'Swiss' exercise balls, bosu balls, foam rollers and exercise bands - are they essential tools for a personal trainer?

If you don't know what is important, then everything is important. So as a personal trainer it'll be a safe bet to use every tool available to you, so you can show just how extensive your technical skills are. Gym members will surely notice this and chose you as their personal trainer over all other personal trainers, right? And maybe you'll be able to charge more to reflect your extensive skill set, surely clients will gladly pay more because you can do so many things on so many different pieces of kit. Well here's the 'skinny' for you; your personal training clients don't care how much of a specialist you are with swiss balls, bosu balls, foam rollers and exercise bands. Your personal training clients care about whether or not they achieve their results with you, and are satisfied with the process. Your clients expect you to chose the most effective tools that are best suited to their capabilities. So essential tools for the personal trainer are simply the tools that are guaranteed to produce the best results for your clients in the most time efficient and enjoyable way. Watch this video where we have a basic look at swiss balls, bosu balls, foam rollers and exercise bands to determine if they are essential tools for a personal trainer. Perhaps there are some other essential tools, or more essential areas for you to invest your time and energies in?