We as humans research everything about a product or service before buying and investing in it. For example, before buying a car we always check out the company history, car performance, variants, maintenance cost etc. When it comes fitness and hiring the services of a Personal Trainer, what are the things you should explore before availing the services. Let me help you right away with a few important points to consider.
Qualification & Knowledge – First things first, how much do your personal trainer know about exercise? Or to be very specific, how much exercise science do your personal trainer know? The best way to know is to see their qualifications in the field of fitness or sports. There are diplomas, degrees and masters but gym trainer courses are the least what should be considered as a minimum qualification before hiring the services of a personal trainer. These gym trainer courses or sometimes known as personal trainer courses ensure minimum required knowledge of exercise science to work as personal trainer.
Experience – When you get satisfied with the qualifications of a personal trainer, next thing you should look at is their experience in this field. Mere knowledge won’t be enough if not applied practically. Few points you can talk about while knowing the experience: number of years a personal trainer have been working in the field, number of personal training clients been trained, what percentage of clients has got results etc. This can give a deep insight of the work and will help you to decide whether to avail services or not.
Services they provide – Get to know about all the information about their services. The field of fitness and training is very broad and dynamic; there are personal trainers who are specialized trainers of a specific type of training method, like corrective exercise, strength & conditioning, fat loss and muscle gain specialist, group trainings specialist etc. Other than types of training a personal trainer provides, you can also discuss about the experience of training clients at different training environments like at gym, at home, in parks or grounds etc., and then obviously the packages too. Depending upon the flow of the conversation, this point can also be discussed before talking about the experience.
Availability – Consistency is key when working with a personal trainer, it is a good idea to inquire about their schedule. How many clients does the personal trainer currently have; for example, is the personal trainer booked solid without much wiggle room? Does your personal trainer like to book the clients at the same time each week, or is it more of a floating schedule that changes regularly? How far in advance will you need to book appointments, can you make up missed ones, and what is the cancellation policy of the services?
Other than these points you should also take notice of the personality, professionalism, their own perspective of fitness. Physical appearance should not make much impact as not all trainers have bigger biceps.
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