TRAINING ETIQUETTES: Your first orientation with a personal trainer should involve more than a fitness test and the trainer getting to know you. If he/she does not carry out a SCREENING TEST or EVALUATION, please ask for one. If your trainer does not know what a screening test, or evaluation is GET ANOTHER TRAINER IMMEDIATELY!! For more on the benefits of screening test stay tuned for part 1 in the upcoming series; "What you should know before you train"
When you arrive at the gym for your training session, it is improper for a trainer to start training immediately, using your last work out program or upping the last program by a few pounds!!! Everyday at the gym is usually a different day and a different you. A trainer should typically ask a client what he/she ate that day before coming to the gym to train. One client had been so busy and stressed about a deadline at work that he ate only one meal that day and came for this workout later that evening. On knowing this I sent him home to "feed his body". Trainers should know "who" they are training on a specific day. If you are in pain and a trainer keeps pushing you, tell him or her to STOP!! "No pain, no gain" is a fallacy!! If a trainer tells you this, get another trainer before you get hurt. There is a big difference between discomfort and pain. During excersice the body produces natural opiates, called endorphins, that can mask discomfort of the effort. If you experience real pain during training, you should back off!! Stay tuned for more on this.
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