women are not going to come in and say "give me muscles, make me buff". of course we will tell you we want to lose weight and tone - this is ingrained in us. do what you do well with men just modify it.
women go to trainers for two reasons 1) they need a push (these women have worked out but took a break and need motivation or 2) they are newbies that need confidence. 2 is most important. when i started, i worked out for 2 years, cardio mostly and a few machines but i was afraid. i went to a fabulous trainer, who i picked. Why? cuz i watched him and he trained all men (1 woman only) and not only that - he was tough on them. i asked for him and he did exactly what i expected. why? he brought me to the "male" side of the gym. put me on the basic cycle men do.
Male trainers are so focused on getting a woman lean - puleese - i can do less weight-hi reps (the female thing), or more weight-low reps - either way (contrary to belief), I'm not gonna turn in to madonna unless im on steriods. so i digress...
MOST trainers i see, take women in to a room and throw em a ball, multi muscle based bull*. that's ok for women who are overweight i guess. but i can do cardio on my own and i want my trainer to give me the tools i need to workout alone.
So getting to your question, mistakes male trainers make with females (all are compared to what u'd do with men)-
-ignoring our form, u think oh they are using light weight so it dont matter...
-failure to push us, oh we just cant find the strength for those last few...
-isolation, we dont wanna bulk - full body is better? ...NO
-assuming we need you to incorporate cardio - we are not capable of doing that on off days
lastly, (and i dont know if this is different than men) women need to know. I wanna know what we are working and when. i wanna know the plan. this guy im training with now SUCKS at this. sometimes i wonder if he even remembers what muscles we worked last! today i told him i had it with the interval bs 30 min thru. he took me to the "male" area and suddenly he was pushing me verbally, spotting me, and was more interested. I have to wonder if his interest in my workout was due to the men watching him train me - go figure. either way, we were both happy.
best of luck. ps women complain too, gotta put em in their place
