So you want to be a Personal Trainer?

So you want to be a personal trainer, Wear shorts and sneakers to work, have girls hanging from your arms, and roll around it piles of cash?

Before you get inflicted with a sales teams words like “Super Star” and “Fitness Professional” I think you need to look at the below numbers: 

A PT qualification from a popular training company cost ~$6000 

The average client rate per session is $50 this means you need to do 120 PT sessions to pay off initial outlay (best case scenario).

Gyms never hire trainers; you lease the rights to floor space. Therefore; 120 x $10 per client to lease a gym floor = $1200 (best case scenario again)  

More Weight?

This makes a total outlay of $7200 divide this by $50 per client = 144 sessions 

If you AVERAGE 10 sessions a week 144/10 = 14.4 weeks before you have returned one cent of profit. 

Furthermore; this does not incorporate the cost of industry body membership and liability insurance. 

The training companies will also refrain from telling you the vast majority of PT’s only last 18 months in the industry before going back to selling fruit. 

Just  think about it.

What is your most preferred row?

What is your most preferred row? It’s a question I get asked a LOT. The Pendlay row has been used extensively by American weight lifters to vast success and a number of athletes in Australia are starting to report positive results.  

The Pendlay row has a number of key differentiating factors from more traditional ‘back day’ type movements such as the ‘not so bent over row’ and the ‘one arm hip rotational row’ The Pendlay row is NOT a ‘Build giant Lats’ movement, it is a ‘build solid activation and strength of the posterior chain’ movement. 

Tell me your Row!

• The Pendlay row starts and ends each rep from the floor (not the squat rack!)

• The torso remains parallel to the floor

• The movement is performed explosively.

The benefits of the Pendlay row include:

• Since the body is NOT under load at the commencement of the movement it forces the neuromuscular system to rapidly activate a large amount of muscles in sequence

• Maintaining a parallel posture requires activation of the entire posterior and abdominal chain.

• I am not sure where ‘control it bro’ and ‘slower’ came from but those statements have no place in sport performance. Remember, in ANY sport performance training one of the many goals is ALWAYS faster!