[kuri]

At least those trainers bothered to attend a seminar at all.

During the past two years at my current workplace I've seen dozens and dozens of trainers come and go, and I'd say that a majority of them had seldom, if ever, attended conferences/seminars. The reason alot of these trainers either quit or were fired is because they couldn't keep clients - a result of not knowing how to program and progress people.

Now, I'm apt to go on a rant about how these shitty trainers make us all look bad, but the fact is many gym members can and do recognize the difference - I hear it all the time.

Those trainers that are just starting out that ARE going to seminars at least are willing to learn, and whether or not that's because they want to earn more, well at least they'll be helping someone with that knowledge.

In the meantime I agree with Leigh that helping others out is the way - I've recently started teaching programming/business aspects to small groups and individual trainers and find it fulfilling and a good learning experience.