BAS_FAN
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I've been personal training for almost 6 years and i'll be the first to admit i knew nothing when i started. I mean really...i knew just the basic body part split crap. But over the years ive gotten a chance to train with some really smart strength coaches and powerlifters and i'd like to think i'm a pretty good trainer. But i recently got transfered from my main gym (anything goes, chalk, chains, bands, thick oldschool plates...no rules) to the much higher end club (no chalk allowed, everything spotless, techno music 24/7 and the WORST hex shaped plates i have ever seen...) Here is what ive realized since i started working here...
1) People who get memberships at high end gyms are the worst people to train. They come in with no goals and no focus. They question everything you say and think THEY know better. Asking questions is fine but don't roll your eyes when i tell you to squat! (PS> getting "fit" is not a goal)
2) The trainers are garbage. There is ONE trainer at the gym who actually knows his shit and i figured that out when i saw him with a foam roller. The rest of thre are complete idiots who seem to LOVE cable crossovers.
3) No one does deadlifts. Everyone does quarter squats....Hammer Strength is king.
4)There are ALOT of smokin hot girls at high end gyms.....thats a good thing.
5) I have never seen so many BOSU balls in my life. My old gym only had ONE swiss ball and even that was losing air. However every bar was covered in chalk and slightly bent.
6) What on earth is wrong with training your legs? Why do so many people (especially guys) start training with me and right away say that they only want to train upper body? The excuses ive heard so far are "i play soccer so my legs are strong", "i've had strong legs since i was a kid", "I can do alot on the legs press so i don't think i need to do anything else"....damn...
and those are the only things i can think of. I miss my old clients...especially the guys who fell in love with 5/3/1 and now compete. I gotta figure out how im gunna survive in this place...gotta start training some of those hot chicks...
1) People who get memberships at high end gyms are the worst people to train. They come in with no goals and no focus. They question everything you say and think THEY know better. Asking questions is fine but don't roll your eyes when i tell you to squat! (PS> getting "fit" is not a goal)
2) The trainers are garbage. There is ONE trainer at the gym who actually knows his shit and i figured that out when i saw him with a foam roller. The rest of thre are complete idiots who seem to LOVE cable crossovers.
3) No one does deadlifts. Everyone does quarter squats....Hammer Strength is king.
4)There are ALOT of smokin hot girls at high end gyms.....thats a good thing.
5) I have never seen so many BOSU balls in my life. My old gym only had ONE swiss ball and even that was losing air. However every bar was covered in chalk and slightly bent.
6) What on earth is wrong with training your legs? Why do so many people (especially guys) start training with me and right away say that they only want to train upper body? The excuses ive heard so far are "i play soccer so my legs are strong", "i've had strong legs since i was a kid", "I can do alot on the legs press so i don't think i need to do anything else"....damn...
and those are the only things i can think of. I miss my old clients...especially the guys who fell in love with 5/3/1 and now compete. I gotta figure out how im gunna survive in this place...gotta start training some of those hot chicks...
