Thread: Would you let a female be your personal trainer?

Originally Posted by SheLifts

Apparently Personal training is no position for a woman. This weekend the phone rang at my house. I answered. (remember, both my husband and I hold trainer certifications from the same company, issued the same month)

- Hello
- Yes, may I speak with Mr. SheLifts?
- He's outside, can I take a message for him.
- Yes, this is Sexist Asshole, and I recently opened up a new gym
in City, State. and I am looking for trainers to fill some positions. I
got his name from ISSA when I got a list of all personal trainers
in the area. I wanted to see if he was intersted in meeting me
for an interview.
- Let me get your # and I'll pass this message along.

He never called back to ask about me. I would have been on that same list.

Damn him!!!

SO... I see you aren't going to call me back then. O'rly?

Originally Posted by BigDyl

SO... I see you aren't going to call me back then. O'rly?

call me, offer me the position and i'll consider.

Sure I would, if she knew her shit and had the appropriate credentials.

You're making assumptions.

You don't really know if your were on the list that he was given. Maybe the list that he was given was already filter by sex, age, or some other criteria.

Maybe he likes to have a certain percentage of male and female trainers, and he'd already filled the female positions.

Maybe he only has one position left and chose your husband over you for any number of valid reasons.

I'm not saying that he wasn't sexist, I'm saying that you're getting worked up on assumptions and not facts.

Politics. They already have a ton of female trainers and they need males.

That or he didnt like that you were married.

Originally Posted by DOMS

You're making assumptions.

You don't really know if your were on the list that he was given. Maybe the list that he was given was already filter by sex, age, or some other criteria.

Maybe he likes to have a certain percentage of male and female trainers, and he'd already filled the female positions.

Maybe he only has one position left and chose your husband over you for any number of valid reasons.

I'm not saying that he wasn't sexist, I'm saying that you're getting worked up on assumptions and not facts.

Holy shit, I JUST clicked on New Posts. Damn you and fufu are fast.

Originally Posted by SheLifts

call me, offer me the position and i'll consider.

I got a position I'll offer you...

DOMS, i'm sure there's a reason behind it.

It just aggrivated me. i'm already working in a man's field and I see the descrimination in this field and don't want it to carry over into the fitness department.

We were joking that i should go to cosmetology school to get out of the 'man's world' type jobs.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Holy shit, I JUST clicked on New Posts. Damn you and fufu are fast.

It's not that we're so fast, it's that you're so slow.

Depends on what kind of training it is?

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I got a position I'll offer you...

elaborate....


*wink wink*

Originally Posted by SheLifts

DOMS, i'm sure there's a reason behind it.

It just aggrivated me. i'm already working in a man's field and I see the descrimination in this field and don't want it to carry over into the fitness department.

We were joking that i should go to cosmetology school to get out of the 'man's world' type jobs.

There's a lot of sexism out there, but you can't let it color your personality. That will close doors to you.

i know, i just have to educate myself as much as possible to get the upper hand on some of the other canidates in the field.

Originally Posted by SheLifts

elaborate....


*wink wink*

I think that the position he likes is when he's on his knees, you're holding him by the front of his shirt, and repeatedly smacking him in the face while yelling, "Be a man!"

Originally Posted by SheLifts

i know, i just have to educate myself as much as possible to get the upper hand on some of the other canidates in the field.

Confidence. Nothing will get you in the door faster than confidence.

i prefer whips.







time for me to go home. have a good evening you all.

Oh snap

I would let a female train me if she has a good reputation as a knowledgeable trainer. Hell, I would really like it if she knew her stuff and was fine as hell. I think I would push harder.

It just aggrivated me. i'm already working in a man's field and I see the descrimination in this field

Welcome to my world!

I'm sure there are other reasons other than sexist as DOM's and others mentioned above. However, if you are going to work in a so-called "man's field" that you need to harden up. It gets a whole lot worse than this.......a whole lot worse!

Originally Posted by SheLifts

i know, i just have to educate myself as much as possible to get the upper hand on some of the other canidates in the field.

Education doesn't do crap if you already know your stuff. You need to be confidant, persistent and don't take no for an answer. Show them what you are made of.

Originally Posted by SheLifts

He never called back to ask about me. I would have been on that same list.

Damn him!!!

Originally Posted by SheLifts

It just aggrivated me. i'm already working in a man's field and I see the descrimination in this field and don't want it to carry over into the fitness department

Maybe he didn't want to hear talk like this in his lockeroom!? -

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Maybe he didn't want to hear talk like this in his lockeroom!? -

Originally Posted by KelJu

I would let a female train me if she has a good reputation as a knowledgeable trainer. Hell, I would really like it if she knew her stuff and was fine as hell. I think I would push harder.

lol ... you said "push harder".

How many male trainers have we all seen in the local gym that had no real clue about the things we've learned here at IM? Diet, recovery time, stabilizer muscles, static hold time, push/pull routines just to name a few are what I care about. Gender is really not an issue IMHO ... knowledge of how to get me to be my best is.

Obviously she would need to be able to show ... just as a man would ... that she has already put herself in top condition first.

Frankly I'd rather have a female trainer than a man. Not only for the fact a hot woman would be doing yoga with me but generally they know more about my type of strength training. Most (not around here, but...) guy trainers only focus on lifting and getting huge and have no clue about anything else.

Besides my earlier comment,
I see dumb trainers doing dumb things
with their clients all the time...

Stupidity does not discriminate

Its a roll of the dice whether the trainer you get is an idiot
or a certified genius... (unless you hand-pick them)

$0.02

if she is hot I would take the female trainer, it would be great motivation to go train!

would you hire a male to watch your kids? or clean your house?

Not to make this into a sexist argument, but on the top of your list for both jobs I would think that female would instantly pop into your head, and a male applicant would shock you a little bit at first...?


I dunno...to me it would I guess