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Good luck with the PT course stuff mate, you looking to go full time at some stage with it?Finished my PT course on the weekend! Needs assessing but should be good to go in a few weeks.
Ive never had a PT, but as @Ceverton says I imagine it’s a case of been very useful with a good one, and some poor ones to swerve.
Initially at least, I’m only planning to work with one or two people at a time and not as my full time job.
Possibly in a couple of years, but I should get an indication through feedback with any initial clients as to whether it’s for me !Good luck with the PT course stuff mate, you looking to go full time at some stage with it?
I am in this industry and there are lots of horrendous PT's around that make a good living, you sound like your head is screwed on so sure you can make a crack of it if you likePossibly in a couple of years, but I should get an indication through feedback with any initial clients as to whether it’s for me !
Aye hes got be back doing proper squats,im 67 like so quite happyLike with many things, there are good and bad. You have had a good PT which is superb, however there are some shockers who have not got a clue!
Motivation is what I get from the PTI think it depends how far you want to go with it...if you need a little bit of help to get you started then a decent PT is great, but probably not much difference between them and a mate who has been training for a few years. Beyond that if you're serious about getting strong/fit then unless you do your own research you're putting off the inevitable by letting someone do the thinking/understanding for you.
For me, reading some of the stuff from Michael Matthews and Mark Rippetoe was really helpful and accessible.
I haven’t got a PT but do small class stuff & get a bit 1 on 1 time for form & stuff. Got to say, it’s the motivation & excel use ideas that work for me. I always work harder & the exercises done help me create my own session when I go alone.I think it depends how far you want to go with it...if you need a little bit of help to get you started then a decent PT is great, but probably not much difference between them and a mate who has been training for a few years. Beyond that if you're serious about getting strong/fit then unless you do your own research you're putting off the inevitable by letting someone do the thinking/understanding for you.
For me, reading some of the stuff from Michael Matthews and Mark Rippetoe was really helpful and accessible.
Agree with all that, I think as a PT I would expect to get someone on their way and motivate them and point in the right direction of things to research, get into etc - give them the basics.I think it depends how far you want to go with it...if you need a little bit of help to get you started then a decent PT is great, but probably not much difference between them and a mate who has been training for a few years. Beyond that if you're serious about getting strong/fit then unless you do your own research you're putting off the inevitable by letting someone do the thinking/understanding for you.
For me, reading some of the stuff from Michael Matthews and Mark Rippetoe was really helpful and accessible.
That is very true and honest of you . You will be a good PT in time with experience, you have the right attitude straight away.I feel like a PT could add value beyond that but not sure it (my service at least, not speaking for anyone else, I’m just not experienced at the min) justifies an hour @ £30/40/50 etc
Hardly selling myself!
That is very true and honest of you . You will be a good PT in time with experience, you have the right attitude straight away.
Unfortunately a lot of the £30/40 an hour PT's are blaggers, alarmingly lasses who have taken steroids and done 6 week PT courses getting loads of clients from vulnerable/desperate girls (I have seen this within last 2 years in Sunderland) thinking they will look like them easily.
PT had me squatting 80kg plus the bar this morning 3 x sets of 10, im 68 next month.
He does exactly that mate, my overall mobility has come on a ton, my job is desk bound so it hadnt helped.Down here the average PT costs more than that and the things you mentioned are more common due to the volume of PTs.
The good thing is, evidence based practice is become increasingly utilised by PTs compared to 10 years ago. More people are actually reading journal articles and such. I think fewer and fewer PTs as a percentage are bodybuilders now - more PTs from different sporting/exercise backgrounds and areas of speciality.
Congrats mate. A proper resistance training program combined with cardio will preserve your quality of life as you get older. Aside from the more well known stuff like blood pressure and such, instances of trips and falls are a lot less and tend to be less severe
I’m 44 and enjoying powerlifting at the minute, PT has been a massive helpAye hes got be back doing proper squats,im 67 like so quite happy
Actually, I’m 43, forgot.I’m 44 and enjoying powerlifting at the minute, PT has been a massive help
If you’re doing sets of 10 you need to increase the weight and only do 5PT had me squatting 80kg plus the bar this morning 3 x sets of 10, im 68 next month.