10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring a Personal Trainer

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Personal Trainer
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10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring a Personal
Trainer
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• A good personal trainer can help you achieve your
  fitness and health goals, while exceeding your
  expectations along the way. A bad trainer can
  simply be a big waste of your time and money. The
  demand for personal trainers has steadily been on
  the rise over the past several years and with
  that so has supply.
• With so many options available to you today it
  can be quite daunting to know which trainer is
  the best for you. Truth be told there are a lot
  of phony and incompetent trainers out there today
  who make a great living off of their clients'
  ignorance. But there is a way to protect yourself
  from these types of trainers and we have provided
  it for you today.
• So before you ever hire a personal trainer make
  sure that you have all the answers to these 10
  very important questions
• 1) Are you physically and mentally ready to start
  an exercise program with a personal trainer?
• It can be quite easy to forget about the most
  important factor when hiring a personal
  trainer-YOU. Are you willing and ready to
  dedicate and commit yourself to a trainer and
  their program? The trainer will fully expect
  complete dedication from your part.

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• Readiness for change is a critical part of the
  equation when determining whether or not you will
  ultimately be successful or not. A few simple
  questions to ask yourself before going forward
  should include
• On a scale of 1-10 how much are you committed
  to change?
• Why do you feel you need a personal trainer?
• Why do you feel a personal trainer will help
  you be successful?
• Remember in the end it will be your attitude and
  effort that makes all of the difference. No
  matter how good the trainer or their program is
  if you do not bring your best on regular basis
  the outcome will be less than what you had hoped
  for. Don't waste your time and money on something
  you are not ready for.
• Take home point Commit to change first, find out
  a trainer second.
• 2) Are your goals and expectations realistic?
• We all want to transform our bodies into a better
  version of ourselves but you will frustrate
  yourself and the trainer alike if you expect to
  change overnight. Changing the body is a process
  which takes time and hard work. Whether your goal
  is to become stronger or to lose body fat your
  trainer should be able to outline a realistic
  timetable for you to reach your goals and
  expectations.

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• Be leery of trainers who make big promises, such
  as massive weight loss in a short period of time
  or super strength and speed gains in only a few
  weeks. If they truly understand the process of
  physical adaptation then they will be honest and
  open to you about what is realistic and
  obtainable.
• Take home point A good trainer will not tell you
  what you want to hear but what you need to hear.
• 3) Does the personal trainer have a college
  degree in a related field (exercise science,
  sports science, and kinesiology) or are they
  certified by a highly reputable certifying
  agency?
• Preferably the trainer has a college degree as it
  shows they have a high level of knowledge in
  fitness and in human anatomy and physiology and
  how the body adapts to exercise.
• If the trainer only has a certification it needs
  to be understood that not all certifications are
  created equal. There are certain certifications
  that can be obtained literally within a weekend's
  time while others take months of preparation
  before taking on the certification exam.

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• Don't give away your trust just because someone
  tells you they have a certification or even a
  degree. These should be minimums and mandatory,
  but the selection process should never end there.
  Just because they know something does not mean
  they can apply it. Ask them about their education
  and certifications? What are they? How long did
  it take them to obtain them?
• Take home point Stick with trainers who can
  actually give you the honest scientific facts not
  hype and hot air.
• 4) Does the trainer actually have real world
  experience working with people like you?
• There are basically two types of bad trainers out
  there. The first has very little education and
  knowledge and haphazardly puts workouts together.
  While the second has a lot of knowledge but very
  little experience applying that knowledge. You
  need to look for a trainer that has both the
  smarts and the looks. Sorry, I mean the smarts
  and the experience. And when we say experience we
  mean with people like you. Every client and
  client population is different. They have
  different needs and goals and their exercise
  programs should reflect that.

