Personal trainer looks like sheeet.

GoGetSwole

GoGetSwole

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This personal trainer at my gym has a huge gut. Looks likes he's bloated all the way up to his pecs. But ive been seeing him training people for half a year and he's never lost his bloat or fat or whatever the hell it is. Think hes just constantly 'on' or what? He's got small legs but a decent upper body build beside the bloated gut. Guy looks like shyt.
 
Ok?

Have you talked to him about it?

Who cares though?
 
Walk up to the guy and ask him 'why are you a bloated disfigured ****?' Haha sounds like a good way to pick your teeth up off the ground. He's just freaky looking I'm wondering if any of you would know a possibility of why he's all fuuuarckd up.
 
GoGetSwole said:
Walk up to the guy and ask him 'why are you a bloated disfigured ****?' Haha sounds like a good way to pick your teeth up off the ground. He's just freaky looking I'm wondering if any of you would know a possibility of why he's all fuuuarckd up.
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I hate that. I believe in "practice what you preach".. I'm a physical education teacher in a HS and one of the classes I teach is weight training. The students listen to everything I say because according to them "Yoooo mistaaaa you're jacked!" lmao.... You don't have to look like a bodybuilder or a fitness model but if you are a personal trainer phys ed teacher or something in that field you should be in shape
 
VS91588 said:
I hate that. I believe in "practice what you preach".. I'm a physical education teacher in a HS and one of the classes I teach is weight training. The students listen to everything I say because according to them "Yoooo mistaaaa you're jacked!" lmao.... You don't have to look like a bodybuilder or a fitness model but if you are a personal trainer phys ed teacher or something in that field you should be in shape
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Exactly. He's in the gym telling people 'one more rep!' and '1 more mile!' when I'm suurrree he hasn't been on a treadmill in his life(personally I don't run). I've never even see him lift.. But he slams 2 cartons of muscle milk(lol right?) then goes and trains people too look like him? I assume people get trainers because they've been around, know exercises and have a physique to prove it. And I'll definitely snap a pic tonight if hes there so we can have many lolz.
 
There's this thing called "powerlifting" where aesthetics are far from important.

For example, the guy on the left here benches over 1000 lbs and the guy on the right has the first 3000lb total:
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GoGetSwole said:
This personal trainer at my gym has a huge gut. Looks likes he's bloated all the way up to his pecs. But ive been seeing him training people for half a year and he's never lost his bloat or fat or whatever the hell it is. Think hes just constantly 'on' or what? He's got small legs but a decent upper body build beside the bloated gut. Guy looks like shyt.
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hate to say it but dont judge a book by its cover, he might just have a type of body that doesnt let him get lean and/or he could be into power sports, look at Brandon Shaw or Donnie Thompson big boys but they have power and speed.
 
do as i say not as i do? lol. but srs maybe hes like that cuz he ****ed his leg up and cant really lift anymore. but hed rather each than do nothing
 
He may be into powerlifting, most trainers train according to what their clients goals are. Doesn't mean they have to look like what their client wants to look like. Some ppl wanna be as big as possible without caring about lean or ripped. While others want to be big and lean and so on
 
cokeholio said:
He may be into powerlifting, most trainers train according to what their clients goals are. Doesn't mean they have to look like what their client wants to look like. Some ppl wanna be as big as possible without caring about lean or ripped. While others want to be big and lean and so on
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This is true. He may be power lifting. I guess aesthetics aren't everything to everyone. I'm not judging him, just his appearance for the job and clientele he's working with. I just didn't think he was very fit to be training people. most people he's training seems to be women (striving for aesthetics) and the elderly, which neither are probably trying to be powerlifters. The strangest thing is he has smaller arms, small legs and a big bloated belly. Maybe he Just has medical issues like stated above and has education which is actually the important part. Either way he's cool and respectable, just funny lookin. 'pics around 8pm central time'
 
GoGetSwole said:
This is true. He may be power lifting. I guess aesthetics aren't everything to everyone. I'm not judging him, just his appearance for the job and clientele he's working with. I just didn't think he was very fit to be training people. most people he's training seems to be women (striving for aesthetics) and the elderly, which neither are probably trying to be powerlifters. The strangest thing is he has smaller arms, small legs and a big bloated belly. Maybe he Just has medical issues like stated above and has education which is actually the important part. Either way he's cool and respectable, just funny lookin. 'pics around 8pm central time'
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How he trains has zero bearing on how he trains his clients. That's why it's called personal​ training.
 
