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Job Description
Experienced personal trainer needed to workout one-on-one with the best clients downtown Montreal! Do you want to be a part of a team of the most dynamic personal trainers downtown Montreal?
We’re hiring and currently seeking qualified elite personal trainers who can deliver a fantastic workout experience to our most beloved members, come work with a team of real people that exudes positivity, passion, expertise, and growth.
As an experienced personal trainer at YUL Fitness, you are a positive role model that take charge of the training and lifestyle of different types of clients.
Give the best personal training experience! Be it through individual one-on-one personal training, you are required to make sure the clients progress and achieve their objectives by promoting the products and services provided at YUL Fitness.
Make your own schedule! This position provides much autonomy in managing your clientele and organising your work schedule while allowing you to act as an agent of change in the lives of your clients.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Experience as an experienced personal trainer : 2 years
Bachelor’s degree completed or in progress (minimum of 30 credits) in the physical activity field (physical education, kinesiology, sports therapy, sports intervention, etc.)
Training experience and knowledge
Very fit (regular training – at least 3 times a week)
Why doing intense workouts may be doing more harm than good right now.
By Matt Whykes, BEXSc.
Kinesiologist, YUL Fitness
At any other point in time, doing intense workouts such as HIIT would be recommended by most coaches as a way to improve your fitness to the best of your ability.
But now, it may be important to not exercise to your absolute max; but why?
During this pandemic, we need to step back and look at our main priority; preserving good health.
Now don’t get me wrong, exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health, but there’s a catch when it comes to high intensity training.
In a study by Nıeman and Pedersen (1999), it was shown that high intensity training may actually hinder immune function, as the long, intense workouts they performed decreased interleukin levels for 48-72 hours post-exercise.
This means that they are less capable of fighting off infection in the time after their race, which is not ideal when we consider preserving good health as our top priority. A similar phenomenon may occur during any type of high intensity exercise, hence the need to tone it down.
In contrast, moderate intensity training, according to Neiman and Pedersen (1999), greatly improves immune function. So keeping some kind of moderate intensity movement in your routine is important (now more than ever) to keep your health at its peak and prevent sickness.
So how exactly should I go about exercising now?
You don’t need to eliminate your HIIT workouts entirely; however you should limit it to about one third of your total training volume, and try not to perform them on consecutive days, as there may be risk of overtraining according to the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee (2018).
Here are some guidelines for training during the corona virus pandemic:
Daily exercise, for at least 30 minutes.
Try to get outside to do your exercise, as fresh air is great for your mental and physical health.
Keep it moderate; you should still be able to talk during your exercise.
Make sure you spend some time recovering before you jump into your next workout.
Pay attention to your body – If it’s telling you to back off, do it!
Nıeman, D. C., & Pedersen, B. K. (1999). Exercise and immune function: Recent development. Sports Med, 27, 73-80.
2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. (2018). 2018 physical activity guidelines advisory committee scientific report. In :. US Department of Health and Human Services.
Metzl, J. (2020). Why You Might Want to Chill Out On HIIT Workouts for the Time Being. Retrieved 6 May 2020, from https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/moderate-intensity-exercise-during-coronavirus
You are now super excited to start your workout, fitness, weight loss, pain management, stress management or running program. It is now the last step (always very important) before you totally commit to your new lifestyle, the financial commitment on your part.
How much does a personal trainer (private) cost in Montreal?
This is a very important question to ask, since each of us manages a budget that is unique to us. Our salary differs depending on our level of education, our experience, our job or career, our position or if we are in business.
The financial commitment must be realistic and not be an expense that puts us in unnecessary stress (which puts us in the throat if we can take the expression), this is the last thing we want add when a priori one of our results is to reduce our stress and improve our quality of life.
Take the time to sit down, evaluate your budget, how much money you have in income (after tax), where are your expenses going (what are they?), What can be adjusted what sacrifices can be made and how much you can afford to spend (and invest on your health) on a coach or coaching sessions before you embark on this wonderful adventure.
