Trainers....

[fitinidaho]

Has anyone had Great Success WITHOUT a trainer?

[madisongrace]

Nope, mine is fantastic. That said I know many people who have done it on their own and have achieved amazing results.

[LeilaM]

I've used personal trainers before, but more of showing me how to do stuff and teaching me technique and exercises. I don't hire them to keep up with me regularly or to come up with new routines or to "keep me company while I trot on the treadmill." There's some folks who NEED trainers, I've had a few people tell me they wouldn't go regularly without them.

Some folks do better using one, though. I think it depends on one's motivations and personality types. I think anyone can be sucessful at this if they go about it the way that works best for them...

[madisongrace]

"keep me company while I trot on the treadmill."

I've always found that silly. I use my trainer for form, new exercises, and weight training only. I got the cardio thing down, in fact, I could probably kick his ass on cardio any day of the week.

[daYDreAmErX]

The only trainer I "hired" was actually an ex olympic lifter. I wanted him to teach me the techniques

[giuliagoolia]

Absolutely. When I first got into lifting I took a couple of weightlifting courses offered at the Univ. I was attending to learn proper form/technique. Then after 1yr of training, I decided to hire a PT because I wanted to really gain more strength and size and despite the fact the guy I hired was also a bb'er, he was adamant about me doing light weight and high reps (12-15 range), so, after 4months of that, I dropped him and just read as much info I could get my hands on and experimented with many different wo routines until I found what works for me.
I'm all about freethinking, so reading from many different sources and finding a few knowledgeable people to bounce things off of was very helpful in guiding me, then it was just a matter of experimenting and really paying attention to how MY body responds to the diff. exercises/routines/rep ranges, then I keep what seems to work and modify when I hit a plateau.

[Delirium]

Has anyone had Great Success WITHOUT a trainer?

Nope. My trainer is excellent. The first session I had with him the weights I was originally lifting on my own doubled, some even tripled. But I only have a trainer for weights, not cardio, like LeilaM said before, I also don't need someone to keep me company while doing cardio. I can handle that on my own!

[Julie83]

I've had great success without a trainer. I joined a weight training club in 7th grade and my instructer told me some basic things, but other than that I've learned everything else on my own through the internet, magazines, and a fitness show I used to watch really early in the morning. Twelve years later I still do it on my own. In actuality, I've had people ask me to train them.

[BuffedStuff]

If you are very discipline, and willing to take the time to learn proper form..nutrition etc sure you could become your own personal trainer..I think they even wrote a book on the subject but sure with all the information on the web all the books available you can do fantastic.

[Jordyn]

ive never had a trainer. i learned all the lifting techniques from 1) those weight training group exercises in the gym that i no longer attend, 2) internet, and 3) my male gym buff buddies

[BFIT]

I am actually a trainer (one of my many jobs) and I have a trainer and my trainer has a trainer. You definetly could do withouth having someone stand next to your treadmill and watch you run.....you could do that on your own. The reason I have a trainer is because I want to build muscle( and compete) and sometimes it's difficult to increase in weight if your on your own. I only use my trainer for WEIGHT training....I do all my cardio on my own. And she(my trainer) uses her trainer for the same reasons as well as she does a lot of fitness modeling. You can definetly learn it on your own..the nutrition/technique part...but I have to admit that even though I studied this at college, I still had A LOT to learn from trainers/bodybuilders who had LIFE/GYM experience( years worth)....it was better than some of those textbooks I read. Don't get me wrong..I think Trainers are AWESOME depending on your goal...and you don't need to hire a trainer five days a week either......some are expensive. Before I hired a trainer to take me to the next level...I did all my training and owed all my weight loss results to myself and the books I read.

** You can also hire a trainer to teach you the techniques and then you can go from there**