Do you need a personal trainer in the gym?
Whatever, a huge number of men and women visit gyms, and many yet plan to let into your life a bit of sport. And one of the most common advice for newbies in the world of fitness suggests the need for a personal trainer. The reason for this is more than enough. First and foremost, I would like to touch upon the psychological moment. I believe that many are unsure when coming for the first time in a gym, afraid to look awkward when you exercise or break all but them well known fitness ritual. In this regard, the fitness coach will do everything in his power to make You feel, as they say, at ease. It will give You a brief tour around the room, talk about the functionality and benefits of each exerciser, with him You will accomplish the proposed same exercises. The correctness of your actions the coach must monitor and give guidance where necessary. In addition, the breaks between sets, the coach typically provides General information about the basics of good training, a healthy diet and productive recovery. It should be further noted that the outcome is an individual training plan, and, as the name implies, it is designed by a professional taking into account characteristics of Your body, lifestyle and expectations. It would seem that some positive moments. But also enough drawbacks.
First, as in any profession, is the professionalism of the fitness trainer, which should not be limited to knowledge of the basics of the deadlift. There must be knowledge in anatomy and physiology. Unfortunately, not many coaches can say that. The fact is that currently, the demand in the fitness industry is very large, specialists not enough, and the posts of instructors and trainers are masters of sport of arm wrestling, running, sport dancing. This, of course, wonderful that they are masters of the sport (or at least have a degree), but how is running and bodybuilding? Although I have no prejudices, and I can bet on self-education. Indeed, information about body composition dreams galore. But not every coach is interesting. In my gym I saw a female trainer doing with his client, for some reason she decided to do traction rod to tilt. But since she didn't know how to perform this exercise, she had to go to another instructor who made for her a couple of repetitions, and it is minutes did the same for his client. What do You think, can this coach keep track of the correct execution of the exercises, if he learned about it a minute ago? I think not. We can say that these are isolated cases, but I've seen many times when visitors to the hall were doing the exercises incorrectly, although this is done under the supervision of their coaches. It looks even worse when the coach gives the girl to the client that the number of repetitions should be equal to fifteen (the concept of work "to failure" never entered), and egg yolks in any case can not be eaten. Yes, it is a question of competence. I already wrote about the fact that all the necessary information about bodybuilding to be shared. That is, each of us can have it, while not everyone has the time and enough motivation. So we pay the coaches the money that they waste your time for searching and structuring of such information, then to present it to clients in a concise and understandable form. As for the individual training plan, you need to understand that the coach is trying to interest You, to entertain, to diversify Your training. Therefore, it is unlikely he will recommend You to perform the squat, the basic thrust and presses three times a week, and it is the most productive in the early stages of training. And at the forefront of secondary and unnecessary, but interesting exercises, like the triceps extension, and leg swings in all directions. Complex effective exercises, giving place to more easy and entertaining. And of course, it should be noted that fitness coach is very expensive compared to the standard subscription.
So what to do? I must say that I am not against the use of the services of a fitness trainer if this service is of high quality. And this is especially important for people who have certain health restrictions, but I want to play sports. In this case, the coach must have a medical degree. From my experience I want to say that I had a introductory session with a fitness instructor. And I think it might be a good experience, after which You can adequately assess the need for the constant presence of the coach on Your training. In any case, only You feel what kind of load You can withstand and You alone feel the impact of this load on Your body. Develop, read scientific articles, watch the instructional video. But if during exercise You want to perform a new exercise, but I doubt the correctness of its execution, you can always turn for help to other visitors of the hall, the good among them full of those waiting to open their knowledge in the fitness industry.
