Question re personal trainers

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It does kind of sound like he might be stepping a little bit beyond his expertise with the food thing. (I agree that if you aren't eating enough veges the first thing to try is eating more fresh veges, not powder.)

As far as pushing you is concerned: talk to him about the amount of "pushing" you work best with.

Some of my patients want me to push them very hard, and feel like they got cheated if I don't. Some of my patients are so fragile that they can barely tolerate any pushing, and all I do is cheerleading with them. I've made people cry. Sometimes I need feedback from my patients to know how much cheerleading/pushing they need.

And it's not always obvious who needs what. Big strong policeman with a knee replacement? Well, he needed me to be very gentle. Tiny older lady with lots of injuries from a bad car accident? Hey, she wanted me to WORK her HARD! Your trainer might just need some feedback from you about what works best for you.