When you search the Web for personal trainers, you will find many that offer ”online” training services. This can be anything from general fitness advice to a complete assessment and program design. Some provide you with a detailed fitness program, help you track your workouts and progress, and even email you motivational reminders each day!
Online training can work for those who cannot or will not go to a gym, who can’t afford a trainer in their area, or who might be embarrassed to exercise in front of someone else. But there are serious drawbacks you need to realize. The idea behind “personal” training is meeting with someone face-to-face who can personally evaluate your particular needs and goals. A personal trainer is there to demonstrate proper technique and evaluate yours. He or she spots you when you lift weights.
With online training, you don’t get these benefits. There isn’t a live person there to hold you accountable when you skip a day of training. The trainer is not there to check your form or protect you from doing an exercise incorrectly. The trainer might not be experienced or educated (you can’t believe everything you read on the Web!), might not care enough to develop a program that’s going to help you reach your goals (you might get a “template” workout the same workout he or she gives to everyone else!), or might not deliver what you pay for at all.
If you do decide to use an online trainer, be sure you know what you are paying for. Evaluate the trainer’s site using the pilot method. Check references carefully. Verify credentials. Find out how long the trainer has been operating online so you won’t be left with a disappearing act after you give your credit card number.
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