Would you be okay with a personal trainer having your training sessions recorded for liability issues and they can better evaluate you and themselves?

[Anonymous]

They tell the clients that everything is recorded for evaluating the training session , they can better see more of what you need and how you progressed, and what they could work on as a trainer.(they can rewatch it and also play in slow motion to catch more stuff) And for our protection too in any legal case.
Theyll also have a document that lets you choose what they could do with it, like show someone , use it for advertisements, post it on my site , mention your in it (your names, or have face visible to someone other than them and in legal cases), and other things people would be concerned about put in. But it will always be okay to use it in a lawsuit or criminal case.
Is this a okay move, or is it too invasive?

this is more so with in house or private studio sessions, or outdoor sessions so its basically just you and them only.
you can request copies of them as well.

Yes I think it would benefit us

Yes

Yes but it would make me uncomfortable

Maybe , it would make me uncomortable

Maybe

No

NO that would be weird

[RJGraveyTrain]

I would not be comfortable with that. I'm a confident person but in the gym I'm more of a "Don't look at me please" type who wants to be left alone. If I was working with a trainer, being filmed would severely throw me off and I would likely try to find a different trainer.

[Asker]

If this was in the gym, this wouldn't come up, this would only come up if you were working out at his house , or somewhere with no witnesses in case there was a false claim, and with video he's protected because a claim like that can completely damage his career. And your protected too , its not he said she said, both parties can use the film to back up their claims.

But i do see how it would make people uncomfortable... Is there a compromise we could make thats okay for you but also would protect him from false claims somewhere in the middle if it had to be in a place with no witnesses?

[RJGraveyTrain]

I absolutely would not go to a man's house and be filmed working out, that screams: creeper status.

[Asker]

Yeah... I know. And a guy trainer taking a girl client to his house for a training session with no one around screams "lawsuit". What would be a way for girls to feel safe and me feel safe too? I understand why youd take that precaution.
Im thinking dont offer the option for in house training for girls. But if i go start a studio on my own, im worried i can be at the wrong end of false lawsuit. And with girls , im a really good looking guy and girls make strong advances towards me when they barely know me, if she made an advance i wouldn't take it and i dont know if shed say something else happened and i would have a bad repuation when i didn't do anything. Also when people get hurt they try to sue everyone, so i have to prove it wasn't my fault if it wasn't.

[RJGraveyTrain]

Simple: train in a park, a public place, not in your home and not with a camera. That literally sounds like a rape set up for Dateline, I would never, ever suggest anybody partakes in such a thing and I would never suggest that you even attempt that.

[Asker]

how do i prove a false claim wrong, unless there were people there watching and we knew where to find them it would be he said she said.

[RJGraveyTrain]

You won't be able to without witnesses or proof.

This sounds super shady.

[Asker]

I already ditched the video idea for girls, i was thinking of bringing a girlfriend or two like how doctors bring in a nurse when doing genital examinations on the opposite sex for their protection.

Would you think girls would be comfortable with the presence of a couple more girls as witnesses? If not i just wouldn't train them outside a gym.

[RJGraveyTrain]

I sincerely doubt it.

[Asker]

Was it because i have people just watching or is it because i specifically said girls? I said girl witnesses because i thought if they were comfortable with witness it would be girl ones.

[RJGraveyTrain]

It's because they are alone in your house (for whatever reason) with people watching you. It's just weird. They would be better off going to a gym and training with a trainer there or an outdoors personal trainer. There's very little likelihood that most women would go to someone else's house with the prospect of others witnessing everything you're doing, being alone would be even worse. It sounds like a very poor business plan.

[Asker]

I said i ditched the idea of doing it at my house with girls remember? So i said im NOT doing it in my house with girls. I was asking for an outdoor session in park or something public like you said.

[RJGraveyTrain]

In a park, as long as it was public enough, it'd be fine.

[Asker]

So to make it clear, no video cameras in the park, right :) ... Just witnesses. Thats what your saying

[RJGraveyTrain]

Yes my dear.

[Asker]

Haha :) okay, just for you ha

[Anonymous]

They want to make money off of live sessions. No recordings. It's strictly business...

[Asker]

Its more for liability, because when there's no witnesses, the client can claim anything, and that could seriously damage your career.

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah... it's a tricky decision though.

[Asker]

What makes you against it, if they couldnt show it to anyone or use it for advertisements? Is it the invasive factor?

[Opinion Owner]

Yes... the privacy/invasive factor does bother me.

[Asker]

Is there any compromise we can make, that is okay for you and give me protection in case of a false claim?

[Opinion Owner]

I'd have to talk with my lawyer about it...

[KaidenKass00]

Probably wouldn't bother me. But I might be in the minority.

[Asker]

I was expecting this to be a problem with girls more of the time then guys.

[KaidenKass00]

Yeah, that'd be my guess as well.