At times as a Group Exercise Fitness Trainer, you may be put into a position of being asked about fellow Exercise Fitness Trainer or exercise program.  The best way to determine what to do is to follow the old adage of treating other people how you want to be treated.  Think of how you would feel if you found out that another Exercise Fitness Trainer spoke discouragingly about your teaching in front of a group of students, cast doubts on your teaching techniques outside of the context in which it was meant to be used, or put down your method of teaching without previous experience with the method. 

When a student asks, I think about the other instructor or a technique another teacher recommends, and I respond that I am unable to comment on what a fellow instructor has taught or done, because I do not understand the reasoning behind her teaching beyond the normal context.  What I do share is my own reasons for using a particular technique, and my own particular reason for teaching in this manner.  Then, I ask the student to be the judge of what has been most informational and beneficial to him.  Never speak disparagingly about a fellow instructor in front of your students, and you will get their deepest respect.

If a student inquires about another teaching method, tell them the best way to find out about it, is to experience it firsthand.  If you know something about a method, you may describe some of the important features, stating that every method has both strengths and weaknesses and also that a method is only as good as the individual teaching it.   However, you should not resist the urge to privately caution a student, if you thought that a particular method might not work well for them.

If you know that an instructor has a history of bad behavior and behaves in unethical ways, or you have a strong reason to suspect the instructor is working in an unsafe and injurious manner; this can put you in a bad position.  Not to warn a student risks putting them in an unsafe environment.  In a case such as this, you could say, “I cannot in good conscience recommend the instructor,” and the student will generally be fine with this answer. 

Resist the urge to expound more, even if the student wishes to know more.  While you may have direct knowledge or experience of a student being injured by the instructor or of past sexual indiscretions, it is rarely necessary for you to say anymore than, “I have my feelings.”  It is up to the student to find out what they need to know, and if they are still interested in pursuing a fellow instructor. 
 

Personal Experience

Once, while attending a large event that was organized by an exercise club that attracted a thousand participants, I encountered an ex-colleague of mind.  This instructor was a master trainer of an aerobic exercise program.  Upon conclusion of the event, he approached our group of Exercise Fitness Trainer and starting spouting very negative remarks about our performance.  Most of us were taken aback and offended by the things he was saying.
 

Because he was an expert and Master Exercise Fitness Trainer of this particular program, most of us have shown him respect.  However, after the things he said to us, his reputation was tarnished and our respect dwindled.  We thought he should have spoke to us encouragingly instead of heaping criticism on us.  His behavior was uncalled for and not appreciated by anyone.  At that very moment, I lost all respect for this person.