Juddy88
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Anyone know around about the average price for 1 on 1 personal trainer sessions?
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i played cricket with a guy who was a personal trainer and from memory, his prices started at $60 an hour for 1 person and went up by $10 per person to maximum groups of 10....
i'm sure if you google it something will come yp
i'm sure if you google it something will come yp
I think some of the fools lingering around these boards (and many others on the internet) are evidence enough of the fact that you need to be alert when finding yourself a PT. I'm sure there are plenty of good, knowledgeble PT's out there who are worth the money they demand, but my god there are some stooges out there, too. My advice is to not commit to any specific number of sessions if at all possible and practical to avoid doing so. That is, try to 'taste-test' a PT for a session or two before you commit to them for, say, a minimum of six sessions or more.
Juddy88
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YEah I've had a few free sessions so far as a part of my gym membership, but the prices aren't revealed untill the end of the free sessions which I still have a few more of.
Apparently each PT has a differant set price.
Will just have to wait a few more weeks to see I suppose.
dale_mighty_pies
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Anywhere between 40 - 200 an hour. typically around the 50-70 mark for an hour session.
I charge $45 for half hour then work down from there. I give discounts if people aren't going to jerk me around and chop and change training times.
Excellent comment. There are some damned idiots working in the big commercial gyms.
Choose a trainer who has a background of sports science, or at least a highly experienced trainer who has results on the board.
Never ever ever train with a trainer who is directly out of the Institute of Fitness, or one from there who has not undertaken further study
Don't choose a trainer on the basis of price. Sure you might save a few bucks now, but how much will you save if you need a physio to put your shoulders or knees back together. I see trainers doing horrible things in this regard.
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i pay 30 bucks/30 mins 
but its been worth it
but its been worth it
dale_mighty_pies
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I see old ladies trying to lose weight right.. so their trainers give them tricep pushdowns and bicep curls .... i ask why, and they tell me they are trying to lose arm fat.. i can't keep the laughter out when i hear that.. LOL
So many people believe in spot reduction its insane.
I only give the tricep pushdowns as a placebo measure, if you don't give it to them, then they're just going to do it themselves. It's more a thing of "yes, I've listened to what you want, here's that arm exercise" and leave it feel fatigued. Yet I know it's the rest of the running around we're doing that's the real benefit.
Spot reduction is funny, the best thing to watch is the leg adduction and abduction. Hilarious stuff. Those machines would be better used as artificial reefs
I agree with you guys. But building muscle does help fat lose also gets the heart rate up as well so it's not a bad place to start after a warm up. The spot reduction myth thing is funny though.
dale_mighty_pies
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I only give the tricep pushdowns as a placebo measure, if you don't give it to them, then they're just going to do it themselves. It's more a thing of "yes, I've listened to what you want, here's that arm exercise" and leave it feel fatigued. Yet I know it's the rest of the running around we're doing that's the real benefit.
Spot reduction is funny, the best thing to watch is the leg adduction and abduction. Hilarious stuff. Those machines would be better used as artificial reefs
Agreed 100% lol.
True, having muscle does aid in fat loss, but isolations such as pushdowns and curls should only be used as a "feel good" measure, just so your client thinks they are working their arms well, even though it won't make much of a difference. If they are going to be weight training, it should be revolved around compounds. Deadlifts, Squats, Bench (or variations, pushups). etc.
If a person wants to do isolations, let them do them at the end of the workout if it makes them feel better!
Even better, why waste time during a real workout for isolations.
In addition to squats, the only other leg exercise I do is lunges (and variations of those as well).
Leg extensions and hamstring curls (especially the laying ones) are so dysfunctional, it's not funny.
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Do squats and lunges work the whole leg? Would love to cut out the odd leg exercise if I can do it all in squats.
Wait, so you're saying all those ab machines I bought to help me get a flatter tummy don't work?
Look, docker clit is right. Whether you're trying to lose fat, add muscle, or train for a specific sport, all you need is squats and lunges
Only thing funnier than spot reduction is people making general statements and arguing vehemently that its the answer for everyone.
Well go ahead and do them. How hard was that?
How many real body builders go to a personal trainer? I've yet to see a real body builder in a commercial gym, I've seen plenty of meat heads who think they are.
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why does it matter if they think they are? are they affecting you or your workout? i hate the preachiness of some guys in gyms, get off your high horse.
Pretty much. Most of them have shitty form and technique which other gym members copy.
I think you'll find the most preachy idiots are the meat heads. If you don't want to read the advice of someone who has been training people for years, then don't read it.
BTW: as for preaching in gyms. I actually say nothing to people, apart from the clients that I train as it's not worth the effort.
We have a physio on premises and he's a pretty cluey bloke who's written books on training. He's also been there and done that as well as having the piece of paper, he's pretty massive and does Thai kickboxing.
We were talking the other day, pointing out people with poor form and he said "I don't say anything anymore, they think I'm you're a ********. I just let them injure themselves, gives me more business anyway".
