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Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« on: August 04, 2013, 02:19:00 PM »
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Denninmi (5,922 posts)    Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:52 PM

Changing trainers.

The trainer I have worked with since I joined last fall is moving on to greener job pastures in another state. I've worked with him exactly nine months. He has been great, putting up with my crap, being very understanding about medical issues which have placed some limitations on what I can do. So, I'm really going to miss him.
 
Last night, I met the new guy, who was actually a student/trainer at the same college as the current guy, and they worked together in the football program. Seems to really know his stuff, so, I think I will be in good hands. As I mentioned in other threads, I have felt "stuck" in some ways, so maybe some fresh ideas may help with that.
 
I gave my first guy a couple hundred in gift cards and a couple of small running items as a thank you, he was really touched by that. Made feel good to let him know how much he has done for me.

<<<sees some monstrous credit-card bills in the mail.

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Inkfreak (384 posts)    Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:56 PM

1. Good trainers are gold.

I was very fortunate to have a casual acquaintance who mentioned he'd like to get back to the gym. I had just gottena membership with the ability to bring a guest. Well I turned out he had gone to school for fitness training. So I had this tremendous amount of knowledge to tap. He motivated me like no one ever had. We developed a close friendship and he now even lives right down the road from me. I'm so grateful for him teaching me, I can't even express it. He's a good dude. Good luck with your new trainer. And I think fresh ideas are always a good thing. As long as you can adapt to it.

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bike man (620 posts)    Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:03 AM

2. Change can be a good thing. For example, I've worked mainly by myself for ages. I did get a PT to help me with a couple of things, for a total of three sessions.

Then, Friday a guy in his 40s asked me to be his workout partner for at least the next six weeks in his own "I want to be a beast" program.
 
He already has his nutrition plan from the same PT (mentioned above), will be working with him 2 days a week, and wants me to work with him as partner the other 3 days.
 
It may be that he simply wants an old guy to look better than, or he is sincere. I vote sincerity.
 
Anyhow - the change (a real PT for him, a workout partner for me) might work for us both.
 
Good luck with your own change.

edited to add: There is no real plan called "I want to be a beast", the guy wants to see how much bigger/stronger he can get with 6 wks of concentrated effort.

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Denninmi (5,922 posts)    Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:03 PM

3. When they invent it, let me know.

I wouldn't mind being a beast myself.

The new trainer is great all around, knowledge, personality, dedication, client rapport. So, it worked out well in the end.

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bike man (620 posts)   Mon Jul 15, 2013, 12:59 AM

4. I would imagine, (imagine because I've only known a very small number of personal trainers) that those qualities you listed are vital for a PT to be effective.
 
I think if one is consistent with the training suggested, and makes an honest effort toward improving, the 'effective' PT is more inclined to remain 'effective'. Having said that, stay with it. We may never make it to world class body builder, but we'll be healthier for the effort.
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2013, 02:35:10 PM »
A guy who is tens of thousands of dollars underwater on credit cards has a personal trainer and gives the old one three or four hundred bucks worth of stuff after employing him for nine month.  Who'd'a thunk it?

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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2013, 02:43:33 PM »
ZERO Bongs.

I've seen the picture threads.
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2013, 03:04:10 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 04, 2013, 02:35:10 PM
A guy who is tens of thousands of dollars underwater on credit cards has a personal trainer and gives the old one three or four hundred bucks worth of stuff after employing him for nine month.  Who'd'a thunk it?

 :lmao:

Yeah.

Plus Dennis the Menace had probably already been paying the guy huge sums for the personal training.

Since the guy's leaving town, Dennis the Menace would've been wiser just to give him some coffee-table book of photographs of the town, to remember it by.

One wonders if Dennis the Menace has been so generous with others who affected his life.  I doubt it.
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2013, 03:13:13 PM »
Can he jump through a hoop now?
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2013, 04:14:37 PM »
All this sounds really ghey to me..............
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2013, 04:46:29 PM »
Quote from: marv on August 04, 2013, 04:14:37 PM
All this sounds really ghey to me..............

Especially trikeman's post.  "I want to be a beast" indeed.
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Re: Dennis the Menace changes trainers
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2013, 07:18:56 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 04, 2013, 02:35:10 PM
A guy who is tens of thousands of dollars underwater on credit cards has a personal trainer and gives the old one three or four hundred bucks worth of stuff after employing him for nine month.  Who'd'a thunk it?

You don't get tens of thousands underwater by charging an occasional pack of AA batteries.

Dennis works at it, then he goes months and months being afraid to open his statements.

He just mails in enough every month to cover what he estimates minimum payments should be.

He'll give us a few great threads the next time he gets up enough courage to open his bills.

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