fat loss products really work?
    Everything seems to work with a proper diet and exercise program.  What I find a bit difficult...  Full Post
  • Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer
    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Is weight loss always a part of a heart-healthy diet plan?
    If you have been diagnosed with heart disease, or are interested in reducing your risk factors for heart disease, adopting and maintaining a heart-healthy diet will be an important part of the work you do toward good health. For many people, a heart-healthy diet will also focus on weight loss: obesity is prevalent in...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    What are heart benefits of losing weight?
    Losing weight may not seem like an easy task. But research shows that you don't have to lose much to gain several cardiovascular health benefits. If you are overweight, losing only a few pounds can help reduce your risk of heart and blood vessel disease and complications of cardiovascular...Full Post
  • Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer
    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Why is losing weight so difficult?
    Losing weight can be very difficult.  The reason that it can be so difficult is sometimes misunderstood.  Gaining weight happens over a lifetime.  Yes we all put on weight overnight or lose weight overnight but mostly that is just change in water.  Real weight gain takes time and it also takes habits.  We have developed an overeating habit.  If you go...Full Post
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    Troy Taylor, NASM Elite Trainer found the following answer helpful:
    Is increasing exercising enough to lose weight?
    Not according to the majority of exercise studies. The general conclusion from many, including the most recent studies on exercise and weight loss, is that exercise alone is not a weight loss program for anyone. Diet is simply far more effective and easier in producing weight loss, but exercise is just as important...Full Post