It took a couple of weeks for me to meet up with my coach, Diana, who I occasionally refer to as ‘goddess of all things fitness’ and show off the medal to her:
She is one of the secrets to me success! When I decided to get into triathlons, a friend told me to get a coach. I was introduced to Diana and promptly started training with her. She was awesome helping me to work on my weaknesses, since otherwise I’d probably avoid them. I wrote more on that before….
It’s a good thing, too, as I am very prone to injury-inducing stupidity. Fortunately, she was always there to help fix what I messed up or prevent me from causing damage. Her understanding of how body works is amazing and she helped me improve so much! Since I started training with her, I PR-ed in marathon, did a half-ironman and in September, I became an ironman. There were many other victories on the way there and a lot of it is thanks to her!
Some fun facts: my coach is not an endurance athlete. Actually, she has attempted to learn to swim while training me at the gym. But it turns out those are not the most important things. It’s all about understanding how the body works and teaching you how to develop the right muscles.
So is a personal trainer or a coach worth it? I definitely would say so!
I’m not mean, so here is where you can find more about Diana: http://dfitnesslab.com/