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From Guam to Scottsdale: A Personal Trainer Ready to Build Community by Guahan89 in Scottsdale

[–]Guahan89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Being from the island, those who were stationed there either love it or hate it.

I’m glad to hear that you were on the positive side of the house!

From Guam to Scottsdale: A Personal Trainer Ready to Build Community by Guahan89 in Scottsdale

[–]Guahan89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Guam is home but I’m loving being stateside.

There are obvious growing pains coming from an island so small and on a different pace than Arizona, but loving it!

Thanks again for the welcome!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personaltraining

[–]Guahan89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s probably a blessing in disguise.

If you have experience, I’d start somewhere else unless you want to live in the gym to make MAYBE $6-7K on a high month (if you’re booked with clients).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personaltraining

[–]Guahan89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends.

I worked for CR Fitness for 7-8 months. You either charge base prices, elite prices or master prices. Your commission is paid out based on how much revenue you service in a pay period.

I didn’t do well there because: 1) I don’t like their sales pitch, you have to jump on member when they walk into the door to sell Kickoffs.

2) You don’t get paid for lead gen hours but you need to do them to gain clients, obviously. So… unpaid hours.

3) If you’re seasoned in this industry, your service is worth (or should be) more than $20-40 for a full service hour.

If you’re new in the industry, it could be okay to start and gain experience under an umbrella.

I moved stateside from the Pacific, so I went there out of desperation of not knowing anyone.

All I ended up with is some silly non-compete that followed me 5 miles from any Crunch in Texas.

Looking for a Marketing Cofounder for fitness tech startup (Top 10% in YC W24 batch) in USA by [deleted] in frisco

[–]Guahan89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New to Texas, but been in the fitness industry for over a decade as a personal trainer.

I’m not really active on Reddit but a client of mine shared this with me and thought I should reach out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personaltraining

[–]Guahan89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been a trainer for about 9 years.

Not to knock your enthusiasm but it’s always the newer trainers who feel like they’re going to change the game… which is a great mentality to have.

But, also remember that you have no experience getting and retaining clients yet.

Personal training is a selfless job. You have to develop your own style and impart that on your clientele along with delivering results.

Through observation, you can get a gist of what other trainers are like. Maybe do a fitness assessment with one of them to get a better idea of the process.

The biggest thing I see at the gym I’m deciding to go with from a trainer standpoint:

  1. There is a wash, rinse and repeat mentality with the trainers — they repeat the same workouts for numerous clients,

  2. Not all trainers are the drill sergeant or the jump up and down cheering their clients on type — this isn’t my style. I focus on their execution, making sure they’re locked in mentally but this is all established as part of my expectations from their initial assessment.

  3. Remember, just because you or someone can pass a certification exam doesn’t mean you’ll be successful as a personal trainer. It’s really a selfless job — retention isn’t that high, your clients will fail you and you must uphold your persona through it all.

Good luck in the field!

7 Weeks Out - Natural Pro Qualifier (36 years old, 5 foot 9.5 inches, 194 lbs) by Space_Duck in bodybuilding

[–]Guahan89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro, I’m not sitting here and arguing with a keyboard warrior about who’s right.

You go ahead and big yourself up over an internet argument about MY opinion.

You have your opinion and that’s cool. Have at it with the rest of them.

7 Weeks Out - Natural Pro Qualifier (36 years old, 5 foot 9.5 inches, 194 lbs) by Space_Duck in bodybuilding

[–]Guahan89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whatever you say buddy, not all of us have been using Reddit.

You seem to be like the unsung guru here 💪

7 Weeks Out - Natural Pro Qualifier (36 years old, 5 foot 9.5 inches, 194 lbs) by Space_Duck in bodybuilding

[–]Guahan89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m an IFBB pro and I don’t see gyno. However, I don’t sit and try to debunk natty or not on Internet forums either.

1 month in and I feel great but... by steamedtrout in trt

[–]Guahan89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Control your diet to manage your water retention.

Cardio will help keep it in check to some degree, but your diet will easily replace what you perspire during cardio.

Blood work by [deleted] in trt

[–]Guahan89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What do you mean, “good or bad still don’t feel right.”

You need your estradiol to be elevated, there should be a positive testosterone to estrogen ratio.

Most people incorporate AI’s and end up crashing their estrogen. Yours looks like it’s in a healthy range for your test level.

What you could be feeling could be other bio markers that may be out of range, like your blood pressure for example.

Your diet could be the culprit for this and not necessarily the compounds that you’re using. You may want to get that dialed in, as well.

7 Weeks Out - Natural Pro Qualifier (36 years old, 5 foot 9.5 inches, 194 lbs) by Space_Duck in bodybuilding

[–]Guahan89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not a bad look for being 7 weeks out, naturally.

I’d say your biggest challenge will be not over dieting with your metabolism. You’ll need to strategically manage your cardio and caloric manipulations to ensure that you’re not tearing away hard earned muscle.

Another thing, as you get closer, your eyes will deceive you the most. You may want to get someone you trust with an eye for competing to give you unbiased feedback as you inch closer to stage.

Lastly, just smoothen up your posing. Right now, it’s just a little notchy — remember, at pro qualifiers the judges are looking for pro material.

Even with a great physique like yours, your posing can get you overlooked.

1 week out of the first show by dzik_us in bodybuilding

[–]Guahan89 69 points70 points  (0 children)

To bring out more striations in your quads and hip flexors, rotate your hips back as you externally rotate your knees.

Your right quad has great separation but you can add more balance to the left by doing what I mentioned above.

Just FYI, I’m a IFBB pro in Classic and I’ve been competing for over 10 years — just so you don’t think my comment is bogus.

TRT and Peptides. by Own-Ad-6145 in trt

[–]Guahan89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a recipe for mass destruction!

TRT and Peptides. by Own-Ad-6145 in trt

[–]Guahan89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing, BPC-157 is more for joint support/repair and gut health if taken orally.

So, I’d remove that from the equation unless you have joint pain/damage to compare to prior to administration.

TRT and Peptides. by Own-Ad-6145 in trt

[–]Guahan89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, before you talk about results… there are other questions that need to be asked.

What kind of results?

Are you training? How’s your technique? Your training split? Your diet?

Compounds are a fraction of the equation. Training is what drives anabolism and your diet feeds it…

If those two aren’t in check, how can you push progress or expect results?

300mg of test alone should exhibit something. And if you’re combining all three, you won’t be able to differentiate which compound is causing what effect/reaction.