Why personal training is back in trend among fitness fans in Hong Kong
- Forget newfangled fitness fads, PT is seeing a resurgence in popularity in Hong Kong
- People are after long-term fitness programmes to get results
Hong Kong has had its share of fitness fads, but the latest isn’t cutting edge or newfangled – it’s not cycling in the dark or trampolining your way to a new you. With credit to social media, personal training (PT) is having a resurgence in popularity, say leaders in the fitness industry.
Some believe it’s because more people feel that bespoke fitness programmes are more likely to create quantifiable and sustainable results. Jamie Owen, a personal trainer who ran a women’s focused gym in Wales and now works with Hong Kong’s ATP Personal Training, believes a push towards PT is down to the psyche of today’s general population.
“People know what they want to achieve, but they don’t know how to achieve it, so they try many [programmes] instead of sticking to one. And they think [body transformation is] only about fitness, so they focus on that, and when they don’t see quick results, they change,” he says.
“People are always looking for quick fixes ... instead of focusing on the long term, but it’s a marathon rather than a sprint. Most people are actually looking for a psychological change rather than a physiological one.”
