Training as a group or an individual?

One of the questions we're thinking through with our work-team is how much training we need to do as a group, and how much can we just leave for people to do on their own.

 

 Clearly, the logistics and practicalities of life lean towards a lot of individual training - We all live in different suburbs, have different commitments, and the usual family obligations. Training together takes precious time out of already busy schedules. 

However a point our work's personal trainer impressed upon us today was the importance of training together - To get a feel for each other's strengths and weaknesses and encourage those who might need a bit more work than most to push harder and lift themselves up to the standard of the group. 

It's also a worthwhile reminder that we'll probably never push as hard on our own as when we're in a group, be that due to competitiveness, pride, or simply not wanting to let the team down.

So as a consequence, our training schedule just got even more complicated with fortnightly group jogs on the weekend, and possibly regular sessions with the trainer once a week.... 

I don't think I've trained so hard and with such focus for anything every in my life!!