The Dirty Secrets of Personal Training

Superficially, one who’s professional job description is that of altruism, ought to be praised. Indeed, that is the seed by which medical doctors are revered. What the layman gather, is this: “we’re in the presence of skilled and intelligent individuals dedicating their lives to learning and working for the sake of us.”

How noble.

Indeed, to a degree, nobility and altruism are embedded within such professions. At least that is the initial and most potent of motivations in this context— for, the most potent of motivations, are those that get us started. Few get into medicine and think to themselves, “this really is for the money.” I’m certain such people exist, but they are not the rule. That is the rule far more often in the world of finances, which is why far more people end up in finances. Modern apes like ourselves are motivated by money. That is why there are so few doctors and even fewer good doctors.

The aforementioned robust urge of altruism was that which preceded my endeavor into the business of personal training. The word “business” here is extremely fitting, as, that is fundamentally what the profession ends up being. Potent altruism swiftly metamorphosizes into bitter pessimism, not just about the industry, but about the capability of one’s own capacity for the former unegoistic sensibility.