Are you overweight but need a little extra help losing it? Have you thought about getting a trainer but don’t know how to go about it? In the past few years I have gone through a couple trainers that just didn’t fit. I didn’t reach my goals and left broke because lets face it getting a personal trainer is not cheap. But I felt like I needed a personal trainer because I needed to be held accountable and that extra push that they offer. Here are some tips you can use that helped me finally find my perfect trainer.



Make sure that when you pick a trainer you check out his background. Do they have a degree?   Or are they barley out of high school and don’t know what their doing. Are they there because it was their job and not because they wanted to help? I didn’t spend $1500 to have someone train me that didn’t even want to be there. They never checked up on me and didn’t do what they promised me.  I felt like their focus was somewhere else. I was eating less then 1100 calories a day working out 2 times a day everyday and I finally got to the point where my body shut down. I ended up losing 20 lbs in 30 days but most of it was muscle not body fat! When my sessions ended I was discouraged because I felt worse then when I started. My goals were not accomplished and I felt cheated.

I decided to give personal training another shot and I finally got a trainer that was my perfect fit. He was in his thirties, had a family and loved his job. This is where he wanted to be. It may not be important to some people but it was to me because I knew if he loved his job he would want to help me. He wanted to be here. He knew what my goals were and he wanted to help me accomplish my goals. He held me accountable week to week with my nutrition. He made sure that I was eating healthy but at least 1500 calories a day which was much healthier then eating 1100 calories a day that my other trainers had me doing just to help me get result not really caring that it was not healthy.

The end result; I am healthy, fit, and will remember what he taught me for life the rest of my life. He helped me create goals that I could easily accomplish. Today I am more happy and healthy then I have ever been and I have my trainer Sean to thank.