Well it's official, I'm now a Certified Personal Trainer!

[Coach is Back!]

Sorry, Joe, save your posts because I won't be debating this issue with you. I don't consider you an authority in exercise science.

Try me.

[Agnostic007]

Still have my profile
https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/melvingoodrum

That's satire right?

[Agnostic007]

So you have a few personal training certificates. So what? Still mainly bro-science as far as I am concerned.


https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/joemarino

If that's coach, he looks pretty fit.

The fact he resided in Huntington Beach is pretty cool

[Coach is Back!]

If that's coach, he looks pretty fit.

The fact he resided in Huntington Beach is pretty cool

Again, that’s from 12 years ago. I look better now 😁😁

[Agnostic007]

Again, that’s from 12 years ago. I look better now 😁😁

that's awesome. At 55 I struggle to maintain where I was at 43. If you are in better shape.. all the more power to you.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

That's satire right?

It was satire trying to do personal training in Sylva, NC.   I had literally no competition due to the only other trainer was a old guy who drove around in a van with a Bowflex.  Problem was that there was hardly any customers that were interested.  Fortunately, I trained enough people to cover the cost of expanding my online business where I made my money   Then Catamont Crossfit came along and that pretty much squashed my PT business like a bug but by that time it didn't matter as my online business took off.


That's the thing that Wiggs needs to understand...its a lot harder than it is

[SOMEPARTS]

And no one considers you an authority to tell someone that...much less anything else.  Joe has a highly successful business and lives in a million dollar house.   You finished last at the Mr Australia, your gym is closed, your wife left you, and you live in a warehouse alone with nothing but your old gym equipment and that stupid bicep supinator.

[Agnostic007]

It was satire trying to do personal training in Sylva, NC.   I had literally no competition due to the only other trainer was a old guy who drove around in a van with a Bowflex.  Problem was that there was hardly any customers that were interested.  Fortunately, I trained enough people to cover the cost of expanding my online business where I made my money   Then Catamont Crossfit came along and that pretty much squashed my PT business like a bug but by that time it didn't matter as my online business took off.


That's the thing that Wiggs needs to understand...its a lot harder than it is

I do wish those that made it or attempted to make it as a personal trainer would chime in and let Wiggs know the ranking in his class is irrelevant and he will only look silly bringing it up. He lists it as one of the reason he will be successful when others failed. What will make him successful has NOTHING to do with his ranking.. Doesn't mean he won't be successful in spite of the odds, but I don't want him to have some false sense of accomplishment and think because he was in the top 10% of his personal training course that it will matter one iota to the client. 

[Agnostic007]

And no one considers you an authority to tell someone that...much less anything else.  Joe has a highly successful business and lives in a million dollar house.   You finished last at the Mr Australia, your gym is closed, your wife left you, and you live in a warehouse alone with nothing but your old gym equipment and that stupid bicep supinator.

a MILLION  dollar house? In Huntington Beach, sorry but I'm going to actually have to come out there and stay 5 days to believe that. 

[JackScribber]

All this ‘knowledge’ Wiggs have and he fails to realise that the only people making money are the ones that charged him 8k to do a worthless program.

Instead of bleating on about aliens, flat earth, different planets, he might want to look at what an utter scam the education industry is, the same one that suckered him into paying 8k for fuck all.

In all honesty, why did he give up on the nursing thing? That would’ve been a great career. Too lazy to see it through?

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

a MILLION  dollar house? In Huntington Beach, sorry but I'm going to actually have to come out there and stay 5 days to believe that. 

Don't read into it that much as its Huntington Beach where a 2 bedroom condo sells for 600k.   

[IRON CROSS]

You claim to have 20 years experience in your field. What science have you done? So I conclude you claim knowledge from experience.

I accept that bodybuilders usually provide better information than certified trainers when it comes to resistance training. You have to

agree that this experience is hardly science.

50 years of experience = NO gym

 

[Agnostic007]

All this ‘knowledge’ Wiggs have and he fails to realise that the only people making money are the ones that charged him 8k to do a worthless program.

Instead of bleating on about aliens, flat earth, different planets, he might want to look at what an utter scam the education industry is, the same one that suckered him into paying 8k for fuck all.

In all honesty, why did he give up on the nursing thing? That would’ve been a great career. Too lazy to see it through?

