Brrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know what to say because I’m very disappointed. I respect trainers because of course, they know what they are doing. But it saddens me to see trainers at my gym mistreat clients and members at my gym. Talking to my friends who work out at other gyms, I am told it is a common occurence, but I think if you are part of an establishment, you should try to hold yourself to a higher standard and act more professional.
Today I had one of my two personal run-ins with a trainer at the gym I go to. I was in the middle of a superset with a pair of 15s and 20s. I was resting when a lady walks up and without even acknowledging or asking, starts to take one of the 15s. So i start to explain to her that I was in the middle of a set, I’m almost done and she can have them. She puts it down then picks it up again, that’s when I realized, her trainer had told her to just take it. It wasn’t her fault, I didn’t it against her. As for her trainer, he stands there eyeballing me, giving me the ‘what are you gonna do?’ look. That’s what got me boiling, I walked past him to re-rack my weights and he’s still looking at me as if to challenge me. That’s what sent me over the top. The girl next to me was nice enough to let me use her 15s to finish my set, then I left. I went straight to the front desk and and let them have it. It wasn’t their fault but they need to reign their trainers in. I was upset. Over the past year, I have watched these trainers make fun of clients being their backs, AS they work with them. This poor clients are paying them money, only to be made fun of? They mae fun of other members, openly…. I understand that they bring in revenue, but these demi-gods have been left to run the gym. Everyone is so afraid to get in their way because of their lack of courtesy, they literally steam-roll over people especially when they are trying to show-off to their clients. That’s just one of the many turn-offs. And as far as gym etiquette? Forget it! They are above it.
I wish I could lie and say this doesn’t bother me, but after a year, I was bound to say something.
Lead by example.
February 2, 2009 at 7:26 pm
@ least your trainners show up.
February 2, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Maybe you should try a different gym. Gyms have personalities just like people. A rude, pushy gym hires rude, pushy people to work there. In addition to hogging equipment, I hate trainers who create a lot of loud, obnoxious drama to "motivate" their clients. I don’t really think everyone in the gym cares if Skippy can dig deep and do one more rep.