Many people enjoy the benefits of personal training, but most do not. Some find it hard to see the advantages of personal training, when they can improve their fitness on their own. There are a number of ways, however, that a personal trainer can provide invaluable assistance. Here are the top five.

Motivation

Motivation is one of the largest struggles encountered when trying to improve your fitness on your own and it is the primary advantage of personal training. This is also why many people exercise with a personal trainer. When someone expects you to be there that makes workouts more enjoyable, there is much less reason to stop. A personal trainer will provide a powerful motivational force in your routine, giving you incentive and responsibility when it comes time to exercise.

Efficiency

Anything you do that you don’t need to, or that there is a better way to do, is a loss of efficiency. Also, focusing on areas you don’t need to work on instead of areas that need work is a waste of effort. Personal training can both reduce wasted time, while increasing the gain in fitness.

Knowledge

Do you know exactly how each workout helps you? Or what areas you need to work on the most? Even if you don’t want personal training long-term, just spending a few months with a personal trainer can vastly improve your knowledge of exercise, giving you a very long-term gain for a short-term investment.

Customized Program

Personal training will also provide you with a fitness program designed just for you, as a trainer can evaluate your fitness level and tell you exactly what aspects need improved, and what you can do to improve. Also, if you want to do something specific, such as play a certain sport, a personal trainer who specializes in that field will be able to provide you with a workout tailored to your specific needs.

Hydration is an all-day event.

It’s better to drink a steady quantity of water all day than to guzzle just before your workout. Too much too close to a workout will cause cramps, but steady drinking all day combined with extra hydrating post-workout is the best recipe.

Why is water so important?

Water has a direct effect on the resiliency of muscles. If you keep your system at its hydrated best, your muscles will be more pliable, and you’ll have fewer injuries. When muscles are dried out, they tear more easily. If dehydrated, you have less permeability.

Did you know that all cellular activity and chemical reactions occur in the presence of water?

Here are a few more facts about water:
• Without water, your body cannot convert the protein that you eat into muscle.

• Because your blood is 80% water, you need to hydrate the stream pumping through your body. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients through your body.

• Water clears waste products away from muscle sites so that the muscle building process can continue uninterrupted. It also regulates body temperature and allows for proper digestion.

• It improves your energy and helps in weight loss.

• Water keeps skin healthy and glowing, as the skin feels moist with increase in energy levels.

• Water alleviates migraine headaches, high blood cholesterol, rheumatoid arthritis pain, asthma allergies, and high blood pressure. By hydrating your body you can minimize your back pain.

• Increased water consumption often helps to regulate our appetite because we often mistake our thirst for hunger and eat food when in fact our body is craving fluid.

Water and exercise are elixirs of life.

Here’s an old Zen saying: Before enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water.

Our certified personal trainers in Manhattan NYC will help you achieve your fitness goals and maintain a lifestyle of health and vitality. Through the skills and credentials of its top-notch personal trainers, massage therapists, yoga instructors and staff, Method Fitness has all the resources you need to get and stay in shape fast. In your home, in our fitness center, or at our boot camps. Our private personal training service has the power to revitalize and motivate you.

For personal training or yoga, contact us at 212-255-5842 and receive your first personal training session at 50% off the regular price.