Editing Personal trainer (section)

== Purpose of personal training ==
[[Image:Personal trainer assessing a client's goals and needs as they write a fitness programme.jpg|thumb|left|Personal trainer assessing a client's goals and needs as they write a fitness program]]  The scope of practice for a personal trainer has a primary focus on prevention and involves enhancing components of health and fitness for the general, healthy population or those cleared for exercise.
Proper [[exercise prescription]] may result in improved [[body composition]], physical performance, heart condition, and health outcomes.<ref>Kraemer, WJ. Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Ahead of print, March 2011.</ref> The decision to hire a personal trainer may be related to a perceived health threat, a lack of knowledge, a personal belief in one's ability to begin and adhere to an exercise program, or some sort of psychological effect. Often clients will seek the guidance of a personal trainer for factors related to [[motivation]] and adherence. A personal trainer pays close attention to the client's exercise technique, workout routine, goals, values, and nutrition. Personal training in men and women has been shown to improve the benefit-to-concern ratio for exercise (decisional balance), and increase confidence to choose exercise in the face of other time demands (scheduling [[self-efficacy]]).<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Fischer | first1 = DV | last2 = Bryant | first2 = J | year = 2008 | title = Effect of certified personal trainer services on stage of exercise behavior and exercise mediators in female college students | journal = J Am Coll Health | volume = 56 | issue = 4| pages = 369–76 | pmid = 18316279 | doi = 10.3200/JACH.56.44.369-376 | s2cid = 43501852 }}</ref>  Personal training results in higher strength, higher workout intensities, and higher perceived exertion during exercise.