I hate personal trainers

[nisser]

1. Many are ****ing fat and in no shape to give advice

2. They frequently instruct with incredibly bad form

3. Make small-talk with their clients during exercises. If your client can talk to you about his cat during the set, he's doing it wrong (and you should correct him) and you're being a douchebag by encouraging it.


It ****ing pisses me off. It wastes the clients' money and in many cases it puts them in direct physical harm. WHC is ****ing notorious for it. And it isn't isolated; it seems widespread in many gyms/cities.

[Mr Ontario]

Had a bad experience did you

[cog]

It seems the WHC female trainers are in far better shape then the men.

[Forever]

Now if you want to lengthen and tone that muscle you don't want to use more than 10lb db's. Challenging yourself will only result in injury.

[wrx20psi]

no need to generalize, they don't all suck like that.

Unless you're in a chain like ''Energie Cardio'' of course...lol

[Big D]

i say 95% personal trainers that work at good life are absolutely useless. no disrespect to the ones that actually know how to exercise and train properly

[nisser]

Had a bad experience did you

bitch please!!

[Zylo]

I think a lot of people who go to personal trainers are "first timers" in the gym and not as hardcore as most of the members here on CB...

They chat to develope a positive relationship and friendship with the clients so they are happy to come in. The first step is just getting them to enjoy working out and spending time in the gym without being intimidated and put through a Sergeant Slaughter type routine right out of the gates...

It's personal training at popular clubs, what do you expect?

If you want to get serious and are already in good shape, it might be a good idea to check out a sports specific training facility. They cost a bit more money but they'll whip your ass and beat you down no matter how tough you think you are.

You don't see Pro athletes with personal trainers at goodlife.... You get what you pay for and if you're past the beginner level or don't like what the average personal trainer at an average health club offers, you should probably be looking at the other options. There are many out there for all levels.

It's like walking into Canadian Tire as an NHL hockey player and complaining that they don't have any good equipment. Well no shit? You're at Canadian Tire?

lol. Just saying!

I think they serve their purpose and I see them helping people out that need it.

[plumtart]

They are mostly:
* greedy with money, want renewal with their contract with you way before end of it and if you dont pay further, they will act naughty such as refusing to meet you or give you black face or give lousy job. in a recent case, the trainer threatened me to buy another US$5000 worth of 'sessions' even if i had US$6000 worth of sessions unused, if i dont give in, he (or they) will play games to sabotage my training (eg, book you in and attend another client, being late, send you on the treadmill and ignore you, change people to attend you so nobody follows up your situation properly, high pressure sales)
* have no empathy or ethics in your financial well being
* think too highly of themselves and arrogant
* unable to write their own technical terms out, think they are knowledgable and skills but unable to pass a written test themselves
* fake friendship, share no genuine interest in others for the long term. only have interest in taking large sums of money for little effort or time spent
* teach very limited amounts of true skills and knowledge so you will never become independent
* a big thick book of lies and deceit - tell you they will go on sail go to bbq go to clubbing with you etc to get money from you, and nothing really materialise. they are professionals in dating games with no integrity.

[rated_rko]

hey now im actually considering getting my certificate to earn some extra cash but yeah i totally agree when im training and see what they do...****ing stupid im gonna be the only good one out there