instagram/tiktok coaches

[WeakPiggy]

Has anyone here had any other these "influencers" has a coach before? How did it go, results, happy with the process etc? I have had some of the bigger known ones review my labs, I can call them out if you want. They seemed decent. They basically told me everything Ive learned from here and other research but I dont mind spend the extra money to have a second pair of eyes.

 

[rebornmuscles]

I had some coach and I learn things from all, I stop with the last one because of his lack of knowledge and he make me do things before a competition that ruin the thing, I do a last one on my own and get it better,
Since then I coach ppl and guide them anyway you can always learn with coach so I think is a good thing
The coach from source are generally all the same cycle,diet and advice it's not personalized ones

 

[Grey Spartan]

They basically told me everything Ive learned from here and other research but I dont mind spend the extra money to have a second pair of eyes.

I have been thinking about this recently with the news Hany Rambod has retired. One part of me thinks "Why does an Olympian class bodybuilder need a coach" and the other part thinks "I wonder what the fuck this guy brings to the table". The internet is all the buzz of who Derek Lunsford is going to get to coach him next. You would think someone at his level would know what drugs to take, what food to eat and what weights to lift. It has to be more than "a second pair of eyes". Maybe I am giving these guys (the actual bodybuilders) more credit than they deserve. I did just see a guy in a video going over his cycle that a coach gave him and he had no idea what the difference between Enanthate, Propionate or a fucking prostate was. And he was in the top 10 at the Olympia.

 

[Benf15harp]

I have been thinking about this recently with the news Hany Rambod has retired. One part of me thinks "Why does an Olympian class bodybuilder need a coach" and the other part thinks "I wonder what the fuck this guy brings to the table". The internet is all the buzz of who Derek Lunsford is going to get to coach him next. You would think someone at his level would know what drugs to take, what food to eat and what weights to lift. It has to be more than "a second pair of eyes". Maybe I am giving these guys (the actual bodybuilders) more credit than they deserve. I did just see a guy in a video going over his cycle that a coach gave him and he had no idea what the difference between Enanthate, Propionate or a fucking prostate was. And he was in the top 10 at the Olympia.

A lot of the time coaches primary function is simply holding the athlete/competitor accountable

 

[BigTomJ]

I have been thinking about this recently with the news Hany Rambod has retired. One part of me thinks "Why does an Olympian class bodybuilder need a coach" and the other part thinks "I wonder what the fuck this guy brings to the table". The internet is all the buzz of who Derek Lunsford is going to get to coach him next. You would think someone at his level would know what drugs to take, what food to eat and what weights to lift. It has to be more than "a second pair of eyes". Maybe I am giving these guys (the actual bodybuilders) more credit than they deserve. I did just see a guy in a video going over his cycle that a coach gave him and he had no idea what the difference between Enanthate, Propionate or a fucking prostate was. And he was in the top 10 at the Olympia.

its not always a matter of lack of knowledge.
All these guys have been training for a decade plus at that level.

A coach is a point of accountability and 3rd party unbias perspective.
In contest prep, 100% of your energy, effort, and attention is taken up by execution alone, so having someone else driving frees you up mentally.

 

[BigTomJ]

To answer OP's question, I would not hire an influencer or whatever to coach me.

They have to be a coach first, they need to have the track record and apparent knowledge base.
If their an influencer first (make most of their money via social media) and dont very clearly have the knowledge or the history of getting athletes in shape, then i would not consider them qualified

 

[egruberman]

One part of me thinks "Why does an Olympian class bodybuilder need a coach" and the other part thinks "I wonder what the fuck this guy brings to the table".

I've heard stories. For example, the claim that Ronnie Coleman never knew what he was on or what dosages. I imagine many want to focus on training and eating and have the means to have someone else worry about the rest. @BigTomJ makes an excellent point about prep. Having an athlete arrive at a show in peak condition, as lean as possible, and then full, but not spilling takes a lot of precision at a time when the aforementioned athlete is underfed and likely dehydrated and not thinking well. A coach is a second objective pair of eyes that can make a call about whether things are on track or not.

I guess it made a difference in Samson Dauda's case. It's surprising that his wife would successfully be that second pair of "unbiased" eyes and that their relationship wouldn't complicate matters, but the results speak for themselves.

FWIW, I have a coach that's also an "influencer" but was a coach first and has several successful pros in his clientele. I represent a "lifestyle" client and mostly just pay for consultations a couple times a year to go over bloodwork and such.

 

[Demondosage]

It’s mainly accountability and simply following a plan, I feel like the only time the science of it all really changes is when you get an extremely large competitor where all of a sudden 300 grams a day of carbs is low for him, not the same 150 or less that 90% of guys resort to when cutting. The science doesn’t really change though from one guy to the next, and just because guys like Hany or Aceto weren’t pro’s doesn’t mean they don’t know what they’re doing