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My wife has pt sessions with a bodybuilder at least twice a week. Her progress has been nothing short of astonishing. He pushes her way beyond what she thinks she can do. So I’d say it’s worth the cash.
Even initially until you know what level of effort and intensity is required.
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some anecdata
I took part in a study about 8 years ago at a Glaxo lab/gym - they were making a sports drink and needed some stats, so some people got the drink, others got flavoured water.
Anyway - super plush gym, PT setting the plan, proper warm up, making sure we rest between sets etc, 3 times a week, pretty much just squatting.Anyway, took a few months and I got from never having squatted consistently to squatting 2.5x bodyweight. By all accounts they were good numbers, certainly for a newbie.
These days, I'll mix up 5x5 with triathlon and I'll be lucky to get over 1.5x. (caveat: I run more and don't need to be aiming for big weights)Having someone to tell you what to do and what you can do helps.
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when I move to sheffield at the end of july I want to start strongman training, since the gym I'm going to go to has all of the gear and I've thought it looked fun since I was a kid watching WSM. Eddie Hall has just launched a strongman program with hybrid performance method, I was going to go with a private coach but now I'm really torn, was thinking of Laurence Shahlaei. Anyone had experience with a private coach vs. programming and have suggestions either way? the private coaching is about 4 times as much money which is definitely a factor.