07/24/2024
Ask the trainer? (see post) please comment !! I would like to hear your thoughts!!
Comment: I see it all the time lol, trainers that have clients that look the same or worse after 4 years… I want to say something but I just be minding my business
Daryl Madison: I have been training for over 15 years and have hundreds of before and after success stories but I also have been training people for years who refuse to eat better or do what exercises I ask them to do on the days they are not with me.
We are not parents and can’t make people do anything. Usually 4 out of ten people who hire a trainer has success not “necessarily “ because of bad training but because people are not fully committed and don’t have the discipline. Just because you pay me doesn’t mean you are going to have success or do everything I ask. It’s not my job to make you do it but point you in the right direction. There are so many other things involved. It may be the trainer it may be the client.
So unless you know all the context of their training relationship it’s best to do as you did and mind your business ,
Question 2 : so as a trainer, do you continue to accept payment? Do you change the routine? Or do you express that the help they need is outside your ability??
Daryl Madison Answer:
Great question. I do continue to accept payment because I do what I have been trained to do to the best of my ability. Again, it’s my job to “ show and tell them what to do” . Can’t force them however I do continually remind them of why they are not reaching their goals. Usually, many times people although not getting results will continue for many reasons (see below). At the end of the day if I do my part and you don’t do yours I have no problem taking your money particularly if I continually remind you why it’s not working and what’s needed to correct. I would much rather add everyone to my wall of success stories but that’s not realistic.
1. Some people feel doing something is better than nothing ( there is some truth and some fallacy to this)
2. Many times the relationship with the trainer becomes more than just training and the client sees you as a good friend and doesn’t want to terminate the relationship
3. The money is not coming from them but their spouse/health insurance/parents, etc.. so it’s not high priority to do what you ask since it’s not coming from their pocket.
These are just a few but there are many more