Question for those who've made great gains on their own, and those who had trainers..

[Makavelli]

To be honest, I am pretty disappointed with the way most trainers look. To me it's a joke, when some guy is 6'1 and weighs 170 and he's telling people how to get diesel i want to cry. In this field the way you look goes a long way.

I totally agree with you bro. I used to manage several gyms and at the largest chain I was a sales manager, but everyone thought I was a trainer. The trainers looked pathetic to say the least. They were either obese or looked like total shit. They don't even look like they workout.

I told them that they should really get in great shape. They would sell a lot more training packages. Apparently they didn't listen...

 

[Tupac_9_lives]

This subject is totally relative to your experiences and the traineres around you. Nobody is right or wrong we have all just been in different environments.

no i am right, a good trainer has absolutly NOTHING to do with looks and their own physique. in fact the better trainers ive know have almost all been out of shape do to them putting all their time in their clients and no focusing on themselves.

 

[silverbackn]

I totally agree with you bro. I used to manage several gyms and at the largest chain I was a sales manager, but everyone thought I was a trainer. The trainers looked pathetic to say the least. They were either obese or looked like total shit. They don't even look like they workout.

I told them that they should really get in great shape. They would sell a lot more training packages. Apparently they didn't listen...

Im glad that somebody feels my pain. I live in the midwest and I have actually lost jobs due to my MUSCULARITY. Are you kidding me? Women say they are intimidated by the way I look. I'm an f'in trainer I'm supposed to look like I've been in they gym. If I ran a gym everyone who worked there would atleast be fit and the trainers would definitely stand out. The mindset of the general public is so sad, they are intimidated by everything.

 

[silverbackn]

no i am right, a good trainer has absolutly NOTHING to do with looks and their own physique. in fact the better trainers ive know have almost all been out of shape do to them putting all their time in their clients and no focusing on themselves.

Nice blanket statement! I feel sorry for you.

 

[mrplunkey]

man you are so wrong again.... let me just put it in simple terms... that trainer i was reffering too... you amd everyone on this board wouldnt come close to the amount of knowledge he has. plain and simple. i dont think mike tyson gave a fk weather he injured himself training either. and from what he was telling me, it involed nothing like handing him a towel. sorry plunkey, i like you bro, but your just wrong on this one.

Again... training a "big name" means... you know a "big name" -- nothing more. And you're right! Mike Tyson doesn't give a fk whether he injures himself... but you actually push him to do something that gives him the *slightest* injury and you'll have his entire economic entourage coming-down around your ears. Nothing quite like an athelete's agent/lawyer (they are often both) explaining to you how your waiver, no matter how well written, doesn't protect you from gross neglegance.

That's great the 400 lb dude knows a lot... but it's not just what you know. It's the ability to demonstrate movements (field and weightroom), diagnose a specific athelete, and ultimately motivate them. I personally think the best way to really connect with an athelete is to roll with him, as opposed to sitting on a stool shouting "speed!" and "you got it!" on every rep.

 

[Tupac_9_lives]

Again... training a "big name" means... you know a "big name" -- nothing more. And you're right! Mike Tyson doesn't give a fk whether he injures himself... but you actually push him to do something that gives him the *slightest* injury and you'll have his entire economic entourage coming-down around your ears. Nothing quite like an athelete's agent/lawyer (they are often both) explaining to you how your waiver, no matter how well written, doesn't protect you from gross neglegance.

That's great the 400 lb dude knows a lot... but it's not just what you know. It's the ability to demonstrate movements (field and weightroom), diagnose a specific athelete, and ultimately motivate them. I personally think the best way to really connect with an athelete is to roll with him, as opposed to sitting on a stool shouting "speed!" and "you got it!" on every rep.

well i think actually educating him is a better way

 

[Tupac_9_lives]

Nice blanket statement! I feel sorry for you.

no you are right, at one point i looked like absolute shit. and thats why i quit, for myself. i felt sorry for me to back then.

 

[silverbackn]

Okay, maybe I'm a big dumb rock, but you lost me. I can't tell the intent of your remark, it's hard to pick up incinuations in print. Anyway, don't give up playa!

 

[quizkid]

I paid for a trainer once. He treated me like his run of the mill beginner. I fired him when he started asking me questions. I felt like he should have been paying me.

chilly