Personal training at the gym - worth it?

Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months. In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HS.

135/155/135.

Oh, just so you know: my gym is 24 Hour Fitness. Can anyone share their
experiences with the personal training at this gym?

HS

Her Subj. wrote:
Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months. In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HS.

135/155/135.

Her Subj. wrote:

Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months.

I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

I need someone to be there to make me accountable.

Fitday.

Dally

Her Subj. wrote:
Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months. In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HS.

135/155/135.

I used one and still do occasionally, I reckon that if it is within
your means, if your a relative newcomer to the gym and the trainer is
the right one its a great thing to do! Good trainers really can get
results.

"Her Subj." wrote in message
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Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months. In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HS.

135/155/135.

I've used a trainer for the last two years. I first got into it because I
wanted help with heavy lifting techniques and stayed with it because he
helps me mix things up, helps me with soreness/injury issues, proper form,
and basically pushes me on days when I feel like a slug. He's leaving in
September as are the two other guys at the gym I rely on for spotting. DH
says he'll come and work out and spot me, but it's not going to be as
reliable. I don't know that I'll pick up with another trainer since I don't
know who is going to take the place of mine.

I will miss having him around! I think it can't hurt to try working out
with the trainer and see how it goes. It won't help you with the eating
though and if you don't curb that somehow, all the lifting in the world
isn't going to negate it.
--
the volleyballchick

On 18 Jul 2006 19:44:00 -0700, "Her Subj."
wrote:

Oh, just so you know: my gym is 24 Hour Fitness. Can anyone share their
experiences with the personal training at this gym?

HS

Her Subj. wrote:
Hi,

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months. In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HS.

135/155/135.

I have had very positive experience with personal trainers. But,
given that your problem is apparently more with overeating than with
exercise, you need to decide whether you think this trainer will be
able to help motivate you to control your eating. It's unlikely you
would be able to lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks through exercise alone.
If you feel working with this individual will create an incentive to
improve your eating it might well be worthwhile. If accountability is
what you need, this just might do the trick for you.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Her Subj. wrote:

I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).


Well, if nothing else, it will shake up our workout routine and that in
and of itself should help.

--
jmk in NC

I am finding it impossible to lose these 20lbs I've gained over the
last few months.

Impossible--that's a big word for this kind of situation.

In fact, I weighed myself yesterday and found out I
gained an additional 5lbs in the last month. I went from 135lbs and am
now at 155lbs. This is terrible.

What has changed in your life to trigger a consistent
weight gain? Attacking from that angle may help.

I've worked out pretty consistently over these last few months, but
nothing, absolutely nothing has come off. I'm sure a lot of it has to
do with the fact that I'm eating a large amount of food and am not
accounting for it.

There you go. Start journaling. And maybe it's a
nutritionist/dietitian that you need more than a
trainer. Further, how do you feel about your
training philosophy? Do you feel that you know
what you're doing and that your chosen exercise
is effective and not just a matter of going through
the motions and/or maintaining an attendance record?

What I'm getting at is that maybe what you need is
to read up on diet and exercise.

Personally I feel that sooner or later every successful
dieter/exerciser winds up putting together a program
of their own that accommodates their lifestyle and can
be maintained for the rest of their life. To do so
requires a working knowledge of diet and exercise
principles and options. And that takes study.

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

If that's how you truly feel, then a trainer and a
dietitian should be consulted as you need to be
held accountable for both diet and exercise.

However, personally, I have a hard time accepting that
anyone is truly helpless when it comes to diet and
exercise. Lost and/or confused yes, but helpless no.

Just like with anything else, you get out of trainers
and dietitians what you put in. You're still the one
who has to control the eating and perform the exercise.
With that in mind I honestly believe that desire and
library books represent a better (and certainly cheaper)
path in the long run.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Start journaling--that's always a great first step.
If you can't record it properly, don't eat it.
Exercise 30-60 minutes a day above and beyond your
normal activities. Alternate resistance work and
aerobic work. For example, Monday-Wednesday-Friday
are resistance days and Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday
are aerobic (cardiovascular) days. Sunday is an
off day. Eat a diet that is somewhere around 40%
carbohydrate, 30% protein, and 30% fat with a caloric
level that equals 10 times your bodyweight (155 pounds
of bodyweight translates into approximately 1550 calories
per day). Use those recommendations as starting points.
Adjust them based on what you already know about yourself
and what you learn by studying.

I hope this helps.
--
HS.

135/155/135.

"Her Subj." wrote in message

Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and consulted with a trainer who
seemed pretty honest. I was clear about my weight loss goal (20lbs) and
he said it's relatively doable in 10 weeks, as I went from 17% body fat
to 34% body fat (gadzooks).

You were at 17%? That is incredibly low. Whatever did you do to reach
that? That's probably what you need to do again. I would have to say that
20lbs in 10 weeks is not only not relatively doable, it's very difficult. A
2 lb per week loss is ok for someone who is WAY overweight, but as you get
closer to goal, to maintain a 1000 calorie per day deficit you have to eat
almost nothing. I cannot see you doing this without losing a tremendous
amount of muscle, which will not only destroy your metabolism, it will also
make it impossible to reach 17% or even close.

He didn't seem like he was conning me, and he wasn't really pushing me
to buy the package. Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

I hired a personal trainer when I knew nothing about creating a weight
lifting routine, nutrition, muscle building and fat loss. I also didn't
have the self esteem to go in a weight room. He walked me through my
routine every week for awhile, he was a resource to check in with weekly on
my diet, questions, etc. After about 2 months, I "graduated" from needing
him.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

If you TRULY were down to 17 %, which is very fit for a female, you already
know what you need to do, what you need to eat, what you need to lift, etc.
You surely didn't get down to 17% by diet alone. Please tell me why you
need a PT?

Betsy

oregonchick wrote:
Do you think personal training would be something
good for me at this point? I feel as though I can't do anything to
stop this weight gain anymore, and I need someone to be there to make
me accountable.

I hired a personal trainer when I knew nothing about creating a weight
lifting routine, nutrition, muscle building and fat loss. I also didn't
have the self esteem to go in a weight room. He walked me through my
routine every week for awhile, he was a resource to check in with weekly on
my diet, questions, etc. After about 2 months, I "graduated" from needing
him.

I hired a coach (provides me with training plan to follow) after I had a
back injury last year. I really wanted to do the MS150 again this year
and the physical therapist that I used suggested a coach (finding one
was a whole different matter!) to ensure that I was in the well prepared
but not overtrained category (for injury prevention). Since then, I
rode the Tour de Cure (another two-day cycling event). I have found
using a coach to be very helpful. I was thinking of graduating from her
after the MS150 in September, however, since then I had to schedule my
"spay" for October so I'll probably continue to use a coach in 2007.
--
jmk in NC