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Posted by: Keith M | 10-Dec-2009 12:54 PM |

This is an old story. I read it a few months ago in Australian Leisure magazine.

Posted by: david kennedy | 01-Feb-2010 12:03 AM |

I studied for two years full time 30 hours / week face to face and then about 40 to sixty hours a week at home to pass a diploma of recreation fitness. I spent another year studying massage part time to gain a cert 4 in massage. I started work in a gym working with people who had little or no idea. Most had done short courses to gain accreditation, read a book and find the answers. Some had studied online and others had done a short course over a couple of weekends. I was then asked by my employer to join fitness Australia. Because I had waited more than 2 years to join after finishing my diploma they would not accept it and told me I would have to do it again. Every time I visit a gym I see people doing things under the supervision of trainers that are wrong and have the potential to coarse injury, but they all have accreditation with fitness Australia. The problem is not with the waivers or indemnity forms it is in the training provided to trainers.

Posted by: Anonymous | 02-Feb-2010 01:52 PM |

I run my own outdoor personal training business Tonezone. I have been operating for over nine years..I too have had clients that have been incorrectly assessed and trained in the gym. The point that all trainers were advised once completed the certificate four course was that refer if any question is raised to the clients ability to train. In this case the assessment on the initial application indicated prior injury. A qualified trainer would be able to generally asses weather the client falls in the "at risk" category. Once viewed as refer on...the trainer should have referred on, even if the gym did not want to do so. Upon assessment from a medical representative, the exercises in rehabilitation would have been commenced until further review from the medical professional. Then gently and progressively you would increase the repetitions to enable the full use of the knee. I have contracts with my clients and continually refuse to train the area under review until the medical professional has signed off full use of the limb. I have learnt "Cover your own backside" as when you are taken to court, quite often or not you are on your own as your industry wil not stand by you. They will use you in an example after the fact as in this case. United we stand and divided we fall

Posted by: Kristy | 03-Feb-2010 10:18 AM |

A classic case of the fact there are so many young personal trainers out there who have done a short course to get their qualification and then think that they have the knowledge and skills to be a personal trainer and give people advice on how to train properly and safely, the fact is they don't and this just shows that. I think it is to easy to get a job as a personal trainer and should be made a lot harder and have proper training before they are allowed to administor advice to someone. Been a personal trainer myself i know that in my first year i had limited experience and relied on my knowledge from my studies which is good but the more experience you have the better and i feel is safer in the long run when dealing with clients. What it comes down to it, young inexperienced trainers shouldn't be training people until they have been given the go ahead from their manager that they can safely deliver a training session.

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Posted by: @JTActiveMgmt | 09-Sep-2009 07:28 PM |

I have to agree that TRX and suspension training has a huge future! This will be an awesome resource for group training in a club and also for PTs! I am currently with Zumba instructor in India and she raves about the program. Dance in recent years has re-invented itself and so I agree that the fitness industry must embrace dance and use it for good and not evil! That is, embrace it in clubs. Kranking . . . energetic, enthusiastic and potentially dangerous. After watching this product at IHRSA this year, it was super popular. I would be very cautious of putting in a club owing to potential injuries. There is absolute anecdotal research that proves Group X improves retention. The Round Table clubs around the world have statistics to prove what power Group X has on a club's retention. You have missed a powerful trend for improving retention and sales . . . social media! Using the various social mediums are low cost and far reaching. Watch this space . . . Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and more will change the face of the fitness industry and our communication with members and potential members.

Posted by: Taylor Ryan | 26-Oct-2009 11:47 PM |

Great piece. I haven't seen kranking yet here in the US but I think my gym is a bit behind when it comes to their spin program. It sounds killer though. Just out of curiousity what are some trends going on in Australia that aren't so dominant here in the US? I do women's workout training and Australia seems big on online personal training.

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