Mihail Pautov argues most people should work with a personal trainer if they lack time, motivation, or knowledge. He uses a car mechanic analogy to explain why, though he notes professional athletes may not need one.
I mean, I know why people take a personal trainer to somebody that I see he has no drive and he has no motivation to study. I recommend to people to take a personal trainer for two, three months for him to say to you what you should eat, what how should you treat.
For the average person, I use this analogy. I like my car, I like to drive a car. But I don't have time to study about something. When my car goes wrong, what do I do? I take it to my friend. He's a mechanic, he knows all about the cars.
He.
Because he studied this.
Yes.
So I give my car to him and I say, okay, fix my car. It's the same thing for the average person. But I'm not the average person. I'm a high level competitor. But for the average person, yes, you have your family, you have your life, you have your business, you have many things going on. You don't have time to study the best way to train, the best way to eat and supplement. So yes, in this case, personal trainer can be very useful. But high level competitor, this is your profession. So in that case, not a big fan of coaches.