{"id":1104,"date":"2020-05-29T12:58:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitnstrongmag.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2021-05-27T20:19:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:19:59","slug":"hiring-a-personal-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fitnstrongmag.com\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"Hiring A Personal Trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A personal trainer can help you achieve your fitness and health goals. Here are just some of the many benefits of hiring a personal trainer.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If\u00a0 you want to get fitter or lose weight. But where do you start? There are so many online options available from yoga classes to fitness gurus in youtube, programmes on every website the world is yours to explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

There are benefits and downsides to all of them, and a lot of it comes down to what you enjoy. However, if you struggle to stick to your exercise regime or you have a specific goal in mind, personal training might be the way to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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A good Personal Trainer will help you reach your goals.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Top Benefits of Working With A Personal Trainer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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A personal trainer is an individual trained and certified to train individuals to become fitter and healthier.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Setting and Achieving a Goal\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Before you begin working with a personal trainer, you will need to decide your goal. Do you want help to lose weight? Do you want to feel fitter or perhaps train for a future event? A personal trainer will create an exercise and nutrition plan that will ensure you meet your specific goal. Without a personal trainer, it is easier to let your exercise plan fall by the wayside, to work less hard when you are a little tired, or even give up on your goal. A Personal Trainer has extensive knowledge of goal setting (and achieving!) as well as habit creation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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You could decide to get fitter by going for a run or do exercise every second of the day, and if you are highly motivated, that may work. However, what happens if it’s raining and you don’t feel like going out or after a couple of weeks you decide you aren’t really improving or get a bit tired so have a day off? If you have a personal trainer session booked, you are more likely to workout regularly. Your trainer will then motivate you to keep going when you get tired or are feeling like you are not improving as much as you would like.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Not only will a personal trainer know how to create sessions that will meet your goals, but they will make sure you are improving by increasing the difficulty or intensity of your workouts. A common trap of training by yourself or attending group classes is that your body adapts to the exercises and you stop improving. It would be best if you keep challenging your body in new ways, or you will stop seeing results. Personal trainers have been trained to encourage and support you while pushing you a little bit harder each session.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Training Where and When It Suits You Best\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Working with a personal trainer means you can book in your sessions at a time that suits you best, and when you feel most like exercising, there are lots of personal trainers who train their clients via online meeting programs like Skype or Zoom, allowing focusing on your movements to help you do exercises in the best way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Variation\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Not only will a personal trainer create an exercise plan to suit your level of fitness and goals, but they will change the exercises regularly so that you don’t get bored. Most great personal trainers will be up to date with the latest science on fitness and training and will be able to show you new exercise techniques and ensure each session they work with you is full of variety.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Personal Tuition\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

There are many benefits of joining an exercise class, but the one thing it can’t give you is 1:1 tuition for the full duration of the class. By hiring a personal trainer, you will have their full attention for the whole session, which means you will never be doing exercises incorrectly. Every position and move will be made with the correct posture. Having a personal trainer can be especially beneficial if you are returning to exercise from an injury or have never done much exercise before.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Before you pay anyone to be sure you are hiring a real professional, as this market could be confusing, a right looking individual with a six-pack does not make a personal trainer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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It would help if you asked a personal trainer about their qualifications before hiring them. The industry is not regulated, and anybody can call themselves a personal trainer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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If you want to make sure, ask them if they are registered with REPS or CIMSPA, both will only register individuals with recognised qualifications. Look for someone who has a minimum qualification of Level 3 Personal Training.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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If you are after weight loss, an additional nutrition qualification would be useful and if you have an underlying health condition lookout for an Exercise Referral qualification.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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In any case, exercising is a way of good healthy living, personal trainer or not always do some.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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