Personal Trainer
Incoming IB analyst in NYC. What do you guys think of hiring a personal trainer in the gym? Is there gonna be enough time or should I just stick to working out on my own when I have the time?
I would hire a personal "massage" expert.
Unless you're training for a fight or needed help stretching before your pilates (really?) class... Why would you ever need a personal trainer?
Most of them are absolutely clueless. Do your own research,
I think you know the answer to this, but I'll give you the answer as well: no. You will have an unpredictable schedule and few hours as it is don't do it to yourself or the trainer. Stick to working out on your own.
Personal trainers sell the dream of an awesome body. Only you can obtain it.
I incline to hire one as well (on a hourly basis). It's easy to workout in a wrong way and injure yourself before you even realize it. E.g. most ppl are clueless about how to protect the knees when jogging.
It's easy to protect your knees while you jog. Get in your Rolls Royce and have your driver drive you from point A to point B.
Equally easy to learn it on your own quickly and save all the money of paying a personal trainer to tell you how to jog then watch you do it.
OP, I actually think a personal trainer could be useful for a little while if you're clueless about how to exercise well, nutrition etc and for some reason can't/won't learn on your own - but if you have any working knowledge of relevant concepts, save your money.
Concur with notthehospitalER - if you don't know the first thing about working out/nutrition, then a personal trainer can be a good place to start, especially since you likely won't want to spend your valuable free time learning it on your own. If you know what you're doing though, do it yourself! There's a ton of great resources out there to help you achieve whatever fitness goal you want.
Contrary to everyone's opinions above, there are no problems with having a personal trainer. The real problem is that in order to achieve meaningful / visual results is that the volume of workouts has to be more than 2-3 times a week. If you want to actually change your body and improve your health, 4-5 times / week will get you there but that's not only unrealistic as you'll be working 80-100 hrs / week but also expensive. From my experience, not in NY, trainers are about 50 / session. Do it 4-5 times a week and that's some serious coin every month.
Personal trainers? anyone used? (Originally Posted: 08/24/2010)
Anyone used personal trainers to lose weight? your thoughts? i am considering getting here in London and all are arnd £40 per hour with a 10 time commitment, or else £50 and £60 out of normal hours! Seems very expensibe but from your experience, worth it?
I dont know the going rate in the UK, but in the States I trained with a top notch trainer at the local gym for 35/hr. Well worth it, I went from 175(my injury riddled post-varsity sports days) to 150 in 2 months, not mention I got cut up. The most important thing you have to know is its not the trainer, it's you that controls your gains. The trainer will give you a great plan, which is worth the 35 dollars an hr,(but in your case £50 is pushing it) and your results come from following that plan. Id recommend if you just want to lose weight, do the tabata regimen(google it) as it is a great way to work out without a gym membership or pricy trainer. But good luck.
here ill be your personal trainer:
-eat less cals than you burn. if you burn 2500 a day then eat 2000, for a one pound a week loss. there are calculators to figure how much you burn a day
-work out at least 3 times a week. hit each muscle 2x times a week. i.e. 2 chest exercises then your done for the week, but work hard.
-eat one gram of protein per pound of lean body mass. most likly around 150 grams of protein. make sure to include that into your total cals for the day.
thats all you need, dont let any gimmick tell you otherwise
Seeing as 3,500 calories = 1 pound. If you burn 2,500 calories a day and are consuming 2,000 calories a day (and not gaining weight at this intake level), you will lose 5 pounds in a week. This is not healthy or sustainable. You need that 2,000 to function throughout the day (well 2,000 is stated, but this differs for people on basis of metabolism and other criteria).
A better way to gauge caloric intake/out-take is to consult your physician or dietician and develop an ideal weight for your height and frame. From this point, you can stage a goal net caloric intake to reach the desired weight. You are best suited to consume more than the net caloric intake and burn the difference through a medium or high intensity exercise plan. This way you are building muscle strength and flexibility to accompany your weight reduction.
I hope you are not in banking... unless im thinking about this completely wrong... if you burn 500 calories per day more than you consume, and 3,500 calories is 1 pound... you burn an extra 3,500 calories per week... therefore burning off a pound per week... not 5 pounds per week...
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