Durham Personal Trainer Tip: How to Change Your Body

Many of our clients at The Method come to us with a clear goal in mind; They want to tone up, shed extra body weight, and gain strength. Our personal trainers in Durham help our clients meet these goals by our unique training techniques and through providing them with effective health and dieting tips. Here are some of our top tips that we tell our clients who want to change their bodies:

1. Send Your Body a Clear Message
Our bodies are designed for homeostasis. That means if you want to see changes in your body, you must introduce your brain and body to new and definitive patterns. To see change, you must take clear and consistent actions in order to create change and a new habit.

2. Stay Consistent
Ever gone on a trip and missed your workouts? Do you notice that when you do, it takes some time to get back to the same level of training before your trip? Our bodies need a consistent workout schedule to see results. It’s important you make a training schedule that is fairly consistent in terms of time spent and intensity. We always recommend you give your body and muscles time to recover, but taking long periods of time off will seriously stall your results.

3. “When Will I Start Seeing Results?”
Our Durham personal trainers get this question a lot. Typically it takes a full 10 days to see any sort of results from a new workout program or diet regimen. Stick to it and be consistent and see how you feel after 10 days, or better yet, 2 weeks.

4. Diet is Key
For most people, change is 80% diet and 20% exercise. In order to lose weight, you must limit certain foods. In order to gain muscle, you must eat certain foods. Exercise is absolutely essential in getting the body you want but it needs to be supported with the right diet in order to see results. It all comes down to the amount of protein, fat and carbs.

5. It’s Not Always Going to Be Fun
Getting in shape is hard work. Dieting is straight up hard. It’s important to start any new program with realistic expectations and to not jump in too quickly. Easing into any program makes it easier to stick to it long-term. Be patient with yourself and know, sometimes, it will not be fun.

Ready to change your body? Meet with our personal trainers in Durham and start seeing REAL results!