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How to find the ideal ‘personal trainer’
Listens to the customer, studies the goals, analyses capabilities and designs a customised program for a specific end. Personal trainers are to sports what haute couture is to prêt-à-porter.
Those who go to a personal trainer know what they want, but don’t know how to achieve it. The personal trainer is the ideal option for people not used to training, that have not done exercise or who are no longer used to doing it. Customers tend to be between 35 and 60, with middle-high financial income and they are certain that they do not want to lose time or money:
Good training and confidence
There are many self-proclaimed personal trainers. But it is difficult to choose the right one. To chose the idea person, one must bear in mind several factors. First, you must chose someone with good training and constantly updating his/her techniques.
Even though in Spain there is no specific diploma, there are people with degrees in Physical Education and professionals trained abroad. In the United States, there are several renown centres, such as the American Council Exercise (ACE) or the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
With very clear objectives
The next factor is knowing what each person needs, to lose weight, to tone the body, to improve the position or to rehabilitate a specific part of the body. With a personal interview, you will be able to have a profile of your ideal trainer. There is a specialised trainer for everyone, many of them have attended nutritional courses.
The personal trainer must be someone who inspires confidence, with a smart appearance and who knows about psychology, but, above all, it must have an enthusiastic attitude, must transmit energy and dynamism.
Training areas
The workout location is also important. In general, you will work out in a gym, where the trainer will design a program adapted for each person. Aerobic, weight-training or stretching sessions that, accompanied by nutritional advice, will mean that looking at the mirror will no longer be a nightmare.
For those who do not have a lot of time there is the possibility of hiring a home personal trainer. Who can adapt to the time needs of the customer. This option has many advantages, not only because they bring all the equipment home, the devices and the music, but also because it is easy and not worrying about the time or the fashion will mean that the workout will be more efficient.
Executive employees are especially fond of training outdoors. Due to their high levels of stress and all the time they spend in offices, trainers provide programs in parks or open areas, much more fun and healthy.
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Published in Sports and Leisure Time by Almudena de Celis on 06/06/2010
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