The pitfalls of exercise: the half-baked personal trainer.
First of all, it must be said that this group of trainers benefits when ordinary people (meaning ordinary clients who come to a fitness centre looking for a trainer) don’t care whose hands they are putting their own body and health into. Do you know where and what your personal trainer studied? Do you know whether they keep taking an interest in the training process and keep expanding their knowledge? If this hasn’t interested you so far, try to realise that they will be in charge of your body, and therefore your health too, and that you have given them 100% of your trust. When you plan to see any new doctor, you surely check them out beforehand. Why doesn’t the same happen with personal trainers?
A fitness trainer who doesn’t study and doesn’t take an interest in the subject in its full breadth will remain merely the person who presses the stopwatch and directs you without thinking. They won’t explain anything about technique, won’t correct you, won’t advise you and won’t point you in the right direction. They will shout and motivate you to sweat off the Christmas cookies even at the beginning of July, but their training process may have neither rhyme nor reason. Often they have no idea what you did in your last session and don’t remember what your problem actually is. For example, let’s say your knee hurts when you squat. A quality trainer will definitely deal with it (diagnostics, consultation, guidance towards the correct technique, or a referral to a physiotherapist or doctor). The “quasi-trainer” doesn’t care and can’t even tell you where the mistake might be.
If your personal trainer doesn’t write down the training plan they want to work through with you, doesn’t know what your training goal is, keeps tapping on their phone during the workout and doesn’t care how you perform the individual exercises, ask yourself: what are you paying this person for? From the beginning to the end of the session, they’re not doing their job.
It is very important to realise the responsibility that comes with the phrase personal trainer, and to assess whether yours really lives up to it. A good trainer who carries out their duties
100% can really help you with health problems through functional training, help you get rid of excess kilos or restore your overall well-being. A bad trainer has no idea how much they can harm you with their passive approach and indifference. And worst of all, they couldn’t care less, because they are only interested in you when you’re putting payment into their hands for the time they spent with you in the same room.
If you don’t want to waste your time and money, try turning to the personal trainers at Cvičisko. They will reward you with a professional approach to designing your training in Kramáre or Ružinov.
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