There is a nursing shortage. I know nurses that are "traveling nurses" that make a great living doing that. You can almost pick where you want to live. But the schooling is intense, and you have to pass the test

[IRON CROSS]

Vince Basile has never really trained anyone on his Bicep Supination Machine.

I think his BSM is in a basement somewhere collecting dust.

Should be renamed : Biceps SY-FY Machine  

[IRON CROSS]

Don't read into it that much as its Huntington Beach where a 2 bedroom condo sells for 600k.   

35 years ago Basil use to live on the beach too 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

I do wish those that made it or attempted to make it as a personal trainer would chime in and let Wiggs know the ranking in his class is irrelevant and he will only look silly bringing it up. He lists it as one of the reason he will be successful when others failed. What will make him successful has NOTHING to do with his ranking.. Doesn't mean he won't be successful in spite of the odds, but I don't want him to have some false sense of accomplishment and think because he was in the top 10% of his personal training course that it will matter one iota to the client. 

I wish Wiggs all the luck but he's going to find out very soon that his certifications don't mean shit.  I'm not trying to down him anymore as I did call him a North American Street Ape a few years ago but I can easily look into his future as to what will happen

[dj181]

Ok, so. Yes, Ben Johnson did do plyos. Not much in the traditional sense that you might be thinking but like most track athletes (elite) there are a SHITLOAD of “plyos incorporated in track workouts. Skips and bounds or really anything eccentric/concentric (stored elastic energy - short/stretch reflex) ankling for example is a low impact plyo.

Already said that chief

Depth jumps are only for very advanced athletes

Lighter polys can be used by most

[dj181]

Vince has competed in and won a known competition. Who here can say that?

I competed in bench press comps, in fact I even won one

But alas I was the only one in it 😆😆😆

[Vince B]

And no one considers you an authority to tell someone that...much less anything else.  Joe has a highly successful business and lives in a million dollar house.   You finished last at the Mr Australia, your gym is closed, your wife left you, and you live in a warehouse alone with nothing but your old gym equipment and that stupid bicep supinator.

LOL. Melvin you finally get a dwelling and figure you are doing great. Good for you. I certainly don't envy you, your job, your physique, your vehicle, etc.

Joe is doing well at what he does. I couldn't do that because I don't subscribe to much of what he does. Like I said, you have to be sort of average to do personal training.

In September this year I will have 60 years experience lifting weights and bodybuilding. That doesn't mean much but it does represent a long time doing the same thing.

[SF1900]

Vince, how do you incorporate muscle confusion into your program?

Training Philosophy
I base my programs off the individual's daily activities and desired goals so I incorporate functional exercise programs for clients utilizing methods such as Plyometrics, Core, Conditioning, Interval Training & Muscle Confusion.

[Bevo]

If that's coach, he looks pretty fit.

The fact he resided in Huntington Beach is pretty cool

No, it’s Jose Raymond

[Bevo]

a MILLION  dollar house? In Huntington Beach, sorry but I'm going to actually have to come out there and stay 5 days to believe that.  

A million dollars is nothing in Huntington Beach   many houses average in the 2-3 million easily

[dj181]

A million dollars is nothing in Huntington Beach   many houses average in the 2-3 million easily

How is your athletic ability?

Us Germanics are natural born athletes😎😎😎

[IRON CROSS]

A million dollars is nothing in Huntington Beach   many houses average in the 2-3 million easily

Manly beach prices, Basil sold his apartment for 40k 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

LOL. Melvin you finally get a dwelling and figure you are doing great. Good for you. I certainly don't envy you, your job, your physique, your vehicle, etc.

Joe is doing well at what he does. I couldn't do that because I don't subscribe to much of what he does. Like I said, you have to be sort of average to do personal training.

In September this year I will have 60 years experience lifting weights and bodybuilding. That doesn't mean much but it does represent a long time doing the same thing.

60 years....its doesn't mean shit because you never excelled at bodybuilding and you wasted your years "managing a gym" which is the same as turn on and off the lights and cleaning the equipment.  You are not part of the "Golden Age Of Bodybuilding" because you never took it to the next level required to be competitive and now you live regretting it.   No magazine or publication will lift a keystroke about you at the end of the day for you.  When you finally go, your gym equipment remaining including that bicep supinator will be hauled off to the junkyard and melted down for soda cans.  When you go, you won't get a card from Frank Zane, Arnie, Franco, Platz, or anyone else. 

No one will remember you in bodybuilding because you never did anything...memorable.