tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69588675760257968512012-01-10T01:49:07.274+01:00Sports Performance Expert, Hypnotherapist, Business Consultant, Professional Sportsman, Personal TrainerGary 'Smiler' Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580691290289033680noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958867576025796851.post-67055943752520765452012-01-03T15:08:00.000+01:002012-01-03T15:10:52.004+01:00

I have the pleasure of owning a couple of huskies. Both are rehomes and my latest, Max, has been with us just a couple of months. We were warned that Max had a phobia of water when we picked him up and over Christmas this phobia became manifest for the 1st time.While out enjoying canicross (running with dogs using harnesses bungee cords and waist harness) over a local woods and pond we went to

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Here's a fantastic fight testimonial I've received from Dave Garrett - thanks so much mate, and your fight performance was incredible!"It has been 3 days since I won my debut semi-pro MMA fight and I find myself searching the forums for future events where I can experience the same success as I did on Saturday night. I attribute my success to the hard work that was undertaken by my Coaches,

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It is important to get feedback on the work you do, and it really makes me happy when clients give a testimonial like this! Thanks Adam, and good work fella!"I first met Gary Turner just over a year ago at a seminar he gave at Andy Roberts BJJ in Farnborough. I was impressed with Gary and his presentation style as his warm personality immediately make’s you feel at ease and as if you have known

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I tend to blur the lines between my Hypnotherapy and my Personal Training. Doing one helps me to be better at the other, there is a skillset that crosses over nicely, and most importantly helps my clients get the results that they want.During Personal Training I have to constantly monitor my client’s body language, emotions, mental outlook – yes I even monitor their thoughts – and guide them to

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Well, what’s a blog for if you can’t have a bit of a rant. Here’s one of mine. I was chatting to a top Thai boxing trainer/promoter last week and we started to rant about this, so I think its time to put it into a blog post and see what you all think. And just to let you all know, this is aimed at no-one, and no show in particular. It’s the way I feel, and I put this out for discussion.What

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I have been criticised for mixing elements of street hypnosis within my hypnotherapy sessions, most recently following my recent blog post. This criticism has come from General Practitioners (Doctors) and certain other hypnotherapists. Apparently, street hypnosis of any kind is ‘unprofessional’ for a hypnotherapist, and ‘totally unprofessional’ in a clinical setting. Really?I put my clients’

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I recently carried out much research into the studies of asthma, ranging from what it is, what causes it, through to what can be done about it. I found considerable evidence in the scientific research papers to say that there is a large psychological and psychosomatic element to asthma.I believe I can work with anything psych (mind) or psychosomatic (mind-body) within my hypnotherapy. So this set

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I’ve been a bit slow with my blog posts lately, I’ve been very busy studying, working with clients, and I have a lovely new husky to keep me busy! So it’s time for me to get back up to speed and regularly blogging. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of street hypnosis. This is for the purposes of perfecting my skills with hypnosis, so I can be a better hypnotherapist. It is also a lot of fun!Some

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As I type this there is a lump growing and reddening on my eye socket. I like to test my work at every stage, and this lump is giving me great satisfaction as to the success of my morning’s work!As a Sports Performance Expert I work with many athletes. Due to my sporting heritage many are other fighters. I work with them with Personal Training, Mentoring, Coaching, and Hypnotherapy. The elements

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One of the things I love about fight sports is that you get to meet some very interesting people. The fight game is actually very friendly, particularly the higher up into the professional ranks you go. And with this comes opportunities to learn. Recently I’ve been working with a few new training partners for some hard sparring sessions. Chatting after training I mentioned I was a hypnotist and

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We often take pain killers for headaches, injuries, aches and pains. But have you ever wondered what pain killers actually do? They are not the same, and each has different affects on the body. And different side effects too.If you haven’t read my previous blog posts on pain, please do so, as they explain the four sources of pain – learned behaviour, repressed emotions, risk of damage to tissue,

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I’ve been having a chat with a friend who is neurologically minded. We’ve concurred that most people don’t understand our basic responses to a threat. In fact, even though I’ve trawled through hundreds of academic papers and studied numerous courses it is still hard to get definitive answers as to what happens, and why. So here’s a very brief breakdown, not complete, and just a generalisation, to

