The popularity of personal training is ever increasing, because there are many advantages to having a personal trainer. Even though the methods and training styles of personal trainers are vast and varied (largely depending on where they studied fitness) trainers provide clients with the information and motivation they need to achieve their health and fitness goals more effectively.

Personal training is no longer just for athletes or models. It is for anyone who is interested in taking control of their health and general well being, because regular exercise not only increases self-esteem, it also helps to prevent (among other conditions) arthritis and osteoporosis in later years. Which is great news to us all.

Starting out for the first time, we don't know exercises. We think we don't have the right clothes to wear to exercise, and we are embarrassed to be seen exercising next to all the super fit young people. Exercise at a private personal training studio can solve these problems.

By exercising once a week for 30 minutes in a private studio, you can achieve all your health and fitness goals in a non-threatening environment. The sessions are one-on-one, so it doesn't matter what you wear, or if you don't know what to do. Your personal trainer is there for you, and will plan an exercise program to suit your specific needs and abilities. So you barely have to think! Just sit back and enjoy the stretching and massage.

I also provide information on nutrition and stress management, to ensure that clients not only look good, but feel fantastic! With no joining fees, and the freedom to stop training at any time if necessary! There is no obligation, and only a small price to pay for better health, and improved quality of life. (The cost of personal training generally varies from about $35 to $50 per session.)

Training on their own, clients often find it difficult to stay motivated. As a personal trainer, I not only keep my clients motivated, I ensure they only do exercises they enjoy, and those that will give them functional strength in their daily lives. Clients also find it easy to commit to one session a week, knowing that they can change the day and time of training when necessary.

A personal training session is usually based on developing strength. But when you work on building muscle strength, what most people don't know is you are also strengthening your bones. This is because the stress placed on your muscles during training, causes stress on the bones under that muscle. And just like the muscle, bones respond to training by getting stronger.

This becomes increasingly important as we age, because poor bone mineral density can lead to problems such as arthritis and osteoporosis. However, it is never too late to do something about it. For even those who already have joint aches and pains can reduce this discomfort by starting an exercise program that will help to strengthen their muscles and bones.

None of us are getting younger. After the age of 20 we lose a kilogram of muscle every 5-10 years. That's right, we lose muscle. Just with the aging process. Some women worry that strength training with make them look buff, or too muscular. But that couldn't be further from the truth.

Women need to strength train just to compensate for the amount of muscle that is lost through the aging process. It is nearly impossible to end up with big muscles like a man. For one, we don't have the right amount of hormones (testosterone) in our bodies for that to be possible.

So, don't let an old person move into your body. And remember, "to get something you've never had, you may have to do something you've never done".
Until next time, take care, and keep smiling.

Tina,