Tales From the Gym: “My Personal Trainer Was Killing Me”
Nobody expects to hire a personal trainer and be left in worse shape than when they started, and yet it happens. Most health clubs are careful to check for certifications, but not all do.
There was the Minneapolis trainer, for example, who encouraged his class members to jump three feet into the air. (One person shattered a tibia and another sprained an ankle.) And a New York City trainer swears she’ll “never forget” the loud popping sound she heard when a co-worker pushed his client’s torso too far forward in a seated straddle stretch.
“The woman tore muscles in both of her inner thighs,” the trainer recalled. “She needed surgery and spent nine months in recovery.”
To play it safe, Michele Stanten, fitness director at Prevention magazine, offers these tips to help you spend your time and money wisely and avoid injury-including an alternative solution to the traditional personal trainer:
• “Make sure the potential trainer takes classes to stay educated,” Stanten says. “Certifications from organizations...
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