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BETTER TOGETHER Need a little extra direction and a lot of extra motivation in your workout? Consider working with a personal trainer.
Keon Addison views his personal training business as relationship-building. He provides the tools for his clients to succeed and holds them accountable for following through. The owner of Unleashed Potential Fitness in Montgomery, Addison has been a personal trainer for 12 years. His business grew from a passion that developed in his early 30s, when he wanted to not only help others, but himself as well. “I was strength training, but I never took it seriously, because I ate whatever I wanted to,” he said. “I really got into it because I wanted to change something within myself.” And today, the certified trainer uses that drive to help motivate others. According to Addison, the benefits of hiring and using a personal trainer are endless – and one of the main ones is accountability.
Accountability matters. It is what Addison hears most. Clients know the exercises, he said, but they sometimes would never do them themselves. A personal trainer carries the responsibility of helping a client reach his or her fitness goals, and on the other side of the spectrum, the client also has the responsibility of following the instruction and advice that the trainer deems pertinent to achieving those goals. According to the National Federation of Professional Trainers, it’s a two-way road with both the trainer and the client holding each other accountable.
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