Forum: Personal Trainers Section

Hey, So my girlfriend signed a contract with a trainer at Crunch Gym for around $700 and that trainer informed her the next week that she quit. My girlfriend didn't want to continue this since the trainer wasn't there anymore. However they told her that it was out of the 3 day period of...

Hey so i had a odd request from a potential client/friend of mine, Back when i worked at a gym, he use to train there frequently however he messaged me last night saying he lost his job and is looking for workouts he can do through out the day with the primary goal of losing quite the bit of...

Hey Guys, I took two weeks off heavy lifting, I did some power yoga instead on the second week but my body is just not recovering. I feel like crap all the time. If I lift even a scaled down workout with less reps and weight replacing some of the free weighs with cables, I still dont sleep that...

How do you motivate and support your clients to reach their fitness goals? Thanks in advance.

What nutritional guidance do you provide along with training sessions?

How do you handle injury prevention and safety during workouts?

I was wondering if personal trainers are that expensive and worth having overall?

I've generally trained bodybuilding style mostly, but I've done several powerlifting competitions and I seem to favour powerlifting now over bodybuilding, so I've been getting stuck in with actively learning about strength training and powerlifting specifically, instead of just learning as I go...

So I've been working with this guy for I think around 6 months. Before I was doing personal training virtually but it was harder because it wasnt in person. Currently I have 2 upper body days and 2 lower body days with the trainer I currently have been seeing for 6 months it person. I'm being told...

I turned 40 last month and I've been training over 20 years but first years were training now or then without proper nutrition doing mostly bench and upper body. After years everything got better with training and nutrition and lets say last 10 years I've been eating a mainly same healthy foods. ...

What level of involvement can someone realistically expect online? Detailed diet plans? Watching regular videos of the client's workouts to comment on form? How many emails or texts - a once a week overview, or workout by workout? How does an online trainer help with things like mind-muscle...

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Greetings... Putting it all out there in a dark moment, trying everything I can to change my environment, habits, etc.. I recently went through an extremely difficult time that included the hardest breakup of my life and trying to get my life and head back on straight. Rebuilding from scratch. I...

I had my left foot amputated in September and had a prosthetic ten weeks later. I’ve always worked out and even when I didn’t have a prosthetic, I still came to the gym. I’ve recently had to take my prosthetic off for some weeks because of another problem but want to keep working on my legs. I...

I’m trying to get into competitive shape by Dec 2024. I previously worked with an online coach who got me nearly there. I’m in Ft Worth TX now…

Looking for a trainer for a beginner to intermediate just for personal bodybuilding.

My buddy can do 16 plate leg press full rom but only 160 on leg extensions and curls… I can only do 10 plats on leg press full rom but 245lb+45 hung off the pin for leg extensions and 240+25lb hung off pin on curls……why is he stronger than me on press but weaker on isolation?

Is skateboarding good cardio?? ( good enough to replace jogging) also is it good for pylometrics?? my running routine each week was a 3 km run, 4.5 km run and a HIIT session per week. but Lately I've replaced jogging with skateboarding ( I skateboard quite a few hours a week ) As well my...

Hi everyone. I really need help being held accountable and disciplined with my workout and diet because I just can't do it myself. I lack the motivation and always end up "stumbling" and screwing up. Could anybody be like a partner/mentor sort of deal so that I can get my ass on track? I kind of...

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I'm shortly going to finish my Level 3 PT course and highly likely get employed by my local anytime fitness straight after. I was hoping to curate a list of at least a few high quality forums that can help with personal training questions besides this one. Does anyone have any recommendations? ...

I’ve been looking for an app that has everything you need for clients. Looking for: Videos of exercises(that I don’t have to make) One that I can select the foods they will be eating, their macros, how many meals, pre/post workout meal option and it will crunch all the numbers so I don’t have...

Hello. In next days I'll start my first job as fitness trainer and I need some advices. How to begin first training with new client. What kind of questions to ask and how to begin training. I have general idea what should I ask and what kind of info I need from my client. First thing first I want...