All of my personal training clients have different fitness goals but one of my favorite things is when a client comes in with a smile and tells me about how their bodies are changing.

I start EVERY session with questions about how was their day, how was their weekend, how does their body feel, any soreness/tightness/discomfort. Over time my newer personal training clients get a little confused when I repeatedly say “good” if they tell me they weren’t sore or very little soreness. They always follow up with questions like, “do we need to workout harder”, or “am I doing something wrong”, or “I thought I needed to feel sore”. I have to remind them that if we progress them properly we can avoid that miserable sore feeling, we can continue to make them feel stronger, and then we can begin to make body composition changes without training you at such a high level we make you feel miserable or burnt out just after a few months.

Simply by properly planning out how we are going to progressively overload a client personal trainers can help their clients be more consistent by making it easier on them and their bodies. This is why your personal trainer should know your hobbies, lifestyle, occupation, past experiences, medical history, and injury history as well.