That's shorthand for physical trainers for pre-teens. This Newsweek piece extols the virtues of personal trainers for kids, whether they're pre-teens or adolescents. I see them in the gym where I'm a member, all the time. These three kids today, for instance, were working on speed work with their feet. (I say "kids" but one of them is at least 18; but compared to this old lady, they're kids.) A father quoted in the story says he wanted his son to work with a trainer to learn how to use weights properly. Understood. And smart. But the ones I worry about are the hyper-parents, who want their already all-star athlete to work harder, harder, harder--in the name of competing with the other all-stars--and burn them out before they even have a chance to be kids.
Internet, what say you?
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