Personal Trainers at the Gym

[karl2me2]

I'm going to be finally signing up at the gym tomorrow to try and gain some muscle and loose some stubborn areas, I don't know anything (workouts) to do with weights. I know there are personal trainers at the gym, but do they come at an extra price and are they useless as some people have told me?

 

[Goldprospector]

I don't know if I would mess with the trainer. You can find all of the information that you want on this forum and elsewhere on the internet. Heck since you are a beginner, you can even buy books at your local wholesale warehouse type stores.

 

[pwr_machine]

I'm a personal trainer, and I wouldn't consider myself useless. Some gyms offer services for free when you're just getting started. The trainer would show you around and introduce you to some basic exercises.

It would probably serve you best to find a training program on Elite that you would like to try. Then, a personal trainer may be able to guide you in the "how to's" of exercise rather than the "what to do". I'm not sure if I would trust too many of them out there to write you an actual training cycle. I imagine that you'll get better results here.

Also, some do come at an extra cost that is quite expensive. I make pretty good money personal training. It really depends on your goals. And if you're lucky, it is possible to stumble upon a good personal trainer that knows his stuff. Get there experience, education, certifications, etc. Do they have experience with athletes, powerlifters, bodybuilders, etc.

You may also want to consider posting this in the Training Threads.

 

[jay264529]

You should check out the training section, got tons of info.

 

[pwr_machine]

Kindda useless now with all the info available on the net.

But you just can't beat a good trainer or coach when you find one.

 

[manny78]

Kindda useless now with all the info available on the net. My gym just fired all their personal trainers. Training routines are now free for members.

 

[pwr_machine]

I'd need the trainer for a routine and such since I don't know a good routine and the *proper* way to perform some exercises.

I had a bench for quite some time and don't know if I had a bad routine, or did soemthing wrong but it didn't help me at all

Take a look at the training board. There several examples of training cycles in the Stickies at the top. Pick one that looks suitable for your goals. And then you could possibly use a trainer to teach you proper form, etc.

 

[karl2me2]

I'd need the trainer for a routine and such since I don't know a good routine and the *proper* way to perform some exercises.

I had a bench for quite some time and don't know if I had a bad routine, or did soemthing wrong but it didn't help me at all

 

[canadianhitman]

You only need a trainer for the first little while to help show you the proper technique lifting. Once you've got that down pat, part ways with the trainer and go with the mountains of information available here.

 

[TerminatorX]

I think PT's r good for an introduction into the basics of weight training to prevent injury more than anything else, but you onloy need them once or twice and thats all. From there it a learning curve that you must climb yourself. And the most important thing about training, is that everybody's body is different and for those reasons you need to listen to your body to inform yourself of what exercises are best and which are worst for you.

I am the same as you... I get nothing out of bench presses but if I use dumbell presses, I can increase the range of motion and more importantly the stretch across the pectorals, so you see it depends on your body, and the only way to learn is to dive in

Good luck bro

Peace