So you have finally decided improve your health and get into shape and have made the decision of looking for a good fitness professional personal trainer to help you to achieve your goals. However, since there are so many gym instructors out there, how can you choose a good and reliable one that can plan a healthy program for you that suits your requirements?

Without any doubt, working out with a good professional personal trainer is the fastest, safest, and most effective way to get into the body shape you want. This is evidenced by people who hit the gym regularly on their own, but remain in the same shape year in year out. I believed that you have seen many of them right?

So here are some fine attributes and qualities of a good gym instructor. First and foremost, he/she must have the genuine desire to help you to achieve your objectives. All good fitness personal trainers are sincere and enthusiastic about helping their clients because a happy client means more referrals and his/her reputation is increased when clients get the results they want.

Yes, there will be some days when your motivation may be low to have a great workout perhaps due to work pressure, stress, lack of sleep or for some other reasons. A good personal trainer will be able to provide the energy and motivation to get you through your “bad hair” days as part of their professionalism is being a great motivator. To be a good motivator, a good personal trainer is thus also a great communicator.

When you meet him/her for the first time, a good professional gym instructor will go over with you about your goals, your medical history, present physical condition, your schedule, your previous and current exercise habits if any, and anything else that might affect your training sessions. He/she will also keep a log book on your every workout so that progressive improvements can be recorded and be further improved upon.

A great personal trainer is also a wonderful teacher as well. He/she will plan every lesson for you and teach you what to do and what not to do. He/she should also impart to you the science of each exercise that you do and how it affects your body. On nutrition and diet, he/she must also be able to clearly explain the science behind them and not simply prescribe a certain diet for you to follow blindly.

He/she must must also adapt their teaching style to fit each client’s learning capability. If you do not understand a concept or are have difficulties with a new exercise, he/she will approach the situation in a way that makes sense to you. You see, every client is unique in their understanding faculty and working out ability.

This may surprise you, but great personal trainers do very little paid advertising. They also do not approach potential clients like desperate salesmen. The reason is simple. Since they are constantly getting great results for their clients, the word of mouth spread from their clients are the best and yet free advertisements.

Why is this so? This is because they get referrals after referrals from their existing and previous clients. So when you are looking for a good personal trainer, don’t just look at their certifications but the above qualities as well.

Author Bio: Chris Chew is a master trainer who counts actors, models and other celebrities as his clients. Read his free articles at Gym Instructors And Personal Trainers In Singapore and Singapore Personal Trainers

Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
Keywords: personal trainers, gym instructor, get in shape