Personal Trainer Self Esteem Research

A personal trainer increases self-esteem in obese individuals. In the direction society is headed today, many individuals are looking to personal trainers to get back the lives they once had. The way of this sedentary living has been paved by the user-friendliness of technology, and its ability to do our complex jobs without our needing to get up to actually do anything. According to Waitley (2010), “Self-esteem is confidence in and respect for yourself” (Self-Esteem, p. 122). Most obese individuals are fragile in this respect, and this is where working closely with a personal trainer can help build this. In this paper I will talk on the following points, drawing sources where necessary to back-up my thoughts: (1) personal trainers increase …show more content…
This is similar to Waitley’s definition of self-esteem. Personal trainers increase self-efficacy in obese individuals. Coburn and Malek (2012) assert that verbal persuasion from an esteemed source, the personal trainer, impacts self-efficacy in a positive manner. In addition, “a person…who is known to possess expertise in a given area (e.g. strength development or bodybuilding) can significantly influence a client’s self-efficacy by offering encouragement and stating, for example, that the client ‘has potential’ ” (p. 138). A key weapon the personal trainer has in his/her arsenal are the words with which he/she lifts up his/her …show more content…
My dentist, Roy, husband and father, is an obese individual. What is difficult for him is losing weight. There are many factors that contribute to this: his almost brakeless job, sciatica in his lower left back, lack of sleep because of having to tend to his son who has Down syndrome, and not getting in regular meals during the work week. Roy is a tough guy. He won’t show weakness, nor does he seek pity from others. He is such a hard worker, and can fool you for his size, that I refer to him as a tank with a Ferrari engine. I trained Roy all through the summer. You can believe he was bummed when I told him I’d pick up in the New Year. Well, since we had our last session in the summer, he has been asking if I’d be back to work with him and how soon—very eager. He and I both know that he has gained weight since our last session, but this has definitely been made worse as his middle sister passed away in mid-September of this year. He’s told me that he has eaten to numb the pain. Clearly, we can see that my presence and words make him feel good about his future; they lift his spirits and improve his