How Does This Personal Trainer Workout?
Submitted by My Fitness Hut Blog
That’s a good question! I’m sure that clients wonder if their personal trainers “walk the walk” when it comes to staying fit. In my opinion, if your personal trainer doesn’t stay fit, you need to find another trainer.
One of my main goals for fitness is to improve cardiorespiratory and other health components. So, every workout that I do will include at least 20-30 minutes of cardio. The intensity of my cardio workouts are always at 75%-85% of my maximum heart rate. I do this to achieve maximum cardio, calorie burn and fat burn benefits.
My other main goal is to maintain the physical fitness I have achieved during my life. Fortunately, I started serious physical fitness (weight training, aerobic and anaerobic) in high school because of participation in football and baseball. This allowed me to increase my fitness level in college while playing football. Over the years I have maintained a reasonable level of fitness.
I have two basic workouts that I rotate during a month:
1) Full body circuit (this means with little or no rest between exercises) workout with light weights and a cardio mix. Light weight means 50%-60% of my maximum effort with 12-15 repetitions per exercise set. During the 1 hour workout, I will maintain a heart rate of 75%-85% for the entire time. The order of the workout will go something like this:
–5 minutes warmup on treadmill or other cardio machine
–10 minutes on treadmill, jump rope, stepper, etc. heart rate 75%-85%
–30 minutes, circuit weight training, heart rate 75%-85%
–20 minutes, intervals on treadmill or other cardio machine, heart rate 75%-85%
–5-10 minutes cool-down and static stretching
This is a very intense 1 hour workout and is not recommended for beginners.
2) Full body workout with heavy weights and heavy cardio at the end. Heavy weight means 80%-90% of my maximum. I will usually do 3 sets/4-6 repetitions per exercise with 60-90 seconds rest between exercises. This workout will go something like this:
–5 minutes warmup on treadmill or other cardio machine
–60 minutes weight workout
–20 minutes, intervals on treadmill, jump rope or other cardio machine. Heart rate is maintained at 75%-85% for the entire cardio session.
–5-10 minutes cool-down and static stretching
I will lift weights 3 days a week. Weight training includes core and balance exercises. On the days that I do cardio-only workouts, I will do intervals for 20-30 minutes at 75%-85% and core work for another 20 minutes. I will vary my modes of cardio training. I usually workout 5-6 days a week. As always, I will listen to my body and increase or decrease the intensity as needed. There it is! I have done these workouts with clients and really enjoyed it. I think they like to see their trainer hurt a little bit too!
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