Personal Training Making a Change

By Ariana Leonard, ACSM, CPT

I ask potential clients, how long has it been since you considered yourself in your best physical condition? The answers are all too familiar never, too long ago, when I was in high school.

Unfortunately most of us decide we are ready to make a change when our health situation affects our routine or reaches an extreme an injury causing pain, diagnosis of a disease, or stepping on the scale and seeing that number.

So What Do You Do?

The changes you are looking for inside and out of your body are the result of setting goals and applying the appropriate combination of exercises, proper nutrition plans, and lifestyle changes. Fortunately, there are personal trainers that are able to help you create a program that matches your specific dietary needs, schedule, individual preferences, and introduce you to a variety of fun and effective resistance and aerobic training. A personal trainer will help give you the tools to build a routine and show you how to apply them to a fitness program. Regularly scheduled personal training sessions will help keep you accountable to your program and allow the trainer to recognize when changes to your fitness or nutrition plan need to be made.

It is important to remember that a personal trainer is there to help you take responsibility for your well-being and make the necessary changes towards a healthier lifestyle. It's about you being in the right mindset to make a change despite the physical and emotional demands of your hectic life. There is no magical answer to weight loss and reducing health issues overnight. Just like the time it took for those issues to develop, it will be a process to reduce body fat and reverse health issues. Personal training is a commitment to a healthier lifestyle, pursuing the appropriate changes to achieve your goals, and continued discipline.