There’s an old quote that’s attributed to Jim Rohn that says ‘“You’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.”
The subtext here is that we take our behaviours from the people around us. We bend our habits to the company we keep, essentially. We can even dig a little deeper on this when it comes to health and fitness, because the evidence is all around us.
Think of fitness and weight loss groups and you’ll see what I mean…
Weight Watchers and slimming world are communities, and they help people to lose weight not because of their dietary advice - you can find that anywhere. In fact, you can find better advice.
No. They work because of the community. It’s a group setting, and there’s an element of public ‘shame’ if you don’t achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself. You’re being publicly weighed every week, so it’s an external motivator that keeps you sticking to the diet.
Whether you agree with the concept or not, the evidence shows it works…
A study by Borek et al published in 2018 looked at ‘Group-Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight-Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials’.
They concluded that… Diet and physical activity interventions delivered in groups are effective in promoting clinically meaningful weight loss at 12 months.
This is interesting because there’s a commonly-held belief that diets don’t work for the long term. However, a 12 month success story is impressive, especially in a world where a lot of people give up on their goals after a couple of weeks (or less) in most cases.
What does this have to do with me?
If you want to lose weight, improve your fitness, get healthier etc, you have to engage in a community where those behaviours are not only present, but they’re expected of you.
If you don’t have access to a community of like-minded people, you have to create it yourself. The quickest and most effective way to create that weight loss or fitness improvement community is to work with a personal trainer. Not only do you share the core elements of what makes group and community projects work (being weighed in front of someone, expected behaviours, an approach to follow), you also have it personalised to your needs and capabilities.
A personal trainer works with you to create a training program that will align with your goals.
If you don’t stick to the expected behaviours, there’s no hiding from the lack of results you’ll get. Your personal trainer will be assessing the results and the outcomes every few weeks, so you’ll be given constant feedback.
There’s also support, and that’s invaluable.
There’s an assumption that personal training is all stick and no carrot, so to speak. That your personal trainer will approach your weight loss by criticising wrong moves etc. That’s absolutely not there case.
Yes, your personal trainer has to hold you to account - that’s their job. But they’re also there to (in part at least) be a cheerleader. To encourage and motivate you to do things you didn’t think you could. To push yourself further and harder than you otherwise would yourself.
That’s the AdMac Fitness approach, and it’s part of the reason we have so many fantastic transformations across our personal training studios in Bow and South Woodford…
Personal Training in Bow and South Woodford
The AdMac Fitness personal trainers are experts in weight loss and fitness improvement. Across our years in business, we’ve worked with every kind of personal training client. From those who are terrified and need all the help we can give, to those who know what to do, they just need a kick up the backside to make it happen!
We can offer a private personal training studio in which to train as well.
Our Bow personal training studio is our longest-running personal training base. Here we offer personal training and group exercise to help you get in the best shape of your life. It’s not open to the public, only personal training clients of AdMac Fitness. It means you’ll never have to wait around for equipment!
If privacy is your thing, our personal training studio is South Woodford is perfect for you. It’s a single-person studio, so it’ll only be you and your personal trainer in there. You can create the personal training environment you want - control over your music, be as loud as you want to etc! It’s PURE privacy!
If you want help with your health, AdMac Fitness is the place to go!
We help people using tried and tested fitness approaches. Our expert team of personal trainers, based in both Bow and South Woodford can help you get a grip of your health and fitness. With our guidance you can see your health and fitness reach new levels!
For more information on who we are, what we do and how we can help you achieve your health and fitness goals, contact us on… 07921465108 or email us at admacfitness@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our locations are…
AdMac Fitness Bow: Arch 457 Robeson St, London E3 4JA
AdMac Fitness South Woodford: Unit 4 Marlborough Business Centre, 96 George Lane, South Woodford, London, E18 1AD.