Funny personal trainers

[RipStone]

A PT was teaching the clean incorrectly one time and the trainee wasn't shrugging or extending but just pushing off with the legs and arming it. The trainee goes for water so I mention the rather large technical flaw that there's no extension or shrug. He goes on to tell me that you don't use your traps in the clean at all, it's all legs. With technique logic out the window I work from the other side and I ask him why olympic lifters tend to have very prominent trap development. He responds that it's because they do shrugs to give them that look for aesthetic reasons. Had to walk away at that point - hell at least he even thought to incorporate cleans (this was around 1998ish so that was fairly progressive of him).

I actually LOLed after while reading this.

 

[BiggT]

A PT was teaching the clean incorrectly one time and the trainee wasn't shrugging or extending but just pushing off with the legs and arming it. The trainee goes for water so I mention the rather large technical flaw that there's no extension or shrug. He goes on to tell me that you don't use your traps in the clean at all, it's all legs. With technique logic out the window I work from the other side and I ask him why olympic lifters tend to have very prominent trap development. He responds that it's because they do shrugs to give them that look for aesthetic reasons. Had to walk away at that point - hell at least he even thought to incorporate cleans (this was around 1998ish so that was fairly progressive of him).

Did you also know olympic lifters have such good quad development because they superset leg extensions with hack squats?????

 

[dannomite]

I had a membership at a Bally's for about 2 years and I knew the entire training staff personally. They had all received their “trainer certification” from various websites. Personal training certainly seems like an industry that could use some reform and standards put in place. There is too much potential to cause injury to others from poor information.

-danno

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

about 90% of the PTs i know are terrible. theyre usualy the ones wearing the t-shirt that says "Personal Trainer" on it

 

[muscelove]

my gym has no trainers at all...not very many machines at all but people are still inlove with the curl and will alwyas be. I see these skinny guys who obviously want to put on some mass and all they do like 4 times a week is curl. It makes me want to say something but what the hell i was once uninformed. It took some time and LOTS of reading to get a grasp on whats what. I just keep my mouth shut...but its hard

 

[baslayr]

Curls for the Girls.

 

[d3track]

D3Track You guessed it Life Time Fitness. They may have some of the best trainers anywhere ever in all of history.

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i wish it wasn't the only gym in my area.....

 

[Tweakle]

I saw a 6 foot guy who must have been about 140lbs wearing a 'Master Trainer' t-shirt at my gym the other day.. he had an equally skinny client doing some Mens Health style crossover 'wood chops' and karate punches.

Canada's Goodlife gym franchise is the best for porker chicks and skinny dork PT's.. throw in some gino roid-boy ''bodybuilder specialists'' and you have one nasty stinky mix.

 

[UrlMighty]

Trainers and training have little in common. Their job is to sell gym services in a fashion that won't lose their typical client. I've seen maybe three trainers worth the title in over a dozen gyms over the years.

 

[Miss24k]

The funniest thing to me is a FAT personal trainer, how ironic is that!?1

There's 1 in my gym actually, and I had my 1st interaction with him today, he decided to say to me today that I should squat cause my body was built for squatting, and that he could tell that I have good genetics and that it would be easy for him to learn me how to squat!


BTW I been squatting for years, my best squat was 210lbs for reps my legs could handle more weight but the rest of my body can't. Oh I'm a 110lbs in case you're wondering. lol