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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: BayGBM on November 07, 2017, 03:51:29 PM
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Have you noticed that almost every guy with a bicep is now offering his training services to “clients”? It’s hard to look at social media and not see a guy who works out peddling his training services. These services used to be limited to bodybuilding champions, but lately it seems like anyone who has ever flexed his arm now sees himself as some sort of guru and soliciting “clients.”
I have seen a lot of posts lately that go something like this: they post a picture of someone in trunks or a bikini (maybe a before and after) and then caption it with “I’m so proud of my client Chris… who made such progress in the gym. Direct message me for info on training programs, fees, etc.” There is nothing wrong with entrepreneurship, of course, but it used to be you actually had to be a bodybuilding champion, a certified personal trainer, or some kind of nutritionist to have the credibility to solicit clients. Not anymore. ::)
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any idiot with a pick up truck , cones, tires and whistle will show up at a public beach with a herd of fat bitches for Beach body boot camp
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I am waiting for "My client looks better than me!!!" from these people.
But, I guess that is reserved for bodybuilding gurus...
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That's because anyone can be a personal trainer. These are the minimum qualifications:
To be eligible for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam, you must: Be at least 18 years old. Have completed high school (or the equivalent). Hold a current CPR/AED certification with a live skills check.
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sucker born every minute
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That's because anyone can be a personal trainer. These are the minimum qualifications:
To be eligible for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam, you must: Be at least 18 years old. Have completed high school (or the equivalent). Hold a current CPR/AED certification with a live skills check.
The average gym goer who hires these minimal qualified people have no clue how easy it is and you do not need any knowledge to be a trainer. I can’t imagine all the clients that have been injured due to horrible advice from these idiots.
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The average gym goer who hires these minimal qualified people have no clue how easy it is and you do not need any knowledge to be a trainer. I can’t imagine all the clients that have been injured due to horrible advice from these idiots.
Agreed. You don't need to be a personal trainer to train the average person.
However, you do need extensive experience and education when it comes to training elite athletes. There is definitely a science behind training elite people.
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Agreed. You don't need to be a personal trainer to train the average person.
However, you do need extensive experience and education when it comes to training elite athletes. There is definitely a science behind training elite people.
Well have you see some of the idiots at the gym lately? I went to the gym to do cardio the other day, I can’t lift for another month, and this Indian dude was doing this weird made up thing on the last pull down machine... I think noobs would benefit from at least a couple classes if they can’t google like normal people.
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Well have you see some of the idiots at the gym lately? I went to the gym to do cardio the other day, I can’t lift for another month, and this Indian dude was doing this weird made up thing on the last pull down machine... I think noobs would benefit from at least a couple classes if they can’t google like normal people.
Haha, I see people doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the gym. It's baffling how people come up with this stuff!
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Have you noticed that almost every guy with a bicep is now offering his training services to “clients”? It’s hard to look at social media and not see a guy who works out peddling his training services. These services used to be limited to bodybuilding champions, but lately it seems like anyone who has ever flexed his arm now sees himself as some sort of guru and soliciting “clients.”
I have seen a lot of posts lately that go something like this: they post a picture of someone in trunks or a bikini (maybe a before and after) and then caption it with “I’m so proud of my client Chris… who made such progress in the gym. Direct message me for info on training programs, fees, etc.” There is nothing wrong with entrepreneurship, of course, but it used to be you actually had to be a bodybuilding champion, a certified personal trainer, or some kind of nutritionist to have the credibility to solicit clients. Not anymore. ::)
In the old days back 25 plus years ago remember how basically the gym owner or one of his employees would just give you a program every 8 weeks for basically free and people would help each other out.
Personal training was basically a bastion for the well off and/or celebrities, much like having a nanny.(another thing where basically you left your kid with the local stay at home mom or babysitter after school and paid them in dollar bills and/or take something from the fridge plus 10 bucks for your trouble)
Now everyone needs their hand held in everything they do and are willing to spend hundreds, if not thousands for these services, not so much because they really need them as much as because everyone does it and they want to fit in.