What is your number now?
“Whatever the amount, what value do you put to your health?”
Whatever the amount, it’s unique to you, and remember what value you put to your health. You will discover that your health is priceless!
Time is precious, and your health is priceless, so the best time to embark on this process of positive change in your life is now, is not it?
According to financial experts, a monthly budget is the easiest way to be in control of income and expenses. So a small financial investment on your health, on a monthly basis, will give you the best results in the short and long term.
Whether 100 dollars, 150 dollars, 300 dollars or 900 dollars, your conclusion is yours and your health will give you multiplied.
Depending on the types of private training centers or gyms, the rates for private coaches vary greatly, and in Montreal, we are the province (and one of the places in the world) where it is still very affordable to invest in a personal or private trainer.
Do you want to learn more from the best experience with personal trainers in Montreal?
In most big center like commercial gyms, you have to calculate the price of the subscription, which normally varies between 50 dollars and 150 dollars per month. Then, the costs of private training packages (and nutritionists in some cases) must be added to the budget.
“The private training fees work in two different ways: Results Oriented Packages or Fixed Time Oriented Programs (5 weeks, 12 weeks or 6 months)”
Private training fees work in two ways.
First, there are Results Oriented Packages that include a number of sessions per week (1 to 4) depending on your workout and health goals.
For example, in a weight loss program, with 2 private sessions with a trainer per week, will therefore be a package of 8 private workouts in a month, which can range from $ 400 to $ 750, payable before every 8 sessions you do. And those can include the unlimited access to the gym like we do at YUL Fitness! So you can workout as much as you want outside your time with your trainer.
With Results Oriented Packages, you can then increase or decrease the number of sessions per week that you want to do, depending of your budget, or if your life changes (and it does!) through your plan. And the prices per session will vary accordingly if you take more (better deal) sessions. Your trainer will be there for life if you want to have long term results.
Beginner private coaches, who have between one or two years of experience with some certifications can charge at the session between 50 and 55 dollars, and the most experienced (10-20 years) with several certifications, accreditations, bachelor, master or Ph.D. can charge up to $90 (or more) per session. And add Federal and Provincial taxes to those session fees.
To give you an example, in Vancouver and Toronto, private training charges up to $ 150 per session.
As a second option, you can book your private trainer for a Fixed Time Oriented Program. This option is usually on a 5 weeks, 12 weeks or 6 months plan, which allows you to keep a stable budget for the time you do your program. But when the program is done, what do you do? It’s up to you.
This agreement, depending on your program and your level of dedication, this monthly plan will be based on the number of private training sessions per month and how many people are at the same time as you to workout. Those programs can vary from 4 sessions to 16 sessions per month, for 30min to an hour, so the budget will range from $200 to $1440 per month.
If you’re in a large commercial gym, add the $ 50 to $ 150 monthly access fee, and if you’re in a small private gym, these fees will not be there.
Now you are finally well informed and ready to jump! Although to start is one of the most difficult thing to do, the results will be only the most satisfying!
Do you want to learn more from the best workouts with a kinesiologist and personal trainer in Montreal?
Start today! Win your free evaluation session by applying now below.
Have a good workout!
In Quebec, the Consumer Law Office gives these guidelines to be followed with a private training center and an independent private trainer. Here is the link.
Have you ever signed up to a gym once (or surely more) in your life? What prompted you to buy a subscription and get started on the quest for a perfect body or ideal health?
Was it a success? How long have you managed to keep up with four intense workouts per week? Did you know what you were doing or was your brother-in-law giving you bad advice?
Overall, did you like the experience and consider starting again soon?
If you are like 66% of people, you stopped training after 1 month.
If you are like 95% of the population, the gym membership is not a pleasant solution nor one that delivers concrete, long-term results.
“A gym membership is like getting a piano in the hope of becoming a virtuoso pianist.”
