Writing Task 2 In some countries, more and more people are hiring a personal fitness trainer, rather than playing sports or doing exercise classes. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or a negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words

In some countries, more and more people are hiring a personal

fitness

trainer, rather than playing sports or doing

exercise

classes.

This

trend has been growing with a large number of gyms and cross-fit training centres opening in recent years.

This

phenomenon has led to the growth of personal training as a profession which gyms promote to gain higher revenue from everyone.

Also

, with urbanization, it is not easy to find enough space nearby to play a sport and do

exercise

classes together.

This

development can be positive and negative. We will explore both views in

this

essay. In the present era, with an increased number of working hours, people have less

time

than before to spend on

fitness

. Trainers provide an opportunity for their customers to build the perfect

body

in a shorter

time

frame. It is because they have spent years learning about

fitness

and can help provide targeted inputs on

exercise

and diet to achieve faster results than self-learning.

Secondly

, we have seen the promotion of yoga for the perfect mind and

body

. Yoga requires the

body

to be stretched in different postures and people find it easier to get professional help for the same rather than hurting their bodies.

However

, there are negatives as well since it requires much more cost than playing a sport or going to

exercise

classes. The

body

takes months and sometimes years to come to a perfect shape.

Also

, it is a lifelong endeavour to maintain health.

Secondly

, group activities like sports promote team spirit and social skills

along with

fitness

.

Hence

, the longer

time

frame of sticking to personal training can make a person spend more

time

alone which sometimes can hurt mentally. In my opinion, I would like to take training for a shorter duration and learns the tricks of the trade and move to play a sport to maintain a healthy

body

and mind.