What is Online training, and why are people using it? With COVID-19 creating a new within the country and globally, everyone has had to rethink their everyday process. Some of this has been a good experience for some and burdensome for others. Globally we have learned to persevere through the trials and have found new ways to do our everyday processes safer and, in some ways, more effective. With athletic and fitness training, many from gyms closing because of state and national lockdowns to once entering the gym, with social distance prevents ways of training with groups and friends.

Online training has been around for a little over ten years. Since the pandemic, there are many different areas and ways where online training has been used to help educate, coach and keep you fit. With technology, there are many different ways coaches have introduced online training from YouTube videos, emails, specifically designed software, Zoom meetings, and the list grows from there. A question may arise, but how can this benefit you, and how does it really work? With Technology now, there is no limit to be able to reach your overall abilities.

#1 Lack of qualified coaches

Each person is different and their needs are different depending on, their activity levels, previous medical and exercise history, genetics, and future goals, there is no plugin play program without addressing these issues. A quality online coach does not limit you to the gym you have to go to while still having and going over your needs to ensure the right program is in place for you. A quality online coach gives you the flexibility of your schedule and a proven program that addresses what your individual needs to obtain your desired goal without second-guessing yourself.

#2 Driven Results with Zero Headaches

Have you been in the gym and you can hear a trainer yelling at a client because that is supposed to motivate the person? What were your thoughts when you heard it? Most people are motivated when they go to the gym that is why they go. They want to feel they are taking care of their body and they want to feel good about themselves emotionally, and physically. An online trainer will help with accountability, ensure the proper program is in place for the needs of the athlete without anybody losing their voice or becoming deaf from the screaming.

#3 Ease of Use

How easy is it to ask a few questions to your trainer about the program or any other question? It may be a great experience and it may be at the other spectrum difficult or somewhere in the middle. Whatever the case is, it should always be a pleasant experience.  A quality coach will have the availability and the experience to help you feel comfortable with any question from program design, nutrition, to helping accountability when the training is getting harder. The feeling of asking questions should be comfortable no matter if it is face to face, Video conference, text, phone call, or even email. You should feel good to ask any question to your trainer.

These are three areas an online trainer can help you benefit and even exceed your overall expectations. With technology, you are never far away from finding the right trainer that is able to implement a program that is 100% based on your needs and no one else's, so that you can get the most of your hard work and goals moving forward.