What should I pay for a personal gym trainer?
DeniseLord
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Does anyone here in southern Ca area pay for a weight trainer thru a gym? I have to renegotiate my contract & I think I pay too much already- wondering what others are paying??!!!
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I'm not in Cali, but I pay $50 per visit which seems fairly standard here in Abq.
ETA: my trainer is also the gym owner...I don't belong to a big commercial gym.0 -
$60 per session for my powerlifting coach. Idaho.1
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I have been paying for a trainer for 2014. The gym-owned trainers are a motley crew. Some are inexperienced, train you like you 20-year-old, and have "No excuses" policy.
I paid like $20 like 3 times a week.0 -
It's $70 an hour at my gym in NY0
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See if you can get the gym membership for free if you get a certain number of personal training sessions. There are a lot of possibilities, and you should also keep in mind what your goals are. (i.e. a PT shouldn't be used to just have someone to tell you to get on the treadmill and watch you for 20 minutes--use them for technique instruction and overall strategies).2
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The starting price for 1 hour of personal training at my gym in Missouri is $60.0
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The cost per session means nothing without the length! It can range widely from $50-100 per hour. Depends on the gym, trainer experience, type of session, and local area. I imagine SoCal will be more expensive than rural Midwest. Many trainers offer partnered sessions and might even arrange the partner. This will cost more per session but less per person. You font have to be at the same performance level or even have the same goals. I've partnered with several different people over the years,
It's also cheaper to buy a package if 10-12 sessions, but you'll want to comfortable with trainer before committing.
What are you paying now and why do you think it's too much?0 -
DeniseLord wrote: »I have to renegotiate my contract & I think I pay too much already
Good trainers tend to have set prices (like most professionals). I suspect your trainer isn't providing enough value, in which case you may need to find another trainer.
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I pay 120/ hr with my trainer. Chicago based.
I trained in California before and paid 70/ hour but she trained my entire family through out the week, so I think she gave us a discount since we were writing her checks for at least a thousand a month.0 -
Why?
I think dependence on personal trainers is silly.
This is not rocket science.
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Once you've used your personal trainer contract as a motivational tool getting you to work out regularly; once your personal trainer has given/provided you with a basic workout plan; once you have been working out on a regular basis and see how your training plan changes as you improve; and once you see how you can use the internet and other sources to adapt your plan to your current situation; why do you need to continue with a personal trainer at all?2
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Exactly. I find value in getting both planning and expertise to help me get the specific results I'm after. My trainer takes my input around goals (for me, its improving performance in endurance sports) and she tailors my workouts to help me build strength, flexibility and mobility to enhance my performance and help me avoid injury. She also spots potential problems and makes recommendations to address those problems. I just show up, do the work, absorb her "coaching tips" and leave. Great value.
I could certainly do this on my own, but I choose not to. I put my mental energy into other things.1 -
$40/session for powerlifting coach, MN0
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Why?
I think dependence on personal trainers is silly.
This is not rocket science.
not everyone can or wants to do it alone. There are all kinds of reasons for trainers. Its not silly at all. I've trained under the direction of various sports trainers my entire life. Even now, i have a trainer. And to answer the OP question, i pay 100 a month for my powerlifting programming and coaching 4 times a week.1 -
Exactly. I find value in getting both planning and expertise to help me get the specific results I'm after. My trainer takes my input around goals (for me, its improving performance in endurance sports) and she tailors my workouts to help me build strength, flexibility and mobility to enhance my performance and help me avoid injury. She also spots potential problems and makes recommendations to address those problems. I just show up, do the work, absorb her "coaching tips" and leave. Great value.
I could certainly do this on my own, but I choose not to. I put my mental energy into other things.Why?
I think dependence on personal trainers is silly.
This is not rocket science.
not everyone can or wants to do it alone. There are all kinds of reasons for trainers. Its not silly at all. I've trained under the direction of various sports trainers my entire life. Even now, i have a trainer. And to answer the OP question, i pay 100 a month for my powerlifting programming and coaching 4 times a week.
Then the answer to the O.P.s question is: Whatever the training is worth to you and what someone else may pay is really not relevant.3 -
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Exactly. I work with a running coach who writes custom plans for me. Money well spent. My best friend does as well (much more in depth than me to the tune of $160/month for a weekly plan).
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More than I can afford ... $60 - $80 a session in D.C.
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My trainer works out of a gym and is their "home workout specialist" expert. I meet him in the gym at my work. I pay about $300 for 9 half hour sessions. I see him twice a week that's like per month for me. Buffalo, NY here. I know prices skyrocket though in CA.0
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Vegas, so maybe similar to California, price wise. A full on package with a trainer at my gym was about $500/mo. Three sessions a week.0
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Exactly. I work with a running coach who writes custom plans for me. Money well spent. My best friend does as well (much more in depth than me to the tune of $160/month for a weekly plan).
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This applies to me as well. My triathlon coach writes a custom plan for me each week, monitors my workouts from my uploaded Garmin data, then we track and monitor fitness, fatigue, nutrition and race readiness through an online tool. Her most important job is not creating the workouts, but monitoring performance and fatigue (via heart rate data) and making adjustments as needed to get her athletes to the starting line in as healthy and fit a condition as possible. In her words, her number one job is " to protect you from yourselves" during the 16-24 week buildup to race day
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When I went to a trainer, I paid $60/hour. I went weekly for a while than every other week. I liked having someone push me and someone to write out my workouts. Part of the hour was also talking though my diet, what was working and what wasn't. For me it was money well spent.
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If you need hand-holding then a permanent personal trainer is for you.
But heck folks, how complicated is working out?
Not very.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6a_FMX9bpU
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$20/half an hour 2-3x a week. There's a discount.0
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If you need hand-holding then a permanent personal trainer is for you.
But heck folks, how complicated is working out?
Not very.
Working out is not complicated. Anyone can go to a gym run on a treadmill, do some curls, presses, some lunges, knock out some crunches and call it a day. Most people could also follow a beginners lifting program and make progress while hoping they have correct form. But, there are some things that I want to learn to do and I want proper form and technique so I can keep doing this for a long, long time. I also have certain lifting goals that I want to hit and I enjoy the coaching that is helping me get there. Could I do it on my own? Maybe. Would I be at a higher risk of injury? Yes. Would I be progressing as quickly? No.
Also, just a side note, even the best athletes have trainers and coaches.4 -
True but personal knowledge is also power. I'd bet our cluster *kitten* of a federal tax system would be considerably different if everyone had to do their own taxes by hand.
With that said, I do travel about 350 miles round trip to visit a physical therapist/Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist 3-4 times a year.. He assesses and give me progressions for my mobility each time. He is acknowledged as one of the top people in his field and each visit is $180
Personally feel I get more bang for my buck with this method vs paying a rep counter with a weekend certification at the local gym.
IMO, the best way to utilize s trainer is to learn form, get a program and then do periodic visits to review progress, modify routine, etc instead of meeting up 3 times a week indefinatly.0 -
$25 session. 1 hour long, 3 times per week for lifting. He also writes workouts for me to do myself.0
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