What is /fit/'s experience with personal trainers? Recently

My bro has one. Basically he's filthy rich, so he pays this guy to be his gym buddy, occasionally watch his dogs or whatever when he's traveling with the wife.

He's aesthetic for a middle aged natty, but his numbers kind of suck and he's currently screwed most of his body from taking the PTs advice.

I dunno, if you're rich and lonely, why not?

>>41138248
I'm neither rich, nor lonely but I mean at least it sounds like he got results

>>41138101
I've seen a few PTs in action and 100% of them have been pure garbage. They don't know how to perform the main compound exercises and they'll definitely put you on some kind of meme routine. They don't put you on routines that give results over time, they make you do stupid shit that makes you really sweaty and sore so you believe you've done something productive. It's way better to befriend the serious lifters in the gym and ask them for advice.

Unless he's a Starting Strength Coach you're wasting your money

>>41138362
Just get a fucking strength coach. They are personal trainers who can actually lift.

>>41138362
I mean mine usually makes the big 3 the main focus of the 3 day split I have but I mean the sweaty and sore part is dead on

>>41138248
How has he screwed his body?

>>41138429
also interested in this

>>41138362
The ones provided by gyms tend be to trash, but one you find yourself and go to the gym/park with are usually decent.

>>41138101
Unless they have a specific track record of making weak people strong and can actually teach the lifts, they're one of 2 things:

1. Money pit for naive normies
2. Pseuo-therapist for lonely bored trophy wives

So unless you're one of those or you just want to pay some high school dropout to count your reps for you, don't bother.

>>41138377
how2find good ones?

>>41139383
brehs