Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 As long as we are all comparing notes on exercise, I would like to ask some questions about personal trainers, which a couple of people have mentioned using. First of all, how much do they cost? I don't know if I can afford a gym membership right now, much less an extra fee to pay someone to show me how to USE the gym, but I'd sure feel more comfortable trying to work out in a gym if someone was showing me how. Second, where and how does one find these people? I just looked in my phone book yellow pages under " Personal trainers, " and there was only one listing, which was not in my city. Since I live in a major metropolitan area, and the city I live in has several gyms, I find it impossible to believe there aren't personal trainers here. So how DOES one go about finding one? Talk to me like I'm 6 years old, please. I'm really clueless about this. Also, once you have a trainer, what do they actually DO, and what do YOU actually do WITH them? (Remember, I'm 6 years old, okay? *grin*) I would really like to know more about how the whole thing works and what kind of financial investment would be involved. I would like to be able to exercise in such a way as to get the most benefit from it that I can, but I'm unbelievably intimidated by gyms and even MORE intimidated by people who know enough about that stuff to actually make a living at it. I was scarred by bad high school p.e. classes, in which all the people who had any kind of actual athletic ability were mean and cruel and constantly picked on the ones who couldn't do anything right. (Can you guess who one of that second group of people was? ;oÞ) As a result, I have a mortal fear of doing any kind of physical activity with ANYONE watching, much less someone who's really athletic and who is there for the express purpose of scrutinizing everything that I'm doing wrong. If somebody could actually convince me that the idea of working with a trainer is not TOTALLY intimidating and terrifying, I would be truly grateful. I'm afraid that if I was to attempt something like that feeling the way I do right now, I'd be so nervous that I'd a) not be able to concentrate enough to get anything out of it, burst into tears the first time the trainer looked at me crosseyed, and 3) end up convincing him/her that I'm a headcase (which I probably am), ON TOP OF being a pathetic physical specimen. I'm a believer in overcoming one's fears, not giving into them, but this one has me backed into a corner. Can anyone help me get out of it? Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 As long as we are all comparing notes on exercise, I would like to ask some questions about personal trainers, which a couple of people have mentioned using. First of all, how much do they cost? I don't know if I can afford a gym membership right now, much less an extra fee to pay someone to show me how to USE the gym, but I'd sure feel more comfortable trying to work out in a gym if someone was showing me how. Second, where and how does one find these people? I just looked in my phone book yellow pages under " Personal trainers, " and there was only one listing, which was not in my city. Since I live in a major metropolitan area, and the city I live in has several gyms, I find it impossible to believe there aren't personal trainers here. So how DOES one go about finding one? Talk to me like I'm 6 years old, please. I'm really clueless about this. Also, once you have a trainer, what do they actually DO, and what do YOU actually do WITH them? (Remember, I'm 6 years old, okay? *grin*) I would really like to know more about how the whole thing works and what kind of financial investment would be involved. I would like to be able to exercise in such a way as to get the most benefit from it that I can, but I'm unbelievably intimidated by gyms and even MORE intimidated by people who know enough about that stuff to actually make a living at it. I was scarred by bad high school p.e. classes, in which all the people who had any kind of actual athletic ability were mean and cruel and constantly picked on the ones who couldn't do anything right. (Can you guess who one of that second group of people was? ;oÞ) As a result, I have a mortal fear of doing any kind of physical activity with ANYONE watching, much less someone who's really athletic and who is there for the express purpose of scrutinizing everything that I'm doing wrong. If somebody could actually convince me that the idea of working with a trainer is not TOTALLY intimidating and terrifying, I would be truly grateful. I'm afraid that if I was to attempt something like that feeling the way I do right now, I'd be so nervous that I'd a) not be able to concentrate enough to get anything out of it, burst into tears the first time the trainer looked at me crosseyed, and 3) end up convincing him/her that I'm a headcase (which I probably am), ON TOP OF being a pathetic physical specimen. I'm a believer in overcoming one's fears, not giving into them, but this one has me backed into a corner. Can anyone help me get out of it? Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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