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Would you use a fat PT?

Onlyparty

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luv.me.oats Member

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I would go on experience, also they would need to be knowledgeable in body building and understanding what my goals and how to go about achieving them, attentive whilst training, i.e. correcting form and identifying what needs to be worked on etc...

We've all been fat at one stage.

He / she could be off-season or perhaps retired from body building or post prego fat.

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The PT at my gym is a big dude obviously knows what hes doing and shows when he explains stuff. Went to another gym down the road and they all just 'work' there obviously have no idea.

Personally i think you'd be better off using the yellow pages or something.

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rose Veteran member

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The only time I've ever wasted seeing a PT was a free intro session last year. Guy was a walking Richard Simmons freak, tight Stubbies and bouncy :shock: If I'd had to pay him up front, I'd have mugged him to get my money back 8) Lucky it was only 15 mins or I think I'd have killed him for a) wasting my time, and b) looking like a cock. I think all ugly people should be banned from dealing with the public. I spose at least he wasn't fat.

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teamfatboy Veteran member

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If I knew enough about training to judge the quality of the advice being given, then no, PT's size doesn't matter.

But, if I were a newbie who didn't know any better, then maybe I'd pause and wonder how good the advice was if the PT couldn't take it himself/herself.

Besides, what's "fat" - I've seen normal-looking PTs and class instructors who shake like jelly when they move... and big PTs who were obviously solid, non-jiggly :)

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We've all been fat at one stage.

I've never been fat! Well not yet anyway lol. I wouldn't hire a fat PT it defeats the point, its like getting addiction counseling from a current addict.. They obviously don't believe in what their teaching their clients (cos their not putting it into practice), which I think is important in any career!

But I agree with pregnancy weight etc which is unavoidable..

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would depend on his/her lifts imo. if strong as an ox, sweet as, but i guess there is a line. I sumtimes hit a gym in town and watchd the overweight PT showing the overweight client how to do tricep kickbacks n that pisses me off, but i dont realy care just makes me put an xtra 10 on the bar and go hard out.

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i think bodybuilding or physical fitness i prefer to see results by the way the person looks.

if im aspiring to achieve a certain look and was to use a trainer id use someone that walks the walk and has gotten the results.

i prefer to take advice from someone who actually follows what they are teaching.

i know theres a reason for somepeople being fat but anyone who says they are in off season mode that continues for a few years doesnt inspire me to take their advice.

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I've never been fat! Well not yet anyway lol. .. They obviously don't believe in what their teaching their clients (cos their not putting it into practice), which I think is important in any career!..[/quote]

:clap: good for you mate! Well during off-season and post comp indulgence, weight gain is inevitable, and along with the mass gained, part of that is fat. Probably don't even look like body builders. But this is only phase in training.

Looks aren't everything and it depends what your objective is - I have trained with someone who is old, not looking like a bodybuilder, but he has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Do they encourage/support you etc....That to me is far more important than if they are cut or looking the part, some of those PT's have no idea about form etc... Maybe some people starting out the gym need that for inspiration/motiviation or for selecting a personal trainer

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I've never been fat! Well not yet anyway lol. .. They obviously don't believe in what their teaching their clients (cos their not putting it into practice), which I think is important in any career!..[/quote]

:clap: good for you mate! Well during off-season and post comp indulgence, weight gain is inevitable, and along with the mass gained, part of that is fat. Probably don't even look like body builders. But this is only phase in training.

Looks aren't everything and it depends what your objective is - I have trained with someone who is old, not looking like a bodybuilder, but he has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Do they encourage/support you etc....That to me is far more important than if they are cut or looking the part, some of those PT's have no idea about form etc... Maybe some people starting out the gym need that for inspiration/motiviation or for selecting a personal trainer

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emmzies Senior member

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Ha, good topic!

amen.

Ditto.

So what about a lanky/super skinny PT's, is that just as bad?

I swear the majority of the young female PT's at my gym only ever do cardio. Well, i only ever see them doing cardio, and they certainly haven't got any muscle/definition to show for it if they do do strength training.

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emmzies Senior member

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I would suggest that this statement is not true, because it mistakes correlation for causation.

:nod: Very true...

or getting nutritional advice from the good year blimp

:pfft: Good analogy.

oh and hey emmzies how you doing

Fantastic, thank you for asking. 8)

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Hybrid Junior member

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A fit and muscular P.T obviously knows what works.

I would suggest that this statement is not true, because it mistakes correlation for causation.

In this case I would disagree. It may imply correlation for causation but I suggest we give users a chance to explain before jumping into conclusions. :wink:

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ThePman Senior member

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What other conclusion would you draw? I don't mean to pick on Dontrun, but that outlook is fairly common, and there's not a lot of other leeway for interpretation: "if a PT is jakt, then he knows what he's doing"

That's flawed, because there's a whole lot of reasons somebody can be big/ripped/jakt, and being knowledgeable about how to repeat that in others (and completely disregarding that there are goals besides bodybuilding) isn't always one of those reasons.

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