2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 So i just finished up my 6 mos course to be a personal trainer. This is not your typical buy a course off line. Study it at home, go to a location and take the test. This is go to school for 8 hours a day for 6 mos. I have more knowledge than everyone of the trainers at my job and the other gym i train at yet i can not find a job to save my life. No i have no experience working at a gym as a personal trainer. MY BODY IS MY EXPERIENCE YOU DUMB FUCKS. LOOK at me im in better shape, bigger and stronger than everyone of your trainers. Its funny when your trainers are aking me for pointers and what they should do or if one of their clients is stuck and they have no idea what to do....who do they come to?? ME!! I am so fed up with everyone wanting my help yet noone will give me a job. end rant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Post an ad on Craig's list for your services. Make sure to include a Full Body rub down with each session. The phone will be ringing off the hook with guys that want you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Post an ad on Craig's list for your services. Make sure to include a Full Body rub down with each session. The phone will be ringing off the hook with guys that want you. LMAO.... Ya im at that point of im just going to go independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Pics? May i ask y? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 May i ask y? Personal reasons I would guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Pics? :gay: May i ask y? i thinkn he likes men ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Personal reasons I would guess funny but yet highly disturbing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 funny but yet highly disturbing... You know what's funny, I feel like a lot of the things I see on CR could be described this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I do like men. I thought that was obvious. But your rant said "look at me, I am in better shape than any of our personal trainers". I was curious to see what kind of shape your in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 You know what's funny, I feel like a lot of the things I see on CR could be described this way. Its kind of like being at a hole in the wall gym...most of the things said inside would not be taken as humor outside.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I have been told that alot of clients do not want someone who looks like a bodybuilder. It is intimidating and alot of elderly people and females do not like to be trained by people with actual size. This to me is discrimination, its my body that is the way i choose to look. I will not train you as a bodybuilder/powerlifter unless otherwise told. I know all you want to do is loose some weight, tone up your arms,midsection, your inner thighs and lift your butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I do like men. I thought that was obvious. But your rant said "look at me, I am in better shape than any of our personal trainers". I was curious to see what kind of shape your in. X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 So i just finished up my 6 mos course to be a personal trainer. This is not your typical buy a course off line. Study it at home, go to a location and take the test. This is go to school for 8 hours a day for 6 mos. I have more knowledge than everyone of the trainers at my job and the other gym i train at yet i can not find a job to save my life. No i have no experience working at a gym as a personal trainer. MY BODY IS MY EXPERIENCE YOU DUMB FUCKS. LOOK at me im in better shape, bigger and stronger than everyone of your trainers. Its funny when your trainers are aking me for pointers and what they should do or if one of their clients is stuck and they have no idea what to do....who do they come to?? ME!! I am so fed up with everyone wanting my help yet noone will give me a job. end rant... Have you asked what the key attributes they are looking for in a trainer? Not what you think or know, but point-blank ask the decision makers and see what they say. Obviously there's something to their decision. Knowledge is power, but in reality, experience is worth just as much and more in many cases. I get lots of books smart people, especially in today's economy, but none have the real world savvy that comes with experience. Different industry of course, but every industry is flooded with book smart people and with so many candidates, companies are holding out for the exact perfect match for their needs. Workd related experience, previous clients that may come with them and real world experience of just plain being older and around longer will factor in. Please don't take my comments wrong. Just posing a different point of view. Don't be bashful. Find out what's missing; or more importantly, what's needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Have you asked what the key attributes they are looking for in a trainer? Not what you think or know, but point-blank ask the decision makers and see what they say. Obviously there's something to their decision. Knowledge is power, but in reality, experience is worth just as much and more in many cases. I get lots of books smart people, especially in today's economy, but none have the real world savvy that comes with experience. Different industry of course, but every industry is flooded with book smart people and with so many candidates, companies are holding out for the exact perfect match for their needs. Workd related experience, previous clients that may come with them and real world experience of just plain being older and around longer will factor in. Please don't take my comments wrong. Just posing a different point of view. Don't be bashful. Find out what's missing; or more importantly, what's needed. This man speaks the truth. Rare is it that anyway is they way the perceive themselves to be. Do you know how many guys swear up and down are better than I was at my job at my peak? They would tell me boss how they deserved my pay range and the boss always put us head to head. I won free lunches for playing. But it never failed they swear they were as good if not better even when the proof was in front of them. I bring this up because, are you as good as you say or are you not looking at yourself correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Need to go work at Urban Active. We had a trainer there and dropped him because he really was not more than a workout buddy and bad one at that. No diet help, did not help me design a work out program, and was WAY to huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 its a tough market, ive got friends with 4 year degrees in the field not getting jobs. also, presentation counts for a lot. do you have a professional resume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I'd say go independent. If I didn't *really* like my trainer so much, someone with your skills sounds like a perfect fit for me. If you can market yourself, there are a lot of guys (and some girls) looking for a bodybuilder. IMO, at the YMCA downtown where I go, we don't have enough trainers that are bodybuilders. But like you said, in a place like that I'm definitely in the minority. My wife trains there too and she would be hesitant to have a bodybuilder trainer. And yea, post a pic. No homo. Okay, well maybe a little homo. No seriously, I'd enjoy seeing how you look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I myself would want a more bodybuilder trainer becasue thats the direction I would rather get my physicalness-ness in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 My non working out body > your trained one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 This an example of why getting a degree/cert in an area doesn't exactly gaurantee you a job. A lot of people have the misconception that as soon as they graduate or get some kind of cert they're almost instantly placed into a job, but that's not always true. Yes, it can open more doors for someone, but if you haven't noticed, the general employer seems to be looking for real-world experience anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 This an example of why getting a degree/cert in an area doesn't exactly gaurantee you a job. A lot of people have the misconception that as soon as they graduate or get some kind of cert they're almost instantly placed into a job, but that's not always true. Yes, it can open more doors for someone, but if you haven't noticed, the general employer seems to be looking for real-world experience anymore. I've said it for years, it's who you know, not what you know. It's going to be that way for quite some time too. Even if the economy begins to turn, companies are not going to staff back up for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
,,,,,,comma,,,,,, Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 My non working out body > your trained one. lol I was waiting for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 My non working out body > your trained one. I would have challenged you on this a year ago. And it would have been close. You'd own me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pointslow Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Sam im not getting into this with you.....people have their own opinions on what body type they like. I personally want to be 220-230lbs.... I had a job lined up at urban active, i was taking two trainers positions. Well i go through the interveiw process and come to find they do not accept my cert. I paid ALOT of money for my certification and do not want to take the ISSA because urban has a contract with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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