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.