Atlanta Health and Lifestyle

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Monday, January 16, 2006

Personal Trainer, what to look for when choosing a fitness trainer

Things to think about when looking for a personal Trainer, fitness coach. There are several things that you should do when shopping for a personal trainer. First ask if they are certified by a Nationally recognized body, I'm certified by AMFPT(American Fitness Personal Trainer) and when you meet, don't be afraid to ask to check credentials, really the instructor should show without having to be asked. Other Nationally recognized certification bodies are ACE, ISSA, NCSF, NCCA, NAFC.You will want to have a meeting, this can either be done over the phone or in person. Trust your gut reaction to the conversation. The potential trainer should ask for your goals and be able to readily give a strategy for working on your goals. Also a good idea is ask if this is there full time job or just a side line. How long have they been practicing, where do they train, will they come to you. What is the persons background, sports and other recreational activities. For instance in my Case the other part of what I do is Teach Tennis, and am certified by the USPTA.Does the person work with me like you or do they specialize in something special.Hope this Blog will give you something to think about when looking to choose a personal Trainer.
If you have questions please feel free to contact me. Fitness with Jeff is a full service personal trainer and tennis instructor in Atlanta Georgia who can come to you or has tennis courts or gyms for personal training. 404.451.8872, http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com/

No charge tennis courts in Atlanta, Atlanta tennis centers

No charge tennis courts in Atlanta, Atlanta tennis centers There are many city courts in Atlanta that have no charge or court fees. You can even play K-Swiss matches or take a tennis lessons on these courts. Match play and lessons take priority on these courts.
The first court would be the Mackclachy Courts in Ansley Park in Midtown Atlanta off Peidmont Road. 3 courts No Lights.
Frankie Allen Park in Buckhead on Pharr Road, 4 courts and is lighted
Peachtree Hills tennis courts on Peachtree Hills drive off of Peidmont Road just between Buckhead and Midtown, 3 courts and is lighted.
Hammond park courts, Glenridge drive and Hammond drive at the perimeter. 5 courts with lights, also Basketball courts.
Underwood Hills Courts off of Ridgeway Drive off of Northside drive just off 75, 2 courts no lights.
Night Park CourtOff of West Marrietta Street just outside of midtown.Just resurfaced with some lighting.

If you have questions about courts and locations please feel to contact me. Fitness with Jeff is a full service peronal trainer and tennis instructor who can come to you or has tennis courts or gyms for personal training. 404.451.8872, www.fitnesswithjeff.com

Great personal training gyms in Atlanta Georgia

The city of Atlanta has many great choices for working out, of course you have the Chains, Bally's Total Fitness, Crunch Fitness and LA Fitness. These offer multiple locations for convenience both around town and across the country, make sure the plan you pick offer the opportunity to use other clubs. Sometimes you'll have to pay extra, you have to way out if you'll travel enough to make up the cost worthwhile. In my experience if you tell them your a member just at another club sometimes they'll let you work out for free, others charge $5 to $10. Another advantage of a larger chain club is that unusually you'll have the best and most state of the art equipment. Larger clubs will unusually offer more programs because of there size and may even have better hours.Some clubs even have deals with local merchants for things like discounts on meals and travel, check with the club to find out.
Atlanta also has many smaller non chain health clubs such as Urban Body fitness, Jeans Body Tech and the Boot Camp Gym at Ansley mall. These clubs will tend to give more individualized attention and the staffs tend to stay around longer. One other advantage is that you can unusually get to the owner or decision maker more quickly if you have a problem.One other advantage of a non chain fitness center is certain programs, non of the Chains offer tennis, were as clubs like Northease Athletic Club or the Concourse Athletic Club offer not only tennis but also things like tennis instruction, Cardio tennis, tennis round robins etc.
One tip I always recommend no matter what rout you pick is to get a week or two pass to check the club out at various times of the day, just to check and make sure that it will work with your needs. One other tip I would recommend is bill your membership to your credit card and not your debit card for 2 reasons, I find that if you need to cancel or end your membership if they bill you for additional time, I've had better luck dealing with credit card company's in a dispute then with the bank. Also on a credit card alot of times you can if your in a program like American Express can mile on your card.
I will doing tips on a on going basis to help you get the most out of Gym experience.
Jeff Michaud is a full service personal trainer and tennis instructor in Atlanta GA 404.451.8872 www.fitnesswithjeff.com,I can go to your or have facilities available