VS91588 said:
I hate that. I believe in "practice what you preach".. I'm a physical education teacher in a HS and one of the classes I teach is weight training. The students listen to everything I say because according to them "Yoooo mistaaaa you're jacked!" lmao.... You don't have to look like a bodybuilder or a fitness model but if you are a personal trainer phys ed teacher or something in that field you should be in shape
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It is a profession not a lifestyle. An attorney is a profession. Does it matter if he is in shape as long as he knows his business. A doctor is a profession. Does it matter if he is in shape as long as he knows his business. Personal training is a profession. It doesnt matter if he is in shape as long as he knows his business. Satisfied customers is all that matters in business.
 
Idk would you hire a plumber with leaks in his house? Would you hire an electrician who has faulty connections in his home? How about a teacher who can hardly read? I'm not saying the guy doesn't know his stuff about fitness but from his stand point he would probably get more customers if he looked that part
 
howwedo107 said:
Idk would you hire a plumber with leaks in his house? Would you hire an electrician who has faulty connections in his home? How about a teacher who can hardly read? I'm not saying the guy doesn't know his stuff about fitness but from his stand point he would probably get more customers if he looked that part
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Could be a math teacher? :D

Everyone that posted has some valid points. David made a good statement. I do my job everyday but I don't breath it @ night when I go home....
 
howwedo107 said:
Idk would you hire a plumber with leaks in his house? Would you hire an electrician who has faulty connections in his home? How about a teacher who can hardly read? I'm not saying the guy doesn't know his stuff about fitness but from his stand point he would probably get more customers if he looked that part
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You hire a plumber who has a contractor license. You hire an electrician who has a contractors license. You hire a teacher who has a teachers license or degree. Their lifestyle or standard of living are not what is a prerequisite for qualifications for hire. You hire them to perfrom a service that they are certified or qualified by an appropriate board to perform.
 
David Dunn said:
You hire a plumber who has a contractor license. You hire an electrician who has a contractors license. You hire a teacher who has a teachers license or degree. Their lifestyle or standard of living are not what is a prerequisite for qualifications for hire. You hire them to perfrom a service that they are certified or qualified by an appropriate board to perform.
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I agree but I think your missing my point...his shape doesn't determine how great of personal trainer he really is but it does reflect on him to a point with his clients and potential clients
 
Who cares what the guy looks like. What is important is that he has the skill and knowledge to teach others. Would you go into the kitchen of a restaurant and see that the cook is skinny and then leave?. Stop judging people, its not right.
 
howwedo107 said:
I agree but I think your missing my point...his shape doesn't determine how great of personal trainer he really is but it does reflect on him to a point with his clients and potential clients
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That is a marketing issue. But again, satisfied customers, regardless of his shape, are all that is required.

I can refer a plumber, an electrician, a teacher or even a trainer by their results, not their marketing.
 
T-Bone said:
Who cares what the guy looks like. What is important is that he has the skill and knowledge to teach others. Would you go into the kitchen of a restaurant and see that the cook is skinny and then leave?. Stop judging people, its not right.
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That's like going to Panda Express here in AZ and finding Mexicans cooking the food. It's still Panda Express, not Mexican food. The measure of their ability is determined by the product's or service's conformance to your expectations.
 
David Dunn said:
That is a marketing issue. But again, satisfied customers, regardless of his shape, are all that is required.

I can refer a plumber, an electrician, a teacher or even a trainer by their results, not their marketing.
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But when I'm shopping around for one I'm going to look at results as well
 
David Dunn said:
That's like going to Panda Express here in AZ and finding Mexicans cooking the food. It's still Panda Express, not Mexican food. The measure of their ability is determined by the product's or service's conformance to your expectations.
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Like going into an Italian restaurant and being served by a person of Arabic decent lol
 
howwedo107 said:
But when I'm shopping around for one I'm going to look at results as well
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The results of his clients is all that matters.

howwedo107 said:
Like going into an Italian restaurant and being served by a person of Arabic decent lol
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Who the hell cares who serves me great Italina food. It's still great Italian food.


