Sunday, August 30, 2009

Steps Towards Having A Successful Personal Training

By Fantasia Moore

To assist you in the achievement of your goals in fitness, personal trainers have specific training. You will fill out a medical questionnaire during a pre-exercise fitness evaluation in the beginning session with a personal trainer. Goals, previous sporting experience, previous injuries, and current activity levels are established by this questionnaire that also is used as a tool for the assessment of risk. Prior to beginning a fitness program, a doctor's clearance must be obtained when the initial evaluation is failed by a client.

Next you will need to complete a fitness assessment requiring you to do a series of exercises that will assist you in the establishment of your present weaknesses and strengths. An exercise plan will be developed by your trainer utilizing your goals, time frame, and identified strengths and weaknesses. This is accomplished by taking measurements of the body including the folds of the skin, your weight, and how tall you are, and taking your age, flexibility, and posture into account so your progress can be tracked to determine if your exercise program is working.

Keeping a detailed food diary throughout the program is necessary so the trainer can analyse your diet. Because trainers have expertise in nutrition and diet, you will learn from them if your diet is not healthy, and they can provide information on healthy choices for you.

Prior to hiring your trainer your should verify that they are qualified and insured. The optimal means of achieving this is by getting them to give you their fitness association membership number and expiration date; if it's current, then they probably are also insured and hold the required First Aid Level 2 certificate. Place a call to the fitness association that has registered them for verification of their credentials to be certain.

It is my hope that this article will be useful to you. Meanwhile, best of luck in your quest for a personal trainer.

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