Personal Training

My own personal understanding of personal training is a fitness professional who develops and implements an individualized approach to physical fitness, generally working one-on-one with a client. A trainer may also help an individual assess their level of physical fitness and help them work toward a personal fitness goal through proper exercise instruction and personal motivation. The scope of practice for personal trainers is to enhance the components of fitness for the general, healthy population. The five classic components of fitness are muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility, although there are other subsets like power and speed. The definition of healthy in this context means
Behavioral change theories and models are attempts to explain the reasons behind alterations in individuals' behavioral patterns. These theories cite environmental, personal, and behavioral characteristics as the major factors in behavioral determination. In recent years, there has been increased interest in the application of these theories in the areas of health, education, and criminology with the hope that understanding behavioral change will improve the services offered in these areas. I studied the behavior change model in first year recreation and leisure and came across it again in second year and I mostly studied the stages of change model and we came very familiar with this model. They are used to design and implement nutrition interventions. Theories and theoretical models consist of principles, constructs and variables, which offer systematic explanations of the human behaviour change process. Behaviour change theories and models provide a research-based rationale for designing and tailoring nutrition interventions to achieve the desired effect. I am going to briefly explain three of the models and theories. Firstly, the health belief model stipulates that a person's health-related behaviour depend on the person's perception of four critical areas: the severity of a potential illness, the person's susceptibility to that illness, the benefits of taking a preventive action, and the barriers to taking that action. The model also incorporates cues to action (e.g., leaving a written reminder to oneself to walk) as important elements in eliciting or maintaining patterns of behaviour. The construct of self-efficacy, or a person's confidence in his or her ability to successfully perform an action (discussed in more