Need some help as a new PT

[TheTransMan]

I've been a personal trainer at LA Fitness for about 3 weeks on my own now. I work with a lot of elderly overweight clients who are just looking for general fitness & Mobility who tend to have a lot of issues with rotator cuffs in general. I've been trying to do a little bit of balance work as well as strength endurance work, but a lot of them don't really seem to be receptive to it. Most of the other trainers have had them just working on the machines while I've gradually had them moving over to free weights to focus more so on balance and stability because they don't work in two dimensions in real life as they do on those machines. With that in mind, I gradually started having them work in three planes of motion and doing supersets between strength endurance exercises and balance endurance exercises to ensure that I can enforce stability. They're also not great in communicating exactly what it is they're feeling. Had a bit of a scare with one client today where she felt like she was light-headed. She failed to mention that she had some other medical issues. I'm just looking for some advice to help me figure out exactly what it is I could be doing better. I just have a feeling that some of them just aren't really receiving me well as a trainer. Maybe that's in part due to the fact that they are used to other trainers training them a certain way, or I could just be really doing a poor job as a trainer. Understand I only have half an hour with each client per session, so I kind of have a very limited time window to get a certain amount done.

[cmacken]

Most likely they just don't want to be pushed outside of their comfort zone, but if you do want feedback, ask one of the more senior successful trainers to critique your approach.

[Farley1324]

I've been a personal trainer at LA Fitness for about 3 weeks on my own now. I work with a lot of elderly overweight clients who are just looking for general fitness & Mobility who tend to have a lot of issues with rotator cuffs in general. I've been trying to do a little bit of balance work as well as strength endurance work, but a lot of them don't really seem to be receptive to it. Most of the other trainers have had them just working on the machines while I've gradually had them moving over to free weights to focus more so on balance and stability because they don't work in two dimensions in real life as they do on those machines. With that in mind, I gradually started having them work in three planes of motion and doing supersets between strength endurance exercises and balance endurance exercises to ensure that I can enforce stability. They're also not great in communicating exactly what it is they're feeling. Had a bit of a scare with one client today where she felt like she was light-headed. She failed to mention that she had some other medical issues. I'm just looking for some advice to help me figure out exactly what it is I could be doing better. I just have a feeling that some of them just aren't really receiving me well as a trainer. Maybe that's in part due to the fact that they are used to other trainers training them a certain way, or I could just be really doing a poor job as a trainer. Understand I only have half an hour with each client per session, so I kind of have a very limited time window to get a certain amount done.

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[TheTransMan]

I guess. That one I mentioned got light headed and almost puked. I'll have to tone it down a bit for them. I had one who waned to go back to the other guy, so he let me shadow him again. They're not really around to ask during any down time sadly. I would love to discuss that. I've been trying to follow NASM's OPT model as much as possible. I've only known workouts for younger people looking into sports like myself :/

[Farley1324]

You'll mostly find "lol" in relation to NASM and training around here

[health4life24]

There's a PT section on these forums. You'll get more replies there.

[TheTransMan]

I couldn't find it, so I settled for here. Gave a link to it? The mobile version isn't great

[TheTransMan]

Lol?