frequently asked questions

A: Each session is 45 minutes but we encourage our personal training clients to come in a few minutes before their session to warm up on our cardio equipment. After your session we suggest cooling down a minimum of 5 minutes or for maximum fat burning you can add in 15-20 min of cardio after your session. So, plan on spending anywhere 45-80 minutes at each personal training session.

A: We assess our clients every 6-8 weeks. This is enough time to show statistically significant results for most people. Our clients who have followed our complete weekly plan and journaled their healthy nutrition plans have consistently seen results, including remarkable improvements in strength and endurance during this period. Like most things in life, the more YOU put into it, the more YOU will get out of it.

A: This depends primarily on your fitness goals. Typically our personal training clients prefer to come in 3 days a week for better results. Training less often tends to slow down progress. Of course, clients that wish to achieve rapid results can come in more often to really accelerate their fat loss and/or muscle growth.

  The aging process has a lot to do with inactivity and lifestyle.  I have seen clients start out with us in their late 60's and get in better shape physically and mentally than they were in their 40's.  Being too old is a mental state that eventually leads us to the physical state.  We strive to help coach people back to that competitive nature that keeps us all moving forward in life. 

FT has been in the personal training business for over 20 years perfecting coaching methods.  We try to entertain the philosophy that all clients learn from different techniques.  Some may be hands on, while others love verbal ques.  We take the learning curve of nutrition, exercise, and cardio and cut it down to the basics. We truly believe that no one can achieve their goals without looking at these areas and reevaluating how they affect progress. 

The main reasons to use a trainer idealy come from the individual.  Some may have injured themselves in the past with certain exercises and may have a fear there now.  While others it just comes down to motivation and variety.  I believe that a productive trainer in the right environment can simplify the process of moving past certain physical plateaus.

I truly believe that it takes a special individual to be able to work one on one with any type of clientele.  There needs to be a certain knowledge base within the trainer to start.  At FT Mansfield, we are all at a minimum of bachelors in our field of expertise.  Some have their masters as well.  This does not always make a successful trainer though.  Second is the ability to pick up subtle ques that someone may be mechanically out of line.  Whether shoulder range of motion is an issue down to ankles rolling in when we walk, we take the time to address and explain these areas and why they may have lead to other discomfort in the body.  Third is the fact that we can take the time to customize an eating routine based on your previous eating habits.  I have seen and experienced myself in a big box gym the nutrition analysis.  Starts like this " I have typed in your goal weight and here is a list of what to eat and not."  What about teaching people how to eat in real life?  We were not made to eat the same things 100% of the time and when you simply coach someone that their success lives or dies by following a printed out "diet", failure becomes imminent.