Need a Personal Trainer?

Everyone can benefit from using a personal trainer, especially those trying to lose weight. Once a privilege for the rich and famous, personal trainers are now commonplace.

If you've ever considered hiring a personal trainer but aren't sure what they do, this article is for you.

What personal trainers do best.

Most people know how to exercise properly, right?

Wrong! Many people don't exercise correctly at all. By using improper techniques, intensity and regularity, these people are at risk of injury, feeling frustrated and wasting value time, money and effort.

Personal trainers can teach you how to exercise properly and can put a training program together that is tailored to suit your goals and your unique circumstances.

Do you remember how easy it was to lose weight when you were a teenager?

If you put on weight, you simply watched what you ate for a week or ran around the block a few times. Try doing that when you've aged, after years of inactivity and you may find dieting far less effective and running causes pain in your legs, knees and back. If you played sports in your youth, chances are you have an existing injury preventing you from exercising freely now.

Personal trainers can help you start a safe exercise program and ensure steady, injury free progress. If you have an existing injury, a good personal trainer will help you exercise around your injury and may even help you to rehabilitate it.

It's never too early or too late.

The sooner you start exercising regularly the better, but it is never too late.

As a personal trainer, I have found that the majority of people I meet wait until they get a warning sign from their doctor before beginning to exercise regularly. Many of my clients are in their mid 30's to 40's and have put on weight over the years. This has left them feeling lethargic and run-down, to unfit and inflexible to get the most out of life. They want to get into shape but don't know how or where to start.

Here are some other common reasons why people don't exercise regularly:

• they don't know what exercise to do
• they don't know the joys that regular exercise can bring
• they have forgotten how great it feels to be fit and healthy
• they don't think they can afford the time or money involved
• they stopped 'moving' long ago and think they are no longer capable
• they think the weight they have gained is too hard to reduce
• they think that weight related diseases like diabetes "will never happen to me"

Invest in your health.

Everyone should exercise.

Our bodies are built for physical work and strong healthy muscles, bones, heart and lungs are vital to us leading happy, healthy, fulfilling lives.

Getting help from a personal trainer is an investment into your health and will improve or help maintain your quality of life.

Hire a personal trainer if you want to:

• Get results fast
• lose weight or get over a weight loss plateau
• Look fitter, stronger and healthier
• Stay motivated
• Have an exercise program designed specially for you
• Train at the appropriate level and intensity
• Have variety in your exercise program
• Work out with someone who is sure to become a friend
• Be inspired when you need extra motivation to keep going
• Learn about exercise, nutrition and leading a healthy well-balanced lifestyle
• Train around or rehabilitate existing injuries

These are just some of some of the reasons why you should think about hiring a personal trainer if you want to lose some weight and look fitter and feel healthier.

Although the services of a good personal trainer aren't free, the cost of hiring a personal trainer is a relatively small investment to make.

Ask anyone who has hired a great personal trainer and they'll tell you that the benefits far outweigh the costs. If you think you can't afford to hire a personal trainer, even for a short time, reassess you priorities. Money spent on improving your health now, means smaller and fewer medical bills further down the track.

Remember, the hardest part of exercising is getting started. Hire a personal trainer to help you become a regular exerciser and in no time at all you'll look great and feel even better, I promise!

If you are thinking of hiring a personal trainer, you might like to read our article on how to choose a great personal trainer.

Good luck with your weight loss and fitness goals and thanks for visiting weightloss.com.au.

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