Should I take this as a warning?
SpecialSundae
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I'm having to explain to a personal trainer who I've been working with (in detail) the purpose of bulking and cutting. I'm losing confidence in him with every character typed.
Should I take this as a warning and walk away? He's good on form but his nutrition advice is execrable!
Should I take this as a warning and walk away? He's good on form but his nutrition advice is execrable!
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I'm having to explain to a personal trainer who I've been working with (in detail) the purpose of bulking and cutting. I'm losing confidence in him with every character typed.
Should I take this as a warning and walk away? He's good on form but his nutrition advice is execrable!
What are you using him for and can you just disregard his nutritional advice?0 -
I'm having to explain to a personal trainer who I've been working with (in detail) the purpose of bulking and cutting. I'm losing confidence in him with every character typed.
Should I take this as a warning and walk away? He's good on form but his nutrition advice is execrable!
What are you using him for and can you just disregard his nutritional advice?
Using him for form checks and coaching on lifts. I just find it frustrating to get him trying to give me inappropriate nutritional advice (which I haven't asked for).0 -
Can you politely make it clear to him that you're hiring him for technical work and not diet advice?0
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Ignorance on such basic topics as bulking and cutting makes me wonder if he knows anything at all.0
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Fired.0
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Ignorance on such basic topics as bulking and cutting makes me wonder if he knows anything at all.
^ perfectly valid concern ^0 -
He should at least have the intelligence and humility to realize what he doesn't know and the restraint to keep his ill-informed thoughts on those matters to himself.0
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No trainer at the Y I work out at has ever tried to give me any unwarranted advice. In fact, when they saw me pushing an upside down box with a 45lb plate in it, they started making their clients do it. haha
But as said, just use him for the form stuff. He probably knows enough to understand that diet is an important part but probably doesn't know how well/much you understand about diet. Just have discussions him. Hell you might educate him vs the other way around0 -
I wouldn't expect a personal trainer's nutritional knowledge to be on par with a dietitians, however for the kind of money they charge, I would definitely expect them to know the basics. However, if he's solid on form and technique and that's what you're paying him for, I'd definitely go with what SideSteel said. I'd either try to ignore it, or figure out a way to let him know that you don't really need the dietary advice.0
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Ignorance on such basic topics as bulking and cutting makes me wonder if he knows anything at all.
^ perfectly valid concern ^
That's pretty much the root of my concerns!0 -
It's pretty hard to find a trainer that really knows about form so I wouldn't fire this guy if he's knows what he's doing in terms of why you hired him.0
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I wouldn't expect a personal trainer's nutritional knowledge to be on par with a dietitians, however for the kind of money they charge, I would definitely expect them to know the basics. However, if he's solid on form and technique and that's what you're paying him for, I'd definitely go with what SideSteel said. I'd either try to ignore it, or figure out a way to let him know that you don't really need the dietary advice.
yep, with the caveat to be really sure he is good on teaching form.0 -
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