Should Personal Trainers Guarantee Results?

There are many sides to this arguement, but more and more recently I have seen a rise in PT's giving poor poor advice. Im not grouping all PT's together, but alot more gym instructors seem to have taken a day course in personal training and decided they'd like a go at designing plans and tailoring diets. I've witnessed it first hand, as a personal trainer at my local gym gave my girlfriend the most un-thoughtful plan you could imagine. He literally told her to do each weights machine for 3 sets of 10 reps and then said to do 10 minutes each on 3 pieces of cardio equipment. NOW WHERES THE THOUGHT IN THAT?! But obviously GOOD personal trainers, who really strive to be the best, and help make their clients the best are alot different.As said above, they can not physically guarentee results, when alot of the deciding factors in attaining results are down to the trainee, not the trainer.

I think it could offer a sign of confidence to clients if a Personal Trainer did guarantee results. I find it shocking DHumphries that any PT worth his salt would create such a basic 'Fitness Instructor level' training plan. In my eyes this would represent basic training 101 and would certainly not be optimal for most gym goers. Its an interesting point this. Physique-Solutions article assumes that all trainers know what they are doing, placing failure on to the clients if results are not witnessed. maybe guarantees could be offered with a Caveat that clients follow exact advise when not with said trainer? What percentage of PT's (if any) do you think currently offer a guarantee?

I think all Personal Trainers should guarantee results. If they did then it would be impossible for these 'fly-by-night' wannabe's to keep faking it. If nothing else it lowers the value of other Personal Trainers and leads people to think that they can never achieve their aims. How often have we heard the, 'Ive tried everything' excuse? I dont think bad PT's help this matter. A good PT will also be able to inspire their clients into keeping their diet clean in their absence.

I disagree Rockstar. I have trained at gyms long enough to know that most people who attend will not achieve their results, regardless of initial intentions. I would be willing to bet good money that maybe only 2% witness the goals they want to see. Is this down to the Personal Trainer/Instructors available in the gym? Maybe? If you could find a very motivated team you may increase the number of clients achieving goals to a slightly higher number. I doubt this would ever go past 10% though. I have a friend who works in sales in a gym and he says that only 10% of the people he signs up ever actually bother attending the gym for more than 8 visits. He has also witness a very high number of no-shows with the personal Trainers who work there. How could a PT possibly offer a guarantee if the client only bothers to show up for 50% of the sessions.In an ideal world, everybody who attends the gym would be super motivated and would achieve all their goals. In reality though this just does not happen. Could a dentist offer a money back guarantee because you dont have shiny white teeth? Not if you go home and consume loads of sugar and avoid brushing.Its a nice idea, but I honestly cannot see a practical side to it.