Should you get a personal trainer?
The good trainersdotend to be excellent at communication and other people skills, like motivation and goal setting.
So lets talk about what you’re free to and cant expect from a trainer.
Im mentioning this stuff first, because personal trainers arent all great athletes or even great coaches.
Beginner-level instruction on exercises: Never done a squat?
Your trainer can show you how.
Im going to list some items that your trainermaybe good at, but that many trainers arent.
(Depending on your state, it may also be illegal.)
(CPT stands for Certified Personal Trainer.)
(I hold an ACE-CPT cert, so Im speaking from experience here.)
Many require hands-on training and/or proficiency in performing the lifts, not just teaching them.
You want to know what they havedone for other people.
Judge a trainer by what they do, not just what they know.
There is no in-person, private-session, gym-based personal training that is cheap.
confirm youre not only OK with the cost, but also the terms that come with it.
And always,alwaysmake sure to read all the fine print on any contract you sign.
Make them sit there while you read it, even and especially if the salesperson seems impatient.
They may (or may not) charge extra to assign you workouts to do in between sessions.
When should you skip the trainer and just work out on your own?
The process of figuring out your own fitness journey can be part of the fun.
Just be aware that there wont beoneperson to answer your questions.
you’ve got the option to google a question and get a dozen different answers.
You might wind up so paralyzed with indecision that you never actually get started.
Plenty of people do a fine job working out on their own.
If you think that might be you, give it a try.
Consider whatyouneed, and assemble your support team as appropriate.