Think about this Bay, who would ever have thought that Dog Walking would have become such a big business in the past decade. pretty much unheard of which is why the majority of dogs have goddam separation anxiety today whereas before they were basically house trained.
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Haha, I see people doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the gym. It's baffling how people come up with this stuff!
Its because they don't have a 1 year subscription to Flex magazine.
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Everyone is an internet arm chair expert these days. Looking the part actually sets u apart these days if u think about it.
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The times sure have changed. Some of these instagram gurus, both male and female, are completely ridiculous. I believe the term, generation nothingness, certainly comes to mind.
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The best part is the "I only have a couple of spots opening up". As if they are so busy with clients. It's all a bunch of bullshit.
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You won't find great personal trainer in your average gym rat or even a Olympia contender. good personal trainers have vast knowledge and understanding of human kinetics, anatomy, nutrition etc. They are not involved in bodybuilding. 90% of them don't even look like they lift unless they're into weightlifting or powerlifting.
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I know it's mean but I enjoy showing these PT cretins up in the gym...
When I hear them spouting surious drivel about diet or physiology I often ask a question or two which I know they cannot answer, as they dont know jack about shit! Funny watching their client loose all faith in them when they cannot explain what BMR is, how a muscle contracts or how to control insulin/leptin....all basics IMO that anyone charging for info should be versed in...
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The best part is the "I only have a couple of spots opening up". As if they are so busy with clients. It's all a bunch of bullshit.
LOL
Or the post that begins: 'Been having a lot of questions lately guys...'
Read, no girl has asked me anything and I need a reason to post whore...
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Agreed. You don't need to be a personal trainer to train the average person.
However, you do need extensive experience and education when it comes to training elite athletes. There is definitely a science behind training elite people.
^This.
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That's because anyone can be a personal trainer. These are the minimum qualifications:
To be eligible for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam, you must: Be at least 18 years old. Have completed high school (or the equivalent). Hold a current CPR/AED certification with a live skills check.
In Australia takes only 8 to be certified PT :P
Believe it or not, even fat Vince can be PT but him getting any clients :P :P :P
;D ;D ;D
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Bay likey.
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The best part is the "I only have a couple of spots opening up". As if they are so busy with clients. It's all a bunch of bullshit.
So true... and such bullshit!
LOL
Or the post that begins: 'Been having a lot of questions lately guys...'
Read, no girl has asked me anything and I need a reason to post whore...
Again, true... and total bullshit. Especially when it is all coming from a 20 year old with experience in virtually... nothing! ::)
Generation nothingness.
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People don't seek after truth, they seek after a guru. Girls and sons, etc.
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herd of fat bitches
:D
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And then there is the "online coaching" and telephone coaching for which they also charge fees. Has anyone in the history of working out ever gotten in shape from online or telephone coaching? Is there no end to the bullshit? ::)
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how you need is to read this booklet from 1960.. it worked for abe then it will work for you now ;)
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About 15 years ago, I attended a course to obtain a personal trainer qualification certificate. The instructor began by asking each attendee his/her experience and why they chose to pursue fitness instruction.
Almost all were female and more than half spouted a variation of I-started-working-out-last month-and-thought-it-would-be-fun-to-train-people.
???
By this point, I’d been weight training for a couple of decades, competed as a bodybuilder and a powerlifter and worked as a journalist within the industry, rubbing elbows and training with the best and elite.
I’d performed perhaps three thousand squat sessions, etc.
These schlubs didn’t know the difference between a power squat and an Olympic squat. No clue how to properly set up oneself for the proper execution of a barbell bench press. The basics of program splits or what are the three macronutrients.
Zero. Knowledge. Zero. Experience.
A few days later ... “Here’s your certificates, folks!”
;D
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I didn't have a job for over a year. Just got certified and working as a personal trainer.
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90% of the general public is lazy, weak-minded and need/want someone to hold their hand. Personal trainers are basically crutches for lazy people who lack discipline. Trainers try to make people believe they know something special. Hard work and diet is what brings results. Specialized exercises/routines are not necessary for those seeking general fitness, they simply need someone to motivate them, that's all.
