How You Need To Train
Also known as, my philosophy on personal training.
The question comes in many forms:
If I want to lose weight, how should I train?
If I want to tone up my (body part), how should I train?
If I want to run faster, lift more, run further. . . how should I train?
A lot of people will give you "the" answer. Usually it is either, "Train the way I train," or "Train according to the method I am selling."
While I will be the first to say that there are definitely certain training modes that are best for achieving certain objectives, I'm going to say it's not so simple as just saying, "do intervals," "do crossfit," "tabata" etc.
Here is my personal opinion as a personal trainer.
There are lots of ways to improve your fitness. The best way to train, the way YOU should train, is unique, and if you haven't trained with me yet, I don't know what it is yet.
If a trainer tries to answer the question, "How should I train?" without asking lots of questions first, don't hire them. My goal is to find out your goals, to find out what sort of exercise you enjoy, to find out what has worked for you before and what has failed for you before. I'll need to know whether you like working out in the morning or in the evening. I'll ask about your family support system and if you have friends who are into fitness. I'll want to know which side you carry your child on. (It's important, feel free to ask me why.)
I need as much information on what working out is for you to find out what will work out for you.
I don't even own a cookie cutter, so you won't get a cookie cutter workout.
If I want to lose weight, how should I train?
If I want to tone up my (body part), how should I train?
If I want to run faster, lift more, run further. . . how should I train?
A lot of people will give you "the" answer. Usually it is either, "Train the way I train," or "Train according to the method I am selling."
While I will be the first to say that there are definitely certain training modes that are best for achieving certain objectives, I'm going to say it's not so simple as just saying, "do intervals," "do crossfit," "tabata" etc.
Here is my personal opinion as a personal trainer.
There are lots of ways to improve your fitness. The best way to train, the way YOU should train, is unique, and if you haven't trained with me yet, I don't know what it is yet.
If a trainer tries to answer the question, "How should I train?" without asking lots of questions first, don't hire them. My goal is to find out your goals, to find out what sort of exercise you enjoy, to find out what has worked for you before and what has failed for you before. I'll need to know whether you like working out in the morning or in the evening. I'll ask about your family support system and if you have friends who are into fitness. I'll want to know which side you carry your child on. (It's important, feel free to ask me why.)
I need as much information on what working out is for you to find out what will work out for you.
I don't even own a cookie cutter, so you won't get a cookie cutter workout.
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