Ways to Spot a Useless Personal Trainer

I recently read an article written by Charles Poliquin and the title of the article was 10 Ways to Spot a Useless Personal Trainer. I read the 10 ways and some of them were pretty obvious to me. Of course while I was working out at my gym, sure enough I spotted a useless personal trainer. This woman was training a female client, an older looking client who was overweight and she definitely looked like she needed a personal trainer. She needed a personal trainer who would focus on her workout . I usually zone out and don’t pay too much attention to people at the gym unless they are in my way. Incidentally this trainer was using the seated cable machine that I wanted to use. I stood by waiting for them to finish and they were so much into their conversation taking about Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes etc, etc, that they didn’t even notice that I was waiting. Of course I left to train another body part, since my patience was wearing thin and came back and they were still using the machine chatting and chatting and chatting. So below is a list of Ways to Spot a Useless Personal Trainer:

1. He never records anything.
2. He is more into entertaining you than training you.
3. Program design is a function of the equipment closest to the person he is interested looking at.
4. He talks to you about random stuff while you are doing your set.
5. He tells you about his personal problems.
6. He uses his cell phone to take calls, make call, or text while you are working out.
7. His video does not match the audio. He doesn’t practice what he preaches!
8. He has never taken a class to expand his horizons and his knowledge on the basics of training: such as anatomy, program design, stretching, etc.
Finally, to me this is one of very important. You have been training with him for but you still see no improvements or gains!