Picking the Perfect Personal Trainer: Find Your Trainer Reveals the Five Steps to Finding Your Fitness Soulmate
New York City, NY (PRWEB) July 17, 2014 -- It’s often said that picking a personal trainer is like trying to find your soulmate on eHarmony or Match.com. You want to find somebody who will motivate, inspire and push you to be the best version of yourself, and like dating, it usually takes at least several tries before you find your perfect match. Here are some often overlooked factors to help you choose your fitness soulmate:
1. Location, location, location
How many relationships have ended because one person didn’t want to schlep from Manhattan to Brooklyn or from the West Village to the Upper East Side? Trainers are no different – getting fit requires a commitment. Find someone who is convenient to your home or work so you have one less excuse to blow them off.
2. Set the mood
As with going on a date, ambience is important and everybody has different tastes. If you like the energy of being surrounded by a lot of people, you’ll probably want to train at a health club. If you prefer avoiding a scene and want to work out someplace more private, try a studio or boutique. If you’re the type who can’t be bothered to put on a nice outfit when going on a first date, let alone go somewhere more than 2 blocks from your apartment, then have a trainer come train you in your home or building gym!
3. Personality
A picture is worth a thousand words and a bio is even more helpful. Use both to get a sense of whether you would enjoy spending time together on a consistent basis. Do you have similar backgrounds, experiences or interests to help you relate to one another? Or does it seem like your personalities and styles will complement each other? Finding someone you click with is probably the single most important factor when picking and committing to a personal trainer.
4. Specialties and Training Style
Most people want a personal trainer to help them lose weight or get stronger, but there are many ways to accomplish these goals. The two most popular are weight training and functional training, but there are many other more specialized options as well, including CrossFit, Kickboxing, Kettlebells, TRX and rowing. And while your trainer is certain to make you stronger, do you want him to focus on bulking you up, getting your muscles cut and defined, or both?
5. Price and availability
Relationships often end because you can’t make time for each other or because you and your significant other have very different financial means and budgets. Picking a trainer is no different. Make sure your trainer has availability that works for your schedule and make sure the cost of your trainer fits within your budget. These are deal breakers – without them your relationship and fitness goals are likely doomed to fail.
About Find Your Trainer
Based in New York City, Find Your Trainer is an online marketplace that helps consumers achieve their fitness goals faster by connecting them with experienced personal trainers at leading health club and studios. Users are able to research, book and pay for personal training sessions anytime for their phones, tablets or computers. Because of Find Your Trainer’s unique partnerships, users are able to train at the largest selection of gyms in New York without a gym membership, buying a package or paying a guest fee. To learn more, visit findyourtrainer.com.
David Hung, Co-founder and CEO, Find Your Trainer (FYT), https://findyourtrainer.com, +1 917-858-0054, [email protected]
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