Fitness. Health.
Personal Training.
At the end of the day, you’re just talking to people. You give instructions, you demonstrate exercises, you listen, you laugh, you guide with body language, you give verbal cues, you give some high-fives and then you go home. A great personal trainer is a great communicator.
The ability to look and see what is there seems easy and commonplace. You’d be amazed at the number of things that people don’t see. Good personal fitness trainers miss nothing.
As a personal fitness trainer, I try not to have just one person for the hour. Depending on the circumstances, I prefer 3-5 clients during the same hour. Here’s why.
Any teacher of any subject has run into this problem. You give an instruction, and it gets carried out in completely the wrong way. You then modify the words you use, and they do exactly what is needed. Let’s take a look at the subject of coaching cues.
Personal fitness trainers sometimes need to take a day off. It is common practice to have another trainer help out. I actually promote this all the time. But there are some guidelines to follow when doing so.
In order to figure out how many training sessions you need a week, you need to have a clear goal and work back from that product.
If you are looking for a good personal fitness trainer, you’ll want to look for these qualities.
This all depends on your experience and your options of gyms to choose from. If you have a great gym to work for, then I would say to do it – especially if you are just starting out.