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• We all know plenty of individuals who have years
  of real world experience but still sucked at what
  they do. So please ask the trainer about his
  clients' success. Ask for testimonials and
  anything else that would prove that his/her
  ability to work with individuals like yourself
  would be a success.
• Take home point Has the trainer been there done
  that before, if not what other reasons did they
  give you to trust them?
• 5) Does the trainer take a careful look at your
  health/training history and perform evaluative
  tests to assess your fitness prior to beginning
  training?
• If you're not assessing you're guessing. Before
  you ever begin exercising with a trainer they
  should perform a health history and some sort of
  physical assessment on you to assess your current
  health and wellness. Understanding a client's
  abilities and limitations is an absolute critical
  factor when designing training programs that are
  most appropriate and useful for a client.
• The golden rule for a personal trainer should
  always be to do no harm. Assessments decrease the
  risk of doing more harm than good.

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• Ask the trainer beforehand if they perform
  assessments on their clients before beginning an
  exercise program. If they do ask them what type
  of assessment they will be conducting. If they do
  not perform an assessment ask them why they do
  not think it is necessary?
• Take home point If you are not being assessed
  the trainer is guessing. Make sure this is a
  normal part of the process.
• 6) What is the trainer's training philosophy?
• Make sure that you know for a fact that the
  trainer has a plan of action for you. This should
  include some type of organized approach to their
  training program and how they plan on progressing
  you from week to week and month to month. A
  trainer should never just shoot from the hip when
  designing workouts. An unprepared trainer means
  an unprepared athlete or unimpressed client.
• How do they track progress?
• How do they decide what is important to track?
• How do they organize their client's training
  programs?

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• Are the programs individualized for every
  client?
• What are they all about, in other words what is
  their philosophy on training in general and
  specifically with you?
• Take home point You need to understand what the
  trainer's goals are for you and exactly how they
  plan on taking you there.
• 7) What does the trainer expect from their
  clients?
• Before ever giving a trainer any of your money
  make certain you know what the trainer expects
  from you. Some trainers expect their clients just
  to show up while others expect them to be there
  10 minutes early warmed up and ready to go.
• How many days per week does the trainer expect
  you to be able to work with them?
• Are the trainer's expectations of what you need
  to be eating on par with what you deem as
  realistic and reasonable?
• How hard does the trainer push their clients
  and is it the type of intensity you are looking
  for?
• Take home point Make certain the trainer's
  expectations are realistic and reasonable for you
  to meet.

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• 8) Is the training atmosphere comfortable and
  motivating?
• A training facility should be like a second home
  comfortable and inviting yet inspiring and
  motivating. Not all fitness facilities are
  created equal. Sometimes there is little the
  trainer can do about this but it still can make a
  huge difference in what you are taking away from
  your training sessions. Make certain you ask
  where the majority of the workouts will be taking
  place and then see if it is the type of
  environment in which you feel you could thrive
  and be yourself.
• For example, a power lifter probably would be
  pretty upset if it turns out the gym he signed up
  to train in has no barbells and almost all
  machines and middle aged recreational mild
  mannered clients.
• Take home point Make sure you fit-in before you
  sign on the dotted line.
• 9) Does the trainer's personality and attitude
  feel right for you?
• There are a lot of trainers out there. You have
  the right to work with one which you genuinely
  enjoy being around.

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• It should not be an either/or type of thing when
  seeking out a trainer, where you are forced to
  pick between a trainer which you really don't
  like but is good as what they do versus a trainer
  which you really get along with but aren't so
  good at what they do.
• Take home point A trainer should be a coach and
  a friend, make sure they are someone you can
  respect and actually stand to take orders from.
• 10) Does the trainer let you try before you buy?
• How many people buy a car off of the lot without
  driving it first? Then why would a trainer expect
  you buy hundreds of dollars worth of Personal
  Trainer before you ever get behind the wheel and
  got to experience what they were all about.
• Ask the trainer if they have any free or low cost
  trials? They should have something in place which
  allows you to try their services for no or low
  cost before signing-on for a longer commitment.
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