Reasons people don’t try personal training? I know them all. I can’t afford it. I don’t want that much spotlight. I can do it on my own. I can just go to classes. I can do DVDs. I already know a lot about exercise and form.
I never thought I'd have one. But I do! I love him and I will never give it up!
I think the biggest reason in most people's mind is the price. But all of the reasons are just mindset. I’ve learned that now. I've been there. I was cheating myself out of long-term results and really changing my way of life.
A good trainer makes your workouts interesting and fun. You look forward to going to workout. You have accountability built into your schedule. You have progression and growth built into your workouts. Your workouts are more efficient because of the precise focus on form and the types of activities you do.
It becomes a lifestyle. You don’t worry about falling off the wagon. You just stick with it--no sweat....well...sweat!
The focus is on you! You learn to take care of yourself.
When you try to cheat yourself out of the benefits of a trainer, you end up in the yo-yo fitness lifestyle. You join a gym and go for awhile. Or you get into the habit of doing your DVDs for awhile. You’re always in the process of pushing yourself or motivating yourself to start a fitness program or get back into one.
You might get results for the short term, but it’s the rare person who has a great fitness lifestyle without some kind of structure built into their life. Some kind of passion that keeps them wanting more.
Something that makes it part of your life for the long-term and that you don’t even think about sleeping through it or skipping it. Then skipping becomes getting out of the habit and having search for motivation to make a new promise or resolution again.
Now that I have a personal trainer, I don’t have to give myself any pep talks. And I do more challenging things than I'd ever do on my own. With the pandemic, I still have my trainer. I communicate with him and I still have done some Zoom training. Summer brings outdoor training.
I also have incorporated more yoga during the winter. Good yoga classes are like training. They are challenging. They provide structure in my day. I'm not bored and just going through the motions. I look forward to them.
I have also added restorative yoga and meditation and walking. It seems like having a personal trainer would make you more intense about gym life and exercise. For me it has made me less intense. As Khris once told me, my workout is intense, not me.
Same with my diet. I’m not frantic about it. I eat good food and I pay attention to how I feel. I am not always giving myself pep talks about losing weight. I've become mindful. My decisions are much easier because I know I don't want to feel icky.
I’m not fearful of gaining my weight back. I know I have developed good habits and I have a trainer who works with me to keep me progressing and feeling my best.
Having a trainer is not about learning what to do so you can do it by yourself. It’s about having a partner and a coach. Athletes don’t get coaches for a few practices and then compete on their own without them. They keep their coaches and their trainers with them all through their seasons and their off seasons.
It's funny. The only people who ask me if I’ve learned enough from my trainer now to do it on my own are people who are focused on the money aspect. They don’t understand what training is or does. I don’t blame them. I didn’t either until I found my trainer and experienced it myself.
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