In fact, there are considerable advantages in recruiting a professional who reaches us at home, in the park or on the street below the house. In this article we will try to better understand what they are, taking care to highlight any critical issues.
it is not the "only commitment that forces people to leave the house: work, errands, accompanying children or parents, etc. If 40" (round trip) were lost on each route, assuming only 3 daily trips, approximately 120 "day (two hours).Too bad that most people move during traffic times - otherwise they would not be - almost doubling, as mentioned above, the time required. It is not a sustainable condition, which pushes people to rationalize their movements, optimize them, but also to avoid them whenever possible. Motor activity is the first to be "cut out";Ultimately, for an "hour or an hour and a half" of training, at least three must be taken into account. Also considering that we should train at least 3 times a week to have satisfactory results, on balance we should invest 9 hours every week. The ratio between training / time invested is 1: 3; really not satisfying.
More general, however, is the problem linked to the emotions experienced by training in gyms and fitness centers:
- Environment and social context: confusion, lack of staff availability, unwelcome companies, personal discomfort (linked to a feeling of inadequacy, for example due to overweight), non-optimal hygienic conditions, high microbiological risk - of great interest especially in relation to influences seasonal and never as current as now, after the COVID-19 epidemic - etc, are all factors that negatively affect the urge to train;
This problem is typical of "neophytes", that is, those who approach training for the first time or have never done it consistently; sometimes, the reasons for this poor compliance with movement derive from these elements. In fact, having an unpleasant first experience, especially in a context in which "everyone" seems to feel at ease - often the insiders do not help - has a strong negative impact on motivation and the desire to replicate the experience.
better focus on:
- Intensity of training to improve the musculature: for toning and muscle building, high intensity resistance exercise will always be more effective than the "usual gymnastics". To make the concept simpler, squats or lunges with dumbbells are examples of high-intensity exercises against resistance, a step course or forty-minute jogging on the treadmill are examples of gymnastic activity or aerobic activity. So just equip yourself with some equipment for home training - such as a pair of modular dumbbells, cast iron discs, a fitball and a mat - to create the right conditions to respect this rule. For most (especially those who do not need of high loads), it is not true that fitness courses and equipment in the gym make workouts more effective than those at home, just as it is not true that a mat and two bottles of water are enough to get results by training at home.
- Right balance between volume and intensity to lose weight: to lose weight you must set the training in such a way that there is a correct ratio between volume and intensity. High volume and low intensity exercises, such as the exercise bike, allow you to oxidize a certain amount of fats. On the other hand, what increases resting metabolism the most are muscles; hence the need to perform muscle even while wanting to lose weight. Not to mention that weight loss "is done at the table", which is why "pedaling half a day" would be completely useless without a correct diet.
- Continuity and progression: consistency in training and progression of training loads are fundamental principles for achieving tangible results. If you decide to train 3 times a week, it would be important to respect this frequency and not to skip the sessions, as it is necessary that the load progress to stimulate continuous improvements.
- Personalization: there is no training method that works for everyone, which is why it is always better to prefer a personal trainer rather than relying on generic training cards or video fitness courses at home.
- The travel costs are borne by the PT, although this can result in an increase in performance - depending on the mileage, but it is usually a flat rate. Among these we must consider: fuel, vehicle wear, possible accidents, possible fines, etc.
- Time is money: as many professionals will know, time has a cost. How much do I earn per hour? Assuming € 20, if I needed 3 hours to train, it would be € 20 * 3 = € 60 that I lose per session. The PT at home allows you to save 66% on this amount.
- The subscription has a cost: let's say variable from € 20 per month up to almost € 100 (for some centers that include extra services). We make an average of € 40-50, including northern and southern Italy.
- The personal trainer at home must not "be always present: the professional will see us at intervals to be established together, for example once every 10 days, perhaps in correspondence with different workouts. It will be his concern to perform tests and measurements, and eventually update the" work out. Let's assume that for an "hour you ask about € 30, at the end of the 30 days we would have a living expense of € 90.
With a monthly subscription of 45 €, adding the costs of travel, unexpected events and work not done, we would easily arrive at the rate of our personal trainer at home.
at home driven by a personal trainer, certainly yes.By recruiting a personal trainer at home you avoid unnecessary movements in traffic, optimizing the time available without sacrificing the effectiveness of a personalized training - indeed, as we have seen, sometimes increasing it - and significantly limiting daily stress.
In these cases, the personal trainer at home can help create a pleasant training experience, which represents the first step to establish a new habit linked to exercise and oriented to physical well-being.
Therefore, in the choice of the professional it is necessary to consider these aspects:
- Training: first you must evaluate the professional training of the personal trainer, therefore make sure that he has a degree in Motor Sciences;
- Experience: in addition to training, experience also counts, understood as the sum of years of work, the number of people trained and their satisfaction;
- Availability and flexibility: the home service was created to be convenient for the customer, therefore the personal trainer must be available to meet the time slots and days that are convenient for the customer;
- Equipment available: as written above, a mat is not enough to make a home workout effective, so make sure that the personal trainer has a set of materials for home training, such as modular dumbbells, cast iron discs, kettlebells and trx, as well as tools for the initial assessment of body composition such as a skinfold meter and / or an impedance meter.
