Chosing the right Personal Trainer

More about your personal trainer...

As you considering a Personal Training to help you with your goals? Not sure where to start? Anyone can write an awesome profile and get those best clients to vouch for them but are they really providing you specially with the service you need? A few tips to help you make your decision...

• Check if they are with a registered body. For example, Fitness Australia is one body that governs Personal Trainers in Australia and ensure they are continually educating themselves through courses for registration renewal. This ensures that the trainers have the latest skills and information. It also shows the trainers' passion for growth and learning to bring better services to their clients.
• What are their specialties? Are they in line with what you want? For example, sports specific, general health, specific medical needs etc.
• Find or read other Clients' testimonials
• Look them up on the web
• Observe how they interact with their current clients

It's easy to tell someone what to do, just jump on YouTube but to be a great trainer, you need to know how and why, question your Trainer whenever you're not sure, many clients have had only one trainer, so how do they know what they have is good or not?!

Another thing to take note of, just because they've done a lot of courses doesn't mean they can apply the skills, make sure you can see them utilising their skills in a correct and safe manner.


Generally you get what you paid for, some trainers can over charge but there are those that may under charge to get the business and although cheaper can seem better in the pocket, the quality or knowledge may not be there or as high of a standard. It's a weigh off you need you think clearly about. It's easy to make someone run, jump, hop but for what reason and how (safely and efficient), these are very important factors. Think of it as a well known brand to a brand that's slightly cheaper but when it comes to training, it's your health involved.

And of course, it's all about the people skills and the connection or gel; the 'PERSONAL' part of personal training. Do you get along to get the most out of your session? When you pay for your sessions, you want to get results in a positive way, so if you're not happy with your trainer or not sure, try someone else and find the right fit.

Check if your Personal Trainer is registered with Fitness Australia 



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