I agree every PT should be in great shape!!! PT should be a inspiration for her or his clients and other people. There is no excuse to look overweight!! How can you pay someone money who is overweight to help you to get in better shape( lose weight, get lean muscle mass)? As I PT I was never overweight and I'm still in great shape all the time, so that's why i never had a problem to get a very good clients like Natural Mr.Olympia 2004 Danny Chau. I cannot imagine myself to train Danny Chau in 2004 for Mr.Olympia and be a fat guy.He will never ask me for a help!!! So always you should look healthy,in shape,strong but most importantly you should always be a inspiration for others!!!! So always be in shape!!!!
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Thread: Overweight Gym Trainers
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01-29-2013, 08:38 AM #91
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01-29-2013, 01:52 PM #92
I was choosing a trainer at a gym a few months ago and immediately said, "Not him" when the saleswoman pointed to an overweight trainer. By today's standards you might just say he was "a few pounds overweight". I am positive he knows more than me and could easily have instructed me on things I am not too familiar with but I just do not want that influence around me.
I believe nutrition is implied when you say words like "exercise" and "fitness". Most differentiate the two but I dont. To a less severe degree, "discipline" is also inherent when talking about fitness for me. I would do bad things to have someone like Arnold train me but if I were living in the real world and had to pick from a handful of non-celebrity/renowned trainers then I would, and have, gravitate to who seems to be the most fit.You give something up for everything you gain
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01-29-2013, 05:39 PM #93
I'm a personal trainer and have been training for the last 8 years (Nationally cert though ISSA for the last year though). When I read this, it was like a breath of fresh air... the only thing that would have made this slightly better is if it was coming from a non-trainer. That would have made my evening
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01-29-2013, 06:13 PM #94
Folks,
I think what is important to remember is that you all do not represent the average person in the gym. Important to keep that in mind.
Like I said before, if I wanted to chose a trainer to help me lose weight, I would be more likely to choose someone who didn't have an "ideal" body type, but had lost weight himself and was successful at it.
As an "average Joe", the PT who looks like Adonis might motivate me in the beginning, but he sure better have some knowledge and ability to motivate me and RELATE to me if he wants me to continue to hire him.
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01-30-2013, 09:31 PM #95
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01-31-2013, 08:21 AM #96
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02-01-2013, 08:05 PM #97
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OP, I think it is important for trainers to be in shape, but it isn't everything
I believe a great trainer is going to have:
1. Formal education and appropriate certifications
2. Experience (personal experience included- time under the bar is important)
3. Results for their clients
If a trainer can prove they know what their talking about and get the results for their clients- that's all clients really want. If they are in great shape, that's just icing on the cake.
I don't think anyone could argue that if you took 2 identical twin trainers with equal education and client success history, that if one had a very physique and the other was overweight, the fit trainer would have the advantage.
I don't however, think it makes a huge difference.
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02-03-2013, 09:54 PM #98
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02-03-2013, 10:21 PM #99
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02-04-2013, 09:42 PM #100
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02-04-2013, 09:46 PM #101
http://www.yourbody-yourgoals.com/wp...2-393x1024.jpg
The fact you do "boot camps" means you want to take money from fat women for patting them on the back and counting to 10.
Good luck with your 'cult' following 10 years training experience and 84kg Mate you dont even lift.
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02-04-2013, 10:11 PM #102
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02-05-2013, 10:32 AM #103
This is an industry wide problem. Too many people trying to discredit another professional. I know it happens in the medical field and other professions, but it seems more common among personal trainers. So what if the gym trainer is overweight. Do you care that your doctors smoke? Do you care that nurses don't eat right and a lot of them have addictions to prescription meds? Do you care that you carpenter lives in a shack? Do you care that your retail salesperson doesn't own the electronics that he is selling you? how about the grossly obese dietitian?
There are too many trainers discrediting each other. There are too many trainers pointing to this degree and certification and saying: "See, he/she doesn't have the same paper that I have so he is no good." I agree that having a great body is excellent advertising and it is how the personal training thing got started, but now that this is a trade/profession we do not have to be so scrutinizing of each other.Last edited by Endevorforever; 02-05-2013 at 10:37 AM.
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02-05-2013, 04:12 PM #104
But the more people talk about you the more you are known.
P/T is just like real estate. Its about being a **** head and making sure everyone knows who you are and how good you say you are. By doing so it helps to remind the public how **** everyone else besides you is so that they can continue to know you are the best and how everything everyone else does is wrong.
Remember you hold the magical secrets.
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02-05-2013, 07:58 PM #105
I am just saying with this kind of attitude, people are just going to assume that nobody knows anything and spend more money on diet crazes and other gimmicky stuff. Physical therapist and chiropractors used to do this. Since they stopped, their professions have become more reputable. I hope PT will stop the hate so the industry can grow.
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02-06-2013, 10:17 AM #106
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"Bro ya gotta have teh sixpact to be a trainer, lolz is all I'm sayin' lolz"
"Doing the exercise on a bosu ball increases core activation."
"It's not about what you can lift, it's about what you look like you can lift."
"Deep squats are bad for the knees, and not functional."
I would like to stop the hate, but too many are giving me such good reasons to hate.
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02-06-2013, 08:07 PM #107
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IMHO being an in shape and "aesthetic" trainer is a personal philosophy not a requirement. I know several trainers who are in worse shape than i am but are extremely good trainers. You don't NEED to be in great shape to be a GREAT trainer. Personally I feel I need to be in shape as a trainer because I like experimenting with workouts and I need to be a good shape to do it and I was fat once and made progress to become fit from fat. Does that make me an inherently better trainer? No, but it is a personal ethos I follow because its what lead me to where I am.
