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4 Ways to Maximize a Personal Training Session

Okay, great – you’ve found a personal trainer to work with. Now what? Well, obviously you have scheduled a series of sessions. Many trainers like to book their sessions in blocks – so whether you have scheduled 2 sessions or 4 – there are ways to maximize your time spent with the personal trainer.

Here are 4 things that you, as the client, should do to help you get the most for the money, time and training you are paying and receiving.

  • Take Notes – Yes, there will be a quiz. Whether you write the notes down or you get a copy of what your personal trainer is writing down – you need to take keep track of what types of exercise, how much weight, how much time and how many sets you performed during the session. These notes will help you in future sessions whether you are working with the personal trainer or not
  • Ask Questions – Your trainer is there to help you out. If they are having you do an exercise you don’t understand, ask about it. Don’t know what they mean by form? Ask. Don’t understand the muscles they mentioned? Ask. There is no such thing as a stupid question when you are working with a trainer and understanding is key to promoting your personal and positive fitness
  • Listen, Learn & Accept – You need to listen to your trainer and learn what you can, but you also need to accept that you are not going to remember every single thing the trainer said. You are likely going to pick up more and more information in each session and you may discover that in session three, you’re putting into practice without having to think about it – what you learned in session one.
  • Skip Trying to Impress the Trainer – Seriously, you don’t need to impress your trainer. Your trainer is there to help you and to instruct you. They don’t need you showing off for them by trying to power lift an extraordinary amount of weight. They want you to be honest with them and tell them exactly how things are going – the more honest you are with them, the better your sessions will be.

Have you ever worked with a personal trainer? How did it go?

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.