Comments for unconditional's BodyBlog http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional My journey through the liftng part of my Life. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:50:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=0.32 Comment on 44 vs 26: Let the Battle Begin!!! by trevormerton http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/09/01/44-vs-26-let-the-battle-begin/#comment-11000781 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:09:37 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/09/01/44-vs-26-let-the-battle-begin/#comment-11000781 haha ditto brotha! and....i hate you. :P haha ditto brotha! and….i hate you. :P

]]> Comment on 44 vs 26: Let the Battle Begin!!! by coachfalcon http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/09/01/44-vs-26-let-the-battle-begin/#comment-10991391 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:36:24 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/09/01/44-vs-26-let-the-battle-begin/#comment-10991391 I worked out all summer with a kid that just graduated high school and was going on to play DIII football. It made me push myself harder than I have since I was in high school but the benefits were that I am stronger than I have ever been. I worked out all summer with a kid that just graduated high school and was going on to play DIII football. It made me push myself harder than I have since I was in high school but the benefits were that I am stronger than I have ever been.

]]> Comment on Quality of your trainer? by broad.stance http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10798231 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:42:42 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10798231 Okay, now I get why these people get under your skin. Some gyms have substandard trainers and they care more about getting money instead of their member's/client's safety. You're gonna keep getting the ol' stinkeye from them; I'd continue recording their harassment if I were you. Okay, now I get why these people get under your skin. Some gyms have substandard trainers and they care more about getting money instead of their member’s/client’s safety. You’re gonna keep getting the ol’ stinkeye from them; I’d continue recording their harassment if I were you.

]]> Comment on Quality of your trainer? by kkohler100 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10786491 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:41:47 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10786491 Sorry, I have not received any payment for any training I have done since leaving Hawaii and moving back to Pennsylvania. So legally, I have to say that I worked out with these people, spotted these people, and trained WITH these people. I have been approached by the management of the gym I work out at several times. They threatened to kick me out, ban me from the gym, revoke my membership. I have to say I am not training these guys nor have I received any compensation for working out with these guys. It got so back that I carried around my cell phone which has a "memo" recording button to record the harrassment I was receiving. A lot of the trainers at this gym have a weekend class to be certified and get paid $6.00 a session by the gym. They charge the client $25.00 - $60.00 a session. I have been training or over six years. I have a degree of nutrition from University of Florida. I have been a part of the sport nutrition industry for 8 years. 6 years with Vitamin Shoppe industries and 2 years with GNC (the worse decision of my life). Currently in the medical profession, I know when I see bad training. This is the same trainer that had a post shoulder surgery patient doing clean and jerks with dumbbells. The client was told that this will build up the muscle and strength around the wound. The client ended up back in surgery. Sorry, I have not received any payment for any training I have done since leaving Hawaii and moving back to Pennsylvania. So legally, I have to say that I worked out with these people, spotted these people, and trained WITH these people. I have been approached by the management of the gym I work out at several times. They threatened to kick me out, ban me from the gym, revoke my membership. I have to say I am not training these guys nor have I received any compensation for working out with these guys. It got so back that I carried around my cell phone which has a "memo" recording button to record the harrassment I was receiving.
A lot of the trainers at this gym have a weekend class to be certified and get paid $6.00 a session by the gym. They charge the client $25.00 - $60.00 a session. I have been training or over six years. I have a degree of nutrition from University of Florida. I have been a part of the sport nutrition industry for 8 years. 6 years with Vitamin Shoppe industries and 2 years with GNC (the worse decision of my life). Currently in the medical profession, I know when I see bad training. This is the same trainer that had a post shoulder surgery patient doing clean and jerks with dumbbells. The client was told that this will build up the muscle and strength around the wound. The client ended up back in surgery.

