My trainer doesn’t think this is a big deal. WWYD?!

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been training with this person since August. I purchase the monthly packages. When I started, I had a surplus of sessions in my account because my previous trainer wasn’t available often. He was fired for that reason. My new trainer has said several times, “wow, you have a lot of sessions left in your account”. I said, “I know because the last trainer wasn’t available, but I’ll use them eventually. I can train with you 4 days a week instead of three. Plus I like to train a lot when I go on vacation to the islands”. I was thinking it was not his business how many sessions I have in my account.

He texted me last week and tells me I have no sessions left until my next billing date. He said I could either wait till then or purchase more sessions if I wanted to train with him sooner. I thought that’s odd, because I actually called the gym a few weeks earlier and they said I had 12 sessions left in my account. I called the gym and they said I had no sessions left. Hmmm. I went on the app for the first time to investigate. I was dumbfounded when I saw that my trainer had added many bogus sessions. He actually started doing this since August, but it was only a few a month so I didn’t notice. Nov and Dec is when he became a pig and added 16 bogus sessions leaving me with none left. I sent him a very strong text about his shenanigans. First of all he didn’t think it was a big deal. Now he’s coming up with the most ridiculous excuses. Like, “I confused your phone number with someone else’s, and would accidentally add you instead of them to my schedule”. He then says, “it was a honest mistake, I can make it up to you by giving you a FEW sessions on me”. Wtf

I feel I have no recourse but to settle this with management. I will demand these sessions be put back in my account. Since August he added 18 bogus sessions which amounts to $990!

WTH is wrong with people? I am wealthy but I’m thinking even Elon Musk would kick his ass if he pulled that on him. Right?

Unbelievable. And yeah, you settle this with management. They ought to give you 4 sessions for free as good faith. What a bunch of scumbags.

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This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, obviously, you are not going to work with this trainer again, right,

2 times with the same gym? I might be switching gyms too or cut personal training there.

100%. I'd probably press to be refunded for the sessions so I could go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

Dp. A trainer can teach you proper form, has knowledge of exercises for each muscle group, can develop a workout plan to achieve desired results and can motivate you. It is worth the money, which op isn't lacking. Her trainer stole from her and now is gaslighting her. Not all trainers are dishonest. In fact, this is the first I've heard about faking sessions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, obviously, you are not going to work with this trainer again, right,

2 times with the same gym? I might be switching gyms too or cut personal training there.

100%. I'd probably press to be refunded for the sessions so I could go elsewhere.

Perhaps hire a trainer who is running their own business?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. The gym needs to fire him and refund your money. If you want to quit without penalty and have all unpaid sessions refunded, that would be reasonable. They let an employee steal from you for months. They aren’t trustworthy. You could put this all over Yelp with screen shots. You could contact the BBB. If you want out of your contract, you have leverage. This is a rare case where I’d use it.

Yep. Although I'd threaten going to the state attorney general/consumer affairs. That will get attention.

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OP they should be refunding your money AND doing something else for you. Free sessions with another trainer for example.

And yes he should be fired immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

Dp. A trainer can teach you proper form, has knowledge of exercises for each muscle group, can develop a workout plan to achieve desired results and can motivate you. It is worth the money, which op isn't lacking. Her trainer stole from her and now is gaslighting her. Not all trainers are dishonest. In fact, this is the first I've heard about faking sessions.

The previous poster is correct, $55/session is a silly way to spend money. And this “trainer” has proved himself to obviously be a bonehead. Form? Exercise by muscle group? Workout plan? Has OP really never seen the millions of fitness Instas or TikToks? 3 sessions max with a trainer and you should have all the tools you’ll ever need to workout with purpose.

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OP this is insane. Why are you even asking? Why are you hesitating? This is no different than if your hvac repair person stole a $1000 ring from your jewelry box during a repair. Like, literally the same thing. Why aren't you raising crazy hell about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

Dp. A trainer can teach you proper form, has knowledge of exercises for each muscle group, can develop a workout plan to achieve desired results and can motivate you. It is worth the money, which op isn't lacking. Her trainer stole from her and now is gaslighting her. Not all trainers are dishonest. In fact, this is the first I've heard about faking sessions.

The previous poster is correct, $55/session is a silly way to spend money. And this “trainer” has proved himself to obviously be a bonehead. Form? Exercise by muscle group? Workout plan? Has OP really never seen the millions of fitness Instas or TikToks? 3 sessions max with a trainer and you should have all the tools you’ll ever need to workout with purpose.

$55 a session is a steal.

[Anonymous]

Name and shame please.
I want to make sure to avoid this person when my current trainer moves or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

For some reason when I work out alone I only operate at 80% capacity lol. But i only meet my PT twice a week to catch up on program modifications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would piss me off. But it also raises a bigger question: unless you are training for the Olympics, why complicate your life by paying good money for some musclehead to stand near you while you work out? Go there, stretch, lift, run, stretch, go home.

Dp. A trainer can teach you proper form, has knowledge of exercises for each muscle group, can develop a workout plan to achieve desired results and can motivate you. It is worth the money, which op isn't lacking. Her trainer stole from her and now is gaslighting her. Not all trainers are dishonest. In fact, this is the first I've heard about faking sessions.

The previous poster is correct, $55/session is a silly way to spend money. And this “trainer” has proved himself to obviously be a bonehead. Form? Exercise by muscle group? Workout plan? Has OP really never seen the millions of fitness Instas or TikToks? 3 sessions max with a trainer and you should have all the tools you’ll ever need to workout with purpose.

I switched trainer in 2023, who got rid of my mom pooch in 3 month. My previous trainer didn’t get rid of it for 3 whole years 👻

[Anonymous]

Take this up with the gym, get the sessions reinstated for use with a different trainer then once you've used up the sessions, switch gyms.

There are plenty and you have had a bad experience with two of their trainers.

[Anonymous]

I’m on my way now to the gym to meet the manager. I refuse to switch gyms because this one is two minutes from my house. I love the convenience. I have seen amazing results using a personal trainer rather than working out on my own. You cannot push yourself The way they push you. I used to do 9 classes a week. I was still flabby.