My New Gym - LA Fitness

As a result of my recent move, I had to change health clubs and unfortunately I am no longer with Lifetime Fitness. I really liked Lifetime. Unfortunately I had to find a new gym and it wasn't easy. I ended up getting a membership with LA Fitness. So far I have not been there too frequently because I am also working out at home doing P90X and kettle bell workouts. The purchase of my membership included a training session with a trainer. Honestly, I wasn't impressed. Of course during my workout with this trainer, I was asking a lot of questions. It's my nature to ask questions, I feel that's how you learn, by asking questions. This trainer was a bit annoyed by my questions, and I wasn't impressed by his answers. I guess his clients don't generally ask him questions. This guy didn't want to explain to me why he was making me do10 sets and 10 reps of each exercise. Of course after the training he proceeded to try to sell me training packages. NOT! I was not at all interested, I've trained with many trainers and I have only found a few that I really like mainly because they want to train me the same way as they train their clients who never or rarely workout. Basically they trainer didn't do any type of fitness assessment to determine my fitness level. Some men can't even do a pull up and most women cannot so why on earth is this trainer looking at me like I am crazy when I tell him that I want to do pull-ups.
On my second visit to LA Fitness, another trainer approached me wanting to workout with me (another way of trying to sell me a membership). I tell him that I working legs so he takes me to the Smith Machine to do squats. No thanks I said, I prefer using the squat rack. I don't like using the Smith Machine for squats since it reduces the range of motions. Instead I tell him that I want to do squats using the cage. So we then head over to the cage and then he suggests getting me one of those pads that goes around the bar. Nope, I said to him, I don't use those. Most trainers will tell you that it is best not to use those and I've read it many times. So I was not impressed. Upon asking him about his certification, I find out that his certificate isn't from an ACE, ISSA or any where I know but from some weekend course he took at LA Fitness. Whatever, this dude wants me to train with him? Not gonna happen in this lifetime! I wish there was a Lifetime Fitness closer by my house or work!