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How often is enough with a personal trainer?

  • 03-11-2016 10:40am
    #1
    theoldbreed
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    So after a bad injury and operation I am back training. Believe me when I say it's square one but I don't mind. Anyway I've started with a personal trainer, he's excellent and I'm happy with him. I see him once a week sometimes for half hour, sometimes for an hour.

    My work has recently built a new gym and employees can use it whenever they want. It's small but has everything you need. I also do pilates once a week to help with my injury. Is the time I spend with pt enough or should I increase my sessions? My goals are regaining strength and general fitness.


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  • #2
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    theoldbreed wrote: »
    Hi all,

    So after a bad injury and operation I am back training. Believe me when I say it's square one but I don't mind. Anyway I've started with a personal trainer, he's excellent and I'm happy with him. I see him once a week sometimes for half hour, sometimes for an hour.

    My work has recently built a new gym and employees can use it whenever they want. It's small but has everything you need. I also do pilates once a week to help with my injury. Is the time I spend with pt enough or should I increase my sessions? My goals are regaining strength and general fitness.
    outline what a typical session you do with the trainer consists of and in detail if you can


  • #3
    theoldbreed
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭theoldbreed


    Transform wrote:
    outline what a typical session you do with the trainer consists of and in detail if you can


    Well he has a programme around my injury which is back related. So for example last night I did some conditioning which was boxing and that was great. Also did three sets of three exercises as I only had a half hour. Split squats, weighted, lat pull downs and then arm and shoulder exercise that's like a press up but you hold the tension instead of an actual press up. If I have an hour I do more obviously.


  • #4
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    As long as you are confident that you can safely continue the same sort of work without the trainer present I see no reason to not go as often as you can. If your only workouts are with the trainer once-per-week then I don't think you're going to see much progress.


  • #5
    theoldbreed
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭theoldbreed


    Zillah wrote:
    As long as you are confident that you can safely continue the same sort of work without the trainer present I see no reason to not go as often as you can. If your only workouts are with the trainer once-per-week then I don't think you're going to see much progress.


    What he does with me in a session I do in the gym as well as some cardio he has advised. So essentially I am training a few times a week just not always with him as well as pilates. Thanks for your reply :-)


  • #6
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    theoldbreed wrote: »
    What he does with me in a session I do in the gym as well as some cardio he has advised. So essentially I am training a few times a week just not always with him as well as pilates. Thanks for your reply :-)
    the question you need to be asking is "are the sessions im doing both with and without my trainer leading me to a place where i can deadlift and squat safely and can now do push ups from the floor and pull ups" if its leading in that direction then onwards!


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