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    I found the best personal trainer and unfortunately he moved to Western Australia.

    I just hired a new guy and on our first training session -

    - he turned up 15 mins late
    - instead of monitoring my form when i did the exercises he went and got a drink and he went and said hi to this girl who was on a treadmill
    - i told him what i want to focus on and he just did what he wanted
    - he kept chatting to me when i was trying to do the exercises
    - he didn't count out sets he just let me do like a thousand sit-ups while he chatted away

    I am paying $70 per hour and Im not paying for him to just stuff around.

    I am going to have to find another person now. It's so annoying the guy who left was perfect.

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    Oh that sucks!
    You should let him know how crap he is too. I hope you find someone else soon!

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    Thanks darl!

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    Yeah, fire his ass. If you are going to pay somebody to help you, they better actually do something HELPFUL.

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    Hell, yeah fire him! With my trainer, I didn't like her at first because I felt she kept trying to upsell me on more sessions, vitamins, etc. So I made her aware that if things worked out, I would happily continue to see her.

    Since then, she's proven to be great. She watches my form, pays total attention to me during the session, and really pushes me. She doesn't count my sets, or at least not out loud. She just has me go until the muscle gets pushed to its limits. I like it better that way. When I count, I start losing form maintenance towards the end just to get through it!

    Good luck finding someone new..

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    Check the credentials. NASM, ACE, ACSM, AFFA. They all tend to be reputable. *cough, I'm certified by NASM, cough*
    *cough, fly me out to train you, cough*

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    ^^^^
    hey I'd love to - need more big spenders to come into the club first lol.

    I gave him another chance today - im such a softie. he was on time and the session was better.

    so we will see, if he keeps it up he might not loose me as a client.

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