Health and fitness can be like riding a roller coaster. One day you feel like things are great and you have the energy to ride the coaster all the way to the top. The next day, however, you feel like nothing is going right and you’re in constant free fall.
Plenty of people get on the roller coaster ride and experience the thrill, exhilaration, and suspense of heading into the first upside-down loop. But when the ride comes to a stop, they’ve had enough and fall out of the car, never to return again.
To achieve optimal health and fitness, you have to commit to getting on that roller coaster and riding it to the top, over and over again. It’s just essential that you make sure you can withstand the G-force.
One of the best ways to ensure that your health and fitness is headed in the right direction is to hire a personal trainer or coach to provide you with expertise, support, and connections so that you can break through any barriers and reach your full potential.
To achieve optimal health and fitness, you have to commit to getting on that roller coaster and riding it to the top, over and over again.Click To TweetWhether you’re overwhelmed, in need of advice, or want to see better results, here are the signs that it might be time to look for an online personal trainer today.
1. You aren’t getting the results you want.
The reason most athletes hire an online personal trainer is because they aren’t seeing the results they want. Your health can only improve at the rate of your own personal growth so asking for help is a massive step forward towards reaching your health and fitness goals.
When you can’t seem to reach your goals—no matter how hard you try—part of the problem is that you are too close to the situation. You think you know what you need to do, or maybe you are attached to a plan that really isn’t working. But commitment is what gets you to your goals, right?
Not necessarily. An online personal trainer can bring an outsider’s subjective view to the situation and get you back on track. When you don’t see the results you want, it might be time to get someone to help you figure out why. A good coach can help you analyze what you’re doing, get to the heart of why it’s not working, and then make changes that help you plot a new course.
When you can’t seem to reach your goals—no matter how hard you try—part of the problem is that you are too close to the situation.Click To Tweet2. You intellectually know what to do, but you don’t do it.
You need an online personal trainer when you “know” what to do but you struggle with the follow-through. Lack of change typically occurs because you need to experience a paradigm shift that requires someone with an outside perspective challenging your assumptions. In other words, you need someone to help you translate general principles into specific steps that you can take in your own life.
3. You feel overwhelmed.
In our 21st-century lives, there is always too much to know, too much to do, and too few hours in the day to do it. Feeling overwhelmed can lead to inertia, and that’s a clear sign that it’s time for a coach.
An online personal trainer can observe your processes and suggest changes. They can look at your daily activities and objectively suggest a more productive use of your time. From there, they can identify the activities that aren’t productive and which ones will help you move towards your fitness goals.
This outside view can shake things up and get your health and fitness headed in the right direction.
Feeling overwhelmed can lead to inertia, and that’s a clear sign that it's time for a coach.Click To Tweet4. You find yourself listening only to your own ideas.
Inexperienced athletes tend to ignore the advice of those around them, and they just listen to their inner voice. Whilst experienced everyday athletes prefer to work alone but bounce ideas off those they trust around them. They like and trust their own ideas, but they know we all need checks and balances in our lives. A coach will help you stay in check.
5. You want someone to talk to.
Who understands your challenges? Who can you talk honestly to and receive honest feedback? Working towards your health and fitness goals can be lonely. As a busy everyday athlete over thirty, it can be difficult finding someone that you can trust or someone that you can talk to without fear that they will judge you or impair your credibility and reputation.
Whether you need someone to bounce ideas off or someone to talk honestly to, an online personal trainer coach can be the ideal person. A coach isn’t influenced by any family politics so they will always have an unbiased opinion about what’s best for your health. A great coach supports you in design, implementation, and evaluation, but they also ask you the difficult questions to challenge you and help you discover your most important goals.
6. You see no clear path forward.
Although you feel great and your training plan is going well, you can easily get stuck in a rut and not think about where you are going. This simply ensures that your health and fitness stay at the same level.
An online personal trainer or coach can help you get “unstuck.” You’ll gain a better understanding of the right direction for you, and you’ll have the confidence that your fitness goals are moving forward again. An online personal trainer will help you identify how your current strategy and tactics can be improved. They will work with you to create a clear set of priorities and a plan to follow.
7. You’re not motivated, and you repeat the same workouts.
Motivation is a key factor when it comes to working with an online personal trainer. Some of us just don’t have the get-up-and-go necessary to do regular workouts. We need someone by our side. A trainer can motivate you, keep you on track, and help you set achievable goals. Even if you don’t stick with the trainer, having the goals and an action plan for achievement can make a huge difference.
Some people have been doing the same workout for months, maybe years. That may have worked in the beginning but eventually they’re going to hit a plateau, or worse yet, get bored. An online personal trainer can show you exercise options that can plug into different phases of your workout routine. They’ll keep things interesting and challenge you to do things you never thought possible.
Some people have been doing the same workout for months, maybe years. That may have worked in the beginning but eventually they’re going to hit a plateau, or worse yet, get bored.Click To TweetIs it time for you to hire an online personal trainer?
If any of the above signs apply to you and your fitness goals, it may be time to hire an online personal trainer. Just remember, this doesn’t mean that you have failed. Everybody needs help and guidance. All the best sports stars have coaches!
From providing you with objective insights into how to achieve your goals, to helping you improve and develop your own skills as an everyday athlete, an online personal trainer is just there to help you be the best, healthiest version you can be.
Every Journey Begins With a Single Step
In every great movie, the hero embarks on a path that promises adventure, challenges, and finally, achievement. Often, the hero finds a guide that takes the hero under their wing and pushes the main character to his or her very limits. Just think, where would Luke be without Yoda? We are the stars of our own movies. And we all need that guide.
When it comes to fitness, a coach can be your personal guide to movie hero-type success, and your secret weapon. There are so many benefits to having a personal coach. I would go so far as to say that coaching is a prerequisite for achievement. Period.
Once you take that first step, you can achieve anything you want. The Strength Matters Steps to Living a Pain-Free Athletic Lifestyle won’t be easy, but they’re guaranteed to work if you follow them. And we’re here to guide you every step of the way. But it’s up to you to get started.
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James Breese
