Adventure Fitness Athletic Club in Thornton, CO, has several NASM/NCSA Certified Personal Trainers on staff, including our gym owner Susan Schaffner. Our highly experienced personal trainers are certified in multiple areas and are constantly expanding their knowledge. This sets them apart from many trainers at other gyms who only do what’s required to renew their certifications.
While joining our gym and attending our classes will provide you with a variety of fun and effective workouts, you might also want a fitness program that caters just to you. For example, you might wish to increase your cardio and strength, tone your muscles, or lose weight. You might want to maintain your flexibility and independence as you age. Or you might dream of becoming a bodybuilding champion! Even if you’re just beginning your fitness journey or are an expert-level exerciser, the best way to achieve your fitness goals is to work with a personal trainer who has the experience and knowledge to instruct and inspire you along the way.
Top reasons to work with a personal trainer at AFAC
Adventure Fitness Athletic Club (AFAC) is proud to provide our members with an exceptional team of personal trainers who are available by appointment. With their diverse background and wealth of experience, our personal trainers can assist you with a wide range of health and wellness needs, such as:
Helping you see results
Have you been exercising for months — even years — but not quite seeing the results you’ve been hoping for? A personal trainer can evaluate your current program, talk to you about your goals, teach you new exercises, and push you a little harder to get you where you want to be.
Showing you where to start
People who are new to exercise might enter our gym feeling overwhelmed by our abundance of equipment and classes. Our personal trainers understand how complex exercise is. They can show you the ropes around our gym and help you come up with an exercise schedule that maximizes your time and efforts.
Eliminating your boredom
If you’ve been doing the same exercises for a long time, it’s easy to become bored. A personal trainer can open your eyes to a whole new world of fitness possibilities like rock climbing, TRX, Nordic Walking, Power Plate, yoga, boot camp, and Cryotherapy, renewing your motivation and making you feel excited to go to the gym!
Teaching you to workout yourself
Even if you’d prefer to workout by yourself, a few sessions with a personal trainer can help you learn about the equipment at the gym and how to use it properly.
And more
Personal trainers can also help you:
- Stay motivated
- Use exercise to treat chronic health conditions like arthritis, diabetes, and back or neck pain (with clearance and guidance from a physician)
- Train for a particular sport or event
- Learn how to work out at home
What it means to be a certified personal trainer
The first qualification of a personal trainer is to be certified by a credible organization. The personal trainers at Adventure Fitness Athletic Club are certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is a nonprofit association that was founded in 1978. NSCA-certified personal trainers use an individualized approach to educate, assess, motivate, and train their clients to reach their fitness goals. These trainers know how to design safe and effective workout programs and refer their clients to other healthcare professionals when appropriate. The NSCA is accredited by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE), the organization that created the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).
Now in its 30th year, the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) is known worldwide for the excellence of the personal trainers who are certified through their rigorous program. With over 500,000 enrollments and counting, the NASM takes a scientific, evidence-based approach to their certification process. The NASM is also part of the elite group that’s accredited by the NCCA.
What does a personal trainer do?
Personal trainers have the right combination of abilities, knowledge, and skills to design safe and effective fitness programs, with the objective of helping each client achieve their fitness goals.
Not that long ago, personal trainers were seen as an exclusive group who only served elite clients like professional athletes and celebrities. Nowadays, personal trainers are available to anyone who wants to hire them, allowing millions of people to transform their bodies and lives.
How does a personal trainer help a client reach their full potential?
- Understanding — They strive to understand and overcome a client’s mental and physical barriers.
- Motivation — They are able to motivate clients in an encouraging and uplifting way toward achieving health and wellness.
- Assessment — They understand how to screen and assess each client, initially and throughout their partnership.
- Knowledge — They have a working knowledge of the human anatomy and the fundamentals of exercise science and nutrition.
- Organization — They are focused on helping their clients reach their health and fitness goals by organizing an appropriate combination of resistance, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercise programs.
- Coaching — They are able to design and lead exercise fitness programs that are tailored to the needs and goals of each client.
- Guidance — Personal trainers guide and reassure you that you are using the correct techniques while you perform exercises, so that you don’t risk injury.
- Integrity — They are dedicated to maintaining client confidentiality, personal integrity, certifications, credentials, and all the best practices of their profession.
- Dedication — In addition to helping their clients reach their full potential, personal trainers are also dedicated to their own self-awareness, self-improvement, continuing education, and personal growth and fitness.
What do personal trainers NOT provide?
Clearly, personal trainers fulfill numerous important roles for their clients. They’re a confidant, motivator, educator, and coach, among many other things. However, a personal trainer should not be confused with other healthcare professionals who are necessary for clients to be as healthy and fit as possible.
Here are some responsibilities that you should not expect from your personal trainer:
- Medical advice
- Physical therapy
- Meal plans or dietary recommendations
- Body massages
- Psychological counseling
Learn More About the Personal Trainers at Our Gym
If you’re interested in working with a personal trainer in the Thornton, CO, area, please contact us or stop by Adventure Fitness Athletic Club. Feel free to call Susan at 720-849-0245 or email her at susan@adventurefitness.club.
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