When you are choosing which way to get fit, its vital to cut through the rubbish, the marketing, the false promises in the making, the methods or lack of them that have let you down every time in the past.
There is more terminology regarding exercise than ever before, in fact a mind boggling amount that only confuses most people.
Body sculpt, tabata, zumba, body bump, burn and tone, are just a few of the ways that certain places try to confuse you by presenting classes that are nothing new whatsoever, it actually boggles even my mind on how exotic sounding names of classes often just include rowing machines, squat thrusts and a couple of dumbbells.
Insult to intelligence are the words that come to mind to me anyway, and here’s why!!!
When i start off with someone for the first time, it takes me at least 3 sessions to see what exercises will work best for them, what may cause a problem for them, what they may be good at and what will give them the most benefits.
Simply throwing someone into a class that often has to take into account 25 different people’s abilities is something no trainer can do successfully. This is why so many people get injured during exercise, because there are so many different abilities in one class, people trying to keep up and often in pain, people in the middle and then you often have the show off’s at the top of the class (who tend to be the small minority).
So whichever way you choose to get into shape, i urge you to get properly assessed first, get a professional to check your movement out, your medical history, any limiting factors in your body, what you have done in the past that’s been positive and negative, work it all out and go into depth.
After you have done all of these things, then you are ready to start on a path of sustainable success.
