How do personal trainers feel about having a client who...

[robplaysgeetar]

How do personal trainers feel about having a client who is somewhat knowledgable in the area of lifting, but wants to make appointments to improve form, learn about the mind-muscle connection, and perhaps most importantly, make progress while lifting safely?

I have an appointment tomorrow and don't know exactly what to expect.

[C--Bass]

Want to know the number one reason why my clients didn't maintain a consistent workout on their own?
Because they were injured from using incorrect form on the most basic of exercises. Those injuries caused them to get depressed, not work-out, gain fat, and ultimately, quit the gym entirely.
You would be amazed at how many of the "Big-guys" use incorrect form and wonder why their knees, shoulders, and lower backs hurt for weeks on end.

They (we) offer accountability, program design, SAFETY, and above all else, a healthy productive workout that can allow you to leave the gym with your endorphins a-racin'

Make sense?

CB

[dasixthsun]

i dont mind. The only thing i do mind is someone who is new to lifting and after a couple of months think that they know everything cause they searched a couple websites

[EMISGOD]

How do personal trainers feel about having a client who is somewhat knowledgable in the area of lifting, but wants to make appointments to improve form, learn about the mind-muscle connection, and perhaps most importantly, make progress while lifting safely?

I have an appointment tomorrow and don't know exactly what to expect.

I think it's positive. I'd want to assess their level myself, of course, but if that would save me having to teach them the basics and we could get right into the more advanced stuff, that'd be all to the good in my book.

[nickmanzoni]

MY favorite clients.

If you don't want him, send him to me.

[onemindonebody]

THE PERFECT CLIENT IMO. Wow to be able to use drop sets, super sets, giant sets etc. without first having to explain the reason behind them. Ive been training for about 6 years now and I always hit it off with these particular clients. Sounds like their their considering becoming a bodybuilder. Which IMO is a wonderful thing!

[jules_d1]

THE PERFECT CLIENT IMO. Wow to be able to use drop sets, super sets, giant sets etc. without first having to explain the reason behind them. Ive been training for about 6 years now and I always hit it off with these particular clients. Sounds like their their considering becoming a bodybuilder. Which IMO is a wonderful thing!

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[kserajuddin]

THE PERFECT CLIENT IMO. Wow to be able to use drop sets, super sets, giant sets etc. without first having to explain the reason behind them. Ive been training for about 6 years now and I always hit it off with these particular clients. Sounds like their their considering becoming a bodybuilder. Which IMO is a wonderful thing!

Yeah -
As I got better, I found almost all of my clients were like this - knowledgeable, determined, essentially fit, and training themselves for years - they just come to me for the added intensity and knowledge they couldn't get on their own -

Sounds like you're kinda new, right? Well if so, just make sure you "know what you know" - get a specialty, style, and body of knowledge that you're confident in - confidence will come with experience and practice -

[robplaysgeetar]

Lol, I'm the client. The PT I'm going to has me ditching all free weights and is starting on machines in order to focus on the muscles being worked, which I applaud him for, but it's an enormous change for me not doing any free weight exercises. He showed me how to do squats on the smith machine so it won't bother my knees, and although I have been told that my free weight squat form is decent I have to say that I felt these working my legs much more.

He likes machines for building mass as he says that it is a safe way to max out without having to worry about injuring yourself if you don't have a spotter.

[nickmanzoni]

Ask him to explain joint accomodation on machines to you.

If he does, fire him.

If he doesn't, fire him.