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Last week I was working with a high-level rugby player. During our work I realised that there was much that Rugby can learn from the fight sports, and vice-versa. In particular my studies of breathing patterns in fighting have a direct correlation for Rugby, and this player had not been made aware of breathing patterns prior to our discussion.I use the study and application of my opponent’s

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I always check up on my hypnotherapy clients, and often get testimonials sent through. This one arrived this morning, and I thought it was really nice! It’s a nice perspective on how I like to work."I have been to a few therapists previously for a variety of issues and their approach was always to keep either me or my issues at arms length as if they were scratching the surface and providing me

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A friend of mine just emailed me to say she was starting to do ‘BodyPump’ three times a week starting today, and asked if I had any advice or could give any encouragement. So I gave some quick advice, and think its relevant to most people starting to train, as well as those who already do. Here it is:“Find somewhere quiet, close your eyes, and see yourself how you will be in 6 months time if you

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Whether I am working in Hypnotherapy, Personal Training, Business Consultancy, and even when giving Seminars, I find a common theme keeps happening:People focus on what they want, and not on the how and what they need to do in order to get what they want. And sometimes they don’t even get as far as knowing what they want – they remain stuck in what they don’t want.For example, think about “I want

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I’m currently working with a journalist, Mark Carling, on his latest epic journey – from being unfit and a non-fighter to taking his first professional MMA (cage fighting) bout, all within 12 weeks. A television programme ‘Unfit2Fight’ is being made documenting him every step of the way. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been invited on the ride, and I am, amongst other things, helping him

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The words we use, the way we say them, the syntax of how they are put together, and the representations of the metaphors and symbols we use within, all are representative of the thoughts in our heads. So if you want to get a better understanding of how someone is thinking then listen carefully to the language they use. As my study moves deeper into cognitive linguistics the more I understand

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Poor Rob, I didn’t mean for him to collapse on the floor. My knee (during sparring) came effortlessly into his abdomen forcing all the air out of his lungs giving him no option – his legs buckled and he dropped to the floor. As I remember him gasping for air down there, I also remember how easily and effectively the strike was made. And for that, I guess I can thank my studies of NLP. Now,

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So how do you knock someone out? This is a very misunderstood subject especially in the fight world. If you ask a number of fighters how you knock someone out you will get a bevy of answers ranging from speed, brute strength, accuracy, timing, explosiveness, kinetic linking, penetration and follow through – and the list goes on.And yet I’ve dropped someone to their knees with a couple of taps on

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I’ve had several hypnotherapy clients recently that have wasted their time. They haven’t wasted mine, as I’ve been paid, and have got some great learning from working with them too. And this is the reason I’ve written this blog post, so other potential clients might not waste their time either. These clients came to see me with problems that were definitely real. And they left without their

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This carries on from my last two posts on pain, and here I will give a ‘general’ approach I often use when working with clients who have pain. Please note that every client is an individual, and as such, deserves an individual approach relevant to them. This is just a general approach I may utilise. Hypnosis and the management of pain have a long documented history and hypnosis is commonly used

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In my previous article I had a look at what ‘pain’ actually is - the signals and the neurology behind it. So now we have a better understanding of pain this blog post introduces approaches to control pain, as well as the management and regulation as to when, and how much we feel. In summary of my previous post pain is the result of a signal, a signal that says we need to pay attention to

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I’ve been working with several patients in respect to their ‘pain’ lately, including in conjunction with their consultants at their Pain Clinics. In this blog post I thought I’d explain what pain actually is, and how we experience it. (Everything here is put as a generalisation to enable simpler understanding.)In later posts I’ll talk about pain control, management and regulation, together with

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Coming Off CaffeineThis Blog Post follows on from my previous Post ‘Help, I’m Addicted To Coffee!’ So if you haven’t read it yet, please do so!In my last blog post I explained in simple terms what caffeine is and how it acts on the body. Now I’m going to take this further and show how to safely cut back and remove the addiction.If you drink a lot of coffee and suddenly cut it out you WILL have

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I’ve been known to take a wee bit too much coffee. With my will to give my Personal Training clients the best sessions I can, quite often I’ll take a coffee before each one to ‘pick me up’ and check I’m on form. I regularly do blocks of 7 PT clients in a row – that’s a lot of coffee going down me!Whereas a little caffeine buzz can be a good thing, not many people know what caffeine is, let alone

