Why you should hire a
trainer!
Written by: Daniel Rocha
T oday this article comes with a little passion.
ing “It’s too expensive anyways, I’ll show you
how to work out!” I was about to lose myself.
Something I as a professional deal with every- I almost said something but I kept my cool,
day. Let me give you the story. I was getting
turned up my tunes and put the energy into
my own training session in at a different gym
my own workout instead. See, a lot of people
and there was a husband and wife in there. I
think that the personal training industry is a
assume wife, but she was talking about hiring a joke. They think that what I do is trivial. Their
trainer. Since it’s a small gym I overheard their impression of trainers are “jocks and fitness
entire conversation. The husband didn’t want
bunnies” that live up to the stereotypical “I lift
anything to do with hiring a trainer. His re-
things up and put them down!” Om-goodness
sponse was: “ Why do you need a stupid train- Little do these people know that our industry
er? They’re just jocks working for $15/hr and
has evolved faster than any other. Yes I agree
don’t know any more than you do about work- that there is a ton of free information out there
ing out.” Then contradicted himself by say-
on topics like nutrition, training, cardio and
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