What is a personal trainer?

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If you have ever seen a model or an actor on television and wondered how on earth they managed to get that incredible figure (really, who actually looks like that in real life?) you are probably looking at the results of a skilled personal trainer. A personal trainer is, by definition, an individual who works one on one with a person in order to help them to develop skill in a sport that they did not have previously. This can apply to an athlete in the field as well as a celebrity; as a matter of fact, most professional sports teams hire personal trainers to work alongside the coach in bringing the players up to the level of conditioning necessary for competitive athletics. This is not the role for which they are most widely known, however. What role can a personal trainer play in an ordinary life? Chances are that if you are reading this you are not a professional athlete. That’s okay! Personal trainers have a role that extends well beyond that of the big screen or the playing field. Their role in the day to day life of ordinary citizens has become the position for which they are most well known, helping to guide ordinary individuals living an ordinary life down the path of fitness and well being to achieve extraordinary things. A personal trainer is an individual that is knowledgeable in the workings of the human body and the standards of weight and size that are considered to be the “norm” for an individual, and they work very hard in a one-on-one capacity with ordinary individuals to help them to bring their bodies up to peak form. Their knowledge is invaluable; the number one reason that most individuals fail in their aspirations to physical fitness is the existence of unrealistic expectations. They want to believe th... ... middle of paper ... ...t the aid of a personal trainer until their bodies are already in prime condition because they do not want a personal trainer to see their flaws and comment on them. This is foolishness. Personal trainers do not expect their clients to be in prime condition; if they were then their services would not be needed. If you are truly worried about your figure it may help to enlist the services of a personal trainer of the same sex. It is easier for members of the same gender to address figure issues due to the lack of attraction issues. If you have such a concern about your body that you are afraid to show it to a personal trainer you probably have even deeper issues regarding your ability to attract the opposite sex. That is not meant to be an insult; it is simply a fact of life. Working with a personal trainer of your same gender should eliminate a great deal of this.

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