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What Is
a Personal Trainer?
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by:
Jan Nicholas
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Imagine
stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There are so
many machines and gadgets. What do you do first? Is this one safe? Are
you using it right? There are so many questions to ask about trying to
get physically fit as well. How much should you push yourself? How much
is too much?
A personal trainer is someone who steps in and will coach you through
your weight loss regime. What is it that a personal trainer does
exactly?
Finding Out What A Personal Trainer Does Is Step Number One
Whenever I want to find out what it is that a personal trainer does, I
simply visit the website or look at an advertisement of another
personal trainer. From one location that is located in California, I
have found the following list to be exactly what a personal trainer
does.
Coaching workouts that intensify gradually at different stages
Working to increase improvement function of the body from walking and
running, etc.
Keeping a client up to date on nutrition
Practices safe stretching and exercise techniques
Helps to increase muscle tone and metabolism in the body
Minimize the possibility of injury
Increase the client’s self-confidence and put good ‘stress’ to
encourage
Eliminate laziness and excuses from stopping the client from getting
what they want
What is it that Clients Ask When Looking for a Personal Trainer?
One that I have found says that finding the best personal trainer is to
simply ask a lot of questions. If you ask questions of your personal
trainer and he or she does not know the answer or doesn’t give an
answer you are particularly happy with, a client should simply walk
away.
If you are looking to become a personal trainer, expect to hear
questions. What is your background? How long have you been doing this?
How are you involved in the industry? Do you stay competitive in the
industry? What is the education level that you have? Did you get
certified in a weekend or are you university educated? Are you
continuing to educate yourself on the latest health techniques?
Insurance? CPR? First Aid?
If you are able to answer these questions to a client, you’ll be much
more likely to sign a client. Above all, personal trainer will make a
customer state his or her reasonable goals and set a plan to reach
those goal in a healthy and constructive learning environment that will
let the client keep the regime for years to come, even if they stop
using the personal trainer.
What is it That Separates a Good Personal Trainer from a Bad One?
Like when you shop for anything else, there are good trainers and there
are bad personal trainers, but what is the difference?
A good personal trainer would tell you that you should shop around and
find the right trainer for you. A lot of corporate gym trainers have
sales quotas, do you really think they’re primary interest is your
health? Most of them have minimal training and are more of a sales
person than a trainer.
If you are looking to become a personal trainer, what is it you should
do first? Try to take course on exercise, fitness and health. If you
also stay involved personally in the body building industry, you’re
also staying on top of the competition. Commitment is the key; you have
to be committed, as your clients certainly will not be. They will want
to quit and give excuses. You can’t let them.
Above all, a personal trainer really cares about the client. You can’t
simply treat them like another paycheck. A customer has personal goals
and needs and is asking you to help them along a path they can’t walk
on their own. What a personal trainer is, is not a salesman or a drill
sergeant, a personal trainer is a coach, a mentor and a partner on a
road to a goal.
About the Author: Jan
Nicholas - For more tips like these go to http://www.personaltrainingclasses.com/
where you will learn how to keep in shape and start your very own
personal training career!
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