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7 Critical Questions To Ask Your Personal Trainer - To Avoid Losing Cash Hand Over Fist
By Zach Hunt
There are a lot of misleading and downright dishonest gimmicks, and solutions out there in the health and industry and choosing an honest, reliable and results driven personal trainer can be tough.
Before you even consider hiring a personal trainer consider these 7 criteria to find a solid and proven professional that will guarantee results.
1) What is their education and certification?
A national accredited certification through a reputable agency such as the National Strength & Conditioning Association or the American Council on Exercise not some weekend crash course where you pay for a certificate. Even with a certification a trainer is only as good as the results they get with their clients.
A solid academic background with a minimum of a bachelor's in Exercise Science or related field will ensure a personal trainer has the proper knowledge and background to produce a results driven program that will deliver exactly what you need to get results fast.
2) Are you paying for sessions or results?
The standard view of a personal training is you pay for sessions and you workout. Are you paying for sessions or the results from an effective and fat burning program? Any number of people can lead you through a workout session. They need to be more than a rep counter at your sessions, they need to be a coach that will show you all the critical elements to achieve your health and goals.
You should receive nutritional strategies, motivational strategies and continuous accountability through email and phone. You should receive continuous guidance and support through every step of your quest for fitness. Look for a personal trainer that will not just give you sessions, but provide a detailed plan of action week by week to guarantee your results and success.
3) Do they have a proven system for results?
A highly successful personal trainer should do more than just take your money - they should have a proven system for delivering results with every single client. A system that addresses each component of the puzzle. A method for coaching you through and ensuring you actually stick with the program, checking up on you each week to make sure you stick with the program for your own success.
4) What is their guarantee? (or do they even have a guarantee)
What? A personal trainer guarantee? Yes! You invest into your body with a trainer you better make sure you will actually get something in return. A highly driven and successful professional will not blink an eye at offering a guarantee. After all if they deliver results there should be no worry about a guarantee.
Having a written and marketed guarantee proves you won't be throwing away your hard earned $$ or your precious time. Never work with a personal trainer unless they offer a 100% Money-Back Guarantee.
5) Will they help you to make a way of life for your future?
What you need is really a Coach not a Personal Trainer. Personal training is the service of guiding you through a workout, coaching is the service of guiding you through getting you a fit body (more than just a workout). Having a coach with you every step of the way will help you to avoid the confusion and misleading info out there
and find
out how to maintain as a way of life not a temporary condition.
6) What experience
to they have in the industry?
A highly dedicated and motivated personal trainer will
be dedicated to as a career. You don't want someone who has as just a hobby, who thinks hanging out at the gym is a social event.
Look for a personal trainer who dedicates them self to continuous learning and
continuous improvement. Who has proven credibility through writing, speaking
and credentials.
Do they have published articles? Are they relied upon
by the media? Do they give presentations to public groups? Have they been interviewed
as a credible source for information? These are things to consider to help determine if they
are actually serious about fitness, which means results for you.
7) Do
they address every area needed to get you results? (not just training sessions)
Look
for someone that addresses more than just working out. Look for someone that
shows you how to include proper eating habits, motivational strategies to keep
you going with your
program, and gives you a detailed plan of action to get you to that body you
desire in the shortest amount of time possible. If you don't address each area
you going to end up sunk with wasted time and $$.
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