A Comparison Of Online & In-Person Personal Training

As you should see from the table above, Online Personal Training has a lot of benefits; I’ve specifically wrote a more in-depth post about these benefits here. That being said, you need to pick the training type that is most effective for you. I will give you an example of two different clients that I have, where each training type is best suited for them:

• In-Person Training Client: this client is a Dentist and has a hectic time schedule, between work, his farm, and family time he’s really busy. This client needs to “book off time” to train with me, otherwise he won’t commit to exercising. The flexibility that Online Personal Training offers is almost “too flexible”. He tried Online Personal Training, but what ended up happening is he’d get carried away doing something, or was flexible with a family commitment only to end up “running out of time” and not working out. In contrast In-Person training ensured he blocked off time to commit to exercising. Further, for him it is social time, “guy time” if you will. It offers him time away from work, family, and everything else, to counter poor work-related postural issues, and to keep himself healthy. In this case In-Person Personal Training is best suited for him and his lifestyle.

• Online Personal Training Client: this client is an Engineer and also has a pretty hectic time schedule. She made a choice to lose some weight, in a serious way. But, she needed some help. She had a Personal Trainer in the past, but felt she didn’t need one In-Person anymore. Rather, she just needed some guidance about what to do, how often, etc. Also, she needed someone as an on-going resource for questions, accountability and motivation. Online Personal Training turned out to be very successful for her and she lost a lot of weight doing it; it really helped her by having a support system along the way to help guide her through a few “bumps” in the road on her path to her goal weight.

These are just two examples of clients i’ve worked with. The take-home message is that there are Pros and Cons to both approaches. Like a diet, and many other things in life, you need to find what works for you and do that.

Till next time,

-Mike