Guides for choosing how to train
Straight answers about personal training in San Clemente, including when you do not need it.
Seven questions to ask a personal trainer before you pay
What to ask before you hand over money, and what a good answer sounds like.
What a first session with a trainer should contain
A first session that leaves you exhausted has skipped the part that makes the next twenty sessions work.
Group class or one to one: how to tell which you need
Neither is better.
When training stops working
Progress stalling is normal and usually fixable.
What a trainer's qualification actually tells you
Certificates vary enormously in what they required.
What to do between sessions
You train with a coach for two or three hours a week.
Training around a desk job
Sitting for eight hours is a training variable, not an excuse.
How to end it with a trainer
Almost nobody writes this down, so people ghost instead.
Online coaching or in person
Remote coaching is cheaper and works well for some people and badly for others.
What progress actually looks like
Weight is the worst available measure and the most used.
When a personal trainer is the wrong answer
Choosing a personal trainer assumes a trainer is what you need. Five situations where it is not, what to do instead, and how to tell which one you are in.
Ask a trainer how they will measure your progress, and listen for the watch.
A new study found four popular smartwatches missed calories burned by a median of roughly 15% to 25%, and the miss grew with body fat. Here is why that matters when a trainer tells you how they will track your progress, and what a better answer sounds like.
Still deciding?
Come and watch a session before you commit to anything. No sales pitch.