Online personal trainer good idea?

Thanks for the help Jonathan. I picked up the NROL book and it seems like a good book to start with. One of my biggest worries is that some of the exercises is ones that I seem being done with a lot of weight with others and it makes me nervous to do that, esp not knowing good form. Is it a good idea to sub out any of the exercises. I am mainly referring to the squats and dead lifts.

Thanks.
 
alidog said:
Thanks for the help Jonathan. I picked up the NROL book and it seems like a good book to start with. One of my biggest worries is that some of the exercises is ones that I seem being done with a lot of weight with others and it makes me nervous to do that, esp not knowing good form. Is it a good idea to sub out any of the exercises. I am mainly referring to the squats and dead lifts.

Thanks.
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You definitely don't want to sub out those exercises, but you don't need to use a lot of weight to make them effective: read the book, practice your form, and learn the right way to perform the exercises. Squats and deadlifts are easily two of the most important exercises that you can learn do. Use light weight (or just the bar even: you can set the pins in a squat rack for the appropriate height to practice deadlifts) and just practice, practice, practice. You *might* be able to find a trainer that can give you some advice on your form, but don't hold your breathe, unfortunately: most trainers absolutely do not know how to perform these exercises properly! Look for a trainer with a USAW credential, or a background in Olympic Weightlifting or Powerlifting, or possibly a CSCS...all others will not have any reasonable education or expereience through their credentialing process alone (that doesn't mean that they won't know what they're doing, but it doesn't "automatically" mean that they will, either.)
 
bipennate said:
*Ahem*

Or NASM :eek:

Serious question though, Tony: does the NASM go through squat or deadlift form to any appreciable extent? Honestly, the CSCS doesn't really, IMO...
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Nah not really. Tells you how in about 8 steps. There exercise list also has deadlift and russian deadlift, but they are exactly the same.
 
I've heard from a number of sources that ACE has started to come around on the whole functional training thing. NASM better watch out or they will lose their niche.
 
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