Personal Trainer Workouts
Not everyone has the money or time for a personal trainer.
So I thought it was time to give you some killer personal trainer workouts you can do on your own.
When I’m training a client, I always have a few goals in mind. Let me share them with you…
1. You need to be challenged. This means that you can’t get away with anything too easy. So when you’re working out, remember that you have to get out of your comfort zone. This means lifting heavier!
2. You need variety. Most people get bored easily with their workouts, and it’s my job as a personal trainer to keep things fun and exciting. So this means trying new exercises and changing the way we do the exercises.
3. You need to push it. What I mean by this is that you need to make your workouts last. I do 30-minute workouts with my clients if that’s all the time they have, but ideally, you need to stick around the gym for an hour or so. So find a way to stay motivated for longer and you’ll see results!
Now for some personal trainer workouts…
I’ve compiled 3 workouts for you that will target all of your major muscle groups. For all of these exercises, aim for 3-4 sets and take each set to failure (between 8-12 reps). What I mean by failure is that your last rep should be so hard you can’t get another one out.
Personal Trainer Workout 1: Legs & Abs
- Barbell Squat (view exercise)
- Deadlifts with Barbell (view exercise)
- Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise (view exercise)
- Oblique Side Bends with Dumbbells (view exercise)
- Dumbbell Lunge (view exercise)
- Ab Twists with Plate or Ball (view exercise)
- Leg Curl Machine (view exercise)
- Ab Crunches on Stability Ball (view exercise)
Personal Trainer Workout 2: Back & Chest
- Flat Dumbbell Press (view exercise)
- Incline Dumbbell Press (view exercise)
- Cable Lat Pulldown (view exercise)
- Cable Seated Row (view exercise)
- Decline Dumbbell Press
- Dumbbell Pec Flye (view exercise)
- One Arm Dumbbell Rows (view exercise)
- Back Extensions (view exercise)
Personal Trainer Workout 3: Arms & Shoulders
- Standing Dumbbell Bicep Curls (view exercise)
- One Arm Concentration Curls (view exercise)
- Tricep Dips (view exercise)
- Tricep Cable Extension with Rope (view exercise)
- Cable Hammer Curls with Rope (view exercise)
- Overhead Dumbbell Press (view exercise)
- Side Dumbbell Raises (view exercise)
- Tricep Dumbbell Kickbacks
And don’t forget…
I always recommend to my clients the following supplements to support muscle growth and repair after these killer workouts.
- Muscle Pharm Assault – A pre-workout complex to take your personal trainer workouts to the next level!
- Gaspari Nutrition Myofusion – A great tasting protein supplement to fuel your muscles! I recommend having a protein shake every morning and within one hour after every workout.
- Universal Animal Pak – A complete joint support complex to help your body recover from these killer personal trainer workouts!
Have any questions or feedback about personal trainer workouts? Please leave a comment below…
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Thank you for visiting! Weight Loss and Training is a health blog which features all the best weight loss tips that I have learned over my 20 years of training. My background includes a degree in Kinesiology from the world renown Simon Fraser University, certification in nutritional sciences from UBC, and Personal Trainer Specialist certification from Can Fit Pro.
Hi There, With the 3 personal trainer workouts listed above are these meant to be spaced out over a 3 day period? I work out at home and have limited time as I workout before my kids wake up (21mths and 4). I am working out to tone up and regain my body after having kids and over the last 12 weeks have managed to lose about 22cm all over but mainly around my abdominal area by overhauling my eating to clean foods only including a protein every 3 hours and by using a beginner all over workout program 3 x a week and cardio/fat burning workouts in between, . Im only 154cm and weight 45kg so am not very big at all, but now that I have lost my baby flab and have leaned up, I want to start getting some definition. Is this the best work out for me.
That’s right you can try this 3-4 times a week or you can aim for fat reduction specifically with this – Fat Burning Workout
Hey Sam,
I am curious to know if Diabetics like me can have Whey protein which invariably has sugar in it.
Hi Kartik, you bet, they usually don’t have too much sugar in them and the protein will slow digestion and intake of the sugar a bit as well. Try my favorite which has only 4g sugar in it Optimum 100% Natural