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Originally Posted by kfisherx
This is interesting and completely opposite what I am experiencing right now. I have found that I am more held accountable by my internet nutritionist/trainer than I was by my local trainers. My local trainers only saw me 2 times a week for 1 hour and did not give me explicit details on what to do for the rest of the time I had. Sure they gave me some guidelines here and there but we did not regularly check up on them or on what I did in all my free time. Also they were never really able to challenge me in that 1 hour that they had with me. Don't get me wrong. They could make me cry in that 1 hour timeslot but still it was 2 total hours for the whole week so as soon as I recovered I had plenty of energy to screw around.
My internet guru (on the other hand) has me working this HUGE volume training program that takes me around 2 hours per session to finish. So he has me working on his training plan nearly 8 hours a week. In that time I am lifting hard and heavy. Generally, I am too physically beat to screw around outside of his program. I am also doing my first ever rest week and not complaining about the time off (if that is any indication). His training program is also the frirst program that has made me get serious about my sleep habits.
In addition to the training plan he also has me on a very strict nutrition plan. While there is flexibility in the plan to some degree the timings of meals around my workouts and the macros and calories are all laid out for me in great detail. It is much more detailed and subsequently more strict than the guidelines I was given by my in-person trainers. Of course I am getting much better results with these increased efforts in training and nutrition so it is all good.
I have to check in with him every single day on my training and food compliance. If I fall off either plan he knows about it right away and corrections are made right away. There is no lag between training sessions nor is there a possibility that he won't check up on these things. It is an every single day report in requirement. In my book it is WAY, WAY harder to dance around his plan than the others.
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That is AWESOME! You have obviously hooked up with the right peeps AND you have to give yourself more credit. I am guessing that you're not a lazy-ass!
You hold yourself accountable to yourself. Are you training for a specific event? Kudos for you regardless if that's the case! If I had more people wanting to do "online training" and they had your drive, i'd most certainly look into it more as an option. The one client i'm working with in this manner seems to be doing quite well, which is encouraging.