In July 2017, current clients training at Joe Edmonds Personal Training offered their responses to a variety of questions based on their Personal Training experience. There were 18 individual responses in total. All responses and comments were anonymous.
Response options ranged from
- Very poor
- Poor
- Below average
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Very good
- Excellent
Here are the results with a selection of comments received.
Communications skills of your personal trainer
- Very Good 44%
- Excellent 56%
“Joe is very attuned to needs and moods of his clients, and adapts sensitively and sympathetically”
“Clear instructions, clear demos. Repeated explanations if needed”
Timekeeping of your personal trainer
- Very Good 28%
- Excellent 72%
“I’ve never known Joe to be late, or if he’s just finishing up with a client he adds time on the end of a session.”
“Very motivating to see that you’re always ready to get started.”
Rating the variety of exercise routines in training sessions
- Good 5%
- Very Good 39%
- Excellent 56%
“Diversity of exercises. I have learned so much which benefits me in my own unguided sessions”
Rating the intensity levels to suit fitness level & goals
- Good 5%
- Very Good 50%
- Excellent 45%
“Always being pushed beyond what I think I can do, only to find I can actually do it!”
“Perfect – stepped-up and honed-down according to how I feel, with goals adjusted as I cope with a major health crisis”
Rating the knowledge base of the personal trainer
- Very Good 5%
- Excellent 95%
“No doubt at all that Joe applies his well-rounded knowledge consistently to our PT sessions”
Value for money
- Good 33%
- Very Good 39%
- Excellent 28%
“Personal training is not cheap, but what you get out of it, and Joe’s experience, justifies the cost.”
Overall personal training experience
- Very Good 17%
- Excellent 83%
“Joe is a terrific trainer. His communication skills are first rate and he is good at understanding what clients objectives are. He is fair and flexible re scheduling sessions. I would not hesitate to recommend Joe to friends.”
