Personal Trainers are just crap

[Quickerblade]

piss off you fucking wanker!

heres your "very moderate results".............

(i have helped numerous clients lose a ton of weight/feel better bout themselves wtf have you done!?!?)
1 guy was medically obese now hes shooting to get under 200 lbs!
he looks/feels fantastic!
like i said keep my name outta ur fucking mouth!

great results, your clients must be happy

[beatmaster]

i believe some are good, this week a new trainer (girl) started at my gym, one week before that she was trained by the manager, anyway........  she was showing this kid how to built muscles, she had no idea what she was talking about, 99% of trainers in gym don't know shit about bodybuilding, and it amazed me everytime....... plus i don't get it, why all trainers (girls for the most part) look like shit?

[Quickerblade]

i believe some are good, this week a new trainer (girl) started at my gym, one week before that she was trained by the manager, anyway........  she was showing this kid how to built muscles, she had no idea what she was talking about, 99% of trainers in gym don't know shit about bodybuilding, and it amazed me everytime....... plus i don't get it, why all trainers (girls for the most part) look like shit?

very true, but even the guys look pretty shit too, i do see a few guys in great shape but generally there pathetic

[ribonucleic]

piss off you fucking wanker!

heres your "very moderate results".............

(i have helped numerous clients lose a ton of weight/feel better bout themselves wtf have you done!?!?)
1 guy was medically obese now hes shooting to get under 200 lbs!
he looks/feels fantastic!
like i said keep my name outta ur fucking mouth!

meltdown

[michael arvilla]

great results, your clients must be happy

i hope so!!!
 

[Quickerblade]

i hope so!!!
 

dont get upset michael, were not talking bout you, you seem like you know what your doing, and by looking at your clients u do a great job.

[michael arvilla]

dont get upset michael, were not talking bout you, you seem like you know what your doing, and by looking at your clients u do a great job.

Thank you!

(i try, and i honestly like helping people)

much appreciated.........

[Montague]

Yesterday at my gym I see this typical female personal trainer with her tight black yoga pants, blonde hair in a pony tail carrying around a clipboard training this first time gym using chubby asian girl.  I felt bad for this girl.  Instead of just teaching her the basics on her first day this dumbass trainer has this poor girl rolling around on a big ball trying to do presses.

This really exemplifies exploiting the ignorant.
Basics?
It's a possibility that chubby Asian doesn’t know any basics.
So if the Swiss ball is where they start, chubby Asian may end up believing that Swiss ball technique IS the basics.
And until (if) chubby Asian masters it, she “needs” the personal trainer for instruction and help.

Set a goal they cannot/may not reach and they’ll always need your help to get there.

[ramazon]

How dare you imply that this man isn't getting his money's worth

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.  That's The Photo of the Year, Lizzy.  There ought to be a law.  I sense there will be soon, when the lawsuits start coming in.  This "extreme core" training is sending a lot of people to chiropractor's and surgeons.  I know adults in their early 30's who are already having hip replacements, and
attributing the damage to their training.  Bottom line:  All such injuries
injure the fitness industry.  It's completely unregulated and, obviously,
unsafe.

[Montague]

One more thing:
I believe many of us perceive PT’s methods as inferior because those methods usually differ from our own.
We train the way we do because we believe it is correct (for whatever reason), and everyone else is wrong and/or stupid.

Granted there are some exercise methodologies that ARE a ridiculous waste of time and energy. There is even research that suggests Swiss balls are not all they’re cracked up to be (imagine that).

But sometimes the difference is as subtle as doing dead lifts at the beginning, middle or end of a session. Is there a right and wrong time to do them? Anybody reading this who does DL’s is shaking their heads yes, because they “know” that their order is the right one - OBVIOUSLY.
If they thought it was wrong they wouldn’t do it that way. And if their way is right, then the others must be wrong.

But look at the big picture.
A good trainer should listen and respond to the needs/desires of their customers.
Maybe chubby Asian read some article about Swiss balls in Oxygen and UNDENIABLY WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO USE THEM.
You’re the knowledgeable and experienced PT. If you want chubby Asian’s business do you
a.) blindly agree to teach Swiss Ball 101 with less than stellar results
b.) tell her Swiss balls are a waste and you’ll only teach her the basics (which she may already know, and that’s not what she’s looking to “buy” anyway)
c.) offer to teach her some SB exercises along with ahealthy dose of conventional basics to compliment her training progress

Choice “C” will not only appease her initial SB wishes, but will also use the proven basics to get some results. The compromise benefits you and chubby Asian! You get business and chubby Asian gets results.
Plus, maybe then you can slowly wean her off of that Swiss ball shit.

Some people only want short-term introductory instruction.
Others want long-term/constant motivation.
The people who are smart enough to know that they don’t know everything will come back to you to learn new things later down the road.

Being adept at all of these scenarios as well as using one to segue into others…
That makes a successful PT.

Getting their clients the results they paid for in the end...
That makes an effective PT.

Doing both…
That makes a GOOD PT.

[Quickerblade]

I take all my bad words against Personal trainers...one of the hot personal trainers at the gym asked me out ....

