Any gym instructors/personal trainers here?

lol, epic resurrection to advertise.

Have some proper joker PTs in my gym, one is a fat bar steward who doesn't even work out himself and makes people do random gimmicky exercises, the other is a tiny stick figure guy who seriously got a bad hand dealt with his genetics. I mentioned in another thread I saw him cause a beginner a back injury by making him use too much weight on bent over rows, and the guy had to sit on the floor looking like he was going to feint from the pain. He makes people do loads of eye rolling stuff, can't believe they continue to pay him for it.

My wife's friend went to a PT for a long time paying £60 a session and she looks the same. A guy I work with has being going to one for months paying some ridiculous amount (forgot how much but it was a lot) and I am still stronger than him just training on my own. I think the strategy for PTs is to pretend they have made some custom program for you and then make you progress as slowly as possible so they can keep milking you.

Very frustrating watching PTs for me since we have the internet now and you can learn anything you want with it from some of the most experienced lifters in the world.
 
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There's a relatively attractive looking certified/officially recognised course some guys I know have set up (one of the modules is done by Eric Helms, another by Mike Zourdos), which is somewhat attractive to me since I know a fair bit already and in theory it'd be cool to have a piece of paper recognising that... but the PT world is sooooo saturated, and unless you're one of those Matt Roberts types who work with the rich/famous, lie through your teeth to the general population via some gimmick/fad or prey on neurotic female physique athletes, it seems like a pretty low paid, high turnover market. I don't doubt it can be rewarding but you have to balance doing what you love with how well it provides for you.
 
The biggest issue with the PT business is that it has become the business model to create PTs via short easy courses that anyone (seriously, anyone) can pass with very minimal effort.

Commercial chains do not care if you're decent, just if you can pay rent and have PT after your name on facebook.

I used to be a PT and believe me it's a very low skill job and you should not trust these people to have your best interest in mind.

That being said there are some OUTSTANDING gems within the industry, people who do go the extra mile and who are interested in the bigger picture of health and fitness.

Unearthing these people is tricky sometimes as the successful trainers are generally the ones who'll have a few key clients which they provide with ECA or other substances to give them a good image of someone who gets results fast. The rest of their clients they'll have them do the same rubbish routine day in, day out and string them along.....CAN YOU FEEL MY RAGE?! :p

My current business model is I train anyone who's willing to put in the work for free. Bad for business but very satisfying.
 
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