What is online training?

I’m sure you’ve heard of personal training, or a personal trainer before, right?

What does a personal trainer do for you? Or what does a fitness class do for you? Or a bootcamp class do for you?

Most people who take fitness classes or enroll in personal training either want to lose weight, tone up certain problem areas, get their nutrition right, get in better shape, get stronger, and get healthier. There can be quite a few more reasons, but those are the main ones and there can be quite an array of reasons why a person wants those things mentioned above.

The trainer should be able to accomplish getting their client in shape, as long as the trainer is good, knows his/her stuff and the client shows up for the workouts and gives it his/her best, and follows the nutrition program that is laid out.

Millions do it every year.

But what if a person cannot afford personal training? Most personal training sessions cost between $50-75 a session depending on where you live. What then?

I suppose you can join a gym. Gym memberships are severely cutting rates due to all the new low cost membership gyms popping up all over. But what do you do when you get to the gym. Most everyday Joe’s and Jane’s have no clue what do in a gym. They see all the shiny equipment, rows of dumbbells, barbells, and other fancy equipment– so they have no clue what to do. Plus they see all the gym regulars with their perfect bodies and it can be very intimidating.

What is online training or an online boot camp?

Well, online training is just what it sounds like. You get trained online. Typical formats includes video, sound and how to tutorials.

Most people will workout at home in the privacy and comfort of their own home. Some will do it in their office. Some might take their iPhone or iPad to the beach or to a park and workout.

But let’s focus on the people that workout at home. Because that’s simply what most people do and will do.

What are the benefits of doing it online?

Save time. Since you’re going to be at home, you’re going to save time.

Tutorials. Don’t know how to do an exercise? They got you covered. Most workouts include a full tutorial, taking you through each and every exercise as if it were the first time you were ever seeing that exercise. Can’t do some exercises because of injury or just being out of shape, no problem again. There are usually alternatives to accommodate this.

Variety. No more repeats! Ever go into a gym and do the same workout again and again. Might as well just run on a treadmill. That gets boring for a lot of people.

Needless to say the reasons weigh overwhelmingly in your favor. Favor for what? To save time, money, and to get the body of your dreams sooner rather then later. So are you in for online training?