Is a fitness trainer REALLY going to help you lose the fat?

So, you made a resolution on January 1st to drop 25 pounds by March 1st. It’s now January 16th and you have not seen the scale budge in 2 weeks.

Do you keep striving day-by-day, becoming ever more discouraged at your pitiful level of success, or do you finally make the plunge and hire a “professional?”

Let me see if I can shed a little ray of hope on the subject for you:

Supervised exercise versus non-supervised exercise for reducing weight in obese adults.

Nicolaï SP et al

J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2009 Mar;49(1):85-90.

According to the results of this study, 2 groups underwent 4 months of training in either a supervised environment (i.e. with a qualified fitness professional) or simply received advice to increase their level of physical activity as well as complete access to a full blown gym however,  their exercise regimen was NOT supervised.

Here’s the cool part:

Group 1 (the supervised group) lost, on average, 362% more body fat in that 4 month time frame than the non-supervised group. The actual totals (on average) were 13.4 lbs in Group 1 versus 3.71 lbs in Group 2. Pretty stark difference, right?

But wait:

Neither group received any advice with respect to changing or altering their diets!

NONE!

Nada!

Bupkis…

Now, as a seasoned professional myself, this comes as no surprise. In fact, this sort of research was confirmed, in a similar study, several years ago. It was determined at a Stanford University study that the #1 factor in a successful fat loss program was a strong social support network. It was even more important than diet!

In my mind, the combination of group training (like the kind you’d receive in a Firestorm fitcamps! class) COMBINED with the skill and experience of a qualified fitness professional is a one-two punch of unbeatable proportion!

It’s no surprise that people push themselves and work harder when supervised and in fact an IDEA study confirmed as much several years ago. This study showed that simply having someone just watch them made them work harder, up to 30% more. Imagine what a good coach can bring forth.

Anecdotally, I’ve had countless clients tell me, “I’d never do this if I was on my own!” so I know this to be true. I’m sure you can extrapolate that into far more beneficial results, especially in conjunction with a solid program, excellent coaching, healthy social support and competent instruction.

The bottom line:

If you’re truly sincere in your resolve to change the look, feel and overall dimensions of your body, then hire a qualified, skilled and highly competent coach. At the very least, find a great training partner or some kind of group or team to assist you.

Steve

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