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90% of the general public is lazy, weak-minded and need/want someone to hold their hand. Personal trainers are basically crutches for lazy people who lack discipline. Trainers try to make people believe they know something special. Hard work and diet is what brings results. Specialized exercises/routines are not necessary for those seeking general fitness, they simply need someone to motivate them, that's all.
You are correct.
I soon discovered my primary role as a personal trainer was to be there so the client felt obligated to attend and then to “cheerlead” them for 45 minutes.
I did it for a little over a year and decided that was enough.
Im not gonna “fuel” anyone for anything.
The average person is undisciplined, lazy and weak.
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This thread had to be created as bait material for ESF.... he's probably typing a two page long response now involving his clients, movie stars, photo shoots, virgin unicorn riders and how he trained Al Capone.
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This thread had to be created as bait material for ESF.... he's probably typing a two page long response now involving his clients, movie stars, photo shoots, virgin unicorn riders and how he trained Al Capone.
Like ESFITNESS, I also just became a personal trainer. I do find it very rewarding.
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Like ESFITNESS, I also just became a personal trainer. I do find it very rewarding.
You should specialize in VB created Biceps Suppinatory Machinery Training ;) , you'll have millions of clients ;D
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Like ESFITNESS, I also just became a personal trainer. I do find it very rewarding.
Send me your steroid price list. Or do I have look on IG for it?
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Plus the proliferation of gyms is absurd. There used to be one solid gym in my neighborhood. Now there are FIVE within easy walking distance. The other day I said to my friend, “you’d think there would be tons of bodybuilder physiques and fitness babes parading around the neighborhood,” but everyone still looks overweight and dumpy as ever. Doesn’t compute.
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About 15 years ago, I attended a course to obtain a personal trainer qualification certificate. The instructor began by asking each attendee his/her experience and why they chose to pursue fitness instruction.
Almost all were female and more than half spouted a variation of I-started-working-out-last month-and-thought-it-would-be-fun-to-train-people.
???
By this point, I’d been weight training for a couple of decades, competed as a bodybuilder and a powerlifter and worked as a journalist within the industry, rubbing elbows and training with the best and elite.
I’d performed perhaps three thousand squat sessions, etc.
These schlubs didn’t know the difference between a power squat and an Olympic squat. No clue how to properly set up oneself for the proper execution of a barbell bench press. The basics of program splits or what are the three macronutrients.
Zero. Knowledge. Zero. Experience.
A few days later ... “Here’s your certificates, folks!”
;D
If you every want to catch almost any of these IG fitness “celebrities” off guard have them do a live training Q&A. Anything beyond prescribing sets and reps they’re stumped. Even if you ask what the reason was behind the set and reps scheme I would be willing to bet they couldn’t answer.
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I didn't have a job for over a year. Just got certified and working as a personal trainer.
Don’t expect any significant income unless you obtain the prestigious and coveted CSN, MFT certification.
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A lot of the time people hire trainers just so they feel obligated to actually show up to the gym. Secondly, the avg 35yr old housewife doesn't know a single fucking thing about "working out". If they didn't spend an extra $250/month on a trainer, they'd be on the treadmill for an hour, then maybe muster up the courage to wander around from machine to machine doing 1 set of 20 reps on about 3 different machines before going home. Then after a year they'd wonder why they're actually in worse shape than they started.
Or, they (women) never touch a weight because they don't "wanna get to big. 90% of the women seem to think if they "lift weights" they're gonna somehow look like a man with a bunch of muscle. I have to point out about a handful of the neon-nike dudes and explain to them those kids are producing about as much testosterone as they'll ever produce in their lives (8-12mg... Maybe 700ng/dl), and they're doing everything they can to put on as much muscle as they can.. Protein shakes/weight gainer 3-5x a day.. Doing all the shit they read in magazines (or online), and training 4-6x a week and even with all that testosterone, none of them look like "bodybuilders".... Then explain that she (the lady) has about 20-40ng/dl testosterone. So if she somehow "turns into a bodybuilder" with her 3 30min weight training sessions a week, she has been born with 1:250,000,000 genetics and she will be the most famous female bodybuilder who ever lived and should embrace it.
