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Originally Posted by John Izzo
So my question, when you are shopping for a trainer...what are your thoughts regarding a trainer who works with 5-8 clients versus a trainer who works with 30+ or has a waiting list? Who would you want to put your hard earned dollars down on...regardless if you know them?
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First off, at the gym I go to I wouldn't have this information unless I either asked a trainer directly or happened to ask for an appointment with a trainer and discovered they had a waiting list.
When I was choosing a trainer to do my first free orientation session I had never met any of the trainers. I went over the brief bios (education/areas of expertise/fitness philosophy) that are posted both online and at the gym. I'd also guess the photos had more of an impact than logically they should have.
Months later I decided to buy a session. (I had to choose a trainer again as my free session had not gone very well.)
This time I did sift through the bios for signs of experience, but I was looking for how long they had been a trainer (or related experience) not number of clients. I did not want to be part of somebody's first year.
Still, experience was only part of what I was looking for and at the end of the day I would definitely consider someone with less experience if they had the other qualities I was looking for.