Fitness 1 by Coach KK

Personal fitness consulting and training has gained some popularity in recent years with more fitness enthusiasts looking out for hiring a trainer for helping and guiding them to achieve their respective fitness goals. Now weather personal fitness training is a lucrative career option is a whole other topic and deserves its own post, for this article my focus would be only towards aspects that you may or may not be aware of and that may prove to be beneficial while making the choice before hiring a trainer both online and in person. Academic Background : No matter how good looking, well built and fit a trainer is, an academic background can the most ignored aspect which one may consider before choosing a fitness professional. Having a graduation and/or post graduation degree is exercise science, nutrition, strength and conditioning, etc. makes the professional more aware about human anatomy, muscle structure, neuro-muscular functioning, human digestion, supplementation, injury pre...

Most individuals especially men desire a well built and muscular physique, with those perfectly rounded shoulders, tight core and arms which would stick to the circumference of their t-shirt. There are also some who don't really care for looks as such and focus primarily on either lifting or moving as much load as they possibly can. The first example above would relate to Hypertrophy and the second one to strength. Both have different training methods, different recovery strategies and different progression schemes. However, gaining either strength or increasing muscular hypertrophy are not mutually exclusive and both can be achieved by the same individual at varying rates. Training for hypertrophy may overtime also lead to an increased strength and similarly training for strength may overtime lead to increase in muscle mass, provided that diet, recovery and adherence are optimal. Strength can be defined as the force produced by the musculoskeletal system in response to an exter...