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A big thank you to Andrew and the team at fullmount for doing an interview with me - thanks guys, its appreciated!http://www.fullmount.co.uk/index.php/mma-news/1-latest-news/565-gary-smiler-turner-interview

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This is the fourth of a series of articles originally published by the now defunct online magazine MMA Unlimited. Its part of a series of articles, and while my knowledge has now moved on, it hopefully makes interesting reading.How AWARE are you?Have you ever wondered how some fighters seem to know what their opponent is doing no matter how quick or sneaky their opponents are? How they always

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I had some good fun at the weekend, playing with various methods of getting results with my Personal Training sessions. Now, as any good hypnotherapist would, I use embedded commands, metaphors, voice tonality and hypnotic language patterns with my clients while training them. It makes sense to use your skills in one area to help you in another. Rather than meet problems head on, you can gently

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This is the third of a series of articles originally published by the now defunct online magazine MMA Unlimited (so don't click on the MMA Unlimited link - it won't work!). Its part of a series of articles, and while my knowledge has now moved on, it hopefully makes interesting reading.Would you like to be in the optimum physical and mental state for every fight? Do you want to achieve

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I was lightly sparring with a client last night working on skills across a single fifty-minute round. My aims were to get him to ‘flow’ with his techniques, just allow his shots to flow, and flow without restriction. And there was constant obstruction – he just couldn’t react quickly enough to counter, evade, or to take an opportunity. Now, his technical ability is exceptional, and his

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This is the second of a series of articles originally published by the now defunct online magazine MMA Unlimited. Its part of a series of articles, and while my knowledge has now moved on, it hopefully makes interesting reading.Do you know what pre-fight nerves are? Know the difference between feeling nervous and having anxiety? Do you get either or both before a fight? Are your performances

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Have you ever wondered how many senses we actually have? It’s five, right? Perhaps its time to think again. Now, I used to teach that there were seven senses, and it looks like I was wrong. The seven were made up of the usual five senses – sight, sound, feelings, taste and smell, plus a couple more. I used to teach that the sixth sense was ‘experience’ that gave you that intuition. I’ll come back

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This was the first of a series of articles originally published by the now defunct online magazine MMA Unlimited. Its part of a series of articles, and while my knowledge in these areas has vastly increased, it hopefully makes interesting reading. Perhaps I'll do appropriate updates later in my blogging.I was also playing with my writing style, so perhaps you can take note of the language

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I was previously asked to write some articles for (what I considered) to be a really good online and hardcopy Mixed Martial Arts (commonly known, descriptively as ‘Cage Fighting’) MMA Unlimited. Unfortunately the magazine folded, taking my articles with it. Fortunately I still retaining the Copywrite on the content, so I’ll put the series of articles up here. My knowledge in these areas has moved

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Resistance trainingThose of us that do resistance training generally know that we should be doing 5 reps or less for strength, 6-12 reps for increasing muscle bulk, and 13 plus reps for endurance. And have you ever wondered what’s actually happening to your muscles while you are doing this?It’s really simple, yet I’m continuously amazed at how many people who train with weights, or do other forms

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Sometimes I see a hypnotherapy client and results appear really quickly. And then something happens in their life, usually some form of heavy emotion, and next thing the problem they have seen me about re-appears. This is the person returning under pressure to what they are familiar with – it is not necessarily a reversion to the old issue. They look for comfort from their emotions and make a

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Public speaking, presentations, performance, talks, speeches – they can’t be easy, can they?Well, sometimes they are. And then, sometimes, they definitely aren’t! But you can help to stack the odds in your favour.Am I the greatest speaker on the planet? Nope, definitely not! Although I’m studying some who I consider to be really on top of their games, and learning from what they do, so that I can

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When working with my hypnotherapy clients I work to ensure that results are achieved in the minimum number of sessions. I take pride in helping clients make effective change quickly. This may not be the best way to me earning money, but it does fuel a deep satisfaction inside me, and that’s worth far more. I love my job, helping people make the changes that they want.I tell clients just how easy

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In training my coaches, Steve Fox and Andre Daltrey, have always taken great delight in taking and keeping me out of my comfort zone. They never allow me to be comfortable; never allow me to have any train of thought, keeping me guessing and on my toes – at every stage during my intense training they keep me completely guessing on a physical, technical and mental level. The reason for this is

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http://www.thefightlounge.co.uk/news/80/gary-smiler-turner-interview-exclusiveThanks to The Fight Lounge for inviting me over for an interview, you can read it through the above link.Thanks again lads, Gary

