AKA, I will use my shitty questionnaire and subsequent follow up phone call to determine if you are a) overweight b) not knowledgeable about training/ diet & nutrition c) gullible d) high worth (ideally an inheritance) e) available (and glad/ lucky) to train when it suits your sensei‘I will need to be selective to make sure we are a good fit.’ Isn’t it usually the paying client who determines this!??
The absolute nerve???She hasn’t said, other than it will be very expensive
ALL of this!!!I’m a PT and the thought of her being anywhere near clients on a 1-1 basis horrifies me. Giving out the same wishy washy advice about nutrition and ‘mindset’ to naive and vulnerable people on the internet is one thing. But working face to face with clients in a gym is a totally different ball game. Oh my God, the red flags are endless:
She’s about as far from a role model for healthy living as you could possibly get. I’m not saying that every PT needs to be shredded but you are your brand. You should at least inspire the people you’re working with. No one gives a shit that you did a bodybuilding comp 5 years ago either.
She’s totally inept in social situations and has zero empathy. Face to face training is all about the rapport. If the client doesn’t like you/relate to you/trust you/have confidence in your ability, they won’t be sticking around. Similarly, if you can’t empathise with them, make them feel comfortable (because some of them will be vulnerable), and motivate them in a way that works for them, they’ll be off.
PTs are ten a penny. There are loads of really good ones out there with loads of experience. She barely has any ‘gym floor’ experience training others and doesn’t appear to do any sort of serious CPD. She rushed through that pre/post natal course in Bali like it was an inconvenience and actually told everyone that she was rushing it because she didn’t want to have to bring the book home. Wow, yes, let me hand over my hard-earned cash now
Being able to safely teach other people the technicalities of exercises like the squat, deadlift, bench press is a skill. Her own form is shocking and she barely trains like this herself but you can absolutely bet she’ll have clients doing these exercises.
All she’s done is talk about how expensive it’s going to be. You pay for the PT’s skills and experience. She has very little of either. She could give away sessions for free and they’d still be a con.
Part of me is genuinely concerned that she’s going to injure someone but another part is absolutely fascinated to watch this shit show unfold
The sheer number of times ‘I’ is used in this emailShe hasn’t said, other than it will be very expensive
Can’t like this enough times.I’m a PT and the thought of her being anywhere near clients on a 1-1 basis horrifies me. Giving out the same wishy washy advice about nutrition and ‘mindset’ to naive and vulnerable people on the internet is one thing. But working face to face with clients in a gym is a totally different ball game. Oh my God, the red flags are endless:
She’s about as far from a role model for healthy living as you could possibly get. I’m not saying that every PT needs to be shredded but you are your brand. You should at least inspire the people you’re working with. No one gives a shit that you did a bodybuilding comp 5 years ago either.
She’s totally inept in social situations and has zero empathy. Face to face training is all about the rapport. If the client doesn’t like you/relate to you/trust you/have confidence in your ability, they won’t be sticking around. Similarly, if you can’t empathise with them, make them feel comfortable (because some of them will be vulnerable), and motivate them in a way that works for them, they’ll be off.
PTs are ten a penny. There are loads of really good ones out there with loads of experience. She barely has any ‘gym floor’ experience training others and doesn’t appear to do any sort of serious CPD. She rushed through that pre/post natal course in Bali like it was an inconvenience and actually told everyone that she was rushing it because she didn’t want to have to bring the book home. Wow, yes, let me hand over my hard-earned cash now
Being able to safely teach other people the technicalities of exercises like the squat, deadlift, bench press is a skill. Her own form is shocking and she barely trains like this herself but you can absolutely bet she’ll have clients doing these exercises.
All she’s done is talk about how expensive it’s going to be. You pay for the PT’s skills and experience. She has very little of either. She could give away sessions for free and they’d still be a con.
Part of me is genuinely concerned that she’s going to injure someone but another part is absolutely fascinated to watch this shit show unfold
To use a phrase I heard in work recently, “she knows enough to be dangerous”, to herself, her followers and to any prospective f2f clients.I’m a PT and the thought of her being anywhere near clients on a 1-1 basis horrifies me. Giving out the same wishy washy advice about nutrition and ‘mindset’ to naive and vulnerable people on the internet is one thing. But working face to face with clients in a gym is a totally different ball game. Oh my God, the red flags are endless:
She’s about as far from a role model for healthy living as you could possibly get. I’m not saying that every PT needs to be shredded but you are your brand. You should at least inspire the people you’re working with. No one gives a shit that you did a bodybuilding comp 5 years ago either.
She’s totally inept in social situations and has zero empathy. Face to face training is all about the rapport. If the client doesn’t like you/relate to you/trust you/have confidence in your ability, they won’t be sticking around. Similarly, if you can’t empathise with them, make them feel comfortable (because some of them will be vulnerable), and motivate them in a way that works for them, they’ll be off.
PTs are ten a penny. There are loads of really good ones out there with loads of experience. She barely has any ‘gym floor’ experience training others and doesn’t appear to do any sort of serious CPD. She rushed through that pre/post natal course in Bali like it was an inconvenience and actually told everyone that she was rushing it because she didn’t want to have to bring the book home. Wow, yes, let me hand over my hard-earned cash now
Being able to safely teach other people the technicalities of exercises like the squat, deadlift, bench press is a skill. Her own form is shocking and she barely trains like this herself but you can absolutely bet she’ll have clients doing these exercises.
All she’s done is talk about how expensive it’s going to be. You pay for the PT’s skills and experience. She has very little of either. She could give away sessions for free and they’d still be a con.
Part of me is genuinely concerned that she’s going to injure someone but another part is absolutely fascinated to watch this shit show unfold
I’m assuming the extra in her mind is herself. So like “you could go to any old trainer, but if you want to be trained by ME, SIOBHAN, it will be more expensive. Based on the fact that I am me. Not just any trainer. Me.”Has she given any inclination of what she is going to provide extra to justify the increases cost or is she basing it all because she has 150k followers and is broke as a joke?
Shiv couldn't manage her way out of a paper bag.She will never say - I’d say she will pretend she’s fully booked. When in reality she became a manager of a gym and can’t face telling people that
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