Three Reasons To Give Personal Training As A Gift

Holiday gift shopping is already a hot topic this year.  Lots of people are scouring shelves and online stores these days wondering what to get friends and relatives for the holidays.  Sadly, things can fall into a few categories, out of stock, too generic, to eccentric or to boring.  A gift that speaks to the complete opposite side of that is personal training.  Personal training will make a great gift for anyone for the holidays.

No supply chain Issues

First, there will not be any supply chain issues.  Personal training services are never out of stock. You won’t find any issues with it stuck out on a container ship waiting to be unloaded.  There are personal trainers available anytime, anywhere and for making any fitness goal a reality.  You’ll find a personal trainer who is willing to meet in the early morning, late evening or midday.  They’ll meet clients in a home, a gym or outside in a park.  Workouts can be done wherever a client feels motivated.  When you give a gift to someone, you want them to be able to use it right away.

Personalized

Second, training is a one-of-a-kind gift.  Personal trainers bring a wealth of experience and knowledge into every new client relationship.  It is those experiences that will help that trainer diagnose what the client truly needs and what they truly want.  A personal trainer listens to their client, assesses and then prescribes a course of action.  Trainers learn to listen to what is said and what is not said.  There is the intrinsic and extrinsic message that comes from the consultative part of the trainer client relationship.

When a client says they want to lose 15 pounds for an upcoming family reunion, the underlying motivation is that they want to look and feel good when they see everyone after a long time away. The dynamic shared between a trainer and client is unique by virtue of people both being unique.

Customizable

Like the name suggests, personal training is, well, personal.  Fitness goals are different for every individual. While one person is looking to lose weight, another is hoping to add muscle tone and another might be training for an endurance event such as a marathon.  Still others need the physical fitness to improve their mental wellbeing after suffering an event such as a job loss, loss of a loved one or a divorce.  Everyone brings different reasoning and motivation into their personal training sessions.  You may choose to be pushed to complete exhaustion with each set, while others are pushing themselves to see find their maximum load.

When one works with a personal trainer, you get to create the framework of how the relationship will work.   A lot of the where, when, why and how is up to the client.  You’ll be able to decide when you will train, how often you will meet per week and where your sessions can/will take place.  After sharing fitness goals, the personal trainer will create the program after understanding the where, when and how.

Whether the gift is only a short-term package of sessions or an ongoing, evergreen gift, it is important to establish a goal to be accomplished.  Remember to seek your primary care physician’s approval before starting any physical fitness program.