Mike’s Daily bREAD 11/12/12 Topic: Free Personal Trainer

Hello! I am back again but under new management. Obviously most of you know my daily posts as Mike’s Daily Rants. I decided to change the name for a more positive energy. The main reason for the change was because people that hated them were putting too much negative energy into them. That negative energy caused conflict and confusion. In turn, this has caused most of my posts to be locked. The negative energy just let me know that people were missing the points that I attempted to make. Weight-loss is funny and emotional all at the same time. Many times things happen and we just don’t know how to put them into words. It is more beneficial for me to put things into words because you never know who is going through the same struggle at the same time and needs a little support or motivation to help them push through. Hopefully those following my daily posts now have a better understanding why I changed the name.

Going to the gym is vital when living a healthy and productive lifestyle. Leaving the gym drenched in sweat is a great feeling and adds a huge level of confidence. I go just about every day and sometimes twice but yesterday was the first day in a while that I questioned if I am working as hard as I could.

I understand that my body has transformed into something completely different from what it was just 2 years ago. I also understand that it could be more toned, tighter and more defined. I do more cardio than strength but realize why just yesterday. It is very intimidating to see guys that look like they wrestle in the WWE or play professional anything lifting right next to me. I have tried it before but for the last few months avoided lifting for that very reason. While stretching on the yoga mat before Spin Class yesterday, a light bulb turned on in my head.

That light bulb that turns on inside of my head recaps my weight loss mission. It reminds me that I lost 201 pounds in 356 days without a personal trainer or any gimmick diet fads or tricks. It reminds me that I have kept it off for 1 year and 4 months. It also reminds me that I have been slacking recently and eating like I did when I was 381 pounds. Finally it reminds me how cheap I am and why I won’t hire a personal trainer. I feel that a personal trainer is not really the best option for me. The reason I feel that way is mainly because I understand what I need to do. I am also cheap and really don’t want to pay an additional $100.00 per month to tell me what I already know. The part that would benefit me would be the extra push to do what is right. So I gather all this information that has been mentally received and process it in a way that only Mike would do.

After I process all of the information, I conclude that I will not be paying for a personal trainer. I want the personal trainer that is free 99. The personal trainers in my gym train in the open and there are no private quarters of the gym. All rooms are sectioned off by glass. I love that!

So as I continue to stretch and thought of all those things mentioned earlier, I notice that one of the trainers is training a client right next to me. I observe closely attempting not to stare and realize this is how I will get my free personal training! I watch the trainer train someone else and I copy. Is that ethical? No. Is that that economical wisdom? Heck Yeah! So as I continue to observe, I start typing the routine down into my phone and save it so that I can revisit these things on my own time. After observing for 20 minutes and writing down valuable exercises that will benefit me in the near future, I believe the trainer notices what I am doing and takes his client to another part of the gym. I am fine with that because it is time for spin class to start anyway. I figure I will do the same thing today with a different trainer and keep adding to my repertoire. Before you know it, Mike will be ripped and showing off my body to the masses.

The message to be learned here is that you don’t have to pay a pricey personal trainer to achieve your personal goals, just be observant. Today I will choose a guy in the gym that closely resembles how I want my body to look and I will watch him workout. Not so obvious that he catches me and beats me up for thinking that I want his body literally. I can see how that would be creepy. I can see that happening. “What you looking at?” “I’m sorry I was looking at you because I want your body” Then he proceeds to kick my butt because I was not specific enough.

I speak to a lot of people in my gym so I’m sure if I just ask whomever the guy is about his diet and workout routine he would be more than willing to assist. That on top of my free personal training will have me right by spring.

MikeMontana1914