01/03/2026
🚨 Unpopular opinion (but it needs to be said):
Personal trainers should NOT be recommending supplements.
Here’s why ⬇️
🧠 Supplements are not benign.
They can impact hormones, blood pressure, liver enzymes, neurotransmitters, and medications. This isn’t “just vitamins.”
🧬 Everyone’s biochemistry is different.
What helped one client lose weight, build muscle, or “boost energy” could worsen inflammation, anxiety, gut issues, or hormone imbalances in another—especially without labs or genetic insight.
🩺 Recommending supplements = practicing outside scope.
Trainers are experts in movement, form, and programming. That expertise matters. But supplement recommendations require medical history, lab interpretation, contraindication screening, and follow-up.
⚠️ Social media trends ≠ safe guidance.
Just because a supplement is viral, sold at GNC, or pushed by influencers doesn’t mean it’s appropriate—or safe—for your client.
📊 “More” is not better.
I regularly see clients over-supplemented, under-educated, and dealing with side effects they didn’t even realize were connected.
👉 This is NOT anti-trainer.
It’s pro-collaboration.
Trainers + medical providers = better outcomes, safer clients, real results.
**This is NOT directed at trainers who also have medical, nursing, dietician/nutrition credentials**
💬 Train bodies.
Let medical professionals manage labs, supplements, hormones, and internal health.
Your clients deserve both.
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