Do I Have to Follow My Program?

Do I really need to follow the program set for me, why can't I just change it around a bit to suit how I feel?

When your Personal Trainer writes you a program it is well thought out, (this includes 1:1, bootcamps, sports training etc) the exercises are in a certain order and they will target different muscle areas to suit your goals and your injuries, - it will be highly beneficial to follow the program in that order.

The first exercises you will usually do are the harder ones, the ones that use more energy, need more balance and effort, these are called compound exercises and they basically use multiple (or more than one muscle), for example a squat or a bench press. Then you will move on to isolated exercises which is only using one muscle eg a bicep curl.

Also your Personal Trainer might be writing your program in order to fatigue (use) different muscles, for example, one chest set, one back set, one leg set, one ab set. Or just a chest day, just a back day, just a legs day. Often described as split programs, or push and pull.
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A qualified Personal Trainer puts a lot of thought into their program, their client and their exercises, (I know I do!) so you can trust them and trust the process and that leaves you just to focus on sweating it out!