Does a personal trainer have to look in absolute top-shape?

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  • sinistras
    sinistras Posts: 244 Member
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    goodbodies.jpg

    Let's not get carried away

    Well....
    Good-Bodies-259x300.jpg

    Still, look what "body" the ad puts in the middle.
  • miqisha
    miqisha Posts: 1,534 Member
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    If she doesn't feel muscles are feminine, then she is entitled to her opinion. It is a personal preference.

    That being said, I wouldn't want a personal trainer who doesn't look fit, fit doesn't necessarily mean busting with muscles from head to tow, however, you should be able to see that they take care of themselves and look healthy and not fat!!!!
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
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    I thought I was done with this, but you know what - I'm not.



    OP - I would NEVER, EVER, EVER hire a trainer who tried to push what THEY thought was the ideal figure. Which you very obviously would, since you think my ideal is unfeminine.


    Grow up.

    Or a trainer that would body-shame another woman's physical shape.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    Yay another moosels are manly thread.
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
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    goodbodies.jpg


    Ugh...


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  • OllyReeves
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
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    I thought I was done with this, but you know what - I'm not.



    OP - I would NEVER, EVER, EVER hire a trainer who tried to push what THEY thought was the ideal figure. Which you very obviously would, since you think my ideal is unfeminine.


    Grow up.

    Wow, way to berate someone for not sharing your ideals. I don't think it's the OP that needs to grow up. How utterly pathetic. I think it's perfectly clear what the OP meant, perhaps she didn't phrase it the best way, but let's all have a massive overreaction.

    If she thinks your ideal is unfeminine, so what? It's not your place to tell her what she should find feminine or otherwise.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    Honestly it wouldn't bother me to have a trainer who didn't look like my ideal as long as he or she knows good form and how to teach it. What would bother me is to have a trainer who doesn't like muscles on women, since I'm aspiring to have muscles.

    Now if it's just that YOU don't want to have visible muscle, that's fine. Personal preference. But you need to understand that many of the women who come to you are going to want muscle. And they are not going to respond well to any indication from you that you don't think muscles are feminine. So if you do think that, keep it to yourself.
  • MissCherylAnn
    MissCherylAnn Posts: 5
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    I'd personally want my trainer to be fit. How can you improve me if you don't practice what you preach? Its like going to a sloppy looking hairstylist with ratchet highlights and expecting her to make you beautiful.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
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    Does this question make sense?

    No.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
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    I thought I was done with this, but you know what - I'm not.



    OP - I would NEVER, EVER, EVER hire a trainer who tried to push what THEY thought was the ideal figure. Which you very obviously would, since you think my ideal is unfeminine.


    Grow up.

    Wow, way to berate someone for not sharing your ideals. I don't think it's the OP that needs to grow up. How utterly pathetic. I think it's perfectly clear what the OP meant, perhaps she didn't phrase it the best way, but let's all have a massive overreaction.

    If she thinks your ideal is unfeminine, so what? It's not your place to tell her what she should find feminine or otherwise.

    LOL

    I would never presume to tell her what she should find feminine or otherwise. I told her announcing those preferences is unlikely to get her clients.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
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    Honestly, I wouldn't want an out of shape trainer, but tbh I don't expect 6-pack, fantastic muscle definition or anything like that.

    The main thing I care about is that he/she knows their stuff and are able to help me reach my own goals.

    Lets give an example: I want to be a personal trainer at some point. I like to lift heavy and I want to have substantial muscle, more than Jillian Michaels. I would like a 6-pack (or as close as I can get) and all over definition. Would I expect, or try to get my clients to want/achieve the same look? No way! I want them to achieve their personal goals. Fitness and health is so varied in all the things you can do. Being a trainer would mean I'm qualified enough (or at least I should be!) to help someone reach their own goals, not push a one-size-fits-all.

    A person's body is shaped based on several things. Genetics, their personal goals/preferences, the type of workouts they do, and how their diet is. Nobody gets to that level of muscle/definition by accident, certainly not just through working out. They work for a specific look or performance. By the way you describe "feminine" I'm going to assume you mean, not loads of muscle, and a high enough body fat so that you're slim but not really going beyond light definition (a softer look?) That is mostly down to diet. Exercise all you want, if you don't eat in a surplus to bulk up, you're not going to have that much muscle mass. If you don't diet down to a really low body fat, you won't have much definition. Simple.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,868 Member
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    Every PT I've ever met or seen has most definitely been fit...but not every PT out there is a body builder. The PTs at my gym run the gambit...there is a marathon runner, a triathlete, a professional mountain bike rider, a former professional power lifter, a couple body builders, a kick boxer, A RN who primarily does corrective exercise work and injury recovery specialist, etc. They all have different bodies and would have different methodologies.
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
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    1) if they didn't would you buy their product/service?
    2) to see the aftermath if hard work is motivatating!
    3) if it makes ya angry .. you'll get there!!
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
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    Define feminine. Tell your trainer what kind o fbody you want and she'll help you achieve that goal.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,022 Member
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    My top 2 criteria for a trainer/coach:

    1. strong as fuark
    2. interested in helping me achieve MY goals
  • T0FatToB3S1ck
    T0FatToB3S1ck Posts: 192 Member
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    I'm going to be honest with you. If I was looking for a personal trainer, I would want that person in "top-shape". A personal trainer is basically "selling themselves". If the person I go to for training doesn't have an athletic build, I'll be finding a different trainer. Anybody can get skinny/thin. It takes work and dedication to build muscle and tone.
  • harvo
    harvo Posts: 4,676 Member
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    It's a personal preference....i do not want someone shaped like mine pushing me inn the gym so it's important to me they look fit
  • caramelgyrlk
    caramelgyrlk Posts: 1,112 Member
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    Muscles are sexy
    This
  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
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    I think a personal trainer should be able to teach you correct form, and motivate you to push yourself. If you get caught up on an ideal body type that's your issue not on the personal trainer.
  • saxmaniac
    saxmaniac Posts: 1,133 Member
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    After watching multiple exercise videos, including Jillian Michaels, I have noticed that the female trainers have so much muscle... Once I get into shape, I still want a perfectly feminine figure. I'm not expecting to make six figures a year by making workout videos. My question is this: Can I a female personal trainer still be successful at training (with a speciality in either weight loss or maintaining weight) while still maintaining a slender, feminine figure?

    I'm going to answer the question that you meant to ask, because other people are going to pile on you for having your own opinion on what feminine is.

    But yes. It's a question of bodyfat level.

    Any trainer that has arrived at a "ripped" look (say, below 18% BF), by definition, also arrived at the smooth-slender look (20-25% BF) on the way there. Just tell her your visual goals and they should help you get there.

    People who decide that you are supposed to be ripped and that's always the best, are just as dumb as people who decide you have to look slender and that's always the best. You get to pick for yourself.

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