Getting the Most from a Gym Personal Trainer - Part 3

Be sure your trainer takes a series a baseline measurements that can be used to track your progress besides YOUR WEIGHT. Resting heart rate, percent body fat, a complete set of body part measurements, before photos, and even degrees of flexibility can all be used to demonstate and encourage your progress. It is not uncommon to see a temporary increase in weight when your body adds muscle prior to your metabolism speeding up and burning off the fat. This can be discouraging in the early phase of training and progress in other measures can give you the necessary confidence to keep going.