Training people is tedious as shit, boring ,either you or your gym needs some sort of liability insurance , and if you're in a gym a lot it's a bitch waiting around for some fckwit to show up
Smart IFBB pros either have a supplement shop, inherited wealth, or you just 'work hard' like branch and money is just there
Personal training is busy work - why most trainers don't train hard or are really big dudes - you have to be personable to attract and retain clients, most aren't ,you have to wait for people to get up or get off work , schedule is shit , can't eat and get enough meals in, and when you train and bust ass you don't want to stick around for some skinny bro with low T and HRT test thinking he's superman to come in and tell you he's going to be your size after 6mknths training with you so he needs no more than 12 sessions ---
Easier to sell fart powder and bro diets online , as would be to charge old dudes for 'fruit bowls ' and 'goatses'
Apart from highly technical athletics or olympic weightlifting, surely after one month of "personal training" the trainee should be equipped with the knowledge to never need the "service" again?
It's Mind boggling how folk stay with trainers for years, u$ually being led up the garden path.
Does one need guitar lessions ad infinitum?
Training people is tedious as shit, boring ,either you or your gym needs some sort of liability insurance , and if you're in a gym a lot it's a bitch waiting around for some fckwit to show up
Smart IFBB pros either have a supplement shop, inherited wealth, or you just 'work hard' like branch and money is just there
Personal training is busy work - why most trainers don't train hard or are really big dudes - you have to be personable to attract and retain clients, most aren't ,you have to wait for people to get up or get off work , schedule is shit , can't eat and get enough meals in, and when you train and bust ass you don't want to stick around for some skinny bro with low T and HRT test thinking he's superman to come in and tell you he's going to be your size after 6mknths training with you so he needs no more than 12 sessions ---
Easier to sell fart powder and bro diets online , as would be to charge old dudes for 'fruit bowls ' and 'goatses'
men working as personal trainers for men may be in the gayest job in history...
nothing wrong with being gay
just saying
no homo
We all know that Charles Glass trains people. And apparently Mike Francois trains people. And apparently permabulker Trey Brewer trains people as well. When Flex Wheeler retired (the second time) he was offering packages for training services over the phone. Chris Cormier trains people as well (remember there was something on him supposedly stealing Glass' clients), he had trained Vida Guerra. And Dex and his woman have a training program for women getting into bikini competitions.
Coach trains people.
Coach trains people.
We all know that Charles Glass trains people. And apparently Mike Francois trains people. And apparently permabulker Trey Brewer trains people as well. When Flex Wheeler retired (the second time) he was offering packages for training services over the phone. Chris Cormier trains people as well (remember there was something on him supposedly stealing Glass' clients), he had trained Vida Guerra. And Dex and his woman have a training program for women getting into bikini competitions.
Evan Centopani does train people at his gym powerhouse New haven
If y'all want me to I will book a session with him
could u book the session and log it on here? I'd contribute some funds to pay for the session
Instead of starting a gay supplement like Gifted Nutrition and travel around the world every weekend to go to expos to promote their brand, why don't they just eat, train, and sleep all day and email their clients contest prep diets and drug stacks etc. Do you know how much money Phil Heath would make if he sold diets and drug regimes to 18 year old kids? He could charge an astronomical amount and people would still buy his service. I'd rather sit on my couch and email people all day making millions, than travel to expos selling my fart powders to poser bodybuilders.
Apart from highly technical athletics or olympic weightlifting, surely after one month of "personal training" the trainee should be equipped with the knowledge to never need the "service" again?
It's Mind boggling how folk stay with trainers for years, u$ually being led up the garden path.
Does one need guitar lessions ad infinitum?
Apart from highly technical athletics or olympic weightlifting, surely after one month of "personal training" the trainee should be equipped with the knowledge to never need the "service" again?
It's Mind boggling how folk stay with trainers for years, u$ually being led up the garden path.
Does one need guitar lessions ad infinitum?
Most " regular" joes and janes who get personal trainers are looking more for motivation than anything else.
As for knowing everything after 1 month? I've been working out for nearly 20 years and there's still stuff I experiment with and learn from online videos and articles.
OnLine Videos? Exactly What Was It That You've Learned From OnLine Videos?
How to military press properly.
I didn't quite get the hang of it when I was in the Navy.
If You Learned How To Do It From An OnLine Video, Then You Still Don't Know How To Do It Right.
How to military press properly.
I didn't quite get the hang of it when I was in the Navy.
