WHAT
MAKES A GOOD PERSONAL TRAINER?
This is a commonly asked question
and a very valid topic for people to consider when deciding to utilize a
personal fitness trainer. Personal fitness
trainers come in all shapes, sizes, levels of education, years of
experience and styles.
Most people will choose a personal fitness
trainer based on their physique because they want to look the same as
that particular trainer. The general rule is that the way a personal trainer
looks is because of the way they conduct their workout regiment and their daily
food intake ie; calories, carbs, fats, proteins. Simply stated, any person
looks the way they do because of the way they take care of
themselves.
It is very important to
first and foremost, make certain that your personal fitness trainer
is well educated. Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, kinesiology
and nutrition are imperative. Knowledge of the muscles including their function
is critical in implementing a proper fitness program. Knowledge of nutrition
will determine how well a trainer can get his/her client's muscles to react to
specific programs as well as being "the other 50%" of what it takes to reach a
client's goals.
Secondly, experience is key. A personal fitness
trainer can study all they want in a classroom, but all that education
can be rendered useless if they have no practical field experience. After all,
you don't get good by reading about it...you get good by doing
it!
Personal fitness training is an unregulated industry.
Most people do not know that to become a "certified personal trainer", you only
need to study a course for a few hours on a Saturday and then take the exam on
Sunday to be certified. That's it! Kind of scary to think that you are paying
hard earned money and putting your trust in someone who very well could have
spent only two days to become your "certified personal
trainer"!
Thirdly, I am a firm believer that in order to teach,
instruct or train a fitness discipline, a personal fitness
trainer must first have not only done it, but done it well. There is
no conceivable way for a personal fitness trainer to teach a
fitness discipline and be effective if they have not spent a great deal of time
doing that sport themselves.
At 44 years old I have spent my entire life both
participating in, teaching, training, instructing and personal fitness
training just about every sport imaginable!
I have studied
extensively, Corporate Fitness and Nutrition at the college level and have 24
years of successful practical field personal training
experience.
If you want to know what makes a good trainer......call me! I
will show you!
Dennis Romatz
Bangkok Fitness Training
info@bangkokfitnesstraining.com
085 328 0744