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88059355
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first? Is this one
safe? Are you using it right? There are so many questions to ask about
trying to get physically fit as well. How much should you push
yourself? How much is too much?

A personal trainer is someone who steps in and will coach you through
your weight loss regime. What is it that a personal trainer does
exactly?

Finding Out What A Personal Trainer Does Is Step Number One
Whenever I want to find out what it is that a personal trainer does, I
simply visit the website or look at an advertisement of another
personal trainer. From one location that is located in California, I
have found the following list to be exactly what a personal trainer
does.

Coaching workouts that intensify gradually at different stages
Working to increase improvement function of the body from walking and
running, etc.

Keeping a client up to date on nutrition

Practices safe stretching and exercise techniques

Helps to increase muscle tone and metabolism in the body

Minimize the possibility of injury

Increase the client's self-confidence and put good 'stress' to
encourage

Eliminate laziness and excuses from stopping the client from getting
what they want

What is it that Clients Ask When Looking for a Personal Trainer?
One that I have found says that finding the best personal trainer is
to simply ask a lot of questions. If you ask questions of your
personal trainer and he or she does not know the answer or doesn't
give an answer you are particularly happy with, a client should simply
walk away.

If you are looking to become a personal trainer, expect to hear
questions. What is your background? How long have you been doing this?
How are you involved in the industry? Do you stay competitive in the
industry? What is the education level that you have? Did you get
certified in a weekend or are you university educated? Are you
continuing to educate yourself on the latest health techniques?
Insurance? CPR? First Aid?

If you are able to answer these questions to a client, you'll be much
more likely to sign a client. Above all, personal trainer will make a
customer state his or her reasonable goals and set a plan to reach
those goal in a healthy and constructive learning environment that
will let the client keep the regime for years to come, even if they
stop using the personal trainer.

What is it That Separates a Good Personal Trainer from a Bad One?
Like when you shop for anything else, there are good trainers and
there are bad personal trainers, but what is the difference?
A good personal trainer would tell you that you should shop around and
find the right trainer for you. A lot of corporate gym trainers have
sales quotas, do you really think they're primary interest is your
health? Most of them have minimal training and are more of a sales
person than a trainer.

If you are looking to become a personal trainer, what is it you should
do first? Try to take course on exercise, fitness and health. If you
also stay involved personally in the body building industry, you're
also staying on top of the competition. Commitment is the key; you
have to be committed, as your clients certainly will not be. They will
want to quit and give excuses. You can't let them.
Above all, a personal trainer really cares about the client. You can't
simply treat them like another paycheck. A customer has personal goals
and needs and is asking you to help them along a path they can't walk
on their own. What a personal trainer is, is not a salesman or a drill
sergeant, a personal trainer is a coach, a mentor and a partner on a
road to a goal.



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Tom Sherman
01-04-1970, 12:26 AM
88059355 wrote:
> Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
> are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first?...

Take JB's advice. Leave the gym and Ride Bike.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
- A. Derleth

Werehatrack
01-04-1970, 12:26 AM
Responding to the subject line alone:

Someone who, for a fee, tells people things that (a) they could learn
for free if they just did a small amount of research first, (b) they
often already knew but didn't want to admit, (c) may or may not be
applicable to the individual receiving the information, (d) don't
alsways meet the needs of the individual as closely as they meet the
goals of the trainer, and/or (e) they may feel better hearing from
someone that's being paid to tell them.

I know people who pay close attention to the advice of a PT. I know
others who use a certain gym specifically beacuse there's no PT to get
in their way. Use what works for you.



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* * Chas
01-04-1970, 12:26 AM
"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fmi0c9$n1f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> 88059355 wrote:
> > Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
> > are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first?...
>
> Take JB's advice. Leave the gym and Ride Bike.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia


A personal trainer is the guy who takes care of your wife while you are
out busting your tail to be able to keep her in the style she want to be
accustomed to.
:-P

Chas.

Tom Sherman
01-04-1970, 12:32 AM
* * Chas wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:fmi0c9$n1f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> 88059355 wrote:
>>> Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
>>> are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first?...
>> Take JB's advice. Leave the gym and Ride Bike.
>>
>> --
>> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
>
>
> A personal trainer is the guy who takes care of your wife while you are
> out busting your tail to be able to keep her in the style she want to be
> accustomed to.
> :-P
>
This is one of the reasons why any married man should get a paternity
test for all of his wife's children - why pay to raise some other guy's kid?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
- A. Derleth

* * Chas
01-04-1970, 12:35 AM
"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fmmc9j$i0k$2@registered.motzarella.org...
> * * Chas wrote:
> > "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:fmi0c9$n1f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> >> 88059355 wrote:
> >>> Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
> >>> are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first?...
> >> Take JB's advice. Leave the gym and Ride Bike.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> >
> >
> > A personal trainer is the guy who takes care of your wife while you
are
> > out busting your tail to be able to keep her in the style she want to
be
> > accustomed to.
> > :-P
> >
> This is one of the reasons why any married man should get a paternity
> test for all of his wife's children - why pay to raise some other guy's
kid?
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia

These days maternity tests too..... ;-)

Chas.

Tom Sherman
01-04-1970, 12:42 AM
* * Chas wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:fmmc9j$i0k$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>> * * Chas wrote:
>>> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:fmi0c9$n1f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> 88059355 wrote:
>>>>> Imagine stepping into the gym for the first time in your life. There
>>>>> are so many machines and gadgets. What do you do first?...
>>>> Take JB's advice. Leave the gym and Ride Bike.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
>>>
>>> A personal trainer is the guy who takes care of your wife while you
> are
>>> out busting your tail to be able to keep her in the style she want to
> be
>>> accustomed to.
>>> :-P
>>>
>> This is one of the reasons why any married man should get a paternity
>> test for all of his wife's children - why pay to raise some other guy's
> kid?
>> --
>> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
>
> These days maternity tests too..... ;-)
>
Well, unless they mix up babies in the hospital...

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
- A. Derleth