Here is something to consider:

Owners of our supplement sponsor companies - do you assume that because the are in the profession of manufacturing and marketing supplements for the health and fitness industry that they are healthy and fit? Do they need to be? Who cares? A great example was Matt Cahil from DS (no slam on Matt). He come out with some ground breaking products one of which was Superdrol. Did you know that at the time he was extremely obese and did not workout for many many years.

How about the owners and staff of this board. They run a supplement and fitness board and have staff who adminstrate and moderate the board. Do you think that they need to be fit or know jack about supplements or fitness or use them or even exercise? Who cares? Its a business and its staff moderates and administrates the board policy.

How about the industry's steroid experts. There are some who are steroid physiology geniuses that you guys may have taken every word they said as gospel. Do they use steroids? Do the workout? Does it matter?
 
David Dunn said:
The results of his clients is all that matters.

Who the hell cares who serves me great Italina food. It's still great Italian food.

Here is something to consider:

Owners of our supplement sponsor companies - do you assume that because the are in the profession of manufacturing and marketing supplements for the health and fitness industry that they are healthy and fit? Do they need to be? Who cares? A great example was Matt Cahil from DS (no slam on Matt). He come out with some ground breaking products one of which was Superdrol. Did you know that at the time he was extremely obese and did not workout for many many years.

How about the owners and staff of this board. They run a supplement and fitness board and have staff who adminstrate and moderate the board. Do you think that they need to be fit or know jack about supplements or fitness or use them or even exercise? Who cares? Its a business and its staff moderates and administrates the board policy.

How about the industry's steroid experts. There are some who are steroid physiology geniuses that you guys may have taken every word they said as gospel. Do they use steroids? Do the workout? Does it matter?
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You guys still arguing about this huh?

I've seen a pic of Matt over @ BBdotCom, He created Lean Xtreme. I never knew he made SuperDrol! :O
 
David Dunn said:
You sound like my wife. I am not argueing. This is a discussion of different opinions. IMHO

But I'd be happy to argue with you... :D
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No sir.
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David Dunn said:
The results of his clients is all that matters.

Who the hell cares who serves me great Italina food. It's still great Italian food.

Here is something to consider:

Owners of our supplement sponsor companies - do you assume that because the are in the profession of manufacturing and marketing supplements for the health and fitness industry that they are healthy and fit? "No they just need to have some business skills to make it"... Do they need to be? "No thats why they hire professional models" Who cares? "No one cares about what the formulator looks like but they like to see that products work but I personally prefer real non sponsored or paid feedback but as for the general population im sure they buy into "wow jay cutlers on MT it must work!"" A great example was Matt Cahil from DS (no slam on Matt). He come out with some ground breaking products one of which was Superdrol. Did you know that at the time he was extremely obese and did not workout for many many years. "Did not know this but man he made a great product"

How about the owners and staff of this board. They run a supplement and fitness board and have staff who adminstrate and moderate the board. Do you think that they need to be fit or know jack about supplements or fitness or use them or even exercise? "I would imagine they would have some interest in lifting or aas but that's only an assumption" Who cares? "no one thats why we have reps in here bc they are knowledgable about their products" Its a business and its staff moderates and administrates the board policy.

How about the industry's steroid experts. There are some who are steroid physiology geniuses that you guys may have taken every word they said as gospel. Do they use steroids? "Some do some dont im sure"Do the workout? "some do some do not" Does it matter? "this one is hard to answer I'm a 50:50 guys...give me a guy who is 50% smart in steroid physiology and has 50% experience with aas"
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I agree the results of his clients do matter but that's not what the general population is going to look at IMO and my example was just that...an example and you proved it...who cares who serves you the food as long as its good...unless its some shirtless hairy guy with a cig hanging out of his mouth lol

Also I answered all your questions in your quote
 
Rodja said:
There's this thing called "powerlifting" where aesthetics are far from important.

