{Guest Post}- Working With A Trainer? Here's What You Need To Know

January 2022 is a huge for fitness. Lots of people are looking to achieve new goals, revisit past goals, and take action on goals for the now. And for some, you may consider employing someone to help you achieve those goals.

(If you want to check out a past article on why New Years Resolutions kick ass, click here)

This week I have a guest post from a friend of mine, Kyle Harper. Kyle is Personal Trainer and Program Director of a Parisi Speed School down in Texas. He so graciously sent me this amazing article to share with you all on what to expect when you start working with a Personal Trainer for the first time.

Kyle brings up lots of good points. Many think that working with a Personal Trainer is just about getting shit pumped during each workout and I can assure you, it's so far from that.

With that, I am going to let Kyle take it over from here!

Casey LeeJanuary 6, 2022resolution, new year resolution, fitness goals, goal setting, free program, fitness programComment

Avoid this mindset trap in order to take clearer action

Have you ever started planning out your future, only to think about how you’ve handled related tasks in your past?

An example.

You’re a student going into the spring semester and you’re planning ways that you can stay engaged with your school work and studying to ensure you get a desirable GPA. As you start listing out the ways you’re going to achieve this for the upcoming semester, you start to think about why you didn’t execute on these strategies in the fall...you were going to go to the library in the evenings, but joined an intramural soccer team instead...after all, that is good for your health. That study group that met every Thursday afternoon was a great concept, but your new friends were off from class at that same time so you went to the student center with them, because after all, social interactions are important.

14 Lessons in 14 Years Working In A Health Club

Over the past 14 years, since I was 18 years old, I have worked at a health club. At the end of this week I will be transitioning out of the club and starting a new position with a company called The Parisi Speed School as their Director of Coaching and Education. This is an amazing position that allows me to work closely with some of the smartest minds in sports performance, develop education for the entire Parisi coaching network, and most importantly, allow me to be at home a hell of a lot more than I currently am.

Set better goals by adding these 2 things...

I try to stay positive when it comes to fitness and coaching people with their fitness. But there is one area in particular where people lag.

Good goals.

Now, don’t read this the wrong way. Just because a goal isn’t ‘good’, doesn’t mean it’s ‘bad’. In the case that I am referring to, the majority of the goals I talk to people about lack specific outcomes.

Broad goals aren’t good goals.

What could you do in 1 year?

What could you do in a year?

What could you accomplish if you practiced something for 365 days?

How far could you go if you did something for an hour a week, for 52 weeks in a row?

8,760 hours. 52 weeks. 365 days. 1 year.