Location: Evolve Gym, South Ruislip

Have a personal trainer can be a rewarding and educating experience depending on the trainer you pick, some follow a generic cookie-cutter plan and fall into a zombie-trance mode whilst counting your repetitions, without considering the biomechanics or physical response to exercise of the client.  Others will have a more cutting-edge approach and try to individualize the exercises to you.

There are a many more 'types of trainers' regardless of their style, experience, knowledge, etc, the question i'll ask you is: what is the most important factor for a client to get results?

Answer: For the client to have 100% confidence in the program and personal trainer, and feel highly motivated by both, if he/she is motivated they will train hard to get the results. The rest is secondary

There are no 'secret programs'

The key is consistency, you have to be consistent with what you are prescribed providing the trainer is knowledgeable enough to give you the correct things to do.

Ignore the 6/8 week transformations you see on the internet/social media, these are done by people taking performance-enhancing drugs or have years and years of training experience under their belt and go on strict, unsustainable diets. Therefore, they are not specific to you.

It may take you 12 weeks, 24 weeks, or a whole year. Everybody's body responds differently, just stay consistent and by the end it will pay off.

The diet factor

The rule is to lose weight, you need a caloric deficit, right? This is true in most circumstances, but when you couple years of inactivity and yoyo-dieting, your metabolism and physiology changes to go against this rule.

Stick to prescribed nutritional guidelines, if you're competing in sport or a bodybuilding event then count your calories, if your goal is to 'tone up', get into 'better shape' then keep a tab on your calories but focus more on eating healthier.

No dumb programs

The basics work, squat, hip-hinge, plank, row, press, etc. Other training devices used by Elite Fitness Performance such as The Inertia Wave, Edgecross, BlazePods, Core Momentum Trainers, are great supplements to up the intensity, increase workout effectiveness, improve the core and other movement planes. Check out 'Workout Programs' for research-proven programs or contact Jay Shreddinger for bespoke 121 Training

Results come in spurts

Over a 20 week period, you will have your ups and downs, progress isn't linear, as your body changes it wants to reverse the change and go back into the comfort zone. It is your job to ignore that as best you can and get comfortable in your new body.

The problem is, people get excited during a quick period of results and begin to extrapolate: "I lost 5kgs in 3 weeks! I should lose another 10kgs over the next 6 weeks right..". This isn't how it works, the more weight you lose in this scenario the harder it gets to lose more, but it is possible!

Likewise, 4 weeks into a plan and people don't see or feel results, despite doing everything they can: they lose motivation, have less focus and drive while training and doubt themselves; in this scenario you need to remain patient and understand you could just be on the tip of making significant results.

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