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How to Find the Best Personal Trainer
By: Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
Published: September 16, 2015
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Your medical weight loss doctor can guide you through a lot of the ups and downs of a weight loss program. As you focus on losing weight in Scottsdale, meeting regularly with your weight loss doctor can mean regular weigh ins for accountability, ongoing dietary and nutritional guidance, and medical support in any other way that is necessary for you to lose weight.
While your weight loss doctor will be a huge asset as you work towards reaching your goal, they won’t be at the gym with you. Simply getting up and moderately walking around your neighborhood for 30 minutes a few times a week isn’t going to get you in the shape you are looking for. If you want big results, you need to work hard. And learning how to work hard at the gym requires expertise. This is why personal trainers are so valuable. The right personal trainer can teach you how to work out to achieve the results you are looking for and will give you the accountability and motivation you need to make the biggest impact at the gym.
What makes a trainer great?
When thinking about hiring a personal trainer, there are a combination of factors that are worth considering. First, talk with your gym about any personal trainers that they have in house. Sometimes, gym memberships come with access to personal trainers that can help teach you how to work out by appointment. This is an affordable way to try out a personal trainer, and to determine what characteristics of a trainer you appreciate the most.
When you are considering hiring your own personal trainer, you should consider the following criteria:
- Training: Personal trainers need to know more than how to work out, they need to know how to teach. Make sure that your trainer is accredited by an organization that is recognized by the NCCA, or the national commission for certifying agencies.
- Communication: Talk with your trainer before your first workout and hear their ideas on what you should try. If you don’t like the sound of something, tell them upfront. An ideal trainer will take the time to explain their reasoning for certain workouts and will listen to your concerns.
- Fitness level: Even professional athletes use personal trainers, so before you commit to working with a particular trainer, make sure you discuss your current fitness level and ensure that the trainer understands what you are able to do, and what your fitness goals are.
If you are concerned about working with a personal trainer, ask around. Talk to your friends and coworkers about their workout experiences and see if you can find a trainer who comes highly recommended. Remember, you aren’t looking for someone who is going to make your workout unpleasant—you are looking for someone who will work with you and guide you towards reaching your ultimate fitness goals.
Nick
Nick's Story
"I wish I would have come here first. We spend all our time reacting to the next great weight loss tip or program. It might work for a while, but does not last and we end up yo-yoing from one fad to the next – as we gain more weight." Read More
Gina
Lost 44.5 lbs
"I had no trouble adhering to the meals and they really helped catapult my progress! The classes were so beneficial to me because they helped change my thinking about how I viewed health, nutrition, and fitness.
I will always have my relationship with Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. They truly helped me change my life forever." Read More
Lauren
Lost 60 lbs
"Dr. Ziltzer and everyone who I have come in contact with at the Scottsdale Weight Loss office have been so encouraging and I look forward to seeing them each week. It is now a year and 2 months later since I started. I am down 60 lbs., which is the average amount a 9-year-old weighs, it is crazy to think I lost a whole person! I feel amazing, I hit my goal weight in November 2021 just before Thanksgiving. Nothing on my body hurts anymore..." Read More
Chuck
Lost 66 lbs
"The best thing I did was call the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. I have a lot more energy, I'm not hungry, and it feels great.
You can take it from me that this is a program that produces results. The staff is always positive, supportive, and never judgmental.
Your visits always result in positive reinforcement, no matter if you had a good week or a bad week." Read More
Emily
Lost 101 lbs
"Here I am at the lowest I have been since high school weighing in at 155lbs. I have lost 101 lbs, BMI of 39 when I started, to 21.6, and of course at body fat % of 47.1 to 26.5%. I told myself by my 30th birthday I wanted to be confident in the way I look and I owe it all to SWLC. The entire staff is so welcoming and they are rooting for you just as much as you are rooting for yourself...." Read More
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Meet Our Team
Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Earley, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
