A reader writes in about yesterday's message: "Being a professional in this field, I agree that you can do so much with the basics -that is, without BOSU trainers, coreboards, etc. There is so much misuse of these items, it's scary to watch. I just attended the SWIS symposium last weekend, and it was refreshing not to see all these balance gadgets in use, but putting basic, common sense into one's training. I have seen trainers put pregnant women and senior aged people on coreboards - not safe, in my opinion.
P.S. Thankyou for all the great information. "
To my reader I say, You are right, it is scary to watch and I see so much of it everyday.
While I was not able to attend the SWIS (a training seminar near Toronto), I would have bet that there wouldn't be one expert speaker (and we are talking some of the world's best fat loss and athlete training experts) talking about lifting while on a wobbly board. Yet, I see more trainers than not using these methods.
It is mind-boggling. No other words for it. (Hope you enjoyed the SWIS conference, and thanks for going and being one of the professionals dedicated to making this profession better.)
It's funny, yet extremely sad and frustrating at the same time, to see uneducated trainers taking their clients through dangerous, ineffective workout routines.
And you can see the fear and confusion in the client's eyes as they perform these circus acts without benefit. But the poor client thinks, well, the trainer is the one with weekend certification, he or she must know what they are doing.
Yep, the whole scene is a joke. Except for the client who pays a C-note for this injustice.
I mean, isn't it ridiculous that you only need a weekend course in order to be responsible for another person's health and fitness?
Doesn't that leave you scratching your head? Well, it leaves me banging my head against the wall.
Just this week I've seen grown men and women being instructed to hop on and off inflatable "balance" gym toys or stand on these balance boards and do dumbbell curls with 10 pounds in each hand.
Now here was a trainer taking a grown man, who could easily do biceps curls with 25 or even 30 pounds, and instead putting him on a balance ball and having him lift only 10 pounds. The trainer is completely ignoring the most basic principle in all of strength training - the overload principle.
The overload principle says that your muscles only get stronger when you apply stimulus that overloads the muscle. But here, the client is using 1/3 of the weight they can lift. This person may as well have stayed in bed! What a waste...It wouldn't even have been enough Turbulence to boost his calorie burning after exercise.
And all this went on while I finished my workout, training with two of the top strength and conditioning coaches in Toronto. And to think that all we were doing were basic squats and presses while all the trainers had their clients doing circus tricks around us...maybe we need a new weekend certification?
But these poor trainers are unable to help their clients get any benefit from the workout because they really just don't know anything about strength. And the clients are afraid to question the almighty holder of the weekend Personal Trainer certification.
Heck, I was writing better programs at age 16 - after reading my first muscle magazine. And I tell ya, if a 16-year old kid straight off the farm can figure out how to gain muscle and lose fat, than one of these $100 an hour trainers with the weekend certification in the big city of Toronto should be able to figure it out too, shouldn't they? Shouldn't they?
But no, they keep bouncing on their expensive gym toys, and helping their clients get weaker and make ZERO change in their bodies. But they have the uneducated client hooked, so the cash register still rings...and no one says a thing.
There is something terribly wrong with the personal trainer industry.
And that's why day by day, workout by workout, we're going to clean it up. You can lead by example - doing your TT workouts and passing along the TT newsletter to your friends, family, and workout buddies. Here's the link to the sign-up page, please send it out:
http://workoutmanuals.com/free-Newsletter-Signup-fat-loss.html
If you know a trainer that means well but should know better, pass them along this newsletter.
And I guarantee you (with a 100% money back guarantee), that you will get more muscle definition and far more functional strength with the Turbulence Training Manuals than you would standing around on any gym toy.
Don't be fooled by those with the words Personal Trainer on their shirts and the weekend certification on the wall,
CB
Another reader writes in...
"You are espousing valuable information and insight into the disinformation world of personal training and providing the right alternative and assistance for people looking for quality/accurate information. You are educating people appropriately."
Dr. Darren Burke, St. Francis Xavier University, Antiogonish, NS
Thanks Dr. Burke.
And did you know one of those BOSU balls costs at least $170? What a waste of your hard earned money...For the same price (or even less if you are a preferred customer), you can get my TT Membership Pass giving you literally years worth of real, effective workouts.
Click HERE for the TT Membership
Or contact me for your previous customer discount.
Allright, enough, I'm going to end this message before my blood pressure gets too high. Remember, no more fitness B.S.!
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