Where do personal trainers learn this crap

[AEKDB]

This is going to be hard to describe. Today I saw a trainer place a half stability ball thing with a solid base round side up in front of a smith machine. The client was told to place one foot in front on top of the half ball and perform on leg squats. She was then told to raise the knee of the other leg while squatting down. Her foot on the ball was rolling around and I could see the stress on her knee. What the hell was this trainer thinking!

 

[Acela]

Reminds me of the trainer @ my gym that stood two feet behind me while i did a set of ATG squats and reprimanded me for "going WAYYY TOO low" because i was going to "ruin my knees"

i saw him a few days later doing squats, probably going down about 30% of my squat ROM with the worst spinal arch i had ever seen. it honestly looked like a cross between a good-morning and a squat

 

[s8nlilhlpr2]

Unfortunately....there is no IQ test before they hand out the internet personal trainer certification. Any moron with $200 can get one online in a couple hours/days. There ARE really awesome trainers, but I have yet to meet one either. Most of the trainers at my gym look like they steal their routines out of Mens Health.

 

[OMEGA]

its the trainer making artificial complexities in training so that the client thinks they need them for that type of stuff

 

[abolish the weak]

You should see the tool who trains at one of my gyms. From what I hear his prices are outrageous, $80-$100 a session. The dude has this way of attracting pathetic middle aged people who think they too can look like him at his age. It's hilarious, because it's obvious he's using a bunch of GH and most like HRT. His upper body isn't bad, his legs suck though. But anyways, all the guy does is stand next to the people he's training and play with his cell phone all day. If I was one of his clients I'd just wonder where my money was going. The guy will stand there looking at his cell, ignoring the shit out of them the entire time. I think they just pay him so they can be seen with the big bald dude. fucking joke