Welcome to the Get Fit Guy's quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

Now, since I realize that the Get Fit Guy information provides you with everything you could ever

desire when it comes to the all-powerful exercise knowledge, and you couldn't possibly ever need

any extra help in achieving your fitness goals,

I can't imagine why I would need to tell you how to choose a personal trainer.

Okay, maybe a few of you want a bit of extra help,

or perhaps just a friendly face-to-face encounter with a knowledgeable fitness professional

who doesn't live in your MP3 player.

Just promise me you won't leave me if I give you the secrets of how to choose a personal

trainer, what to expect during a personal training session, and how to get the best

results from a personal trainer.

Deal?

Let's start with the basics of what a personal trainer actually is.

A personal trainer is not your best friend who's trying to teach you their foolproof exercise

program. The stranger who walks up to you at the gym making creative suggestions about your form,

or the little program on your watch that beeps and tells you to switch exercises or intensities.

Instead, by definition, a personal trainer is a certified exercise professional who has studied for

and successfully passed an examination

that includes topics such as anatomy, physiology, basic nutrition, and, of course, exercise.

Often, a personal trainer has also attained a bachelor's or master's degree in an exercise

science-related field. A personal trainer is usually employed by a gym or a health club or

owns their own personal training studio.

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