Have you asked this question?

Here’s another question that I get pretty often, so I figured it would be easier to explain in a blog post.

Did you ever think this, or ask yourself this before coming to the TR?

When people are considering coming into the TR but are curious about exactly what it will entail from an exercise standpoint, they often ask:

“What will I be doing?”  As in, exactly what exercises will be involved?

Imagine me with a blank stare.  I have no idea why you would ask that.  I mean…how can I possibly answer that?

This is what goes through my mind:

That’s like if you took your car in for service, and you said to the auto tech, “What are you going to do to my car?”

He would look at you with a blank stare, then pause to see if more information was coming, and then he would say (hopefully politely):  “Uh…it depends on what’s wrong with your car…?” with a quizzical look.  That’s if he were polite.  It’s more likely he would look at you like you were a dumbass.

But when I get asked that question, I’m pretty much in the same situation as that hypothetical auto tech:

I have no idea what you’ll be doing in the TR.  Not until I have an idea of what your goals are, what your exercise and injury history is, and what your movement strengths and limitations are.

Any trainer who would tell you what you will be doing without establishing those parameters first is a not very bright trainer.

At the Training Rim, EVERYONE goes through a Q&A about exercise, physical history and injury history, and a Functional Movement Screen.  Then – and only then – can I tell you what you’ll be doing.  And even after that we'll only go through the two week trial of personal training, then re-evaluate the program after those two weeks.

Otherwise, it’ll be the same as if you ask an auto tech to change your oil – when you have a flat tire. The answer won't match the problem.

We put the "personal" in personal training.  We administer the solution to YOUR problem.