Personal training

ThreeCubed

I'm all broken-hearted. Dude I've been in love with for two years doesn't love me back, blah blah blah you know the routine.

So I figure the best thing for it is to get some exercise and try to shed some of this embarrassingly superfluous body fat (and maybe get a date for once!). I have a gym membership, but I am absolutely turrble at making myself go and do what I'm supposed to do. After years and years of being crap at it, I've come to the conclusion I need someone to make me accountable and to teach me gymming.

I have so much weight to lose and I get so overwhelmed with the fact that I really don't know squat about efficient exercise. So, just accept that I am one of those people that's going to have to have a personal trainer for a bit to get me going in the right direction.

So here's my question for you:
My gym offers a starter package of 3 50-minute personal training sessions for a price I think I can afford. But is this enough? Can I actually learn anything in 3 sessions? Keep in mind I am an absolute neophyte here. When I gym, I do elliptical and treadmill until I'm super sweaty and the equipment tells me I've reached 500 calories (but I think the equipment lies), but I stay the hell away from the weights because it's pretty obvious I don't know what I'm doing in there.

For about double the price, I can get 5 30-minute sessions instead. Would 5 shorter session spread over 5 weeks instead of 3 long session spread over 3 weeks be a better investment?

Oh god, I'm going to die alone, aren't I?

Thanks ahead of time.

Ziac45

If you are serious about getting a trainer and losing weight than those packages really won't be enough. I worked at a gym, and my mother is a personal trainer so I have a bit of experience in this. Ask the gym if any of the trainers are doing free first sessions (In my experience almost all of them will) try out the different trainers and when you find one that you felt pushed you hard enough, and you were comfortable with them then arrange to become a regular client. This ranges in price from session depending on where you live, in my area it was 20-40$ an hour each session being an hour long.

I can't recommend being a regularly client to a personal trainer enough these people know what they are doing and will help you out in the long run. Things to look for are to make sure they have their certifications up to date, certain ones are required to train in some areas. Also do not judge the trainer off of how they look, the best trainer I knew was actually morbidly obese but her clients all loved her and she really got results from them.

Edited because I did not proofread

Kyougu

Yeah, those sessions won't do much. You would be better served youtubing and googling excercise routines and checking out a few threads here in PA.

If you do go the personal training route, you may want to check Craiglist. Cheaper prices, and a few friends have had good luck finding trainers there. Usual caveats apply of course.

ThreeCubed

Thank you.

I worry about being able to pay someone over the long run though. I'm scraping together enough as it is to get these few sessions, so I do want to let them know that from the start. Hopefully they'll understand that something is better than nothing.

Thanks for the tip about the free training sessions. It's a chain gym (blah) so I worry that I'll only be allowed to do one free session with one trainer. Corporate gyms

Ziac45

Margarazzi wrote: »

Thank you.

I worry about being able to pay someone over the long run though. I'm scraping together enough as it is to get these few sessions, so I do want to let them know that from the start. Hopefully they'll understand that something is better than nothing.

Thanks for the tip about the free training sessions. It's a chain gym (blah) so I worry that I'll only be allowed to do one free session with one trainer. Corporate gyms

Unless it's actually a huge gym the trainers work separately. Most gyms (albeit never been with a chain gym) just make deals with trainers that they can workout and train their clients there for free as it is a mutually beneficial relationship. But the desk staff will still know what all trainers do the free sessions and hopefully they aren't employed by the gym so that the trainers make their own deals and policies.