Weight Control by Shaun Eckhardt

Wished could give a zero star. Shaun has no principal as an owner. Pawns off every time to other trainers and very over priced for service or training received. Why I left! Very hard to reach any goals when get a different trainer every session. Glad moved away for Evolve. Shaun charged me for meal plan never received. Said check in the mail for over a month and today tells me not sending. Basically too bad. No principal or a man of his word. He must really need the money more than me. I would think twice before going here.

The only good thing to come out of Shaun’s weight control program are his trainers (i believe the ones I trained with are actually no longer with him, but they were EXCELLENT). He said he would train people and then pawned it off to other people, who in all actuality were a million times better than him. When I first signed up to train with him, he had three trainers (himself, Brett, and Chris). On my first day (consultation) he told me that from this point forward Chris would train me on monday’s, Brett on wednesday’s, and he would train me on Friday’s. He trained me on the first Friday and then never trained me again, unless his other trainers were not there (which may have happened a total of 3 times in a year and 3 months). He was never there, and he was not around for about 3 of the months I was paying for his training services. His trainers kept telling me he was visiting family members in other states, but 3 months is a long time to be «visiting family» when people are paying for your services. The straw that broke the camels back is the fact that he gave my appointment away when I was literally less than 5 minutes late, and communicated to him that i was just a few minutes late via text and he responded with a «no problem» When I confronted him about it, he was rude and yelled at me. He told me had strep throat and that he didnt have time for my complaints, and that I could wait for another appointment in an hour or just go home. So I chose to go home and never come back! His having strep throat was not my problem, and if he had strep throat why was he at work when it is a HIGHLY contagious throat infection! I was not happy with his training facility at that point anyways, although I did enjoy my trainers Brett and Jason. If you want the run around and to be treated like dirt then Shaun’s weight control program is for you. After a year of loyal service and following him from gym to gym to gym to gym to gym (Yes I trained at 5 different places (River oaks gym, a small gym near eastside and westheimer, the doggie day care, his apartment complex gym, and finally his gym) I was not expecting to be treated in this manner. My final communication with Shaun was via text messaging, and after communicating how upset i was him, he responded with something along the lines of «some clients are just too difficult to please and you are one of them». Also, the saddest part of this is the fact that I brought him some new business and told people about his business because his trainers namely Brett and Jason were excellent, and I really liked them. I would not recommend Shaun as a trainer, because as previously stated he wont actually train you, but he will leave you with the impression that he will. I left with a bitter taste in my mouth and actually waited a long time to write a review, but the more and more I think about, I feel as though people deserve to know the truth about this guy.