Training the Trainer

[TST13]

How many of ya go to the gym & see some joe-blow training someone incorrectly?? This is a pet-pev I have...

My favorite thing one day was I went to the gym & was mining my own business... I happen to be doing chest one day so I grabbed some 50lbs dumbbells & was doing flies for a quick warm up... Now being the weight was so light,,, I knew my form & posture was dead on!! I start hearing this chatter behind me... so I listened up... I started hearing this trainer talk about how my posture was all wrong & I was going to hurt myself in the long run cuz I didn't have a trainer... Now I'm thinking OMG!! LOL!! in disblief, did I just hear that come out of that 140lb 6'2-3" toothpick?!?! He was going on & on... I just walked away at that time... I went over to a few guy's that compete on a regular bases... & asked them about the beanpole... They started laughing too... & told me that he was doing that to them too... Now I'm thinkin' it not just me!! It's on like Donkey Kong now!! Especially since this Jackass's training was pathic to say the least!!

The next time I saw him he was training these two girls at the same time... & he was training them incorrectly to boot!!
I walked over & looked him dead in the eyes & said... "Your going to train them like that??" You should have seen the looks on there faces!! It was awesome!! Everyone that knew the situation & what was going on justed died with laughter... I couldn't help myself... I tend to get pissy when some toothpick comes up & try's to make himself look better on my account... NOT goin' happen!!
Anyways... Sorry bro's & bro'ettes I had to vent this out...

 

[jerrywear]

good one,i was a trainer for 5 years
and i did see that and i still do see that.
but you made my day.
ty

 

[TooPowerful4u]

dude that is AWESOME! He deserved it. You should have corrected him too and made him look like an idiot. Hes gonna lose those clients for sure haha. That rules. OWNED!

 

[swol]

I am a trainer and see that shit all day. Most of the time it is the other trainers whom dont know wtf they are doing. Very fucking funny! Oh by the was if i hear that shit i dont let it slide. What about people not putting uo there wieghts???

 

[SFINX]

I also see it all the time...very sad

 

[MikeS]

I go to 2 gyms, am a trainer at one. I see it always. Makes me sick.
If a rookie comes in our gym and does it-I pull him aside later (not in front of the client) and school him on it. So many do it in the gym i DONT work at,
that members there often come to me asking advice and if I will train them (they know Im a trainer) because the trainers there are such goofs.

 

[Anibal5]

I am surprised

Its unfortunate that;
1] the trainer decided to use "anyone" as an example of poor form. Basic psychology implies that we should be reinforced with what "to do" not what not to do.
2] especially disappointing that you and he are not friends i.e. part friend joking, and he felt justified to disrespect you like that on the floor.

If I was in your situation I dont know if I could have kept my mouth closed. In front of his clients yes, but then when he was on his own ... hard to say

The gym industry in AU is rapidly diminishing wrt trainer expertise

 

[BigBoyJ]

I have been a trainer at my gym for about 2 1/2 weeks now and I train all the trainers. They come to me when they want to know something. They have all improved in my presence.

 

[Coopie]

I wish I could have seen that!

Last summer I was working out and it was early on a Saturday morning - they gym had just opened for the day. Anyhow, they were having a "personal training open house" and all the trainers were there to try to get new clients. The gym had only about 20 people working out and just as many trainers who were constantly going up to people and bothering them with crap about training them.

The best part is that some guy (big and obviously jacked!) was working out and a trainer was all in his face about form and physiology and crap. The guy tells the trainer to take a hike and then the guy comes up to me and says very loudly, "Do you believe these dipshits? These trainers look like they've never seen the inside of a gym." And then he yells at the top of his lungs "Go train yourselves dicks"

I lost it and everyone in the gym busted out laughing. The shame of it is that the gym is owned and run by a good buddy of mine. He's had such a hard time getting quality trainers that he just has to take people who will show up consistently!

 

[Homer]

i was taking a rest break between excerises while working out in the 24Hr Fitness. There was a female trainer, and I use the term loosely, that I was watching work with a another female. She went to the set up barbell rack and picked up a 40lb barbell and was carrying it while talking to her client. She apparently was not paying attention and got next to another female laying on a bench doing presses. Well she swings around with the barbell in hand and bops this poor woman right on the crown of the head! Damn near knocked her out! I heard the "thud" from 20 feet away in a noisey gym.

 

[TST13]

i was taking a rest break between excerises while working out in the 24Hr Fitness. There was a female trainer, and I use the term loosely, that I was watching work with a another female. She went to the set up barbell rack and picked up a 40lb barbell and was carrying it while talking to her client. She apparently was not paying attention and got next to another female laying on a bench doing presses. Well she swings around with the barbell in hand and bops this poor woman right on the crown of the head! Damn near knocked her out! I heard the "thud" from 20 feet away in a noisey gym.

I've seen that kind of clumsy crap too... LMAO!!

 

[MikeS]

The shame of it is that the gym is owned and run by a good buddy of mine. He's had such a hard time getting quality trainers that he just has to take people who will show up consistently!

Thats the problem. There are nowhere near enough good trainers so you have to fill in the staff with a bunch of bozos. A credible staff will have 2-3 good trainers only, the rest are mop-ups.