You’re out of shape. You’re desperate. You’re watching late night TV and you’ve got a credit card…All you have to do to get in shape, is squeeze, pull, rub or massage that contraption they’re selling and THAT body will be yours! For $19.95, why not? And that’s exactly what marketers are betting on.

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Philip Hitchcock talks overcoming intimidation at the gym April 2019

The very thought of walking into a gym can send some gay men into a tailspin. Rivers of sweat. Accelerated heart rate. Increased blood pressure. PTSD. Whether it was being bullied in school, always being the last one chosen for a team, or being clumsy in sports, many gay guys have an absolute aversion to the alpha environment of a gym

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Philip Hitchcock talks fitness: how to overcome overeating
March 10, 2019

Every Monday I feel like some kind of a food priest hearing a confession. I have a client, call him Mike. “My food was really bad this weekend,” Mike says. “It was out of control. I ate an entire cheese stuffed crust pizza.”

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BOOM Magazine article December 2018

Find out how personal training can help you achieve your fitness goals!

Once again you’ve decided that THIS will be the year to get in shape. Look out 2019, because this time you’re serious. You’re going to stop devouring pizza like a college freshman, curtail that taste for Fireball you seemed to have developed since Thanksgiving, and finally…FINALLY try out this exercise thing that you’ve been hearing so much about. But it all seems so daunting. And you don’t know where to begin. Maybe this year you should get a little professional help. (And while you’re at it, think about hiring a personal trainer!)

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