Asking Yourself How Often Should I Workout With A Personal Trainer?
When people contact me with an interest in doing some personal training with me, we always set up a free, no sales pitches, etc, in depth consultation. The purpose is to get a greater understanding of what the potential client is interested in achieving, as well as affording me the opportunity to dig a little bit into their health history, nutrition, etc. From the prospective client’s perspective, it gives them the opportunity to meet me face to face, ask any and all questions they have, as well as see my gym. I have been a personal trainer in Austin for over 20 years and have met and worked with a great number of people from all walks. Doctors, professional athletes, beginners, and so on, but they all have 1 thing in common. They all will ask me how often should I workout with a personal trainer?
My CPA would jokingly scoff if I didn’t answer that you should work out with me, or my staff, twice per day, 7 days per week, with a triple session every second Sunday. The reality of it is very individual, like everything else in the health and fitness world. If you ask me how often should I workout with a personal trainer, I would have several questions for you needing answered before I could begin to answer that. What are your goals? How much time are you allotting yourself each week to achieve them? How soon do you want to achieve them? Do you have pre existing conditions, medical or otherwise? In most cases, those looking to get into better condition should consider 1 or 2 sessions per week. Athletes, usually more. It all depends on the time frame allotted, budget, and how quickly you need to see the results you are going after.
One question in need of being answered to me, before I can give the prospective client an answer as to the how many times should I workout with a personal trainer question is, where do your imbalances lie, and to what degree do they exist? This is not something that someone can answer for me, but rather something that I will need to see for myself. Once again, this is one of the primary reasons for setting up a free consultation. If your trapezius muscles are tight, and furthermore, tighter on one side thus creating a rotational imbalance, there’s is some corrective flexibility training needed. If the muscles are overly tight and we’re unable to engage them properly without other muscles, such as the stabilizing muscles taking over as prime movers, we aren’t going to make much progress. In fact, we’d be doing you a disservice by exacerbating the pre existing issues. In these instances, more regularly scheduled training would be in order.
If a professional athlete asks me how often should I workout with a personal trainer, the answer is contained in the paragraph above, but with added twists. Professional athletes have different needs than most trainees, as they subject their bodies to much more stress and hardships than most. When is the competition? Is this a 1 time event, or are you looking at getting in better functional shape for a season, such as baseball? What supplements will you be taking, and what is your availability in Austin, or do I need to travel to work with you?
I have no interest in formulated fitness answers, and as I’ve written on this blog several times, sweeping statements should be swept under a rug, and left there. Every case is individual and needs to be treated as such. So how often should I workout with a personal trainer? Let’s grab a couple of chairs and have a chat.
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Andy
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