Personal Trainer Dublin Ireland

Hi there.
The reason you are reading this is probably because you are thinking of hiring a personal trainer, but what exactly can a PT do for you?

Let me see if I can help you out with this and list just a few benefits & reasons for hiring a personal trainer:

1.  You want to work out at home
Not many people like going to the gym and they choose to work at home instead but don’t know where to start. The lack of equipment or knowledge of using it, makes it difficult to get you starting. A PT can help you with that and show you exactly what to do and how to do it in a safe way, the latest being the most important part of exercising. After only a few session, you will be able to create your own work out without the need of paying for a PT
Do you know you can have a complete body workout without the need of any equipment but using your own body weight?

2. You want to tone-up or lose weight but cannot motivate yourself 
Another good reason to hire a PT. We, sometimes, need to be motivated to do something and that includes exercising. We want to do it so bad, but can’t seem to find the right time. Saying that, if we have an appointment made in advance we always manage to keep it even in the most busiest days and that’s where a PT comes in. He will be there in time, every time.

3. You want supervision and support during workouts
Some people know how to exercise and they even know how to do the exercises correctly, but they like having a personal trainer around for support and supervision.
If you’re lifting very heavy weights or need someone to help with partner-type exercises, working with a trainer might be a good choice for you.
He can spot you during workouts and help you come up with a good training plan for your goals.

4. You have a particular injury, illness or condition
A personal trainer can find the right exercise for your workout helping you heal your injuries and avoid further problems.  Also a PT can work very closely with your doctor or physical therapist for the best experience and safe exercising.

5. You need to be challenged
Sometimes, you tend to slack off on your workouts, especially when things get tough. A PT’s role is to be there to motivate you to push past those limits, encouraging you to challenge yourself more than you would on your own, but in a safe way.

6. You are working out but not seeing any results
After working out a few weeks or months and aren’t seeing any results or failed to lose weight, hiring a PT may be a good choice. He/she can look and analyse your current program and eating habits helping you make changes and design a more effective workout. Also you may find that you are getting results, but aren’t in the way you expected. A PT sometimes can see these results more clearly from the outside.

7. You are totally new to exercise
If you are an absolute beginner, a personal trainer is the ultimate fitness coach. Save yourself alot of wasted time and ineffective effort and frustration by having a program designed by a personal trainer. Not only will you gain strength and lose weight more quickly, but you will do it safely and with an understanding of what you are doing each step of the way. You will be able to go into any gym with confidence that you know what you are doing.

8. Break through plateaus
Perhaps you are in a very good shape already, but you haven’t been able to progress much in the last few weeks. If you are stuck in the same routine and want to break through your plateau, a personal trainer is the perfect solution. He will jump start, not only your motivation, but your routine as well.

9. Workout Safely
This should be number 1 reason but I’ll stick it here for the moment
A personal trainer watches your form, monitors your vitals and can provide objective feedback about your limits and strengths. Most of us tend to ignore some of the subtle signals our body provides. We either push through pain or give up too soon. Because a trainer watches what you are doing while you are doing it, they can help push you or slow you down as necessary.

10. Weight Loss
The number one reason people hire personal trainers is to lose weight and get into shape because, well…it works. If you made a resolution to lose the fat and build muscle / tone-up, a personal trainer can keep you on track and help you realize that goal.

Knowing the GI (Glycemic Index) values of individual foods is your key to the enormous health benefits of a low GI diet.

Low GI eating has science on its side. It’s not a fad diet. There are no strict rules or regimens to follow. It’s essentially about making simple adjustments to your usual eating habits—such as swapping one type of bread or breakfast cereal for another.

You’ll find that you can live with it for life.

Low GI eating:

❏ Reduces your insulin levels and helps you burn fat

❏ Lowers your cholesterol levels

❏ Helps control your appetite

❏ Halves your risk of heart disease and diabetes

❏ Is suitable for your whole family

❏ Means you are eating foods closer to the way nature intended

❏ Doesn’t defy common sense!