[Money Man]

I train at 24 hour fitness here in Denver and they have a few good trainers and then they have alot of poor ones.Some of these trainers know very little about being in a weight room and what to do.And much less about nutrition.There are actually more fat and out of shape trainers then ones in shape.

[Swollness]

In most cases your average trainer doesn't even have a legitimate certification, any joe can go out and get one.  The legit certifications (NSCA, ACSM, etc..) require a degree in health related major i.e.-Kinesiology, Biomechanics, Human Performance, before they will let you take their test and use their name.

[Fury]

leave my fucking name outta this!

(i got 2 certificates ACE and ISSA and a fucking college degree!!!)
plus i been training for 15 plus years ..........if im not qualified then i don't know who the f**k is!
i had to learn kinesiology,biology,and all kinds of shit..........
keep my name ouuta ur fucking mouth!

HAHAHA, if you really did do that, why would you meltdown like a high school girl on her period when some random guy comments on it? Monster hitting the nail on the head dawakakakaman. Arvilla can't even fix his own physique, let alone that of others.

[Crossbow]

If you do your homework before choosing a personal trainer, you usually get your money's worth.
Former athletes (sprinters, bodybuilders, martial artists, boxers etc) who after retiring from their sports become personal trainers tend to be excellent and are no comparison to the kid coming out of school starting personal training because he/she doesn't know what to do with his/her life otherwise.

[finurface]

a good  personnal trainer would tell you how he got huge (if he is), but who would like to tell his secrets to the others, helping em to become bigger and then an adversary ?

And a personnal trainer who isnt big,or at least muscular, is just a mistake of nature.

[Luv2Hurt]

I have to agree that most of the PT I see are a complete joke.  Theres this one stick man trainer who trains his clients exclusively with rubber bands??  They have a whole gym full of state of the art resistance equipment and this dork has his clients do a rubber band workout?  What a shame and disservice to the client.  Plus the douche will take up half the gym with this training method.  He hooks the bands up to equipment and then the sillyness begins.  There was this one trainer we called him Fabio, he was the pretty boy type and of course some girls just had to have Fabio train them.  Well this guy would mope around the gym like he could care less all the time.  One day I was on the eliptical and this guy walked up to his young woman client (who was so excited to be trained by the hot Fabio) like he just woke up, then he says "I gotta get out of this place" all depressed, this is before they started the workout!  I was thinking this chick is paying this asshole to train and motivate her? some people are so stupid.

I agree with the guy who said the gym does dictate how they train clients as I knew a good trainer there who taught the basics and this guy was a huge BB, he did a good job and new how to get results for anybody in the gym, but the gym wanted him to start the balls and bands and he said nope, they said, too bad goodbye.  What a shame cause this guy was really good.

Bottom line its about getting as much money out of the clients for as long as they can.  If someone can read, look at pictures and have the desire they can train themselves you will make some mistakes but thats how you learn best.

[Bear]

This is simply awesome, well fucking done man! No one can take this shiz away from you, I solute you.

[finurface]

leave my fucking name outta this!

(i got 2 certificates ACE and ISSA and a fucking college degree!!!)
plus i been training for 15 plus years ..........if im not qualified then i don't know who the f**k is!
i had to learn kinesiology,biology,and all kinds of shit..........
keep my name ouuta ur fucking mouth!

its not your diplomas and studies that makes you what you are ;  its yourself . Your childish /immature /retarded behavior, your monster insecurity,and the fact that you re proud of the pathetic things you achieved  in your life . Most people think you re a joke, and that a roided bad looking bodybuilder who does personal training is what it is: a lame ass loser.
And judging by your "15 years" of lifting, the fact u needed steroids to achieve results a natural bodybuilder could make in a year, i think everyone sees yourself for what you are: a clown.

But hey, you re trying to survive with what mother nature gave you like everyone else, but stik to knowing what your real place is stop pretending you re something you re not.

[bmacsys]

It is a pretty weak way to earn a living.

[bmacsys]

leave my fucking name outta this!

(i got 2 certificates ACE and ISSA and a fucking college degree!!!)

Mike, why did you waste a college degree like this? Seriously? At least 4 years of college to earn a living at being a personal trainer? No benefits? No pension plan? No paid holidays?

[bmacsys]

piss off you fucking wanker!

heres your "very moderate results".............

(i have helped numerous clients lose a ton of weight/feel better bout themselves wtf have you done!?!?)
1 guy was medically obese now hes shooting to get under 200 lbs!
he looks/feels fantastic!
like i said keep my name outta ur fucking mouth!

Mike, you just got in shape after? Its not like you were ripped or striated until recently.

[Money Man]

It is a pretty weak way to earn a living.

And it usually isn't a very good living at that.It's a young mans game.Not somebody who wants to make a good living.

[nycbull]

And it usually isn't a very good living at that.It's a young mans game.Not somebody who wants to make a good living.

there is a pt at my gym that is making six figures a year. He got every certification, licensed in massage, nutrition degree. Now he is going back to med school. Started out as a just a PT now doing great.

[alexxx]

I take all my bad words against Personal trainers...one of the hot personal trainers at the gym asked me out ....

I hope he wears protection.