Personal Training Can Be Adapted

Last night’s theatre trip prompted today’s blog post on how personal training can be adapted to suit YOU.  No doubt you are wondering how watching tango dancers on stage whilst listening to the Spanish guitar being played can be linked to the valuable work of our personal trainers operating across Surrey?! 

Well, just before the performance commenced, the lights went out, the microphones went silent and darkness sprung itself upon the audience.  Ah, a powercut minutes before the curtains go up could be described as a slight hitch!!!  After a small delay, a few adjustments and lots of apologies, the show went ahead.  Congratulations were in order to all involved in the running of the show. 

So, how is this linked to personal training in Surrey?  Last week one of our trainers arrived at a client’s house ready for the personal training session (which usually takes place in the garden due to lack of space inside).  Suddenly, the heavens opened and the rain was pouring.  Quick thinking and a little bit of adapting allowed the personal training session to go ahead as scheduled, inside the house with only a small amount of floor space.  Our client had a fantastic ‘functional’ workout using very little equipment that included all of the vital components of exercise, i.e. elevated heart rate, strength training and flexibility.

Many clients often WANT personal training, NEED to work with a personal trainer but EASILY find a way to talk themselves out of how the service could actually work for them.  After all, ‘exercise’ is such a huge subject, how do you know where to start? 

No matter what your circumstances, no matter which hurdles you feel as though you have in front of you (lack of time, lack of money, lack of space, lack of knowledge), our leading training methods can be adapted to suit YOU as an individual.  As we have said time and time again on our blog, one size does not fit all where exercise is concerned.  Your body is unique and should be treated that way.  Health is an incredibly valuable asset to have.

So, back to last night’s show.  The applause at the end of the evening was probably louder than if there had been lights and microphones at the start!  It’s easy to overcome any hurdles when you know how.

Personal Training Diary…A Wet Sunday Cycle Ride

Today’s cycle ride looked oh so promising when my personal training client and I left home at 10.00am.  A few miles down the road whilst making our way out to the planned hilly climb (she is training for an endurance event at the end of the summer and I wanted to throw in some heart rate intervals), spots of rain started to fall.  “Let’s keep going, it will only be a short shower.”  Yeah right!!!  Oh well, it was only a bit of water.

One of the great things about this time of year is that as soon as the rain stops and the sun makes an appearance, you know it won’t take long to dry off.  That’s exactly what happened as we started to climb.  A short while later our heart rates were elevated and we were steaming…literally!  The clouds disappeared and the view was spectacular.

We enjoyed the ups and downs of the ride and dried off very quickly.  After a well-deserved short snack stop (to get sustained energy release by mixing carbohydrate and small amount of protein), we made our way back home.

It would have been so easy to turn around at the first sight of the clouds at 10.15am and go do the personal training session inside.  OK, so we got a bit wet, but the enjoyment and sense of achievement for my client at the end was worth a soggy t-shirt for a while!  Once again, she amazed herself at how much stronger she is feeling, especially when the hill climbs are getting tougher.