The role of a trainer - Fight Forum - MMA - UFC - Boxing - K1

Crashsti · 05-29-2007, 02:39 PM

aside from dishing out very general advice here at Fight Forum i train people in general fitness and MMA conditioning. in my brief experience there are several types of people out there looking for help for differant reasons. since i get paid to do this(in most cases) you try to accomodate everyone's personality but on occasion there are people you just can please. i am sure that everyone who decides to hire a trainer has differant ideas of what to expect. that brings me to my question. how does everyone here view the role a trainer should play when you choose to work with one? be it a MMA trainer or just a personal trainer down at the YMCA.

texmo · 05-29-2007, 04:54 PM

I have a personal trainer who helps me with my weight training. I hire him for the his experience and ability to maximise my strength gains, Also I find I push harder with somebody there.
I also have a personal trainer for MMA. He is great for spotting where I am going wrong and how I can improve my technique increasing my speed and power and over all preformance.
I just started last week with my MMA trainer and I will be spending 5 Hours a week with him. After 4 sessions with him the diffrence in my elbows, shoots and punches is astounding.

Ring_Raider_07 · 05-29-2007, 05:13 PM

I need motivation and advise, that's what I need them there for.

It's easier for them to push me then for me to push myself. Like Rampage said, you won't go anywhere w/ yes-men.

texmo · 05-29-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ring_Raider_07

I need motivation and advise, that's what I need them there for.

It's easier for them to push me then for me to push myself. Like Rampage said, you won't go anywhere w/ yes-men.

my tranier also trained Rampage when he was in the states.

Goeth27 · 05-29-2007, 05:57 PM

I think the role of a trainer should be fairly personal. Not be afraid to tell you what you suck at and what you are good at and work on those areas. I am not into MMA training yet but when I get into Muay Thai, If I suck at it, I would expect somebody to recommend me to BJJ or something different.

Peniel · 05-30-2007, 09:29 AM

I make provisions most trainers don't make for their students.
I do most of the sparing. When they make a mistake the get tagged. I take a lot of shots, hard shots. I expect my students to go 100% all of the time, even when sparing.
The role of a trainer is sacrifice.

koconcept · 06-08-2007, 11:59 PM

**** i like it when my trainer yells cusses and spits to push me harder be it cardio plyo or strength he also does a damn good job just teaching cause ive only been doing mma for 2 months an im practicing with the fight team now.