PERSONAL TRAINERS Screening Part ONE

Just some useful questions to ask a PERSONAL TRAINER in order to improve his work, self-awareness, motivation etc
Perhaps you should ask yourself ? I know I had to ….

 

 

PERSONAL TRAINERS Screening PART ONE

NAME:
AGE:
Training Age:
When did you first trained others (regardless if it was for money or for pleasure)

TRY ANSWERING IN ONE SENTENCE.

Why did you train them initially?
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What type of client do you prefer to train?
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What is the main reason you exercise
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What is the main reason you train others
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Why is training with you is better for the client than training alone?
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Who is your trainer?
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Do you think that if someone better than you trained you – you would have gone much further?
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Would you hire a PT after you are shown your deep underlying lifestyle, mechanical and nutritional issues exposed in a complimentary screening?
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Would you learn from that person “as they fix you” or would you read random articles on internet while repeating your mistakes for next few years that take to learn all those lessons through trial and error on your own?
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Do previous questions change your ideas and attitude to the function/importance of Personal Training? (YES/NO)
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If YES – specify.
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If NO – please share feedback how to make a PT understanding how important they are to society and how to make them feel comfortable about own importance.
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How would you speak to a guy who prefers experimenting rather than RELYING ON you – an already experienced trainer ?
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How would you speak to a person who is not willing to experiment because he is on top of his game, i.e. he is a National Champion in Bodybuilding or other sport. How would you make them interested in PT from you, and what chances do you think you have ?
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List few types of people who cannot afford 1 session of PT a week. Do you see them often in your gym?  How much do they spend on products that are detrimental to training results.
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Why a busy millionaire would ignore investable opportunity of training with a PT.
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Are there any gym members that are afraid of you or your workouts?
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What is your “Target Market” ? Kind of people you tend to train most often.
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List 3 most common problems of your “target market”
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List how to solve those problems with investable opportunities
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What is your NUMBER ONE most relevant and most obvious result you help your clients achieve.
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What do your clients experience DEEP INSIDE thanks to your service? GUESS if you have not been told by them.
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ADD 3 USEFUL QUESTIONS TO THIS LIST.

 

 

Analyze the answers, and come back to them in few weeks time.

YOURS IN STRENGTH
-Andrzej Wodyn Roszkowski
Personal Trainer / Strength & Conditioning Coach

Team Leader at Lifestyle Fitness Manchester

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FULL BACK development – how to split that ?

HOW TO FULLY DEVELOP YOUR BACK ?

I cannot understand why people treat “BACK”  and “CHEST” both as a “equal-rights” muscle group while PECTORALIS MAJOR is a single muscle, and “Back” is more muscles I than I can count .

I prefer Spliting the BACK WORKOUT into 3 or 4 “sections”

1) TRAPS/trapezius , PRACTICALLY trained on “shoulder” day

FAST TWITCH DOMINANT, hence big weights and usually up to 8 reps .

     trap1: shrugging motions, high pulls, cleans etc
     trap2: Rowing motions, facepulls, technical olympic lifts (especially snatch)
     trap3: technical overhead motions, scap-ups, full contraction pull-ups

2) LATS/Latissimus Dorsi: PRACTICAL to train on a “back-dedicated” day but taking part in many stabilization tasks.

OFTEN SLOW TWITCH DOMINATED MUSCLE, hence at least 5-15 reps should do the trick.
 Pull-ups, chins, rows, pullovers, deadlifts, technical squats (YESSS)
EVERY DIFFERENT GRIP WORTH using , since there are many separate motor units in this muscle.

3) ERECTORS + CORE muscles: PRACTICAL to train “on the LEG DAY”

MIXTURE OF FAST AND SLOW TWITCH muscle fibres, hence anything from big weights and 1 rep, speed work, to slow motion high reps (even 25) should help.
Many different patterns of motion and motor unit activation, for example front squat focuses a lot on higher parts while back squat has emphasis on lower parts.

Back extensions, olympic lifts, deadlifts, squats, neck extensions, single hand exercises.

IF YOU TRAIN USING SPLITS, TRY THAT:

MONDAY: CHEST + LATS
TUESDAY: THIGHS + ERECTORS
WED:OFF
THURS: ARMS, FOREARMS
FRIDAY: OFF
SATURDAY: SHOULDERS/DELTS + TRAP:1-2-3
SUNDAY: OFF