Things Your Trainer Will Not Tell You

Things Your Trainer Will Not Tell You

In the start of a new year many of us have the same resolution to get into better shape or to get healthy, and while it is great to think that way many of us also need a little help in getting there so, what do we do?

We enlist the services of a personal trainer.

There are a lot of good trainers out there- people that have gone to a degree-granting university for things like exercise science and physical therapy so they know the inner workings of how your muscles and joints are supposed to move. If you are looking for someone to be your trainer at your local gym, I would start by looking for someone with a college diploma hanging on the wall.

Outside of that, there are some things that many of the trainers at your gym will not tell you because it will hurt their business sending you elsewhere.

The first thing they do not want you to know is that their training certification took less than a year to get and anyone can get it.

That is 100% true, and with the multitude of different certifications circulating about the gym it is pretty easy to get one provided you have the time and the money to fork over to get it.

Another thing they do not want you to know is that workout you are doing you can find on the internet.

If you search hard enough, well actually it is not that difficult to find a good workout routine, but if you cruise around the internet it is very possible that you can find the program that your trainer has 'written' for you personally. If you can find it on the internet, then it begs the question, "what am I paying you for?"

Lastly, one thing that trainers will not tell you is that the need you to fail in order to make ends meet.

Many people often forget that this is a income-job for these people. Their livelihood depends on you continuously coming back to them for lifting advice and routines, and then being guided through those routines as many times as they can get you in there because their wallet takes a hit every time you miss a session. They do not want you to achieve your goals, or get to a point where you do not need to come to the gym as often because then they have to find another client.

The bottom line here is that there are good personal trainers out there, ones that care about you and your success. Start by asking around your gym, or check out other gyms to see what is out there, and again, that person with a degree hanging on the wall would be one of the better people to start with.