9 Benefits of Small Group Personal Training
Small group training provides a “sweet spot” of an engaging fitness experience with others, while keeping the coach to participant ratio small enough to maintain a focus on quality and reduce the per session cost for the participant.
Personal training, and group personal training, offers a quality fitness experience that delivers results while also helping people move more effectively, effortlessly and efficiently in their bodies.
Read about the advantages of small group personal training:
1. Training with others has numerous advantages
Training with others is enjoyable, motivating and a great way to meet new people, additionally, research shows that it can also help us with our weight management goals.
Studies such as this one published in the Journal of Social Sciences found that participants gravitate towards the exercise behaviors of those around them.
A 2016 study published in the journal Obesity found that overweight people tend to lose more weight if they spend time with their fit friends — the more time they spend together, the more weight they lose.
2. Boosts motivation and provides accountability
Many of us can relate to having good intentions to fit in exercise, but sometimes it can be difficult to find the motivation to go and workout, especially in winter when it’s cold and dark outside, and probably raining! It can be hard to get yourself out of bed early or head to the gym after a long day at work.
One of the plus points of group training is that it provides you with the motivation and accountability you need. It’s much harder to skip a workout when you have others expecting you to show up, and you’re already pre-booked for a set time.
3. It’s fun!
Possibly the most understated benefit of personal training and small group personal training is you may actually find yourself looking forward to working out.
Part of our philosophy is to provide quality results focused training that is also fun, down-to-earth and engaging.
Yes, our banter and jokes leave much to be desired but you may find yourself so distracted by our attempts at humor you power through that set of squats with renewed vigor.
4. You’ll get stronger
Over time, attending a quality small group personal training - like ours for example ;-) will help you improve a number of important areas of fitness, such as strength.
A key benefit of small group training, unlike cardio focused classes, is that you will make measurable strength progress over time, which can positively impact your health in a number of ways such as posture, reducing joint issues and aging well.
5. Offers structure and variety to training
Structure and variety - you might think that they kind of contradict each other. However, small group training provides structure and simplicity to your training, while also allowing you to try a number of different forms of exercise while benefiting from the guidance of an expert.
6. Reduces stress
Researchers found working out in a group lowers stress by 26 percent and significantly improves quality of life, while those who exercise individually put in more effort but experienced no significant changes in their stress level and a limited improvement to quality of life, according to this study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
7. Reduced injury risk
When training alone in the gym, it can be difficult to know if you’re performing exercises with proper technique and form.
During personal training and group personal training sessions you have the skills and knowledge of a trained fitness professional at your disposal providing valuable instruction which can improve your technique, reducing the risk of injury, which is especially beneficial for weight lifting exercises.
8. Highly effective form of training
The results of this study, comparing group training with solo gym sessions, suggest that working out in a group provides greater mental, physical and emotional benefits that include the reduction of overall stress compared to training solo.
We think that the combination of expert instruction and the social camaraderie a small group provides explain why this would be the case.
9. Small group size = more focus on you
Lastly, the smaller group size compared to regular fitness classes or bootcamps allows you to take advantage of more individualized training.
This means you’ll get more coaching time with a qualified fitness professional, and training, nutrition and lifestyle advice will be specific to you.
So there we have it, 9 awesome benefits to small group personal training - if you’d like to learn more, or to sign up for one of our small group personal training sessions, click the link below!