{"id":2417,"date":"2016-09-19T14:57:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2016-09-19T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T18:57:41","slug":"do-you-train-yourself-time-to-fire-your-trainer-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/do-you-train-yourself-time-to-fire-your-trainer-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Train Yourself? Time To Fire Your Trainer – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spend a lot of time in various gyms and I see a lot of things that make me wonder what I’m actually seeing. This is not unusual for me because I’m mostly a kinaesthetic-type learner and I need to try things out before I understand them clearly.<\/p>\n

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Over time, one thing that I’ve been able to spot immediately is something that is dead-wrong. It’s easy to notice because I get a feeling inside that alerts me to the fact that I’m seeing something that is completely off the grid of what is sensible. There’s a saying in coaching that \u2018if something doesn’t look right then it isn\u2019t right\u2019 and you don’t have to know exactly what it is that is wrong when it just looks wrong.<\/p>\n

There is more nonsense in gym-workouts that are directed at changing body composition than anything else. If you take a few minutes to look around any gym, you’ll see things that just don’t make sense. The worst part about it is that people are parting with their free time to do this foolishness. It isn’t any of my business, most of the time, so I just watch long enough to get the feeling and then I go back to my workout and allow the feeling to float away.<\/p>\n

Opinions Matter!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only time it gets to me is when I’m drawn in by someone who is asking me for my opinion about their program, or their efforts, only to finally let me know that their approach is great and that I don’t know what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n

Being willfully ignorant is a problem because it indicates that a person has stopped learning, which is fine with me, so long as I am not engaged in the ignorant conversation. However, when someone does ask me how long it will take them to drop ten pounds by doing bicep curls and some light cardio; I find it a challenge to be gently polite.<\/p>\n

I tell them that I can’t answer that question because their workout isn’t a program set up by me and I have no prior knowledge of their physical attributes and how the program pertains to their individual weaknesses.<\/p>\n

Look out for the Part II of this post!<\/p>\n

Oh and Hey…. Check out the 2016 Fall special – BUTT & GUTS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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