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02-07-2013, 05:21 AM #108
I agree, I wouldn't hire an over (or under with no muscle) weight trainer.
I wouldn't hire a web designer with a **** website.
I wouldn't hire a dentist with ugly teeth.
IMO it's all the same thing.
As a future client I know nothing about you as a PT all I got is what I see, afterall, you're your own client.
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02-07-2013, 05:59 AM #109
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02-07-2013, 09:24 AM #110
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02-07-2013, 01:03 PM #111
If you are quoting people from this thread, use the quote tags so we know who you are quoting. Otherwise, these "quotes" do not belong in this thread. Nobody is talking like that.
"i could have a 6 pack if i wanted but its unhealthy, you gotta have a good amount of fat on you to be healthy"
"in a survival situation the ripped guys will starve to death ha ha ha"
Anyone can play that game.
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02-07-2013, 03:48 PM #112
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02-07-2013, 05:06 PM #113
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02-07-2013, 05:52 PM #114
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IMO< If a trainer is overweight no big deal. They probably have been busy with their clients, and running their professional life. I want to stress overweight though. 20lbs overweight, no biggie; however if you are a trainer entering the obese category, what happened man? I attend the University of Minnesota, and there is a trainer that is presumably a student who is extremely overweight(easily 100+ lbs overweight) I would not trust that guy, and neither would most.
I wouldn't spend the money for a trainer in the gym, but I have spent money on triathlon coaches and they help tremendously. I was realistic with my training and started well under my strength level to get my form correct. The trainer was slightly overweight, but worked 2 jobs, and had a family to take care of. I can handle that, they knew more about training slightly heavier people than others. Especially since most triathletes my age are far lighter than myself (205ish pounds)Follow me on Instagram: Steveo763
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02-07-2013, 08:15 PM #115
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Ive been reading this thread and i think there have been a lot of good answers, but i would like to adress these two posts...
I agree with the point that trainers need not cut other trainers down. It has been my experience that the "bad" trainers run themselves out of a job without the help of anyone talking about them. And its not always the best looking trainers that make the best coaches. IMO a "bad" trainer is the one with the bad attitude towards clients and coworkers, one who uses a lot of bro science, trains people badly, who may get people injured or tell them things that could be harmful...etc. I dont care what you look like, if you are a bad trainer, people eventually figure it out..... no matter what you look like.
On the other hand, if you are a "good" trainer, get your clients results in a safe and effective manner, can take care of the business side of things, and are not a d k head to your coworkers, then people respond positively to that. And they could care less what you look like.
The other point in this post i would like to address is that i would not appreciate being "preached" to by any doctor who was obese. So yes i can say that i would like to see those in the health industry be healthy. Personally i have never seen a regular fitness trainer in a gym be grossly overweight. I have seen several who carried a higher BF% but were not obese (and then seen those same trainers cut and win figure competitions!) I myself am on a bulk, would the general population understand my personal reasons for being higher in BF and weight than what is "normal" for me?? Probably not, but i have been hired to train folks and no one has questioned my weight or bf. To most people I am "skinny" and get told this all the time. I am still however, healthy. My blood pressure and resting heart rate have gone down (never high to begin with but its gone down all the same), my cholesteral levels are pretty great, i can easily cover miles as i hike trails regularly, i can teach my fitness classes, i can train others, my lifts are increasing, and the list goes on. So if i am carrying more weight and fat than normal, well, that at the moment is a personal choice, and you can not know what else is going on in the trainers life.
So it seems a bit silly to judge a trainer on looks alone. I would rather train with someone knowledgeable, who is not going to get me hurt because hes paying attention the the 19 year old in hot pink pants rather than on what i am paying him to do. (just an example so dont get your panties in a bunch)
And that leads me to this post which i think covers what I was thinking. Just because the trainer is not 20 and ripped and hot, doesnt mean that they are not a good trainer. Personally I would rather train with some one serious, than to have some ripped dude who could care less if i reached my goals. Can you find the ripped dude who is serious. Occasionally, yes.
But then we have issues like this in our industry, and that certainly does not help, wether it is true or not....
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02-07-2013, 09:45 PM #116
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Interesting link, rockangel.
I think she might have trouble with the fact that she didn't report the issues to the supervisor. While a good supervisor will know how their staff behave, you can't watch them all the time, and have to respond to feedback given - and lack of feedback is also feedback, normally meaning, "I'm happy with the service I'm getting."
It seems the trainers involved lacked maturity and people skills, being able to judge or even care what sort of conversation the client was comfortable with. But hey, at least they weren't overweight, right?
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02-08-2013, 02:00 PM #117
There’s inspiration everywhere. If someone has lost 100 pounds but is still 250, that could inspire someone else who needs to lose a substantial amount of weight. But for the most part, you are most likely referring to the lazy, overweight trainer who couldn’t do the programs he/she is teaching to others. It’s like overweight doctors. Yes, we’re all human but you have to be better than that if you are a role model for others.
'Real beauty is what's inside.' You know you are ugly if someone tells you this.
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02-12-2013, 07:21 PM #118
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02-13-2013, 05:17 AM #119
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02-13-2013, 03:09 PM #120
So I was working for a gym as a trainer not too long ago. Upon being employed at the gym, the manager was mad at a trainer who had gained weight since his starting with the company. The trainer was extremely knowledgeable, and had been training for a few years. The manager considered him a bad trainer because of the weight gain and slacking sales, but had him teaching new trainers different things to help them improve their training quality. I learned that having an average to higher than average body fat percentage can affect sales and perception of you as a trainer. The trainer was married though and was a family man. Also he wasn't getting paid enough IMHO for the schedule he was working. Also, The new hires were eating up his sales. I'd imagine the environment takes away from trainer's health.
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