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I’ve already blogged how we cast spells in peoples minds during communication, that we cannot not influence someone when we speak to them. In that blog post (Casting a Spell) it is explained how we form an ‘internal representation’ of that communication, forming pictures, feelings, sounds, tastes and smells inside our minds. And that process is taking place not just during communication, but

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I had a fantastic morning yesterday. My Sports Performance colleague Trix and I were accompanied by golf professional Matt Collis on a few holes of golf. We did this to benefit ourselves, give some assistance to Matt on his game, and also to give him some of our expertise so he can coach his golf clients even better. I’m always trying to improve myself and learn, and so is Trix. So on our

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One of the things I love to do with someone's issue is to do 'reframing’, helping someone see things in a different way. You can often get profound and instant changes with a simple sentence, helping someone get new insights and learnings – and instantly change the way they think around that subject. And if you change the way they think, you change their physiology. And if you change the way they

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Have you ever wondered what is actually going on inside your head when you are communicating? That every time you speak to someone you are actually painting pictures, sounds, feelings, even tastes and smells, inside their mind? Have you considered that every time you communicate you are trying to influence them?In our minds we can only make representations in terms of the five senses – that’s all

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My good friend Dave Garrett, a leading injury rehabilitation specialist (as well as a whole lot more!) has posted a lovely comment on my last blog post. I think it is so worthy that I have given it a full blog post - so we can all learn!It is the work and knowledge of trusted friends like Dave on which I base my practice. And where my knowledge only goes so far, I know where to go for the

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In sport I believe there is one thing that should come before everything else in training, and that is injury prevention. I mean, what good are you if you are injured? You can’t train effectively, and if you do train you will not be working optimally or will even be building in bad habits or imbalances as you compensate for the injury.This is not about managing an injury – it’s about not getting

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I often work with a colleague of mine, Trix Wheeler, in delivering to our Sports Performance clients. We each have skills that compliment each other and contacts to be shared across our networks. Recently we were asked by a top level Strength and Conditioning Coach exactly what we do, how we do it and why we call ourselves experts. I produced a quick explanation, and here it is below. It is of

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Do you really understand body language? Studies have shown that 55% of all of our communication comes from our body language. All the movements, gestures, postures and emotional displays, from the largest movement down to the very smallest micro-movement convey our thoughts, moods and meaning. Imagine what it would be like if you could know what someone is thinking about? When someone is getting

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My personal training clients have to give a big thanks to my boxing coach, Steve Fox. Every, and yes, every time I step into my gym to give a personal training session his words are echoing in my ears:“Remember Gary, it may be your last session of the day, but it’s your client’s first.”This came from watching various corporate personal trainers in gyms around our area going through the motions.

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All of us, even the most positive people (myself included!) suffer from negative self talk. You know that little niggling voice you have, inside, telling you that you can’t do something, or it’ll go bad, or any of a host of other negative little thoughts. It could be to do with your sport, your business, something important you have to do or just parts of life in general. Have a think – when do

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As a Sports Performance Expert I am constantly amazed at the amount of sportspersons who don’t utilise visualisation. This is a very important tool for any athlete and one that must be considered in your training – ALL top performers use visualisation. The mind can’t determine between vividly imagined and ‘reality’. So every time you vividly imagine something the mind acts as though it is real.

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As a hypnotherapist I commonly come across mis-conceptions as to what ‘hypnosis’ actually is. This blog post will address some of these issues. Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state that we are in and out of every day. I would explain it simply as when we hand our conscious part over to our unconscious. The first time you were in this state today was that point this morning, where you weren’t

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Having studied diets in quite some detail with particular relevance to weight loss I am quite often asked the question by athletes, and ‘regular’ people – which diet should they eat? And they then seem to put forward various diet ‘products’ for discussion, so I’ll quickly run over some thoughts on them.A common diet I come across, and a popular one amongst the less informed is the Supplement Diet

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Hi!I'm Gary 'Smiler' Turner, and welcome to my blog!Here I will be posting musings, information, updates, and anything that I find of interest and would like to share. So I hope you enjoy the content, which I will continue to regularly update.If you want to know more about me, please have a look at www.garyturner.co.ukI welcome all feedback and comments - don't hesitate to say hi!Best regards,Gary

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