Hey San Antonio,
Are all personal trainers the same? Absolutely not. Some are great at talking the talk. Others may look great but have no idea how to help you change your body. If you invest your hard earned money, are you going to get the results you’re after?
Unfortunately, more times than not, you’re going to be disappointed. Sad, but true. Not only must your personal trainer know what, why and how, but they must also be ready to hold each and every client accountable and also have the client’s best interest in mind.
Many only know one way to train. Think I’m wrong? Go to a gym and watch a trainer with different clients, and you’ll be shocked at how many times they train totally different clients the same. Many won’t answer simple questions – they’ll hide behind “it just works” or something similar. Look, you’re not only paying your personal trainer to get you in shape, but you should be paying them to teach you what to do (why and how as well) so you’re able to do things on your own in the future.
I’ve said it before: I’m a capitalist. I get paid when people are in front of me and I’m training them. But I get a much better return when I take care of clients: when I transform them as quickly as possible and I teach them “how to fish”, so to speak. They don’t hesitate to recommend me to friends and family and that’s where a bulk of my business comes from. They call me all hours of the day and night to ask me whatever they need to know. I sometimes go as far as ordering for them if they’re at a restaurant and they don’t know what to eat – they just hand the waiter the phone and let me take care of them. It’s that level of support that has made my services in such demand.
In the last 2 years, I’ve seen numerous personal training businesses here in San Antonio come and go. It’s a great business and I applaud the trainers that work hard, learn their craft and build a successful business. It’s the ones that are looking to make the quick buck by misleading clients, dragging them on to keep them signing up, put them on starvation diets, have them doing cookie cutter, isolation routines or have them buying a bunch of worthless supplements to keep their revenue numbers high.
My job: CHANGE YOU. Period. Me and my personal trainers take that job very seriously.
My point – don’t settle. Find a personal trainer that not only suits your personality, but is also capable of helping you accomplish your goals. Remember that you aren’t paying for someone to chat with you while you workout and simply count your reps. (As many of you know, I hate rep counters!!!) Demand references. Quiz them. Scare them!
Tomorrow starts a new work week, and Monday is a very popular day to start the workout week. Don’t put it off any longer – you have time to transform your body before spring, so don’t hesitate.
Train hard!
Boyd Myers
San Antonio Personal Trainer