Not only that: you will feel better and have more energy—and you don’t have to deprive or discipline yourself.
A low GI diet is easy and has particular benefits for people who are overweight or have diabetes, hypertension, elevated blood fats, heart disease, or the metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X).

Understanding the GI of foods helps you choose the right amount of carbohydrate and the right sort of carbohydrate for your long-term health and well-being.

A low GI diet has been scientifically proven to help people:

❏ With type 1 diabetes

❏ With type 2 diabetes

❏ With gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)

❏ Who are overweight

❏ Who have a normal weight but excess abdominal fat (central obesity or a potbelly)

❏ Whose blood glucose levels are higher than desirable

❏ Who have been told they have prediabetes, “impaired glucose tolerance,” or a “touch of diabetes”

❏ With high levels of triglycerides and low levels of HDL cholesterol (“good” cholesterol)

❏ With metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance syndrome or Syndrome X)

❏ Who suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

❏ Who suffer from fatty liver disease (NAFLD or NASH)

The GI (Glycemic Index) explained

The GI is a physiologically based measure of the effect carbohydrates have on blood glucose levels.

It provides an easy and delicious way to eat a healthy diet and, at the same time, control fluctuations in blood glucose.

After testing hundreds of foods around the world, scientists have now found that foods with a low GI will have less of an effect on blood glucose levels than foods with a high GI.
❏ Carbohydrates that break down rapidly during digestion, releasing glucose quickly into the bloodstream, have a high GI.

❏ Carbohydrates that break down slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI.
The rate of carbohydrate digestion has important implications for everybody. For most people, foods with a low GI have advantages over those with a high GI.

They can:

❏ Improve blood glucose control

❏ Increase satiety, as they are more filling and satisfying and reduce appetite

❏ Facilitate weight loss

❏ Improve blood fat profiles

❏ Reduce risks of developing diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer

The answer to that question is not always YES.
Maybe you know or maybe you don’t, but the proven fact is that we start losing muscle mass as soon as we stop exercising or training, after just 8-9 days.
Yes, that quick and I know is hard to believe.

You hear about people putting on weight after they stop training and that is not necessarily because they start eating more, it’s mostly because once they start losing  muscle mass, the calories we burn each day decreases.
Muscle mass is the main calories burner in our bodies and I am saying this just in case you didn’t know.

But to go back to our question.

Sometimes is just a matter of body toning to make you look good and at the same time you start feeling better about yourself.
The biggest mistake one makes is going on a very strict diet, which 99% of the time it’s broken one way or the other, because the body doesn’t like being punished all of a sudden.
Instead, try making small changes at a time.
Start by drinking a lot of water, 2-2.5 L per day and slowly cut down and eventually STOP drinking carbonated soft drinks (especially the DIET ones),  energy drinks, etc…
Start doing a bit of exercising, go to a gym, join a BOOTCAMP class, but for the start do it in small doses, don’t go mad straight away because you’ll give up due to muscle soreness.
Make a realistic goal… it  doesn’t has to necessarily be “I want to be x Kg before x date“, it could be that you just want to wear a certain dress or top that is looking at you from the wardrobe
Get a diet correction sheet and start making notes about everything you drink and eat. After a few days, go back on it and see how can you substitute certain fatty and unhealthy foods with something more… healthy?!?
If you manage to change one thing per week, before you know it, your eating habits  changes towards a healthy lifestyle.
Pick a day or two per week when you can enjoy a cheat meal and look forward to it. It will help you and give you the strength to  say NO to the BIG BURGER / SAMBO that you usually have at lunch/dinner.
This are just a few things you can do towards reaching your target goal. The fact that you are reading this, is the first step you made. Only a few steps away and you’ll get there.

Once you reach that goal, go for the next one.

Also, if you need help to where / how to start, give me a call on 086 898 1808