It was nice having somebody else care as much about my progress as I do. Everything included a full range of motion and we always focused on my core. If we were “technically” focusing on upper body that day, the workouts would also include my legs too. It taught me that even if you have a great routine, there is always room to learn something new!! Not to mention, when you do the same workouts over & over & over, your body starts to get used to them.Īnother thing I really liked about personal training was that we never focused on just one part of the body. Well let me tell you, I thought I had my favorite moves down, until I started training with Richard. They are workouts I like, that I’ve seen results from and that I’m comfortable with. ![]() While that has been getting me by, it was really interesting (& probably very helpful to my body) to learn the correct form for a lot of certain workouts that I had been doing wrong for 10 years.Īs I mentioned above, I can kind of tend to be a know it all at the gym. When it comes to working out, I have my set routine. I have been working out and lifting weights since I was sixteen but I had never worked out with a trainer. I finally understood why people love working out with their trainers so much. Towards the end of our 12 sessions, I legitimately started to get sad because it was coming to and end. It was always a full body workout that left me exhausted by the end of it! ![]() ![]() Most of our exercises required a full range of motion, opening up my hips and working the whole body. In our sessions, we really focused on movements that moved the whole body. While all trainers at Equinox are the best and most educated trainers in the industry, the more hours and training you put in, the high of a tier you get to be. Richard is a Tier 3+ Trainer which means he is top of the line. So we scheduled a time to meet, did my assessment, talked my goals, which was all around toning ( but especially in my arms for my wedding day) and then he built a plan specifically around me. The trainer that helped me that day became my own personal trainer a few months later and his name is Richard.Īll Equinox Trainers go through vigorous training along with rigorous education through the Equinox Fitness Training Institute, which is an elite program overseen by experts on their own Health Advisory Board.īefore your personal training begins, you complete a personal assessment, which includes an in-depth medical and fitness questionnaire, body composition index, movement screen, postural analysis and metabolic rate measurement. Normally, I would feel offended in a situation like that because I can tend to be a “know-it-all” when it comes to the gym but in this particular situation, I felt very comfortable and was thankful for his help. So he took me over to a different area and showed me a workout that would actually help! After telling him, it ends up that the workout I was doing, was actually doing the opposite of what I wanted it to be doing. One day when I was lifting, I had a trainer come up to me and basically ask me what I wanted that specific workout to accomplish. I have never worked with a Personal Trainer before, so I was really excited to have this opportunity!īefore I became an Equinox Partner, I had already been working out there for over a year, so I had the opportunity to get to know some of the trainers before hand! Everyone that signs up at Equinox is given a complimentary assessment and person training session and after turning down multiple opportunities to do my assessment because I “knew what I was doing”, I finally decide to give it a go. Let me tell you, this post is way over due!! As you guys know, I am an Equinox Partner and right before the wedding, I had the opportunity to workout with one of their Personal Trainers.
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