I'm I wrong?

[luigisacs]

Am I wrong to think that those who pay for personal trainers are getting completely ripped off? I totally think that the PT's (well the ones I see) are completely taking advantage of the fact that the trainee's have no idea what they are doing. Instead of having 300lb Mary on a treadmill to burn off the last 23 years of living like a pig, they have them doing one-leg dumbell overhead presses on a balance board. Which, by the way, they can't do because the trainee hasn't lifted a muscle in, oh I don't know , ever!!!!

My opinion is that the PT's make these people do all these stupid things because if they had them do the normal stuff (squats, presses, etc) then the trainee would just do it on their own and not pay for the PT anymore.

Ok, sorry for the rant, but I hate it when people get dicked over.

 

[Protobuilder]

Anyone who pays someone to help them w/ something they themselves know nothing about, get screwed. Car salesmen will rip you a new one if you're clueless. So will the guy selling you a Big Screen TV. Or a House. Or a lawn mowing service. Etc. If you know nothing about fitness, a Personal Trainer will sell you a bill of goods designed to keep you coming back. Common sense advice: eat less and move more is good for about one paying visit. Then they don't come back. But design them a 'state of teh art, cutting edge" training program that only THEY can tweak weekly, then you keep coming back. Before you figure out it sucks, you quit anyway b/c you're lazy. In the meantime, the PT collected money from you for 6 months or so.

 

[thesuaveone]

Am I wrong to think that those who pay for personal trainers are getting completely ripped off?

In many cases, yes, you are wrong.

 

[Sigbjørn]

In many cases, he's completly right too though.

 

[Kabeetz]

I think its important to confirm certification with the right agency, check references..and see what some of his clients look like.. if they made major gains they'll have pics to prove it. You should do your homework before spending your hard earned dough.

 

[al420]

I pay a trainers over 250 a month. Both of them just competed at the Arnolds - so this blanket statement fails IMO.

Personal Trainers at commercial gyms are hit and miss - often times the ones that look good have great genetics or take loads of gear, and the others...well, one would wonder if they train themselfs.

 

[Tweakle]

I have never in all my time in a gym met or seen a PT that I would listen to. The more impressively developed ones seem to actually be the worst for putting their tiny clients through foo-foo and never doing the basics.

there are some online trainers worth the money for sure.

 

[BiggT]

Al, that's a coach brother, not a PT...they aren't even on the same planet.

Coaching for a sport is different, and a lifelong asset

Actually, most ''trainers'' and ''nutritional'' advisors of Pro Bodybuilders are nothing but drug gurus and biochem experts, lol, seriously, after a couple years if you don't know how to lift weights and train yourself and prepare a friggen meal then you should pack it in , it's not magic. I don't understand people going to a gym PT for more than a couple months, unless ya just want somebody to talk to, lol....I don't understand how it is difficult to do a skullcrusher or a cable pressdown, or why you need somebody to expound on the proper way to do a side fucking lateral, lol. ....I guess some people like the interaction, and among the wealthy CEO-types it is ''in'' to have a PT.....I guess they are good for those with zero motivation too.

PTs of the general public are in a rough position though.....they cannot control 300lb Mary when her husband, 350 pound Bob picks her up after his cardio kickboxing class and they hit the Chinese buffet and even out-eat me.

 

[thesuaveone]

I have never in all my time in a gym met or seen a PT that I would listen to. The more impressively developed ones seem to actually be the worst for putting their tiny clients through foo-foo and never doing the basics.

there are some online trainers worth the money for sure.

Charles Glass?

 

[BiggT]

I'm not so convinced that PT's who work with Pro BB's are giving them training tips so much as they are giving them drug tips and synthol instructions and precontest drug/nutrition/getting cut and dry tips, ya know?? I just don't think some bull crap like rotating the wrists in on cable scoops is what brought someone's chest up to snuff as much as finding the right drug concoction to get them dialed in for the stage.

Again, I have never been intimately involved with BB....it's just a guess I always had.