Be a Zane Trainer

the Zane Trainer

         A personal trainer can only be as good as he is experienced.  The people who have been training the longest are usually best.  You can only raise a person  to level you’ve climbed up the ladder yourself.

I’ve seen some younger personal trainers in gyms giving clients exercises they should not be doing.  The most dangerous of these is the ‘go to failure’ school.  At a gym several years ago this big bulky trainer was spotting an overweight middle aged woman doing quarter squats with 225 on her back.  He trained everybody like this because that’s what he did.  It’s extremely likely that most of this guy’s clients get injured sooner or later.

                I’ve observed two kind of trainers:  one as described above, has training experience but thinks everyone should train like he does;  And the other kind, the come lately variety.  Most of the trainers that populate gyms today are of this latter type.  They have little experience with result proven ‘old school’ methods.  They specialize in ‘functional training’, which has  it’s place but will not do much to help the client build muscle.

                I did a seminar for a group of personal trainers several years ago, told them what worked for me, and after the seminar a girl said ‘thanks for all the old school information’.  She was being facetious implying that this was old information and not up to date like what she was teaching.  I told her results speak for themselves and there’s more to weight training than developing your core (this has become the buzz word in gyms today).

                These trainers get certified by organizations that do not teach the trainer how to train a client based on needs.  There is no one-on-one instruction in preparing a trainer to help others.  And many of these new age trainers are still out of shape and have never done the work themselves.  Inspiring? How can they help anybody if they’ve never helped themselves?  The only way to truly teach is to be an example.

                I am offering a personal trainer certification program that teaches what’s important.   The 3 levels are Level 1 certification to train beginners, Level 2 certification to train Intermediates, and Advanced Level 3 certification.  I’m looking forward to teaching  these certification programs at my Zane Experience gym so trainers can learn exactly what a trainer really needs to know to help beginners improve.  It will be taught in groups of two, the level 1 program is $395 each, 4 hours of one to one instruction with me.  Do it solo for $495.

                If you want to become a personal trainer Level 1 Beginner training program is the best place to start because it will teach you how to train beginners.  It is the level where most of your clients will be coming from.  A full body workout done two or three times a week with stretching between sets is what beginning clients need.  Appropriate levels of nutrition are taught along with best ways to motivate clients with proper feedback.

                Upon arrival at my private gym you will be photographed in a bathing suit and given your images on a CD.  You learn what you look like along with the steps to improve your physique.  By improving your physique you will motivate others.

                Email me at zane0001@aol.com or  call 800-323-7537  and register to

be a Zane Trainer.

Building the Body

Building the Body

            I’d like to thank all the people who have followed my surgical recovery and wished me well.  It’s is now 7 months after shoulder replacement surgery and the rehab is going better all the time.  Christine and I are training upper body on Mondays and Thursdays, legs on Tuesdays and Fridays and it’s going great.  I’m making gains gradually and nothing hurts!

The winter issue of Building the Body Quarterly Magazine has been published and is now being printed.  We expect to do the mailing by the end of January.  This issue features some of the best color photos I’ve ever taken.  One week before the 1979 Mr. Olympia Christine captured my condition which might be my best shape ever.  You can decide as these photos appear in full color on the front, back, and inside covers.  With inside information about what really went down, this Winter issue makes for very interesting reading.  Articles include:

Arnold – What’s he really like?  I’ve known Arnold Schwarzenegger for over 40 years and have shared in some unique experiences.  Read all about them.

What do ya bench?  How much bench pressing should you do?  How should you do them?  What’s the best use for this popular exercise?

Rest between Sets?  How long you rest between sets depends upon what you are after.  Want more definition?  Rest less but it will affect your strength.  Want more size?  Rest longer so you can recover enough to use more weight on successive sets.

Jim Phillips’ 50 Year Old Body.  After doing a Zane Experience program Jim got into the best shape of his life and won some contests.  Read what it was like.

James Pencola – survived a devastating auto crash, spent months in a coma, learned to walk, talk, eat, move all over again, and is now a certified personal trainer.

Proportion – is the blending of all developed bodyparts into a pleasing overall picture.  It’s what most people mistakenly refer to symmetry.  Perfect proportion is a life long quest and is the most important physique goal a bodybuilder can have.

Q & A – We get lots of interesting email and here’s the best of it.

My Diet -  Here’s my complete eating and supplement program comprising my current nutritional program and why I’m dieting this way.

The Lifetime Fitness Average – Master trainer Larry Kay explains why the fitness average taken over your whole lifetime is much more important than a few physical peaks reached in training for competitions.

The Zane Trainer – Starting this year I am teaching a new personal trainer certification program.  It is the only program that offers one to one hands on instruction with me in my private San Diego gym. Completion of this course teaches you everything you need to know to help beginners make progress.  You can be a Zane Trainer!

Mr. Olympia 1982 – Read all about what happened in London competing at my heaviest ever bodyweight.  What could I have done better?

Feedback – Knowledge of results is essential for ongoing motivation.  Photos are the best way to develop an awareness of what you look like so you can take the right steps to do something constructive about it.

Dreaming in Ernest – See if you can interpret this provocative dream.  What does it all mean?

Just Being Frank – Subscribe to Building the Body with a friend and get an extra issue, that’s right 5 issues instead of 4.  Help us grow and spread the word about sensible bodybuilding.  Only $24 a year or 2 years for $40.  Call 800-323-7537 to subscribe or use the order form online at http://www.frankzane.com/ .