Whenever someone asks me what’s it like being a trainer, I give them my honest answer.
It’s frickin’ awesome!
Okay — not all parts of it are fun.
It’s a sweet gig, and I can’t imagine doing anything else, but at the same time it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
But seriously though, wearing sweatpants to work is awesome.
I’ve been a personal trainer for four years now, and I still can’t fully decide which population I have more of a challenge with, Type A personalities or people who need to be spoon fed. On one end, you have the go-getters. The people who are gung ho about their goals. While on the other, you have the little-to-no compliance folks. With these guys, they peruse social media telling there friends they wish they had their motivation.
If I had no choice but to choose who I have more of a challenge with, I’d probably veer towards the Type A’s…SLIGHTLY.
And I say slightly because…
They Overlook The Value Of Rest and Recovery
We obviously know the importance of it. Unfortunately, this premise gets swept under the rug too often. Hell, virtually every supplement out there is meant to hack your way into better performance. Finding a compromise and spitting facts at someone who’s hell-bent on training six days/week to damn near everyday is like trying to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s a tough pill to swallow for productivity junkies because they feel like they have to train a ton otherwise their progress will stall. Unless you’ve been injected with the super solider serum, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll achieve optimal results with that approach, let alone sustain it.
Remember: all you do in the gym is break your body down. I believe that you need to train with intensity and ferocity, but you also need to follow it up with a period of rest and recovery.
Progress occurs outside the gym, not in it. Quality > Quantity.
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Dre Delos Santos 