{"id":100235,"date":"2014-09-25T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=100235"},"modified":"2014-09-24T15:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T20:16:45","slug":"your-bad-personal-trainer-is-ruining-your-fitness-goals-and-what-you-should-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/your-bad-personal-trainer-is-ruining-your-fitness-goals-and-what-you-should-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Bad Personal Trainer is Ruining Your Fitness Goals and What You Should Do About it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Personal trainers are supposed to be the cheerleaders of the gym. Their role is to guide us through our weight loss journey by challenging us to work harder, demonstrating proper technique, answering questions, and giving the all-important pep talk. Unfortunately, they can also be overzealous, insensitive, inappropriate, and downright rude.<\/p>\n

If you have a bad experience with a personal trainer but love your gym, it can seem like an inequitable fitness divorce. The personal trainer gets to keep the house (gym) with the pool while you sulk away with your bag of funky sweaty towels and workout clothes.<\/p>\n

The Bored Trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the birth of my second daughter I joined a local YMCA to get back in shape and eliminate my “bingo wings<\/a><\/strong>.” I was a tired mama looking for a beacon of weight loss hope. Instead, I was introduced to my personal trainer, the apathetic chubby lady babysitter. I talked about my goals. He yawned. I didn’t know how to turn on a stair climbing machine. He told me to get on, pushed all the buttons for me, and then watched Judge Judy on the gym TV while I tried not to pass out.<\/p>\n

The Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not alone. Diana from California said she merely requested a Q&A session from her trainer, along with a light workout. At the time, she was barely a year out from back surgery and knew she wanted to make it strong again, but at a slow pace so as not to re-injure it.<\/p>\n

“I knew I needed to listen to my body carefully,” she said “but the trainer ignored everything and kept telling me it was important to get in a good hard workout.” Diana felt pressured into a tougher workout than she wanted and within 24 hours she checked into the emergency room with severe back strain.<\/p>\n

The Creepster<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Chicago, 29-year-old Hollie was happy to have a chatty personal trainer until he took the conversation to an awkward level. “He\u00a0relied on techniques that included picking on me and my body, and making me feel guilty for skipping a day at the gym<\/a><\/strong>,” she explained. “In addition, he constantly talked about sleeping with other trainers and his weekend conquests. Totally inappropriate.”<\/p>\n

After the buff Casanova made comments about women at the gym who enjoyed using a vibrating device called the Power Plate, Hollie cancelled her membership and went somewhere else.<\/p>\n

What to Do<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though Diana, Hollie and I all had different experiences, the one thing we had in common was the fact that we didn’t tell anyone about our disappointment, irritation, and embarrassment. CrossFit Coach Ben Sweeney, says next time, “Speak up!”<\/p>\n

Ben’s advice – Before you bail on the gym, try these solutions instead:<\/strong><\/p>\n