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How
to Become a Personal Trainer
Creative
Ways to Train Clients
Doing
the same exercises time and again gets boring.
As you train your clients over long periods of time,
you may encounter this phenomenon in the form of no-shows
or yawns. A good rule of thumb is: if you’re bored,
your client probably is too.
If
your client is no longer committed to the program
you have developed, the burden falls on you to find
a program they can commit to.
For
beginners, it’s sometimes necessary to do the same workouts
over and over until they build strength and endurance.
But once they get strong and can do more, you can be
creative and do fun things with your client.
Get
outside
Go
for a walk or run with your client and make it interesting.
Sprint to objects in the distance or race each
other. Every five minutes stop and do pushups
or jumping jacks. Go to the park and toss a football
or volleyball. Make the workout a game.
Join
a fitness club
You
and your client could join a fitness club such as a
walking or running club that meets regularly.
Circuit
training
Set
up different stations where your client will go from
exercise to exercise with no rest. Have them do
a different exercise every two minutes without
stopping (i.e., two minutes of push ups followed by
two minutes of jump roping, etc.). Use your imagination
and make it fun by turning on some music.
Obstacle
courses
Set
up obstacle courses in the back yard. Use anything
you can find... playground equipment, old tires, ladders,
etc.
Put
your client in charge
Once
a month, designate a day in which the client decides
what kind of workout they’ll do. Have them pick
a specific muscle group to focus on, or an activity
they’ve always wanted to try.
The
point is to make your sessions interesting and
try to associate exercise with fun. This
will keep your clients coming back for more sessions
while teaching them that exercise doesn’t have to be
boring.
Here
are some more ways to keep your clients coming back
for more...
This article is
an excerpt from the fabjob.com How to Become a Personal
Trainer. Visit www.fabjob.com
for information.
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