So You Want to be a Personal Trainer?

Written on February 3, 2011 at 6:44 am, by Eric Cressey

New content on the way tomorrow, but in the interim, I got a kick out of this and figured some of you could use a good laugh today:

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7 Responses to “So You Want to be a Personal Trainer?”

1. Fredrik Gyllensten Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 7:24 am

   Haha, great one!

2. Lee Christmas Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 7:35 am

   HA! this is hilarious! And the sad part is some people think and train like this!

3. Andrew Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 8:01 am

   please choke on your google workout printouts-exactly, haha. thanks for the morning pick up

4. James Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   Awesome, that cracked me up! Unfortunately it is all too true!

5. Lisa Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 1:07 pm

   That is a great video! The truly funny part is that some trainers really do work that way. You really need to do your homework when hiring a trainer these days. Thanks for the great post.

6. Brian Crager Says:
   February 3rd, 2011 at 5:48 pm

   These skits may cut into my CP reading time…all the AT’s should see this one “Athletic trainer vs female college athlete.” Can’t wait for the new stuff!

7. Chris Melton Says:
   February 4th, 2011 at 1:44 am

   That is toooo funny!!