Over a year ago, I spent around 1000 bucks on a 'personal trainer' at a local gym. I didn't (and still don't) know what questions to ask to find out if they are any good. At our first meeting, he talked about doing all this body fat % taking and diet analysis. Instead, we met (when he showed up) for a series of 8 sessions where I felt like all he did was make stuff up for me to do. I don't think he worked with girls that much (it was a pretty 'male dominated' gym) Anyway, I am moving to Virginia Beach and have contacted another trainer. I want to give it another go after listening to all of you on this board--but are there any questions I should ask...also can I put the name of the gym/trainer up to see if anyone else uses it? I don't want to break any rules.....Thanks (if someone already asked this, my apologies, I looked but may have missed it)
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Horrible PT
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sorry to hear that your personal trainer wasn't that all great at doing his job [:
hopefully you won't probably need a personal trainer, as all your questions can be answered here. A personal trainer **in my opinion**, just gives you workouts to do & give you tips on how to eat well, if you want workouts, specific ones, for any part of your body, ask it on this forum & i'm sure someone will be glad to assist you and even give you detailed instructions on how to do the workout.
& with weight training, diet is the main importance, if you have lousy diet, your training is just a waste of time and money.
& also if you have time, visit
to take a test to see how much calories you would need to eat in a day to sustain your current weight.
at home body fat test
hopefully you won't probably need a personal trainer, as all your questions can be answered here. A personal trainer **in my opinion**, just gives you workouts to do & give you tips on how to eat well, if you want workouts, specific ones, for any part of your body, ask it on this forum & i'm sure someone will be glad to assist you and even give you detailed instructions on how to do the workout.
& with weight training, diet is the main importance, if you have lousy diet, your training is just a waste of time and money.
& also if you have time, visit
to take a test to see how much calories you would need to eat in a day to sustain your current weight.
at home body fat test
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There are those trainers that ruin it for everyone. They seem to know just enough to hurt themselves and the people they train.
Joey has some truths to his harsh words. It is best to research for yourself as well.
When choosing a trainer, look for a good certification. Even though the cert. doesn't exactly make the trainer... it gives you a glimpse on how much they know and CAN apply. The best certs are ACSM, NSCA (CSCS), and NASM. Paul Chek types aren't bad either.....the ones I've met tend to be overzealous about their teachings....gets a little scary. If they have one of these certs. they probably can at least put you on the right path. Trainers are not nutritionist unless QUALIFIED... so they can only give you tidbits.
Kinda' what Joey touched on, a trainer is only in charge of 1 hour of your day
......what are you doing to stay on the right track for the other 23 hours
Goodluck
Joey has some truths to his harsh words. It is best to research for yourself as well.
When choosing a trainer, look for a good certification. Even though the cert. doesn't exactly make the trainer... it gives you a glimpse on how much they know and CAN apply. The best certs are ACSM, NSCA (CSCS), and NASM. Paul Chek types aren't bad either.....the ones I've met tend to be overzealous about their teachings....gets a little scary. If they have one of these certs. they probably can at least put you on the right path. Trainers are not nutritionist unless QUALIFIED... so they can only give you tidbits.
Kinda' what Joey touched on, a trainer is only in charge of 1 hour of your day
......what are you doing to stay on the right track for the other 23 hours
Goodluck
Wow, thanks! What you both said makes alot of sense...I didn't know exactly what I expected from a PT and I suppose you are right that I could run some things past the people on this forum (after all, that is how I got where I am not) and it's free! I still plan on meeting with him, but will ask about the certs. I also found a post on this forum from 2004 that says some questions to ask. Thanks again!