Comparing the impact of personal trainer guidance to exercising with others: Determining the optimal approach.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the effects of supervised fitness training under the guidance of a personal trainer and those of competitive fitness training with others and reveal the effects of specific differences between them in a detailed manner. The study's participants consisted of 66 healthy male adults (age: 29.2 ± 5.4 years). The participants were divided into three groups: the individual training group (n = 21), which served as the control group; the exercising with a partner group (n = 22); and the group trained by a personal trainer (n = 23). Each participant was subsequently assessed using one repetition maximum bench press, squats, skeletal muscle mass, fat mass, and a questionnaire regarding nutritional plan and injury to compare the effects of training sessions over a period o

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828695 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature