Beginners Exercise
Losing Body Fat
exercise program is too extreme, doesn't put enough emphasis on stretching or safety, or doesn't have enough instruction, it is worthless at best and could be dangerous at worst. Nonetheless, the main thing when working with beginners is figuring out what they're looking for out of their exercise workout routine.
A lot of people first start going to the gym because they want to look better. In many ways, these are the hardest people to train. You see, with a beginners exercise program, you have to make sure to get your heart working and your body stronger and more limber before you begin to build muscle size. It's not healthy for someone to be huge and muscular but have a weak cardiovascular system and a stiff body. This can increase the chance of injury and possibly lead to long term health problems. When you are working with a body image fanatic, you have to do what you can to teach him that being healthy is at the very least as important as looking like you're in shape. Make sure that his beginners exercise program has a lot of cardiovascular training!
Coming up with beginners exercise routines for long time couch potatoes can also be pretty tough. A lot of these people join the gym after trying a lot of different quick fixes. They have tried dietary supplements, diets, and other so-called miracle cures without exercising much, and they are still overweight and out of shape. They are gung-ho to get started, but they burn out very quickly. With these kinds of folks, you have to provide a lot of encouragement as they do their workout routines, but make sure not to push them too hard. If they start with unrealistic expectations about how quickly the exercises will work to get them into shape, they will also burn out easily.
Basically, the thing I always tell exercise beginners is that persistence is the key to success. I would rather see them jogging on the treadmill at the gym for five or ten minutes three days a week than for an hour or two once a week. If you can make sure to exercise every other day, it won't be long before you are losing weight and feeling more confident. It is a simple matter of being dedicated to putting in the time and effort.
Designing workouts for beginners actually has more to do with psychology than with personal training. I'm not saying that beginners exercises don't require the special knowledge that a personal trainer has. If a beginners
