If you are going to take your clients through an aerobic workout during their session, you can either incorporate "heart rate maintenance" exercises into workout itself, or you can get anaerobic exercises out of way, and then move into an aerobic workout for second half of session. Just remember that if your goal is to keep your clients inside their target heart rate zone, there will be very little rest time in between exercises.

However, before you blindly go forcing all of your clients to stay inside their target heart rate zone for entire session, consider fitness goal of client, and metabolically intense benefits of structured strength training compared to a session when you just make sure they are sweating whole time!

Another option for your client's cardio is to have them do it on their own after end of training session. Obviously they still need your guidance on what to do, how to track their heart rate, and how long they should perform activity, but not all clients will actually need you to stay there and guide them during activity.

Also, it is not uncommon for people to own a piece of cardiovascular training equipment such as a treadmill, elliptical trainer, stair-stepper, etc. Nonetheless, most clients will still need some specific guidance on how to maximize benefits from type of equipment that they have access to. Things like interval training, cross training, and training at different heart rate levels are all things that you should educate your clients on, especially if they are going to be doing cardio on their own.

Business Resources

You must also consider business resources that you will need access to when training clients in their homes. The time factor has already been discussed, and you should also consider daily expenses involved in this type of training model. These include equipment expenses, "on road" expenses, and auto expenses.

Equipment expenses should be minimal. You may have an initial cost, but after your initial purchases, all of those assets are reusable. Basic items for home training include an adjustable set of dumbbells and an exercise ball at a bare minimum. It would also be a good idea to have a roll-up exercise mat, a jump rope, and any other items needed for type of activities that your clients will be engaging in. A great cardio idea for clients training at home is boxing drills. If you were to utilize that type of training, then a decent set of protective gloves for clients would be in order, as well as target mats that you hold for them to strike during their drills.

In all cases, items that you own stay with you, and they are simply taken from one client's house to next. It is a great idea to have your clients eventually buy their own gear, however, which keeps you from having to tote arm loads of equipment into and out of their houses day after day. Also, depending on type of program you put them on, they may use some of their own equipment in between training sessions.

"On Road" expenses include food and drinks while you are traveling. Depending on your schedule, you will be on road anywhere from 2 to 12 hours at a time! In those cases, you will obviously need to plan healthy places to eat along way, or keep portable meals in your vehicle each day. In any event, make sure that you consider cost of eating away from home as part of your business expenses.

Auto expenses are potentially biggest expense that you will have to face in order to train people at home. The wear and tear on your vehicle - although accountable on your taxes - can still be a drain on your financial resources. You have to keep your vehicle insured, fueled up, and in good working order at all times. The last thing that you want to do is be late for a client session because your car broke down, or you ran out of gas! Also, at anywhere from $1.50 to $2.50 per gallon, gas can get expensive if you put in a lot of miles every day.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are many considerations when deciding whether or not to train clients in their homes, and you must weigh those considerations against benefit of being "free" from gym trainer's normal boundaries, and instead being in charge of your own day to day business. In return, you can command higher per session fees for home training. Since you are saving your clients a lot of driving time and gym expenses, as well as giving them an opportunity to get healthy in privacy of their own homes, it is not unheard of for a home trainer to charge $75 to $100 or more per session. Figure in scheduling issues, exercise program that you will have your clients on, and resources needed, and decide for yourself if this type of training program will work for your business!

Metabolism

Metabolism is defined as rate at which your body processes food. In other words, how fast your body burns calories. The faster your metabolism, more food you can eat without gaining weight. How do you control your metabolism? By eating a nutrient-dense meal every 3 to 3 ½ hours. This practice "stokes your internal furnace", for lack of a better analogy. Think of your body as an old-style locomotive that had coal shoveled into combustion chamber one shovel at a time. If you didn't shovel in coal fast enough, locomotive would slow down, and your body is no different. If you don't eat often enough, your metabolism slows down and you don't burn through calories very quickly. In addition, not only does your rate of calorie consumption go down, but your body starts storing almost everything that you do eat as bodyfat! So, in essence, every time you starve yourself in your honest effort to "stick to your diet", you are actually slowing down your metabolism as well as making your body more efficient at building padding for you to sit on at baseball games.

Muscle

"I don't care" you say. You believe that in order to lose weight you need to starve. Okay, that's wrong, but I'll explain why that thinking is flawed. Your body needs energy so you can live through any given day. The amount of energy that you need is determined by your Basal Metabolic Rate, and by your activity level for that day. For most people, this amounts to between 1,500 and 2,500 calories per day. Well, if your calorie-restricted diet doesn't allow you that many calories, your body will find a way to survive anyway. It does this by breaking down your muscle tissue and using it for energy. "So what?" you say. You don't care, as long as scale says you are losing weight, right?

What if I told you that ONLY place on your body that you can burn bodyfat for fuel is your muscles? What if I told you that more muscle tissue you lose on a calorie-restricted diet, fewer calories you can eat after muscle loss? What if I told you that after losing 20 lbs on a calorie-restricted diet, your total bodyfat level will have dropped very little, if at all? What if I told you that by using muscle mass for energy, you have literally crippled your body's ability to burn bodyfat in future, and that by laws of Nature (which we can't change, by way), you will absolutely put weight back on, and probably gain more weight than you ever had before?

If I told you all of that, would you still want to burn muscle tissue for energy while starving yourself to stick to your diet, paying $8 a bag for Carbo Chips, and $20 a session for Aromatic Air Baubles?

On other hand, perhaps laws of Nature don't apply to you. In that case, be sure to tune in tonight - I believe "Lose Weight While You Eat Butter Fried Bacon" diet is going to be featured on a new infomercial. It is, after all, The Last Diet You Will Ever Need!