For example, the guy on the left here benches over 1000 lbs and the guy on the right has the first 3000lb total:
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I have heavyyyy power lifters in my gym and even if you didn't know what they did you can still tell they have muscular density. May be not as sharp as a leaner person but they still have a distinct look... Yes professions are based I cognitive knowledge but I rather take advice from ppl who I feel applied that knowledge to themselves. I have more credibility with my students compared to the other physical education teachers in my school. And yes that is my expert opinion based on my experiences working
 
VS91588 said:
I have heavyyyy power lifters in my gym and even if you didn't know what they did you can still tell they have muscular density. May be not as sharp as a leaner person but they still have a distinct look... Yes professions are based I cognitive knowledge but I rather take advice from ppl who I feel applied that knowledge to themselves. I have more credibility with my students compared to the other physical education teachers in my school. And yes that is my expert opinion based on my experiences working
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Seems more like a superficial judgment than an actual "expert opinion." Sledge aka Matt Cahill is just one of the many examples of someone that doesn't "look the part," but his appearance belies his knowledge in the field. Considering the OP seems like a very green gym goer, I doubt that he'd know the actual difference between one of the heavier PL'ers and just a fat dude.
 
Rodja said:
Seems more like a superficial judgment than an actual "expert opinion." Sledge aka Matt Cahill is just one of the many examples of someone that doesn't "look the part," but his appearance belies his knowledge in the field. Considering the OP seems like a very green gym goer, I doubt that he'd know the actual difference between one of the heavier PL'ers and just a fat dude.
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U crack me up man. Straight say what ya feel. :lol:
 
Rodja said:
Seems more like a superficial judgment than an actual "expert opinion." Sledge aka Matt Cahill is just one of the many examples of someone that doesn't "look the part," but his appearance belies his knowledge in the field. Considering the OP seems like a very green gym goer, I doubt that he'd know the actual difference between one of the heavier PL'ers and just a fat dude.
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Built like hogs and lift like champions.
 
Rodja said:
Seems more like a superficial judgment than an actual "expert opinion." Sledge aka Matt Cahill is just one of the many examples of someone that doesn't "look the part," but his appearance belies his knowledge in the field. Considering the OP seems like a very green gym goer, I doubt that he'd know the actual difference between one of the heavier PL'ers and just a fat dude.
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LoL whatever you say dude what can I say; you're than man and you're always right.. Everyone else is wrong. Let's leave it at that
 
Every thread you two are in together, you guys always battle. :)
Healthy disagreement.
 
Rodja said:
Seems more like a superficial judgment than an actual "expert opinion." Sledge aka Matt Cahill is just one of the many examples of someone that doesn't "look the part," but his appearance belies his knowledge in the field. Considering the OP seems like a very green gym goer, I doubt that he'd know the actual difference between one of the heavier PL'ers and just a fat dude.
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Doesn't really matter to me if he's a powerlifter or not. He looks like sheeeet. Like a bloated mess. Nothing wrong with some bloat but dudes bulging. I am not all that green of a gym goer, been lifting on and off since I was 14, just started to really get serious in the last year. I was just saying a bloated trainer, training old people looks comical. And ive never seen him train..Practice what you preach.
 
GoGetSwole said:
Doesn't really matter to me if he's a powerlifter or not. He looks like sheeeet. Like a bloated mess. Nothing wrong with some bloat but dudes bulging. I am not all that green of a gym goer, been lifting on and off since I was 14, just started to really get serious in the last year. I was just saying a bloated trainer, training old people looks comical. And ive never seen him train..Practice what you preach.
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You really need to learn about the sport of PL'ing before you keep making such ignorant statements. I also really doubt he gives a damn about your perception of him. Hell, look at most of the elite strongmen competitors as well. Very few (e.g. Pudz) have any sort of discernable shape to them, but that has zero bearing on their knowledge.
 
