So, one of my clients comes in the other day (fifteen minutes late, mind you, and wreaking of tequila and sausage) and, while performing some nausea-inducing crunches, proceeds to tell me about a television show he saw the night before. Technically, it was earlier that morning (3:00 AM to be exact) but what is time when you have nowhere to go and all day to get there? 

Anyway, it turns out that the show was about Hollywood trainers and their “cutting-edge” methods. It sounded more like the circus by the way my client described it what with people lifting weights while balancing on a variety of balls, half-balls, and other wobbly thingys. In fact, I was fully expecting to hear about the high wire act or chain saw juggling but, alas, it was not to be. For right when I began to get a craving for popcorn and cotton candy he asked…

“Why don’t we do “cutting-edge” stuff like that?”

That’s when proverbial you-know-what hit the fan.

Cutting-edge! You want to know what’s cutting edge, I asked.

Consistently showing up for your appointments. That’s cutting-edge.

Showing up on time. That’s cutting-edge.

Getting to bed at a decent hour. That’s cutting-edge.

Moderating your alcohol intake. That’s cutting-edge.

And don’t even ask me about “fat-burning” supplements when you ate a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit less than an hour ago!