Personal Trainer Question?? My Client Got Bigger!?!
Question: I had her doing lots of squats, lunges..etc.
Now she has bulked some and her clothes are tighter and she weighs more!
I know she is very sad now and she's doubting my training techniques, as am I...
So please give me some great exercises to do with her that will keep the weight off, and stop her from bulking..I know I need to do more cardio with her. Tips Please!
And is it a good idea to start weighing her once a week?
Answers: I had her doing lots of squats, lunges..etc.
Now she has bulked some and her clothes are tighter and she weighs more!
I know she is very sad now and she's doubting my training techniques, as am I...
So please give me some great exercises to do with her that will keep the weight off, and stop her from bulking..I know I need to do more cardio with her. Tips Please!
And is it a good idea to start weighing her once a week?
First, it's important that your client keeps track of her food/calorie intake and shares that information with you. She may in fact be consuming more than she realizes. Second, evaluate your client's Cardio Exercise training (how long and how many times a week). Third, Resistance Training will increase your clients strength, lean body mass, overall work capability, posture, and Metabolic Rate/calorie expenditure. Forth, is your client consuming proper Dietary Supplements? As she cuts calories, she's cutting vitaments and minerals. Finally, it is our job as Personal Trainers to make their workout ever changing and fun, while educating and re-educating them in the inportance of Proper Food Intake, Cardio, Suppliements, and Resistance Training so they take that information with them for the other 23 hours of the day. You're the proffesional, keep your head up, and remember this transformation will NOT happen overnight.
wow.. as a personal trainer shouldnt you know how to prevent that?
maybe you having her do too much weight
lower weights more repitition
She may weigh more as she has toned a lot of the fat into muscle as muscle weighs more than fat.
You are right in what you say you just need to do more cv work with her.
Don't lose confidence, stay positive.
Good luck.
She is probably eating like a horse now that you have her moving.
I would suggest finding a new job and for her to get a new trainer.
As a PT myself, you should have been monitoring this stuff. Of course these exercises will make her legs bigger, and if she's fat already, this will contribute to her size. I'd make sure she's eating correctly & frequently enough. There is no such thing as toning, so she'll have to work on getting rid of excess bodyfat. I'd recommend cardio--steady state & interval, 3-4x per week, 30 min. duration after weights. She should cool it on the squats and lunges for awhile and focus on target-specific exercises, such as leg extensions, curls, etc. What areas got bigger? You didn't say btw...
At least she gained some muscle--this is a good thing and it sounds like you're teaching her some good exercises.
Also, you should know this as a PT. What gym you work at? Bally's, 24 hr? I've seen how their trainers know next to nothing about exercises and do those stupid agility exercises with everyone. That's why I no longer work for them--it's more important to give people the tools, not be a quasi-fitness instructor following company guidelines. Total BS...
Hey Raz--you're right, a pound of muscle only burns slightly more calories than a pound of fat--but you're only looking at one aspect. Extra muscle makes your body produce more progesterone--which will convert to testosterone if you're a male--and your body will be more anabolic. You'll be stronger and healthier with weight training. The physiologic effects of weight-bearing exercise increases bone density due to micro-fracturing and repair of bone tissue, creates insulin resistance controlling blood sugar, burns calories during the exercise and increases metabolism for up to 24 hours afterward, and IMHO, makes you look better. Not weight training and focusing on diet and cardio is overrated. Any cardio more than 24 minutes contributes to vascular inflammation which will lead to a heart attack or stroke--just look at all the heart-diseased distance runners--all die of heart attacks brought on by vascular inflammation. See how many sprinters die from this--very few. You shouldn't spout off your opinion when it's only one-sided. She's looking for training advice, not career advice.
I'd caution you on educating on supplements and nutrition unless you're an expert in this. It's good to give generalities & general guidelines, but if you're not well-versed you'll do more harm than good. You never know how any one person will respond to supplementation with 'supplements' if you don't understand nutrition, physiology, biology, and chemistry--and the synergies created when supplementing with various products. You can run down a dangerous road doing this. The role of a PT is 'training' aka 'exercise' and not advocating supplementation regimens unless you're otherwise qualified to do so.
Strength training does NOT, does NOT burn that many calories.
Adding muscle is OVERRATED
Adding one pound of muscle will ONLY burn an extra 5 calories a day
LOOK UP MY OTHER ARTICLE FOR REFERNCES FOR THIS.
Have her create a calorie deficit by MANIPULATING calories and the right amount fo excercise not toooo mcuh
P.S. Hey ej, it 's good to know you know about the 23 minutes rule too. Anything more causes vascular inflammation and does not condition the heart anymore. I also am for one - twice a week sprints too. The caveman sprinted.
I was saying that adding muscle is overrated for CALORIE burning purposes.
Of course there are MANY other REASONS to weight train. I am a huge weight training fan.
And yes I agree marathoners are NOT healthy. Sprinters are.
When I say cardio I mean WALKING and SPRINTING ,nothing in between.
And I DEFINITELY do NOT recommend not lifting .
And yes ej , you are 100 % CORRECT that weight training is SUPER IMPORTANT for HORMONES. IT IS A MUST