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When you pick a personal trainer or fitness coach to work with, you’ll want to keep consider
their personality, people-skills, level of professionalism, experience, education, and their
location. If you factor all of these elements into your decision, you’re bound to come up with a win-win relationship between yourself and your personal trainer.
Personality is one of the most important factors in picking a personal trainer to work with because you’re going to be partnering with them on your quest to achieve your fitness goals. Therefore it’s a good idea to meet them first somewhere casual be it at the gym or at a public restaurant or coffee shop to get a feel for what they’re like and what you can expect.
Imagine if you’re a happy, upbeat person who decides to get started with a trainer that you’ve never met or had many conversations with and during your first training session realize you've got an evil, loud drill sergeant on your hands who shows no mercy during your training sessions? What if that’s the last type of trainer that you’d like to work with? Yikes!
Select a personal trainer or fitness coach with a personality that compliments your own and
that you can respect. After all, you want to look forward to your personal training sessions
with them and if you do, they’ll be more productive for both of you.
Professionalism is another important consideration. Your personal trainer should be a good listener understand what your goals are and help you devise a fitness plan to reach those goals. From time-to-time they should track your progress so that you can see what progress you’ve been making each month or every other month. Being professional also includes giving you their full, undivided attention during your personal training sessions.
They shouldn’t be answering their cell phones all the time when their working with you, should show up on time and stay on schedule, just as they expect you to do as a good client. In addition, they themselves should workout and train on a regular basis.
Experience & Education will factor into how you pick a personal trainer or fitness coach as
well and as a general rule- the more experienced and educated the trainer the more they charge.
When you decide how much experience your personal trainer should have, try to stay
open-minded. Newer personal trainers are not necessarily less desirable than personal trainers who’ve been around for a while depending on what your goals are. They can be motivated and enthused and fun to work with. However, if you have a very specific type of training you’re after, then it’s best to interview the trainer to see if the area is something that they feel comfortable with.
For example, let’s say you’re a competitive swimmer and want to work with a trainer to help enhance your swimming skills. You’ll want to make sure that your trainer is experienced in sports-specific training or is wiling to work with your swim coach and will research and include exercises to best help you excel in your training plan.
Your personal trainer should have some type of educational background in fitness or in the sports that they are specializing in. Most personal trainers are certified in one or more organizations such as: IFA, IFPA, ACE, AAFA, etc. Being certified still doesn’t mean they are behaving professionally and have personality, but they should understand and know the basics of creating a safe, workout program for you. Feel free to ask your personal trainer about their background and what certifications that they have.
Location will be important to you and must be fairly convenient if you’re going to commit yourself to working with a personal trainer. In an ideal world, it would be great if your personal trainer was located between 5-10 minutes from your home, job, or some other location that you’re at on a regular basis. If you have to drive more than 15 minutes each way-then you may begin to talk yourself out of your workouts.
If you are having your personal trainer or fitness coach come to your home, that’s even more convenient to your schedule, and to your follow-through. It may be as much as $10.00-$30.00 more a session to host your trainer at your residence or workplace, but again the benefits of saving you 20-30 minutes of travel time may outweigh the extra expense of each session.
About the author:
Kathy Marlor is a writer, personal trainer and self-defense seminar presenter in St. Petersburg. She teaches small group personal training and private sessions and can be reached at: kathymarlor@aol.com or by visiting http://www.stpetefitnesscoach.com.
If you're interested in training with Kathy, call 727-793-8749 for availability and details.
their personality, people-skills, level of professionalism, experience, education, and their
location. If you factor all of these elements into your decision, you’re bound to come up with a win-win relationship between yourself and your personal trainer.
Personality is one of the most important factors in picking a personal trainer to work with because you’re going to be partnering with them on your quest to achieve your fitness goals. Therefore it’s a good idea to meet them first somewhere casual be it at the gym or at a public restaurant or coffee shop to get a feel for what they’re like and what you can expect.
Imagine if you’re a happy, upbeat person who decides to get started with a trainer that you’ve never met or had many conversations with and during your first training session realize you've got an evil, loud drill sergeant on your hands who shows no mercy during your training sessions? What if that’s the last type of trainer that you’d like to work with? Yikes!
Select a personal trainer or fitness coach with a personality that compliments your own and
that you can respect. After all, you want to look forward to your personal training sessions
with them and if you do, they’ll be more productive for both of you.
Professionalism is another important consideration. Your personal trainer should be a good listener understand what your goals are and help you devise a fitness plan to reach those goals. From time-to-time they should track your progress so that you can see what progress you’ve been making each month or every other month. Being professional also includes giving you their full, undivided attention during your personal training sessions.
They shouldn’t be answering their cell phones all the time when their working with you, should show up on time and stay on schedule, just as they expect you to do as a good client. In addition, they themselves should workout and train on a regular basis.
Experience & Education will factor into how you pick a personal trainer or fitness coach as
well and as a general rule- the more experienced and educated the trainer the more they charge.
When you decide how much experience your personal trainer should have, try to stay
open-minded. Newer personal trainers are not necessarily less desirable than personal trainers who’ve been around for a while depending on what your goals are. They can be motivated and enthused and fun to work with. However, if you have a very specific type of training you’re after, then it’s best to interview the trainer to see if the area is something that they feel comfortable with.
For example, let’s say you’re a competitive swimmer and want to work with a trainer to help enhance your swimming skills. You’ll want to make sure that your trainer is experienced in sports-specific training or is wiling to work with your swim coach and will research and include exercises to best help you excel in your training plan.
Your personal trainer should have some type of educational background in fitness or in the sports that they are specializing in. Most personal trainers are certified in one or more organizations such as: IFA, IFPA, ACE, AAFA, etc. Being certified still doesn’t mean they are behaving professionally and have personality, but they should understand and know the basics of creating a safe, workout program for you. Feel free to ask your personal trainer about their background and what certifications that they have.
Location will be important to you and must be fairly convenient if you’re going to commit yourself to working with a personal trainer. In an ideal world, it would be great if your personal trainer was located between 5-10 minutes from your home, job, or some other location that you’re at on a regular basis. If you have to drive more than 15 minutes each way-then you may begin to talk yourself out of your workouts.
If you are having your personal trainer or fitness coach come to your home, that’s even more convenient to your schedule, and to your follow-through. It may be as much as $10.00-$30.00 more a session to host your trainer at your residence or workplace, but again the benefits of saving you 20-30 minutes of travel time may outweigh the extra expense of each session.
About the author:
Kathy Marlor is a writer, personal trainer and self-defense seminar presenter in St. Petersburg. She teaches small group personal training and private sessions and can be reached at: kathymarlor@aol.com or by visiting http://www.stpetefitnesscoach.com.
If you're interested in training with Kathy, call 727-793-8749 for availability and details.
"Kathy is an excellent fitness trainer who knows how to keep you motivated and having fun while you work your butt off! She's awesome!" ---Melissa Gouley,
St. Petersburg
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