1. It’s Educational

One of the primary reasons someone should have a Personal Trainer is that they are trained to teach others how to exercise. While exercise is only part of fitness, with nutrition and lifestyle playing essential roles in the overall picture, if you don’t get exercise right, you will never achieve your goals.

The importance of education when exercising is critical for two primary reasons:

1) If you don’t know which exercises are most effective for your goals, you are unlikely to achieve those goals. For example, if your goal is to build core strength but you spend all your time on cardio exercises, you are unlikely to hit your goal.

2) Education is essential when performing exercises in reducing the risk of injury. Many people are seriously injured every year by performing exercises they have not received training for, and this can impact their health and fitness for a long time. Someone trained in executing specific tasks will significantly reduce the risk level and increase the effectiveness of your fitness routine.

2. They Help Perfect Form

Having a Personal Trainer beside you to demonstrate the correct posture and technique is invaluable. A Personal Trainer will ensure clients perform exercises correctly and efficiently to maximize results. If your form is incorrect when exercising, then you are at an increased risk of injury and not achieving your goals (because nothing kills a dream like 10 weeks of prescribed bed rest!).

3. They Can Help With Your Unique Requirements

Everybody is different, which means everyone’s abilities and exercise requirements are unique. This could be anything from an old injury that requires special exercises to a phobia that may impact where or how you work out.

For example, if you have an old knee injury that required surgery but haven’t done anything to rebuild the muscles or improve mobility since then, you will need different exercises and goals than an athlete who is training to run a marathon. This is where a Personal Trainer’s experience can make a huge difference to your training program.

4. They Help You Set Realistic Goals

Everyone wants to achieve their goals immediately: weight loss, cheese-grater abs, or Hulk-like strength. However, these goals are not always achievable, and if you don’t reach them, you may be discouraged and backslide.

A Personal Trainer will not only help you set realistic goals that you will be able to achieve – if you put in the effort, of course – but they will also be able to keep you on track to hit those goals. For example, if your goal is to achieve a ‘bikini body’ for summer, it’s not just about doing 100 crunches a day for a month to work your abs. It’s about adjusting your diet to eat the right foods, combining cardio and weights to target the right muscles, and setting a timeframe to achieve this.

5. They Can Help With Specific Goals, Such As Training For An Event

As well as helping their clients set realistic goals, Personal Trainers are the perfect tool for achieving a specific goal. This is ideal for those who are training for a specific event or need to achieve a certain level of fitness before they can do something they really want.

For example, if you have a bucket list with ‘Skydiving’ on it, but are over the maximum weight, hiring a Personal Trainer to help you lose weight is an excellent start to achieving this goal. If your goal is to be able to run a marathon in six months, then hiring a personal trainer to put you on the right track could be all you need to complete a marathon.

6. They Hold You Accountable

How many times have you gone to bed and said to yourself, “Tomorrow I’m going to wake up, go to the gym, and do an hour workout before I get ready for work”, only to wake up and decide to sleep for another hour instead of exercising?

A Personal Trainer is critical to committing to and sticking to your fitness goals. If you’ve made an appointment to meet your trainer for a session, then you are far more likely to go still than if you are just telling yourself you should go to the gym.

7. No Wasted Time = Maximum Results

Two types of people go to the gym:

1) Those who wander in, spend 10 minutes on one machine and then drift slowly over to another, before halfheartedly trying bicep curls for five reps, and then walking out.

2) Those with a plan in mind hit the machines with a purpose. They generally have a set amount of reps they do in sets of two or three, and they’ll know exactly what they’re doing on each machine.

The first group will not achieve their fitness goals unless they get some help and have someone to guide them, so if you know you’re one of those people, you should enlist the help of a personal trainer as soon as possible.

8. It’s Not Just Fitness They Can Help With

Every student is required to complete a module on nutrition and how it can affect fitness when completing their Certificate III in Fitness. Personal Trainers who complete their Certificate IV in Fitness have to complete additional work on nutrition, then, and a number of Personal Trainers also add additional education to their program by completing a Nutrition course, such as those offered by the Australian Institute of Fitness.

By choosing a Personal Trainer who has undergone specific nutrition education, you know they will provide the right nutritional advice to achieve your goals.

9. They Improve Your Mental Health

It has long been known that physical exercise can help with mental health issues such as depression, and that it is a recommended part of treatment by many medical health professionals. Having a Personal Trainer to help with your exercise plan when you suffer from mental health problems can help with motivation, with choosing the correct exercises to release the most endorphins, and also to have another shoulder to lean on.

Which leads us to our next point…

10. They’re An Unofficial Therapist

Let’s be honest. Most of the time, when exercising with your Personal Trainer, you will be telling them about your week, how work is going, and what’s wrong with your life at the time. This is normal!

A Personal Trainer is there to help with your fitness goals, yes, but they’re also there to help improve your overall well-being. They care about how stressed you are, because that will impact your motivation in your sessions. They care if you’re unhappy in a relationship, which could result in unhealthy eating.

There are myriad ways in which having a Personal Trainer can be like having an unofficial therapist.

11. They Help You Form Good Habits

It can take weeks to form good habits, and even longer to break bad ones – and trying to do it on your own is hard work. Having a Personal Trainer is like having a good angel on your shoulder, encouraging you in the right direction. They can help to argue with the bad angel in your head and keep you on track to achieve your fitness goals.

12. Personalized Training Plan

There will always be some exercises you enjoy more than others, beyond simple capability. For example, just because you can physically do burpees doesn’t mean you always want to, but you might like doing squat jumps and sit-ups instead.

A Personal Trainer can tailor your training plan to suit you and what you enjoy, and encourage you to do the exercises best for achieving your goals.

In addition, there will always be days when the last thing you feel like doing is a hard workout. Having a Personal Trainer means they can tailor your exercise for that day to accommodate your mood, while still making the session helpful.

13. They Fit Into Your Schedule

Whether the only time you have available to train is at a ridiculously early hour before work, on your lunch break, or mid-afternoon before the kids come home from school, a Personal Trainer is one of the most versatile professions in terms of hours. They understand that different people have different availability, so they will tailor appointment times to suit you.

14. Increased Flexibility For Location

Not everyone enjoys the atmosphere of a crowded gym or having to wait for the machine you want to use to become available. The benefit of having a Personal Trainer is that you aren’t limited to working out where equipment is available – not only will your PT have some equipment they can bring, but you can also choose the location where you exercise.

Whether you work out in the comfort of your own home or in your neighborhood park, a Personal Trainer gives you the flexibility to work out wherever suits you best.

15. They Challenge You

Are you getting bored with your fitness routine? Have you progressed beyond the exercises you know and hit a fitness plateau? A Personal Trainer is what you need to take you to the next level and continuously challenge your abilities.

Don’t think you can lift that medicine ball?

Positive you won’t fit back into your favorite dress?

I doubt you’ll be able to compete in a charity run next year.

A Personal Trainer is your life coach, nutrition guide, and encourager all in one; without them, achieving your fitness goals is much harder. So what are you waiting for? Find a professional Personal Trainer at Wembley to help achieve your fitness goals!