Same goes for guys who say they "don't wanna get too big", as if they somehow have elite genetics that they're holding back from the world.
Take most people through a workout, even if they've been a member for a year, and explain why we're doing what we're doing,& ask simple questions about nutrition, and they quickly realize they're fucking clueless when it comes to excercise science and nutrition and realize why they don't look how they expected they'd look after joining a gym. Even if its a simple 1hr "session" a month to go over what they're doing and what to add/change without even "training" (basically just mapping out their "routine" and demonstrating the excersises and making sure they can do them properly& taking notes), they're better off than continuing to do the haphazard shit they've been doing.
A lot of the time I'd hire PTs who I knew clients would sign up with just because they looked the part, even if I had to write their clients programs myself. Ex-training partner/gf of mine was like that. She'd been certified about 6months but didn't really know what she was doing training-wise and her nutrition knowledge was "so long as its organic"-type shit. Started training with me and went from 113lbs to 127lbs in about 6months, going from a skinny-hot chic with 500cc implants to an actual figure-girl. Now she's since gone back to being as skinny as possible and pumping her natural/organic nutrition "brand", but successful nonetheless in orange county.... An ex-finance was the same way. Met her while the girl I just mentioned was visiting family in Europe. Hired her as a daycare girl and front desk, then took her test for her to get her certified as a PT and gave her the clients the previous girl Would've gotten if she were there. Quickly realized that even though she looked the part (1/2 Filipino with F'n great calves n legs. Flat stomach etc... And to this day probably the prettiest gf I've had. Us her brothers own an MMA gym in Atlanta & sister competes cross fit), she knew nothing about training ( while taking her through I work out I had designed for a client of hers, she was doing a close grip V bar pulldown and made the comment "this is for the chest right? Because I'm pulling to Bar to my chest?".. I had to look around and make sure nobody else heard and told her don't ever let anybody else hear you say that LOL).. But, she had a great personality and clients enjoyed her company so they actually showed up consistently.
You'd be amazed at the number of personal trainers that became personal trainers after only working out themselves 4 about 6 months and like somebody else stated above wanted to "share their Newfound love of fitness with others".
Typically speaking, bodybuilders make the worst personal trainers. Especially the guys in there early or mid twenties who dismiss all other types of training such as CrossFit and shit like that as "phag workouts" and wonder why their clients never make progress with the typical " arm day, chest day, back day, leg day, etc..." Routines... Shit that works if you're living a " bodybuilding lifestyle and using anabolics and such... But does Jack-shit for your typical gym-member who isn't using anabolics and only trains 3x a week for 30mins.
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You should specialize in VB created Biceps Suppinatory Machinery Training ;) , you'll have millions of clients ;D
I will introduce it into my next personal training sessions.
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Send me your steroid price list. Or do I have look on IG for it?
100% natural. All my clients are. Hard work and dedication. Blood, sweat and tears.
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Don’t expect any significant income unless you obtain the prestigious and coveted CSN, MFT certification.
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I will introduce it into my next personal training sessions.
Can I attend those Suppinatory training sessions :)
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Being a personal trainer isn’t hard. When i go to the gym, it seems to be mostly clueless old people and fat women asking for training. It isn’t like they are training pro athletes.
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I have lots of clients, they don't tell anyone about me or how I have helped them achieve their goals, none of them ever take before or after pics or testimonials, no one ever thanks me for all the time I put in with them, I train a lot of professional footballers in the UK, I charge them £10k an hour.
I am huge in the PT arena in the UK, but no one knows me.
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Agreed. You don't need to be a personal trainer to train the average person.
However, you do need extensive experience and education when it comes to training elite athletes. There is definitely a science behind training elite people.
Agreed, restorative training, as in PT including bodywork, etc, whether or not to elite athletes is also not a run of the mill gig either that you would patronize your average 20 year old fucktard at a big box gym. That's the niche I've built over the past 23 years. I train 6 docs, including 2 orthos, etc, etc. Bullshit and "motivating" trainers are just workout buddys and are not only a waste of money, but potentially injurious as well.