If you've been working out with a personal trainer for a long time, it's possible that you'll be in some degree of the comfort zone. A good personal trainer can quickly notice this — and then introduce ways that you can get out of this zone. Escaping your comfort zone can seem a little daunting, but it's a good way to add some new challenges to your workout. When your workout challenges you, you'll often feel more excited about it. Here are three ways that your personal trainer will help you to get out of your comfort zone.

Suggest New Exercises

A lot of people get used to the same gym workouts, week after week, and month after month. For example, you might do a little stretching, run on the treadmill, and then perform a series of strength-training exercises before doing some cool-down stretching. Your trainer can help you to escape your comfort zone by coming up with some new exercises. You might initially feel a little reluctant to change up the routine, but a change can be beneficial. For example, your trainer might suggest high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, as a way to provide new challenges.

Meet Outdoors

It's common for personal training sessions to take place in the gym, but this isn't the only place that you can work out. If you're in a comfort zone and your trainer wants to push you a little, he or she may recommend that you meet outdoors. Perhaps the gym has an outdoor workout space in which you can do shuttle runs in the sand, flip a large tire, and more. If your gym doesn't have an outdoor workout space, your trainer may suggest meeting in a local park that has individual fitness stations. You'll definitely move out of your comfort zone when you change workout venues, and this can be both challenging and rewarding.

Get Together With Other Clients

Most personal trainers work with a number of clients but typically do so individually. Another way that your trainer might push you to get out of your comfort zone is to suggest meeting with a group of other clients. Working out together might initially feel a little daunting. For example, you might worry that someone can do a particular exercise better than you. You'll quickly realize, however, that group workouts can push you to work harder, which can help you to hit your fitness goals faster.