What should I pay for a personal gym trainer?

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  • jeichelb83
    jeichelb83 Posts: 172 Member
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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.
  • Fitnessmom82
    Fitnessmom82 Posts: 376 Member
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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.
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
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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 :)
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
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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.
  • Lean59man
    Lean59man Posts: 714 Member
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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

  • candylilacs
    candylilacs Posts: 614 Member
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    $20/half an hour 2-3x a week. There's a discount.
  • Cbean08
    Cbean08 Posts: 1,092 Member
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    Lean59man wrote: »
    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.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited March 2018
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    rybo wrote: »
    Lean59man wrote: »
    Why?

    I think dependence on personal trainers is silly.

    This is not rocket science.



    Neither is preparing taxes, getting financial advice, fixing your car, mowing your lawn, painting, wiring, plumbing, etc yet millions pay others to do those things.

    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.
  • SSpeakes
    SSpeakes Posts: 95 Member
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    $25 session. 1 hour long, 3 times per week for lifting. He also writes workouts for me to do myself.

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