🌸 The Real Reason Why Training Doesn't Last 🌸

In recent years, more and more people are starting training for various purposes such as dieting, body shaping, muscle building, improving physical strength, resolving health issues, and enhancing sports performance. ✨

With so much information flowing on social media and YouTube, many people are likely taking that first step, thinking, "Alright, I'll give it a try!" 😊

However, reality is not so sweet. 😢
Looking at the retention rates of sports clubs and fitness gyms...

• Only about 30-40% remain after 3 months from the start
• Less than 4% remain after one year

I worked part-time at a sports club when I was a student, so I understand this well. Depending on the membership type, sports clubs generally offer unlimited access.

Most people come every day right after joining.

A month later, it becomes 3-4 times a week.

Two months later, it becomes once a week.

Three months later, they become ghost members 👻 (a state where only the monthly fee is deducted every month).

In other words, most people quit halfway through.

Furthermore, even at personal gyms, it is said that "less than 10% of people can continue working on body shaping for more than a year."

These are surprising numbers, aren't they? 💦

🤔 Commonly cited reasons for not continuing

So, why doesn't training last?
These are the reasons often heard.

🏃‍♂️Fitness gyms and sports clubs
• It's crowded and hard to use
• The motivation to start training is vague
• Don't know how to set goals or load
• Concerned about others' eyes and cannot concentrate on training

💪Personal training gyms
• Personal gyms are expensive and a large financial burden
• Don't get along with the trainer
• Cannot get a slot
• The gym is far away

Certainly, all of these can be "triggers to quit."
But... actually, these are not the real reasons.

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The real reason it doesn't last is...

Simply put,

it is because "it is ineffective."

No matter the purpose, even if you are working hard at training,

• Diet: Weight doesn't drop, appearance doesn't tighten up
• Muscle building: Cannot lift heavy things, cannot feel physical changes
• Health improvement: Lower back, knees, or stiff shoulders don't get better, or even hurt more
• Sports: Movement has actually become worse than before

If you fall into this state, anyone's desire to continue will fade, right? 😢

In other words, the reason it "doesn't last" is not because you lack motivation, but because you don't feel the effects even when you do it.
It comes down to this.

🏃‍♀️ Common cases in dieting
"My weight isn't dropping at all," "The numbers went down due to diet restrictions, but my appearance is still flabby."
Many people have experienced this, haven't they?

Furthermore, some people lose weight in an unhealthy way, such as "losing weight too suddenly and being worried by those around them" or "looking pale."

The goal of dieting is not "just to reduce numbers," but to change beautifully and healthily.
But if you don't feel the effects there, it eventually leads to rebounding or giving up. 😢

💪 Pitfalls in muscle and physical strength improvement
"Even though I'm working hard at muscle training, I'm not gaining muscle."
"I don't feel like my physical strength has improved."

This is also a common point of frustration.

Muscles don't grow immediately, so the effects are hard to see.
But at the very least, you can't continue without small realizations like "I've become less tired than before" or "I was able to carry a slightly heavy load easily."

If you don't feel any change at all, your motivation will drop more and more. 💦

🩺When the goal is health improvement
"I started because I wanted to improve my lower back pain and stiff shoulders, but it hasn't gotten better at all."
"I feel like it's actually hurt more than before."

When this happens, instead of continuing, you think "training is counterproductive," right? 😢

Originally, it should be possible to improve by learning the correct way to use your body, but if the training method or form is not right, it can sometimes worsen the symptoms.

🎾 When improving sports performance
Training for sports is even more complex.
• I trained, but my athletic performance didn't improve
• My form collapsed and I actually got worse
• My movements became stiff

These things are not uncommon.

It's not that "if you build muscle, you will definitely get better," but because guidance suited to the characteristics of the sport is necessary.
But if you fail there, it leads to the flow of "no effect" -> "quit."

When I was a student, I was devoted to baseball ⚾, but as I continued training, I began to feel a certain sense of discomfort.
It is true that my muscle mass increased and the weight I could handle grew, but on the other hand, my ability as an athlete actually declined.

Specifically,
the batted ball didn't fly as far as before, my pitching speed dropped, I became slower at running...
Furthermore, I started to feel pain in my shoulders, elbows, knees, and lower back, and even fatigue.

From these experiences, I began to feel that "the more I continue training, the more my abilities might be declining," and as a result, I was unable to continue training at that time.

The key to continuing training

How was it? 😊
As you have read this far, you may have noticed that the real reason training doesn't last is

not feeling the effects of training.

This is the same for personal gyms and regular fitness gyms.

💖 What is needed to continue is...

• Being able to realize small effects
• Working on it with the correct method suited to your purpose
• Creating a system where you can realize the results

If you have this, even if there are problems with cost or access, it leads to the feeling of "I want to continue."

By the way, there are people who come to our gym for training from two hours away each way.
When I ask them, they say, "Because it's worth that much," "Distance doesn't matter," "I didn't get results elsewhere, but my body is changing rapidly here."

Training is not a matter of motivation, but a matter of effectiveness.
When everyone starts training, they are full of motivation 🔥. To keep thatmotivation going, the only thing is to produce results!!

In that respect, we,personal trainers, have a "heavy responsibility"!
Because depending on the results of the training, it can change that person's way of thinking about future training for better or worse.

My motto for training guidance is"Immediate effect"!!
I am not thinking of sales-oriented guidance where I release information little by little or make them feel the effects bit by bit to keep them continuing the training.

From the very first trial session, I share information generously and without holding anything back!!

Make them feel the results in one session. Then make them feel the results in the next session. And the next, and the next... and the next!!

"Making them feel the results in every session" and "making every session a learning experience."
That kind of training is fun, isn't it? You wouldn't want to quit training if you could feel your body changing every time and make new discoveries, right? 😊

I think the reason training doesn't last is that there aren't actually many gyms or trainers like that.

In my case, since I work at a personal gym,
if we only consider the training retention rate of personal training gyms, I believe that not being able to continue training is the "trainer's responsibility."

So, when I see information that the one-year retention rate for personal gyms is less than about 10 percent, I think, "I have to work even harder." ✨

💪 Training is meant to make life more enjoyable.
Being able to feel that "you are changing, even if just a little, for all your hard work" is the greatest motivation for continuing. 🌸✨