Personal Trainers... Are They Worth The Money?

Whilst smashing out a legs and abs session this morning I happened to overhear a conversation between a Personal Trainer (PT) and a what appeared to be a new client. The conversation went as follows:

PT: "What are you looking to gain from these sessions, are you looking to lose weight, gain size or..."
Client: "I want to add some size in time ready for my summer holiday."

Now there's nothing out of the ordinary about this conversation. However, what was out of the ordinary was the fact that the client was a muscular guy who pretty much double the size of his PT in terms of muscle mass and I couldn't help thinking that the client is wasting his money by employing this PT if he wants to bulk up.

Now I'm obviously making a lot of assumptions here about both the client and the PT, but from to the outsider it looked as though the client was employing an ectomorph of a PT who had a very similar physique to that of Mo Farah in order to help him turn into a muscleman. This I felt was like going up to a tramp in the street and asking him how to get rich.

The point I'm trying to make here is that when hiring a PT, have a look at their body, speak to them, ask questions. Do they have or have they ever had the physique you want to work towards? If not then I'd be seriously thinking about whether they are the right PT for you. For example, if you want to compete in a body building competition, hiring a PT who is a long distance runner and who's built like a stick probably isn't going to be the most effective way forward in terms of working towards your training goal. The reason for this is because the likelihood is that the PT has never been training to be a bodybuilder and therefore can't give advice from experience in terms of training.

I'm not saying that all PT's who aren't built like brick sh*thouses aren't any good. What I'm saying is select your PT based your training goals. If you want to be lean and toned, select a trainer who is just that. If you want to be muscular, hire a PT who is muscular or someone who has previously been muscular.

Joey G

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