personal trainer pissed off!

I'm an advanced certified personal trainer and can make anyone have the physique they want, if they follow my plan. I spend so much time laying out instructions, customizing and educating that client. Occasionally I get a lame client who doesn't do exactly what the plan is.

You sound fun. Best of luck in your vocation.

thanks Barb, yeah I'm not there to slap a hand every time a client I'm working with makes a mistake.

I'm there to motivate, educate, and make sure a client understands exactly how to safely perform an exercise as well as achieve goals for nutrition and fitness. Its not that hard to change your physique, but it sure as hell hard to change lazy, and as in advance certified personal trainer there's no way I could ever change that.

I don't want to be mean, I'm absolutely not that kind trainer. But those clients who expect me to constantly text message them, post on their Facebook pages, and call them up to make sure that they're following the plan they said they could follow, I can only work with those for about a month. especially when they complain within 2 weeks of how is just not working. Let's be real here, I have to tell them no you are not working.

so this is a wake up call to all of you people out there who hire a personal trainer. There are trainers like me out there who refuse to do your job. If you cannot follow the paid plan that you purchased, no amount of miracle working is going to occur. Yes it is extremely difficult to diet and to be disciplined enough to exercise. In some cases changing the exercise mindset that you have is the worst and most excruciatingly painful thing you will ever perform in your entire life. But when I advocate my clients in the exercise science and nutrition of why they must change, the logic is there yet they still backslide. it is not the trainers responsibility to work a miracle everytime you backslide.

For all you lame people out there too refuse to follow logic and exercise science, please do us a favor and just go to the local YMCA and don't ever hire a personal trainer. Cuz you just give personal trainers a tough time and a bad name.

and yes, if you can't follow a six week plan at 100 percent I guess I'm a very condescending personal trainer. but I sure do give awesome results for those who can follow my plan which is so easy to do....

That's what I would recommend people do too. Only because I did it, I lost a ton of weight, and I never had to pay anyone to tell me to run, lift, and eat right.

I can't imagine paying someone for such simple information only to read about them slamming their clients online. The only reason you have a job is because people are willing to pay serious money for your support. If they had the motivation and discipline to do this on their own they wouldn't be paying you.

Hopefully they wise up, save a bunch of money, and just start eating right and working out on their own.

This.

You come across as the worst kind of personal trainer, OP. Perhaps you need to realize that just because it works on paper, doesn't mean it works for your clients, and perhaps maybe your supposed "lame" clients don't stick to your plan because it's simply not the right plan for them. I sincerely hope your clients smarten up and realize that there are far better forms of support available to them.

Yeah...I get this. Try being an Elementary School teacher though...those little turds rarely do what you want them to!

Wow, I hope you never teach my child. It would break my heart to know that a teacher called my child a "little turd". Maybe you are in the wrong vocation.

Probably. Mine own kids are turds though...what can I say?

Best teacher award goes to....
Someone with real personality!!!! :drinker:

Kids are little turds...cute little turds...but turds for sure

As a nursing student I do a lot of patient teaching on taking meds, diet change, weight loss, etc. Many patients comply while others do not.

Change is often met with resistance and that's just part of the job. I don't judge. I just help educate them to the best of my ability.

Here's a thought: Since they PAY YOU not the other way around, why don't you come up with a different plan that works best for YOUR client? Being condescending and rude doesn't help matters. I'd be pissed if I was paying you and found out you came on a site airing dirty laundry and acting a fool. You would be fired. Just sayin

good thing you get paid for them to do what they want?

In my profession, I would have less than half the work (and corresponding pay) if my clients always did what I instructed them to do. Reap the rewards, my friend, reap the rewards!

I've had two trainers and two COACHES. The COACHES, far and away, were much, much better than the "Certified Personal Trainers" at motivating. They were better at guiding me through lifestyle changes and had a much more relaxed approach about "following the rules". It truly sounds as though you should approach this client in a different manner. When I had a slip-up (and I've had plenty) my coaches try to help me maneuver it so that I have a better approach the next time. You need to give this client tools to use on their own as opposed to being a diet/exercise dictator. They will only seek to rebel against you.

I don't think that your "motivation" style would make me connect with you as a client. I would soon be looking for a new "trainer".

Honestly, if it weren't for the two coaches who came into my life, I would have never taken up sports because the "personal trainers" were terrible at motivating me as a client. They thought they "knew better than me" instead of taking my own opinions and putting it into a plan that worked FOR ME. Maybe take a step off of your high horse and try to level with your client.

If it weren't for my coaches I would have never competed in SEVERAL triathlons, several running races, and now participate on a competitive rowing team that is going to nationals.

The more I type, the more aggravated I get at your post. Empathy. Compassion. Learn it. Get better results from your problem clients....

Ooooh, I just love snarky posts! Let me go get my popcorn....

^^^ Right? ^^^

So, I just popped on here to say that I think all of you are over-reacting.

I don't think this post was about someone who slips up. I believe it was more about one of those jerks who pesters you to find out information (because it's sooooo important that they know *right now*), but if you give them the means to do it for themselves, it suddenly doesn't matter so much and holds no interest.

I can't really think of another comparison than that, so hopefully you can relate. The point is, there are people that can do it on their own, people who can't, and people who won't. This sounds like a case of the "won'ts".

I mean, really. If someone asked for my help to (let's say...) paint a picture, and they have an image in mind, I would tell them to go get the supplies. Paint, brushes, a canvas... But they didn't. Because it was too far away. So they say screw me, and go ask someone else how to paint. They tell them to go find crayons, which are closer, but don't work when you want to paint. They then come back to me and whine about how their picture is not turning out. Like, REALLY? It's not so much that they didn't know what a brush looked like, it's that they're being an idiot. ....huh, guess I can come up with another comparison.

Anyway, everyone needs to calm down, take deep breaths, and stop being such jerks to each other. This is supposed to be a safe environment where people can vent about things about health.

Also, to the people hating on that poor teacher: all kids are "turds" (to put it very nicely) at some point. At that age, they're testing the boundaries of what they can and can't do. They're also harassing teachers, throwing other kid's recorders in toilets, and learning how to forge signatures for that test they failed. It happens. Get over it.