A gym membership is like buying a piano in the hope of becoming a virtuoso pianist, or getting a golf bag wanting to be a pro by summer (or even just a good player). Being in possession of these items does not guarantee that you will become a new expert in piano or golf.
What happens then? The piano becomes a piece of furniture and the golf bag stored at the bottom of the basement takes the dust.
So what about these people who are proud pianists or golfers emeritus? What did they do differently?
Well, they studied, practiced and they are disciplined to become better.
And not without external help, commonly called expert, coach, trainer or mentor.
Without a coach or trainer, great athletes would not be what they are today. And it’s for us too, ordinary people.
“To achieve results, we need to be surrounded and accountable to someone – a coach, trainer, expert or mentor who plans our journey to become better.”
To achieve results, we must be surrounded and accountable to someone, a coach, trainer, expert or mentor who plans our journey to become better. Otherwise, it is almost impossible to succeed.
And in the quest for a fit body and perfect health, it’s even more important, since our quality of life is at stake.
Being able to enjoy life and our daily activities is invaluable to someone who has experienced the opposite. This person now understands that having energy and vigor will make him happier today.
With the support of a coach or trainer, who knows where to go, because he made mistakes and lived the hard way, and gained knowledge in the sweat of his practice, developped, adapted and personalized programs for its students and clients, this ally will take us to the end of the road and will reach us in record time and much faster than we think.
“Today, time is priceless and it is our primary resource – in other words, there is no time to waste!”
To see results as quickly as possible, here’s how to choose your personal trainer:
Determine the results you want to have. As when traveling, what is the final destination? Do you want to lose 20 pounds of fat in 6 months? Do you want to take 5 pounds of muscle in 5 months? Do you want to gain 50% more strength on your legs and double your number of pushups? Do you want to finally see your abs next summer? Do you want to be at your best in your wedding dress in 6 months? Do you want to reduce your knee pain by 50%? Increase your flexibility by 25% in 3 months? Do you want to run a 21 km in the next year? These are all worthy and individual results, depending on what you want to achieve. Take stock of your expected results before meeting your coach / trainer / mentor, and be realistic with yourself. No results too unrealistic, otherwise we are disappointed soon enough! And a good coach will tell you right away if your expectations are unrealistic.
Ask for references. The best way to meet a competent professional is to ask a person close to you who is the expert that he or she has helped him achieve his results. Find someone who has achieved their results (which are similar to yours), and ask who has been (or still is today) their coach or trainer. This is proof of success and you immediately see the skills of the professional and what he is capable of. And above all, if this person is nice to work with him! Because having fun is important, right? You have no reference around you? Do a search on Google, and see to it that the coach or trainer has a clear and complete website of his services, that there are testimonials of the customers and the results that they had, and that this coach is well represented on social media and on the web. It goes without saying that this professional must have accreditations and certifications of personal trainer and / or a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology or exercise science.
Accessibility. Be certain that the coach or coach you hire is near your job or your home. Changing your lifestyle is very difficult, you must first simplify the routine with a coach who will be more accessible. A maximum of 20 minutes of transport because if it takes longer than, it will be too easy to cancel the session. Out of sight out of mind. Whether he or she is just minutes away from your job, in the morning, in the daytime if your schedule is flexible, and after your office hours, it must be easy and in your pace of the day to go! Close to home before or after work, or weekends, it gives you an effective training in your busy schedule!
Search, meet the professional and do your interview. So now you have well in hand the information of your future and potential coach (whether your reference or your search on the web and social media – and that his competence has been well established), it is up to you to contact him via phone or e-mail, make an appointment and pass the interviewer, because chemistry is the most important thing! If the skill has not been established beforehand, do it during this interview. During this time, make sure the coach or trainer asks you a ton of questions about you, your experience, your health, your background and the results you want. At the same time, make him talk too, be on the lookout for him or her to make you comfortable and allow you to be yourself (because we know how insecure it can be to reveal our life to a stranger) and to discuss without judgment and with openness and exemplary empathy. If after a few minutes you feel comfortable and relaxed, continue the evaluation and interview session, and if it is done well, you will be confident and have a taste of a session with a coach who knows what he’s doing. The pleasure is super important! And if this interview session does not commit you to anything, and it’s free, even better!
