When my clients come into the gym where I do some training in the evenings, they are always excited to be there and work with me. That is true of most of our trainers - their clients don’t generally regret purchasing personal training. It helps them to know what to do. It motivates them, and it holds them accountable.

Not everyone however has the budget for personal training. Here are two options, one inexpensive, one affordable, that might help:

1. For $15, You can download a PDF eBook called FitTransition. (www.fittransition.com) FitTransition shows a three-phase workout program and gives sound nutritional guidance. It also gives you membership to the gallery, which shows you shots of the exercises, so you know how to do them.
2. For $149, and a $30/month subscription, you can have access to The KeyChain trainer (click link bottom of this page.) The KeyChain trainer is a step above, as the $30 a month gives you access to dozens of trainers, and you may workout as many times as you like. The trainer talks to you and tells you what to do from a neat little MP3-type device, and counts your reps for you, all while you are listening to your iTunes playlist or the music that gets downloaded each day when you create your workout. I use this for my own personal training, and I find that I work out harder, never worry about the routine I’m using, and it keeps me from cheating on reps and sets.

There you have it! Two inexpensive options to help you know what to do and how to do it. Compare personal training at $50-$175/half hour per session, which gets very expensive.