5 KEY QUALITIES YOU NEED YOUR PERSONAL TRAINER TO HAVE
Not sure what to look for when you have decided to seek guidance from a Personal Trainer?
1: Passion- Most of all your personal trainer needs passion for what they are doing. That means living and promoting a healthy lifestyle across all areas of their life. Your personal trainer, will be helping many clients through rigorous physical exercise plans throughout each day and quite often the difference between a good and not so good personal trainer is their sheer enthusiasm and drive.
2: Industry knowledge - Simply having a nice or friendly personal trainer isn’t enough. You’re not paying for them to just be your friend. They’ll need to be on the cutting edge of fitness and nutrition to get the most out of you as their client with enough knowledge to share safe and successful information.
3: Excellent communications skills - Your trainer needs to be able to communicate exactly how to do an exercise as well as understand and adapt to your preferred learning style whilst motivating and encouraging you at the same time. Poor form can lead to injuries, and that’s the last thing you want.
4: Listening skills - Every client is different and they’re going to have different needs, so good listening skills are utterly essential for your personal trainer. They need to hear exactly what you are telling them on any given day, tailor their approach effectively to suit you as an individual and not just paint everyone with the same brush.
5: Leadership - The most successful personal trainers all have one particular trait in common – leadership. As a PT, they are leading their clients on a tough journey. With a strong and understanding leader by your side, you’re much more likely to enjoy and reach the end of your session feeling uplifted and proud whilst moving towards your healthy lifestyle goals!
There are loads of amazing trainers out there, no one is like the other. Stay open minded and don’t just settle for the first one that crosses your path. Find your match. You are worth it!