Take the BIG decision. Your interview and assessment is now over, you’ve had fun, and feel like you’re getting into a new exciting momentum, jump in with your feet together! You will not be disappointed! Your coach will explain what will be the process and the program for the coming months. Because of course, be ready to dedicate yourself to your results for a while. Rome did not get built in four weeks. Achieving your results take the time you need, while you grow, you improve and that’s how you get better. To you all the credit of your efforts! The efforts will be there, so the results too, it’s a law!
You are now super excited to start your workout, fitness plan, weight loss, pain management, stress management or running program. It is now the last step (always very important) before you totally commit to your new lifestyle, the financial commitment on your part. Read this article (coming soon) to find out how much a personal trainer costs in Montreal.
The most popular question? How to lose belly fat? Have you accumulated extra pounds? You look at yourself in the mirror, and the image that is returned to you is not what you had in mind?
The body changes and evolves with time and lifestyle. Whether positive or negative, the body will follow and gradually change according to your habits. It’s so devious that we wake up one morning, and paf! our body is not what it was. During all this time, we had never noticed anything. But why is this so?
The body takes a lot of time to metamorphose and develop. It’s a living organism, and its bones, organs or muscles change very gradually depending on what you do with it. It is with the months, even the years that our most precious vehicle (our body) molds and evolves to be the one of which it is today.
Your body today is the addition of the last 3 months and what you did with it during this time.
It’s a huge task to develop and maintain good habits every day, you surely know something about it. Have you ever tried to change your lifestyle? Do more exercises, eat better? Did you succeed?
Here’s how to lose belly fat and finally burn fat.
Add vegetables you like to your diet: At lunch time for your dinner, add some tomatoes or carrots to your side with your favorite dish. What will aim to fill you and you avoid wanting to eat too much, or eat something else more sweet like a bar of chocolate or other sweets.
Reduce your portions just a little: It’s not necessary to completely cut your meals in half. Do not skip a meal! Just reduce your meal by 25%, without changing anything else. This small sacrifice will add up every day, and at the end of the month, you will have lost one or two kilos very easily.
Add protein to each of your meals: white pasta only? Or sliced bread in the morning with nothing else? Add a few grams of protein to your meals, between 15 and 25 grams will do. Eggs, cheese, red or white meat, or fish, the choices are not lacking! Proteins increase the recovery and speed of metabolism and can not store in fat like carbohydrates.
Increase the intensity of your workouts: still the same speed on the treadmill? Little jog too easy? Weights of 5 kilos for months? Intensity is very important for fat loss since the intensity mobilizes the energy resources to use the fats on our body. It also increases basal metabolic rate for 48 hours and allows for more calories. Do 1 minute intervals of running and 1 minute of walking on the treadmill, at a very uncomfortable speed during this minute. Add a few pounds to your weight training and do a maximum of 8 to 10 repetitions (without being able to do more). For effective exercises, subscribe to our fat loss training program here.
Increase the weekly activity dose by 120 minutes: you train and then do not do anything else? You are not alone! Many think that training is enough. But no, add 30 minutes of activities over 4 to 5 days a week! Or if you do not train, it’s even more important! Go walking, hiking, play a sport with your child, bike, swim or snowshoe. Everything to move! More calories burned, more fat burned!
Try these 5 tips to learn how to lose belly fat and burn fat for more results! Your extra pounds will go away over time, and your image in the mirror will look more like what you want.
Find out more tips on how to lose belly fat in this video.
It’s the return of the April YUL Fitness promotion: Boost your spring! Need a little help to put a little life back into your workout? After several months of effort, it is normal to need a little motivation to set new goals.
With the promo BOOST your spring, YUL Fitness invites you to train with his private coaches who will give you tips and tricks for further training. It’s the perfect time to get ready for the summer!
