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Personal Training at Precision Health & Fitness involves the design and implementation of a complete health and fitness program created specifically  for your unique physiology, goals, and lifestyle. 
 
I am located in Austin,  TX, but even if you do not live in the Austin area this page is still  worth  reading, especially if you are considering hiring a personal trainer, because  this page will help you think about some of the things to look for in a personal  trainer.
 
NOTE: This page deals mainly with the initial  consultation and the actual personal training exercise sessions. For information  about additional benefits you will receive with personal training services visit  the Consulting page.

As with most personal trainers, I have an initial consultation with any potential client, but my consultations tend to be  different than most trainers. I do not treat my consultations as a big sales pitch, but instead they are opportunities to educate potential clients about health and fitness. Also I do not have a set list of things to cover, but instead focus on whatever the client wants to discuss. Sometimes I spend the vast majority of time on nutrition, while other people have solid nutrition backgrounds and want to focus on specific exercises, program design, or various other topics. Most notably, I go beyond just telling people what I can do for them and actually give them practical information to use right away. For example, many people have low back tightness or pain. For these people I make sure to show them at least a couple exercises and stretches (making sure they can perform them correctly) they can use right away to help their low back discomfort. Even if a potential client decides not to hire me as their personal trainer I make sure they feel as though their time was not wasted and they are better off for attending the consultation.


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As for the training sessions, I ensure that  each session is truly individualized and includes a warm-up, resistance exercises, and cooldown/streting. I utilize many different types of resistance  training including free weights (dumbbells and barbells), exercise balls, cables, bodyweight exercises, medicine balls, and more. Also, I do not  use copied or computer generated exercise routines and every session is  designed with your goals and abilities in mind. One thing that my programs do  have in common is they will be filled with variety and prevent boredom that  commonly accompanies training programs. One of the biggest mistakes that  exercisers make is having a lack of variation in their training. Following the  same program all the time is a recipe for a decrease or complete stoppage of  positive results. As the human body adapts (improves), the training program must  adapt as well if you want continued improvement. If you were wondering,  constantly increasing weight is not a solution to this problem, because  eventually you will not be able to significantly increase weight and you will  run the risk of staleness and overtraining. Different exercises and different  challenges are required for continual long-term improvement. 

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It is also important to understand that there  is no specific exercise that is universally best for everyone. The first  requirement for incorporating an exercise into a program is that the individual  can perform it correctly. Most people have restricted motion and tight muscles  in some of their joints, which causes typically beneficial exercises to become  potentially harmful ones. The training sessions are opportunities for me to see  how my clients move and perform exercises, allowing me to remove exercises that  cannot be performed correctly, as well as adding other exercises to improve the  muscles and joints that are causing the problems. Exercising should always be  about feeling better and not only looking better.


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