Personal training at home

[Em95]

Morning lovely ladies,

I wanted to get an opinion from you all.
After having a little one or being pregnant, getting into fitness is sometimes difficult. Trust me I know lool.

But I thought if mothers post partum or with young infants were to have a PT come to their homes and deliver training this could be much easier and time efficient.

What do you all think, I'll love to know :D

The logistics of transporting equipment (even strength training which focuses on kettles and dumbbells rather than fixed bars and presses needs those weights to be moved about), plus ensuring that all clients had adequate suitable space to work out, would be difficult. And in reality, a proper workout requires you to be focussed and present, not needing to dash in and out between sets to attend to a crying baby.

In theory it’s not a terrible idea, it’s jusy a service with far more logistics involved than say, mobile hairdressing. Plus if you can afford to have a PT visit your home on a regular basis, you can certainly more than afford a bells and whistles gym with a childcare service.

I'm not sure why your focus is on post partum women. Why is it not on both genders who have the time inclination and space and wish to do the sort of exercises you will be able to take them through at home.

I used a company called At Home Fitness whilst on maternity leave and my trainer brought kettlebells, exercise balls, step bench, weights, etc in his car. We trained in my living room and outside. It was fabulous! All sorts of people use them for different fitness goals. I would use them again but moved & they don't cover my area. It was way more motivating than going to a gym, my trainer was wonderful and I just arranged for a time each week when I knew I had childcare.

I think the logistics of having to transport equipment would be complicated and such a service would have to be pretty expensive to cover costs.

I also think working out at home with a baby would be more annoying than just going to a gym with a crèche.

I know someone who provides this service, they just use equipment which can be transported and is simple and easy.

I’m not sure what makes this different from normal PTing though?

I’m not sure what makes this different from normal PTing though

This ^^.

I’m not sure why people are saying transporting equipment or arranging space is prohibitively difficult, Personal Trainers do this all over the country every day.

And I’m not sure why anyone is assuming that you’d need to dash out to take care of a baby mid session? Just arrange the session for a time your DP was going to be home.

There’s nothing unusual about this idea.

I agree, this is a very common service really I just don't get why it's aimed at Post partum mothers, why limit your client base like this.

Anway op, why don't you look up some personal trainers in your area, work out their costs, their service etc and take it from there.

I’m genuinely surprised this is a common service - I’m just thinking about my PT studio and imagining having to lug all the equipment about in a van and load and unload it. I am clearly just a weakling who balks at the idea

Loads around here (surrey!)

You would need to make sure you had the appropriate qualifications for post-partum mothers though.

But Comptesse you don’t lug all your equipment. Why would you?

My PT met with me, assessed my goals and worked out a training plan.

He came to my home (in an ordinary car) twice a week bringing just what was required for that plan, usually a mat, a step, a small selection of free weights and kettlebells and exercise bands.

As my fitness improved he changed the programme and the weights/height of the step/bands etc.

One to one PT is planned out very carefully.

It's a good idea OP

Not sure why so many people are baffled.
Lots of professions specialise in something as you tend to get more knowledgeable and experienced in an area if you specialise in it

Post partum bodies have particular needs. There's lots of post partum specialised exercise..... You could learn particular Pilates which targets pelvic floor as well as core. You can learn to assess for diastasis recti (??is that the term. When the abdo muscles sometimes separate at the end of pregnancy). You have to be careful during core work if someone has this as it and take a while to return to normal. I think there's special considerations around core work, and sometimes shoulders.

Pregnancy, breast feeding and post-pregnant bodies have different hormones. There's a pregnancy hormone that makes ligaments stretchier and more flexible (to help your body expand and accommodate the pregnancy) and these stay in your system a while. As a PT, you have to be aware of this as the wrong exercises/over straining can lead to damage.

This is just a few things I remember from when I was post partum, I'm sure there's more.

Anyway, so I think there's good reason to specialise in post-partum bodies!.

Also, I use a PT on and off and we either meet in the park or at my home. She always brings her own equipment, and travels round between clients, it's completely normal.

Not sure why so many people are baffled

Becayse the expectation is qualified personal trainers know how to deal with post partum women, many of them may even be mothers themselvws, and by focusin only on post partum women she significantly limits her potential client base and it's a very competitive industry and a common service.