Yakking it up with yor personal trainer

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  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    You should probably mind your own business. IMO.
    They might be talking with them to learn proper technique so they don't have to spend money on a PT for the rest of their life.

    This!
  • cubsgirlinny
    cubsgirlinny Posts: 282 Member

    I do that . . . January through December The problem is in January the gym will fill up with New Year's resolutions, clogging equipment and creating wait times. Higher density is compounded by the above.

    I have a trainer. And we talk. A LOT. I have serious injuries that I'm still recovering from seven years after my accident. I spent a ton of time in pt. I tried doing exercises on my own. I had set backs. I went back to pt at good times and sometimes ended up back in a wheelchair. Rip on newbies if you must, but everyone starts somewhere. I talk with my trainer so neither of us push me too far and so I understand capabilities and range of motion with my current body- the one that is able to walk again, the one that is oh so slowly getting stronger, the one that can no longer do what it could when it was pre-injury, active duty military; the body still attached to the mind that doesn't know how to quit or how to accept "the damage is permanent". Will I be taking up space in the gym in January? You bet your @ss, I will. Why? Because I spend the other months in school retraining to be self-sufficient as I can no longer do my old job. Will I wonder if people like you will pass judgement? Maybe a little. Will it stop me? No! Again,no. Thank you for adding fuel to my determination.
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member

    I do that . . . January through December The problem is in January the gym will fill up with New Year's resolutions, clogging equipment and creating wait times. Higher density is compounded by the above.

    I have a trainer. And we talk. A LOT. I have serious injuries that I'm still recovering from seven years after my accident. I spent a ton of time in pt. I tried doing exercises on my own. I had set backs. I went back to pt at good times and sometimes ended up back in a wheelchair. Rip on newbies if you must, but everyone starts somewhere. I talk with my trainer so neither of us push me too far and so I understand capabilities and range of motion with my current body- the one that is able to walk again, the one that is oh so slowly getting stronger, the one that can no longer do what it could when it was pre-injury, active duty military; the body still attached to the mind that doesn't know how to quit or how to accept "the damage is permanent". Will I be taking up space in the gym in January? You bet your @ss, I will. Why? Because I spend the other months in school retraining to be self-sufficient as I can no longer do my old job. Will I wonder if people like you will pass judgement? Maybe a little. Will it stop me? No! Again,no. Thank you for adding fuel to my determination.

    I admire you!
  • sarahertzberger
    sarahertzberger Posts: 534 Member
    My husband and I always go together when we train, and yes we both talk a good bit with our trainer, but we don't just stand there and do nothing while we talk we're either in the process of working out or we're walking to some other part of the gym but we get in absolutely awesome workouts, the kind where you feel like you're about to die and can't do anymore so I would say we absolutely get our money's worth out of each and every workout we have but I would hate it if we couldn't just talk with our trainer, it would seem very awkward to me.
  • Barbonica
    Barbonica Posts: 337 Member
    I have worked with my trainer for almost 3 years. We hardly ever talk, outside of what is necessary to correct form, educate, etc. So time I have questions on my cardio, or other things I am doing. I don't want a cheerleader, I want someone who makes sure I am progressing. Which I am. We have a deal...I pay him, he trains me. It works out well. I know, if I get a "good job" it really was well done. I don't get it often, but it means something when I do.

    I have had trainers in the past who wanted to be a cheerleader, or chat. I am not interested, and they never lasted long with me. Others are looking for something different. If you can afford it, get what you want. Why judge?

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