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/1692kpw.jpg)
There are plenty of guys strong as hell showing proper form for this life online, including Paul CArter, Jim Wendler, and Christian Thibaudeu. Not to mention a ton of articles on the lift.
Most " regular" joes and janes who get personal trainers are looking more for motivation than anything else.
As for knowing everything after 1 month? I've been working out for nearly 20 years and there's still stuff I experiment with and learn from online videos and articles.
at least you didnt have to go through your #my personal hell like this guy ;D
Just to be clear, I was never in the Navy. It was a joke referencing something that triggered a massive meltdown for Erik C about a year and a half ago.
As for specific things I picked up online that I did not know my first month of training? A few things that come to mind: the pre-exhaust principle, something I heard mentioned in an Aaron Clark video not more than 2 years ago, but I now institute it in my workouts and it has had a big impact. I learned about front squats online. This was years ago, but I almost never see guys do these in the gym, so they're not something I would have just picked up by going to the gym regularly for a month. I prefer them to regular squats. Also, I've talked about how I'm a big believer in angles in previous posts. Not too long ago, maybe about 3 or 4 years ago, I was looking for different bicep angles with dumbbells and decided to start doing decline bicep curls after seeing a Steve Kuclo video. It's not a new or little known exercise, but it's not something I'd been doing and just seeing it while I was looking for that specific information inspired me to add it to my workout.
Decline Biceps Curls? You Mean Decline Triceps Extensions! You Really Are Full Of Shit.::)
::)Oh, You Meant Prone Incline Dumbbell Curls?
(http://www.menshealth.com/sites/menshealth.com/files/styles/slideshow-desktop/public/images/slideshow2/5-decline-db-curls.jpg?itok=s0U3krQa)
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(http://www.menshealth.com/sites/menshealth.com/files/styles/slideshow-desktop/public/images/slideshow2/5-decline-db-curls.jpg?itok=s0U3krQa)
Oh, You Meant Prone Incline Dumbbell Curls?That's a common name for that exercise. Many exercises have more than one name.The pic is hotlinked from the men's health website and the title of the pic is "/5-decline-db-curls.jpg".
Really Stupid Of You To Not Know The Difference Between Incline And Decline.
That's a common name for that exercise. Many exercises have more than one name.The pic is hotlinked from the men's health website and the title of the pic is "/5-decline-db-curls.jpg".
Man, you are going to be in the psyche ward before the start of September. :-\
That's not a decline no matter who says it is.
If you face forward, it's an incline. If you face backwards, it's a decline.
If you were standing up and your back was angled in that position, you would be described as bending over, not facing upwards. I don't even see how this is debatable.
Regardless of semantics, if you google image "decline dumbbell curls", the first three images are this exercise. The top ten are half of this exercise and half of incline dumbbell curls, so that is one of its common names. The fact that there is even debate over what it is called reinforces my original point about it not being something you'd learn in the first month of going to a gym.
If you face forward it just becomes chest supported. I've been training for over 40 years. This exercise has been around at least that long. I don't need a google image written by some 20 something to tell me otherwise. If I have someone do a chest supported row am I going to tell them to do a "decline chest supported row? No, because all of the blood would rush to their head because their head would be in a DECLINE position.[/b]
Training professional bodybuilders who, by definition are already maxing their genetic potential, supplement use and volume of steroids is laughable.
The best a "Trainer to the pros" can be is a hookup for pharma grade roids and maybe the odd recommendation for a post workout cam session :D
Pro Trainers like Meadows who target the gullable with voodoo are slightly different.
That's a common name for that exercise. Many exercises have more than one name.The pic is hotlinked from the men's health website and the title of the pic is "/5-decline-db-curls.jpg".
Man, you are going to be in the psyche ward before the start of September. :-\
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:-\ I feel like this argument exceeds my threshold for triviality. I literally couldn't give less of a fuck what anybody calls that exercise.
I think it's fairly obvious that people often stay with trainers because they are unable to muster the motivation to train or think too much about training, themselves.a lot of the women in my area that have PTs have a shitload of money and are JAPs.milk them for all they hand over.most don't even go to the gym they have trainers come to their $4-5 million aptmnts on the upper west side.
And generally, because they can - because they can afford it. So whatever.. it's not the worst way for them to spend their money, I guess.
The regulars that I see train with trainers have basically looked the same for like 5 years :-/ Same potbelly they walked in with when they started.
I don't blame the trainer. He can only take the money and give his advice.
That's Because You Have No Standards For Reality.
No, it's because I do have standards for reality and I realized this is a stupid argument. Feel free to continue. Will fit right in with the rest of your garbage posts.