GoGetSwole said:
Doesn't really matter to me if he's a powerlifter or not. He looks like sheeeet. Like a bloated mess. Nothing wrong with some bloat but dudes bulging. I am not all that green of a gym goer, been lifting on and off since I was 14, just started to really get serious in the last year. I was just saying a bloated trainer, training old people looks comical. And ive never seen him train..Practice what you preach.
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OK. How about a dude who is 6'1" and 160lbs...?

Not much of a difference really in you and him in regard to the "credibility" of your knowledge in training or nutrition if it were to be based on your esthetics. As a matter of fact you are the extreme opposite in aesthetics and "display" the same credibility.

Basically, why would anyone listen to you when you are a bean-pole of a physiques? Just saying... :)
 
My opinion sits between the two sides of the argument, I am not sure why people get so wound up about it rather than seeing each perspective.

Someone's physique does not influence what they know in any way, shape or form. It would be like refusing to get advice from Zatsiosky, Bompa, Fleck or Kraemer based solely on whether they have abs or not. If Simmons retired from lifting to a couch potato I would still be confident he could get my deadlift up, regardless of his aesthetics or current strength level.

On the other hand I do prefer if someone is good in their own field rather than being advice based only. For example if two people studied powerlifting and were equal in qualification but one of them can squat 800lbs and the other doesn't train I would go with the person who has practical experience as well as educational experience. This is my choice because I think some things are learned best by doing and lessons learned in the real world can differ from lessons learned by education alone.

From an anecdotal perspective I suffered from a serious illness and lost approximately 50lbs of lean tissue in the space of a few weeks. I was so weak that I could barely walk up the stairs on my own and used to have to get assistance standing up from a seated position. This in no way influenced my programme design capabilities so if you judged me on appearance alone nobody would have hired me (hypothetically as I was unable to work one-to-one anyway).

I personally think disregarding someone based solely on their aesthetics is flawed judgement. I think that aesthetics can also be important if that person's niche is getting people into great shape.
 
GoGetSwole said:
Doesn't really matter to me if he's a powerlifter or not. He looks like sheeeet. Like a bloated mess. Nothing wrong with some bloat but dudes bulging. I am not all that green of a gym goer, been lifting on and off since I was 14, just started to really get serious in the last year. I was just saying a bloated trainer, training old people looks comical. And ive never seen him train..Practice what you preach.
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How does this personal trainers appearance effect you?. Did you tell him he looks comical or did you just come on here to tell other people that you don't think he is worthy of his profession based on his looks and your personal judgement of him?. Also, what makes your personal judgement relevant and why should anyone care what you think?.
 
David Dunn said:
Hello?!? It's the internet...isn't that why Al Gore invented it? :D
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Exactly hah. Tbone obviously doesnt understand the fact that this is GENERAL CHAT (misc) and everyone's just here to talk. Doesn't have to be relevant.
 
VS91588 said:
I hate that. I believe in "practice what you preach".. I'm a physical education teacher in a HS and one of the classes I teach is weight training. The students listen to everything I say because according to them "Yoooo mistaaaa you're jacked!" lmao.... You don't have to look like a bodybuilder or a fitness model but if you are a personal trainer phys ed teacher or something in that field you should be in shape
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Yeah, people assume I teach PE, but I am a history teacher. On the other hand, our PE teacher is quite L A R G E, and he is small compared to the other PE teacher we had . . . well over 300lbs
 
T-Bone said:
How does this personal trainers appearance effect you?. Did you tell him he looks comical or did you just come on here to tell other people that you don't think he is worthy of his profession based on his looks and your personal judgement of him?. Also, what makes your personal judgement relevant and why should anyone care what you think?.
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right back at you bro . . . honey badger don't care

I would never hire a personal trainer that was not in better physical shape than me, in fact I might charge him for my sessions since I am helping him ;)
 
David Dunn said:
That's like going to Panda Express here in AZ and finding Mexicans cooking the food. It's still Panda Express, not Mexican food. The measure of their ability is determined by the product's or service's conformance to your expectations.
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I went to an Italian place in Carmel, CA . . . the cooks were Mexican and the owner was Korean. I did not judge the food based on that, especially since I cook Italian style sauces yet I am Polish/Czech . . . European at least, I'm from the same continent
 
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