Following up on Daoust’s Guardian feature:
To use a trainer, work out in a group, or go solo: If you find a trainer or instructor you like and you can afford the sessions, go for it. Check with your city or county parks and recreation services for inexpensive rates before signing up with a private concern. A good instructor working one-on-one with you provides professional goal-setting advice, consistent measurement of results, and invaluable insight into your strengths and weaknesses and keeps your interest and energy up when you have neither.
Working with a group offers companionship and shared interests, as well as a bit of friendly competition and diversion during workouts. Both the group and trainer can act as your conscience when you slack off and start the no-show act.
Working out solo means being dependent on no one. It’s quiet, uninterrupted time for just you. No one is there as your babysitter, but there is a certain level of satisfaction in taking all the responsibility and the credit.
If you do work out with a trainer or a group, make sure your companion(s) will push you to be your best, and know that this isn’t a fashion or beauty contest. They aren’t here to judge how you look.
Pain is a caution/stop signal, not a call to push through it: A little soreness is one thing; genuine pain is something else. When you tear, pull, fracture, or otherwise do serious damage to a body part, you will feel stabbing, grinding, or sharp pain. Stop safely and get help right away if possible. Know the basics of when and how to apply heat or ice to an injury, when elevation and medication help, and the difference between pain that goes away in two or three days and pain that won’t get better on its own. And for what it’s worth, “No Pain, No Gain” is a song from 1987 by Betty Wright, as well as a 2004 movie by the same name. Both performances were forgettable, but the phrase unfortunately entered the lexicon as the battle cry for harder, longer workouts past the point of sanity.
And finally, last up: Play safely and squash boredom.
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