Why Self-Training Your Way to Fitness Goals Using Search Engines Doesn’t Work
Let’s be honest: we never really truly know what we’re doing when it comes to achieving a fitness goal. As we approach a new year, a birthday, or the end of spring, we fantasize about the type of body we wish we had – A-lister abs, sleeve-stretching triceps, butt-forming pants. This as we declare, with futility, that tonight’s slice of pizza or morning donut will be the absolute last.
As those last bites are enjoyed, we pop open our laptop or take out our phone and search for fitness ideas and meal plans. We tell ourselves that we can sit on the shoulders of Adonis-bodied professionals and simply copy what they did on our own, in the comfort of our apartment on our yoga mat with a few dumb-bells beside, and that we’ll finally put that pull-up bar that’s hanging on our bedroom door to good use.
It doesn’t work like that.
After a few reps and the first hint of soreness, we pat ourselves on the back but then return to the same old habits. Why? Because getting fit doesn’t work like that. As newbies, we don’t have the self-discipline to go with the DIY-approach. We need someone to put us and keep us on track.
What’s needed is a Manhattan personal trainer; a truly dedicated professional who knows the biology and chemistry of how our bodies function to maximize its ultimate potential. A personal training session gives us the initial steps into a foreign world where we demand more from our bodies than we are used to. Stepping out of the comfort zone is what we need.
A web search of exercise routines simply does not compare to what Upper East Side personal trainers can offer to anyone who is serious about getting fit. One can spend countless hours watching videos on how to have proper form when doing a deadlift, but what will really motivate you to do them right and do them often is the help of a true professional. With the right mindset, one will get what they put in with an investment into personal training sessions.
