Is Personal Training Worth It?

Is Personal Training Worth It?

In 2008 I was involved in a project to better understand the gym member experience – why people joined gyms, how successful they were in achieving their goals and how effective they thought their own exercise regime was. The results were then going to be used to improve the customer experience – how could the fitness product be better tailored to make sure the members achieved their goals?

The results of the studywere interesting…

Our study interviewed 300 members. They had to have been a member for at least 3 months.

A snapshot of the results were as follows…

• 89% of people joined gyms to lose weight
• 91% said regular exercise had made a significant improvement in their fitness
• 11% said they had achieved their starting goal
• 14% said they had achieved some weight loss, even a small amount
• 78% of people wanting to lose weight said they hadn’t achieved any weight loss at all in the 3 or more months they had been using the gym.
• 12% said they would consider using a personal trainer to help them achieve their weight loss goals.
• 3% were using a personal trainer

These results really surprised me – if the main goal of 89% of gym members was to lose weight, but 78% hadn’t lost any at all, surely they would have been wondering why? Surely they would have at least asked for some help, even one or two sessions to get them on the right track?

It turns out that most people didn’t even enquire about personal training. I would also assume they don’t ever achieve their health and fitness goals.

In the UK, I would be willing to bet more than 90% of the population would want to lose some weight.

How many do? How many even get on the right track?

So back to the title question, is personal training worth it?

Simply put, if you are looking to achieve results, the answer is yes – personal training is worth it. You could join a gym and aimlessly go about achieving your health and fitness goals…

OR

You could enlist the services of a personal trainer who knows how to help you achieve these goals. A fitness professional who knows how to plan a fitness regime, who knows how to adapt a diet and nutrition strategy to the individual to help them achieve their aims.

Here is Mike and his 12 week change. 24.2% body fat to 12.3%. A fantastic 23lbs of fat lost and 6lbs of muscle gained.

                            

The old perception of personal training is a drill sergeant type, screaming and shouting at his clients as they drag themselves around a circuit.

Thankfully, modern personal training is a million miles from that – good personal training is results-driven and a people business.

With Hoyles Fitness, the approach is personalised and scientific, combining a decade of experience with practical and theoretical study. Clients are treated as individuals and no two clients will follow the same training plan. We are all different and we all have different needs and requirements. Personal training should reflect that.

If you are a gym user and struggling to achieve any real level of results, give a well-known and established personal trainer a call. You won’t need 5 sessions per week, even a weekly top up should keep you on the path to fitness success!

Hoyles Fitness personal training is available in Hale, Bowdon, Stockport, Poynton, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Altrincham and surrounding areas.

I also offer an online programme design service whereby I will design a workout for you, complete with dietary guidelines.

If you are looking for a personal trainer and are serious about achieving results, feel free to get in touch on the details below.