Personal training, is it worth it?

ritzvin

Also- bodybuilding.com has some routines you can look up, and has a database of exercises sorted by muscle group and equipment along with pictures & video of form -- so that is one place you can start if you are looking to create a strength training routine without a personal trainer.

KirbyFortin1

bAKApANDII wrote: »

KirbyFortin1 wrote: »

I believe your profile says you are from La Porte, Texas? You should look into Camp Gladiator if there are camps nearby and convenient to you. It is an outdoor bootcamp like program that (if you commit for 6 months) is $79/month for UNLIMITED camps. They have an offshoot in Orlando where I am and the trainers are AMAZING... it isn't one-on-one training but there are often no more than 10-15 people at any one 1 hour camp session and the trainers do an amazing job of personalizing and giving one-on-one attention.

Message me if you want more information and my honest review as I have been a paying customer for over a year and would NOT think about doing anything else!

Camp Gladiator was recommended to me from a client at work and I am considering it. Just viewing all of my choices and trying to see what would work best for me. Personal training just kind of popped out because I feel like they would know just how to get me slim and know what's right for my body on a personal level. But the price for CG is lighter on my wallet for sure!

Honestly, I have been doing Camp Gladiator for over a year and I feel like each session I get the one on one attention of a personal trainer but at a great cost and have made a bunch of like minded fitness friends who keep me accountable and coming back! My primary trainer is very focused on giving individual attention to each of his campers as well as support and guidance for each person out there. I believe that they are doing a special in March for the March camp so it might be a great time to check in out!

erickirb

I would suggest picking a beginner program that is already tried tested and true (Starting strength, New Rules of Lifting, etc) and if you need help with form, get a trainer for that reason.

Also keep in mind trainers are not typically well versed in nutrition, I would suggest you try following MFP for a few months, if that doesn't work for you then see a dietitian, not a trainer, for a meal plan.

MeanderingMammal

bAKApANDII wrote: »

MeanderingMammal wrote: »

Only you can judge whether it's worth it or not, but bluntly 400 USD per month sounds like a lot when you don't identify a specific purpose.

I can see value in it if you have specific training objectives; 1:50 Half Marathon or something like that. For that kind of money you could qualify as a personal trainer yourself in six months.

I'm a dummy and it was hard to fully explain how much it would cost, i would only pay the membership and one week to see the trainer twice. So really, it would be somewhere between $138-$200, I put that higher price there in case I didn't catch everything they had pitched to me. When a lot of information I'd thrown at me, I get confused. Lol I'm a special case.

However, it is still expensive for me at this time and I would have to plan it out carefully for it to work. Like.. stop eating out and spending money on things I don't need. ;; My main objective is to get leaner, but stay toned. So really, a basic get fit for most girls.

Personally I'd suggest that's a big impact for little return.

There are lots of plans out there, you don't need to pay someone to tell you to eat in calorie deficit and do a balanced mix of cardiovascular work and resistance training