Times are changing and none more so that in the Irish personal training industry. In the last 10 years there has sprung a huge divide between those who get personal training and those who don’t. In that respect, conforming to the stereotypical shout and holler, steel- steel faced and uncompromising personal trainer is dying a slow death.
Shame to say it – any monkey can take you through a workout providing you with entertaining variations on simple exercises, leaning on your ‘empathy’ buttons between sets and whilst draining your back pocket with very little in terms of hard and fast results to show for it.
The spectrum is getting wider and here is how to spot the right personal trainer.
1. They can deliver results
More often than not you will hear about a good personal trainer through a friend’s positive experience. This is a good start. It reveals a trust and standards that your friend is willing enough to share with you.
However, it can’t stop there. Your personal trainer or Dublin Personal Training company must be able to prove that they can match your needs and deliver the results you are after.
Where are the testimonials?
2. To this end they put their money where their mouth it
In this climate, offering a guarantee for personal training services reveals true professionalism. It reveals a company or an indivudual geared towards results rather than figures. They can back this up by guaranteeing their services 100%.
3. They truly walk the walk
Your trainer will be your coach. How can you respect him or her if they are a walking sign of ill-health or stink of coffee the minute you meet them? Personal training is not a hobby. It is a lifestyle. You will not meet a more passionate and determined group of practioners who can help you with your fitness goals.
In essence your personal trainer is not your ‘friend’, more your coach there to inspire and take you to levels you never thought were possible.
4. Their Application of Knowledge stretches beyond ‘counting reps’ and ‘barking orders’
There are plenty of opportunites for personal trainers to upskill and develop their knowledge base. A good personal training compnoay will be constantly doing this within the realms of functional medicine (therefore knowing the red flags to look for in what may be preventing cloients from losing body fat and achieving optimal health), functional anatomy, psychology, nutrition and lifestyle management.
This is then imparted directly to the client.
At Sphere our trainers intern and surround themselves with some of the sharpest minds in the health, well-being, nutrition and medical field. We learn of the best so that the best is delivered to the client.
There may even be the case where we need to call upon these experts to help you reach your goals quicker.
5. Your personal trainer can deliver a tried and tested system of delivering results
It takes years of hands on experience to truly understand the profession – not a weekend of training leaving with a certificate.
Personal training is our business. We have developed a system here at Sphere that delivers a tailored health and fitness experience.
From initial assessment stages and ascertaining your needs and goals, to a tailored nutrition and health programme and finally to the implementation of methods, including training, that we feel will yield the greatest results for you. This isn’t our hobby or part-time cash add on.
You will have a programme geared to you – not the remnants of a health and fitness magazine or ‘whatever your trainer feels like doing on the day’.
John Lark is a personal trainer in kildare, Ireland.
Visit his website – Sphere Fitness and downoad your free fat loss report
