Hi,
I've been looking at some forums and this one looks like there are some helpful people here, so I want to ask a few questions.
I live in a rural area and a fitness center opened here about 5 years ago. The next closest gym is about 40 miles from here.
I took a tour and decided to join the fitness center. I went for a couple of years and stopped going. Their so-called personal trainers have no certifications and have no more knowledge than I do about training. For example, I asked a question about working on different ab muscles. The 'trainer' told me to 'just do some crunches.'
They put you on a bunch of machines, set the weight, seat height, etc. and the computer keeps track of everything.
If you ask someone a question there, even if they're not busy, they act like they don't want to be bothered.
I wanted to work more with free weights but, like I said, I can read and do research myself and it's kind of stupid to pay someone for a training session when they're not going to show me anything more than I already know.
Okay, that's my experience with 'personal' trainers at this facility.
Using the machines wasn't doing anything for me, that's why I wanted a trainer to help me with free weights. I would like to go back, since, like I said earlier the closest gym besides the one in town is 40 miles from here. However, I know it's going to be a waste of money because there's no one there to help train me. Also, I've searched for personal trainers online and in the phone book and the closest ones I could find are also about 40 miles from here.
I've been looking at some websites; NFPT, AFTA, AFPA, NCSF..
I thought about spending $300-$400 for a course. I would get the knowledge I need, and figured I would spend more than that on a trainer.
I majored in chemistry and I've taken anatomy and physiology, I'm an EMT-I and I worked in the healthcare field for several years. So, I know that I have the discipline to study and pass the course. Although I'm not doing it for the certification initially, I thought that in the future I could use the certification and knowledge to help others. Having gone through the experience of my weight going up and down, I think I would be in a pretty good position to help other people, after being trained and certified.
I've read a lot of negative comments on other boards about these home study courses. I don't see a problem with them. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to get a bachelor's degree. I would gladly go back to school indefinately if I knew that I had enough money to pay tuition and pay my bills, etc.
I just wanted to run this by you all and see what people in the business think about it.
Thanks for any advice,
Greg
I've been looking at some forums and this one looks like there are some helpful people here, so I want to ask a few questions.
I live in a rural area and a fitness center opened here about 5 years ago. The next closest gym is about 40 miles from here.
I took a tour and decided to join the fitness center. I went for a couple of years and stopped going. Their so-called personal trainers have no certifications and have no more knowledge than I do about training. For example, I asked a question about working on different ab muscles. The 'trainer' told me to 'just do some crunches.'
They put you on a bunch of machines, set the weight, seat height, etc. and the computer keeps track of everything.
If you ask someone a question there, even if they're not busy, they act like they don't want to be bothered.
I wanted to work more with free weights but, like I said, I can read and do research myself and it's kind of stupid to pay someone for a training session when they're not going to show me anything more than I already know.
Okay, that's my experience with 'personal' trainers at this facility.
Using the machines wasn't doing anything for me, that's why I wanted a trainer to help me with free weights. I would like to go back, since, like I said earlier the closest gym besides the one in town is 40 miles from here. However, I know it's going to be a waste of money because there's no one there to help train me. Also, I've searched for personal trainers online and in the phone book and the closest ones I could find are also about 40 miles from here.
I've been looking at some websites; NFPT, AFTA, AFPA, NCSF..
I thought about spending $300-$400 for a course. I would get the knowledge I need, and figured I would spend more than that on a trainer.
I majored in chemistry and I've taken anatomy and physiology, I'm an EMT-I and I worked in the healthcare field for several years. So, I know that I have the discipline to study and pass the course. Although I'm not doing it for the certification initially, I thought that in the future I could use the certification and knowledge to help others. Having gone through the experience of my weight going up and down, I think I would be in a pretty good position to help other people, after being trained and certified.
I've read a lot of negative comments on other boards about these home study courses. I don't see a problem with them. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to get a bachelor's degree. I would gladly go back to school indefinately if I knew that I had enough money to pay tuition and pay my bills, etc.
I just wanted to run this by you all and see what people in the business think about it.
Thanks for any advice,
Greg