]]> Comment on Quality of your trainer? by broad.stance http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10786451 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:19:11 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2009/07/31/quality-of-your-trainer/#comment-10786451 Okay, you’re not entirely wrong. You may have trained people, but it doesn’t read like you were a trainer in the same sense of the others you are describing. I found independent trainers have different mindsets, especially if they work with particular needs clients (heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, etc.), where they cover multiple areas of their lives and habits but also give them the confidence and tools to continue working alone. Your membership was likely threatened because by educating others you were taking a source of revenue away from your gym. I think it’s cool you have standards which surpasses the trainers at your gym. Just don’t let it drive you bananas when they don’t meet them. As for Mr. X., I don’t think he was a smart consumer. Maybe he got paired up with the wrong trainer – which happens a lot when people don’t know what they want (training style, level of certification and involvement) – but he clearly forgot he is paying for a service. If a trainer is ineffective and is turning what should be a professional relationship into a personal one, then Mr. X. needs to bring his concerns to the manager/coordinator and get another trainer or a refund. (Mr. X. will wish he did this later on when the trainer blames him for his lack of results...) Okay, you’re not entirely wrong.

You may have trained people, but it doesn’t read like you were a trainer in the same sense of the others you are describing. I found independent trainers have different mindsets, especially if they work with particular needs clients (heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, etc.), where they cover multiple areas of their lives and habits but also give them the confidence and tools to continue working alone. Your membership was likely threatened because by educating others you were taking a source of revenue away from your gym.

I think it’s cool you have standards which surpasses the trainers at your gym. Just don’t let it drive you bananas when they don’t meet them.

As for Mr. X., I don’t think he was a smart consumer. Maybe he got paired up with the wrong trainer – which happens a lot when people don’t know what they want (training style, level of certification and involvement) – but he clearly forgot he is paying for a service. If a trainer is ineffective and is turning what should be a professional relationship into a personal one, then Mr. X. needs to bring his concerns to the manager/coordinator and get another trainer or a refund. (Mr. X. will wish he did this later on when the trainer blames him for his lack of results…)

]]> Comment on Part bear or some other animal… by dpaul4553 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2008/12/06/part-bear-or-some-other-animal/#comment-7946582 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:39:23 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2008/12/06/part-bear-or-some-other-animal/#comment-7946582 I think there's something about winter that makes us all start to eat and it may be some sort of natural survival instinct to add bodyfat to get through the winter. I wonder if this tendency is more prevelant in those of us, like myself, whose ancestry is almost exclusively from northern latitiudes? Sounds like you've found that balance between working out at the gym and actually making it part of your social life - in a positive way. You're making progress, you're helping others to make progress - not a bad gig even if you're not being paid for it (actually you're paying for it with your membership fees, right?). Good luck with our recuperation and prioritizing. Make good use of this forced downtime and you'll come out the other side more motivated and stronger. Keep up the great work! I think there’s something about winter that makes us all start to eat and it may be some sort of natural survival instinct to add bodyfat to get through the winter. I wonder if this tendency is more prevelant in those of us, like myself, whose ancestry is almost exclusively from northern latitiudes?

Sounds like you’ve found that balance between working out at the gym and actually making it part of your social life - in a positive way. You’re making progress, you’re helping others to make progress - not a bad gig even if you’re not being paid for it (actually you’re paying for it with your membership fees, right?).

Good luck with our recuperation and prioritizing. Make good use of this forced downtime and you’ll come out the other side more motivated and stronger. Keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on Sept 30th 2008 Status check by sensiD http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2008/09/30/sept-30th-2008-status-check/#comment-3303192 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:20:07 +0000 http://blog.bodybuilding.com/unconditional/2008/09/30/sept-30th-2008-status-check/#comment-3303192 Hay, count the blessings dude...I got the opposit problem. I droped 30 lbs and also about 70lbs of of my benchpress..but cardio indurence went up a bit. Anoying! Keep up the work! Hay, count the blessings dude…I got the opposit problem. I droped 30 lbs and also about 70lbs of of my benchpress..but cardio indurence went up a bit. Anoying! Keep up the work!

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