I was getting complaints about one particular trainer who was giving new male members his special brand of physique assessment. I think it's great when a personal trainer starts out a new client with a fitness assessment, but the idea of a "physique assessment" makes me cringe. News of this leaking out doesn't bode well for not only the gym, but trainers in general. Case in point, a month ago I fired a trainer on the spot for walking past a changing stall and snapping a picture with his phone over the top of the door because his victim was trying on a sports bra. I have to allot more of my time to monitoring him and keeping an ear out for anyone complaining about him, but so far everyone seems to love him.īut there are those that not only cross the line, they splatter the line with kerosene and light a match to it. Will I take the money? Yes, but that money doesn't come free. Oddly, the women eat it up and he's the most successful trainer in my gym.Īm I proud of it? No. I have one ultra suave trainer from Venezuela who trains about 12 chicas with big, fake asses and he's working every one of them like a kid drying off cars at the car wash. Granted, legitimate relationships can be born in the gym, but if your definition of "romantic" involves throwing someone a wad of Kleenex when you're done and giving them cab fare, I don't want it in the gym.īut there are of course exceptions. ![]() So, if a trainer wants to squeeze or fondle the fruit, the fruit has to agree to be squeezed and fondled, and only away from the gym.Ĭ'mon, your motivation to become a trainer shouldn't be to open up new dating vistas! It's like a guy wanting to become a hairdresser so he can run his hands through women's hair. My normal "I don't care what people think" attitude had to reconcile with the bank account. When my gym first opened there were three competing gyms within a 3 kilometer radius. Public image is vital and there's a lot of competition out there. I don't think many gym owners would be happy knowing their gym is referred to as a pick-up joint. Here are a few categories of trainers that make we gym owners want to close up shop and become florists. They seem hell-bent on driving our members to the nearest Krispy Kreme, never to return. Some trainers, however, seem to be at odds with that concept. Having said that, it still remains a fact that the greatest potential threat to the ongoing success of a gym is the personal trainer, particularly when it comes to new members. I'm not lumping you in with these characters. There are indeed a great many well-qualified, highly certified, conscientious, and accomplished trainers out there who are worth their weight in gold, particularly to the gym newbie. ![]() If you're a personal trainer and you can feel your spandex starting to knot, the odds are that I'm not talking about you. From stealing clients from each other, to having affairs with their clients, to who's copying who, the list of all-too-human foibles goes on and on. As a gym owner, it never ceases to amaze me how much of an impact the trainers can have on a gym, both good and bad.Ĭompounding matters is the fact that since trainers are humans, and subject to human nature, there's an inevitable drama that brews among the trainers at any given gym.
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