Personal training on its own is generally not sufficient for most people who are looking to achieve the most common goal of weight loss or getting into shape. If you are lucky enough to have a personal trainer 4-5 days per week, then its quite possible you are covering your calorie burning needs without the need for extra exercise outside of your sessions, either at home or the gym.
So you how can you help your personal trainer?
Very simply, by doing more. More workouts, more cardio, and more movement in general outside of your personal training sessions to burn more energy, or put another way, to burn off the food and drinks we consume on a daily basis.
Take this into consideration: the most common number of sessions per week would be approximately 2-3, at least that is what I find with most of the Adelaide personal trainers I work with in Australia. If the personal training client is really pushing it in their sessions, they may achieve somewhere between 400-500 calories per session which in total for the week is a maximum of 1500 calories. Depending on their goal this may or may not be enough of a calorie deficit to achieve their goals.
Nutrition will also play a very big part in how well your personal training sessions “pay off” as you must ensure you are getting the right foods to support your intensive training.
As a personal trainer in Adelaide its very important to provide clients with a complete nutritional package which is fully customised to give them the best chance of success. Providing workouts that they can do at home is another very easy way for them to support their personal training and YouTube is another great place to get easy workout ideas for when they are not training with you.
Personal training can be fantastic as long as you are prepared to do what it takes to move you towards what ever it is you are trying to achieve.
Clayton Webber is a personal trainer in Adelaide, Australia who runs a personal training and fitness business called Adelaide Personal Trainers that provides personal trainers for the Adelaide CBD and surrounding suburbs.
