just a bitch about qualified trainers

[frogie2001]

I see it everyday at the gym. Trainers with AUT quals in PT and shit like that. physically they look as if they haven't done a weight routine in their life. and some of the information they give the beginners is rubbish.

I have been getting told by some newbies that they are working hard and have been told to keep eg a leg press, at the same weight for a couple of weeks and than maye go up. what is this??? the human body has only been lazy for the last 100-200 years, prior we were heavy labour and pure energy. so wouldn't it make sense for these guys to say.

"everyweek i want to see the weight go up a little"

it seems that either some of these trainers don't give a damn and just plod away or they don't know that these newbies are like sponges ready to soak up the knowledge and burn calories.

thoughts??

[Cornfed]

There has already been a thread on this subject:

http://www.nzbb.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=292

My impression of so-called qualified trainers is also that they suck, I think because most of them are work-a-day stiffs who become trainers as an arbitrary career move, and hence are just as indifferent to their chosen vocation as most factory and office workers are.

[ExpensiveUrine]

physically they look as if they haven't done a weight routine in their life. and some of the information they give the beginners is rubbish.

Firstly, you don't have to be hyooogee to know what you're talking about. But I think most people that get into weight training associate size with knowledge, thinking if they're hyyyoooge they must've done something right to get themselves into that shape. Bottom line - size isn't a measure of knowledge. As far as information they give to beginners I can't really comment.

Secondly, people that go to the gym aren't necessarily there to do bodybuilding. They will all have different goals, be it sport-specific, fitness, hypertrophy, strength, muscular endurance, ect. so they will all have different programmes that accomplish that specific goal,

I have been getting told by some newbies that they are working hard and have been told to keep eg a leg press, at the same weight for a couple of weeks and than maye go up, so wouldn't it make sense for these guys to say.

"everyweek i want to see the weight go up a little"

It really depends on the reasoning behind the program. If they're beginners they should probably start with Low intensity - High volume programme to get their GPP in order. This could possibly be the reasoning behind keeping the load the same while slowly increasing the volume. And after they have done that, they could move to a more challenging High intensity - Low volume routine. Training is more than just progressive overload ALL THE TIME. There're many other ways you can achieve progrossive overload. Increasing load is just one of them.

[frogie2001]

cool, I'll move my gripes to that one and add to it