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[–] Blacklightning [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

It's not a regulated profession, and the qualifications of a personal trainer differ depending on the type of the certification(s) and education level.

There are certain types of weight training certs that require a physical demonstration of the lifts, e.g. USAW and Crossfit. And there's some that don't and only require rote memorization, like ACE, NASM, and NSCA (I have a NSCA CPT myself). And then there's the mack daddy of all certs, the NSCA CSCS, which requires a bachelor degree.

Regardless of whether he's fat or not, having a cert doesn't mean shit if the trainer doesn't know what the hell he's doing. He could be giving his clients terrible instruction on the lifts or put them on a wrong type of regimen which can potentially send them to the hospital. I've seen irresponsible trainers train the novice clients so rigorously to the point that they developed rhabdomylosis or some other injuries.

That said, seeing personal trainers that are both fat and irresponsible is doubly disturbing and abominable. It's a sight that should insult the sensibilities of fit, responsible personal trainers who genuinely care about their clients well-being and progress.

Anyway, I rambled too much.

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[–] I_Fart_Rainbows 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I've worked with fat trainers before and been baffled to watch them tell a client how to do a push up and show by example only to have their ass way up in the air and barely able to even do one.

When I trained at a gym, we had one guy that competed in figure and a few fat trainers. Fatties would always rather the fat trainers because they make them feel more comfortable, they had maybe 1/5 the knowledge as the body builder but their doughy appearance made them more "relatable".

Its always baffled me that hair stylists have to pass board certified testing and go through more rigorous screening than personal trainers. I mean we literally work in an industry where one wrong lift can cripple someone for the rest of their lives, but someone can take on online, open book test, and suddenly tell people how to get in shape.

As a trainer that busts my ass eating clean, training hard and studying constantly to give my clients the best results and lead by example, I despise fat trainers. Fuck, now I'm ranting.

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[–] Blacklightning [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Let it all out, friend.

Re: fatties training with fat trainers, that's what I thought too. At first, I thought it was stupid and counterproductive to do that, but then I realized that these fat fucks probably needed someone with a similar body type to share their safe spaces with.

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[–] WhipDisco 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, I have the NASM cert and it is really annoying to see people overwork or irresponsibly train their clients. Especially since in the books that's one of the things they stress NOT to do in almost every chapter( at least in NASMs' book).

edit: Now that I think about it, there is a lot of shit that is annoying about personal trainers who think that just because they have the cert they know everything. Also the ones that talk to other people in the gym while they are training a client and not paying attention to or spotting them.