The Personal Trainer Diaries

Posted: August 2nd, 2010 | Author: admin | No Comments »

This morning, I was eating breakfast at the counter in a local
diner, when a young guy, with gym logos on his clothing, sat down
next to me. Turns out he is a trainer at a local gym that I have
been in a couple of times. He was also pretty funny and he regaled
me with a couple of training stories that had me stitches.

One of the things I asked him was about his success rate at getting
people in shape. He thought about it for a moment and then said,
“I’ve never actually run the numbers, but I would say it’s about
5%.”

Believe it or not, that mirrors the percentage of successful
dieters.

He went on to say that, “In most one hour sessions (for which the
charge is $85), the client actually exercises about 10-12 minutes.
They talk more about exercising, more than they actually exercise,
and I have clients that may do two exercises in a session, do those
halfheartedly. Sometimes, it can be very frustrating, but we’re
really not allowed to tell them how it is. I’ve broken that rule a
few times and then I actually got results, but I don’t do it very
often.”

Some of his best clients are over 70. Two of them are women, who he
says could kick most men’s asses.

“They’re unbelievable,” he said, “and I wouldn’t want to run into
either of them in an alley.” He also has some men that have lost
over 100 pounds. “These guys were all referrals from the same
doctor, who put it to them gently. He said, “You can either lose the
weight, or die, you dumb SOB.” That’s what I’d like to say, but I
can’t.”

The trainer was a fat kid. He got in shape at age 17, after being
made fun of at the beach by a bunch of classmates, who got a kick
out of pinching his moobs (man boobs). He told himself that no one
would ever do that to him again. He lost 70 pounds and he’s kept it
off for over 6 years.

He wishes he could help more people, but he said they first have to
lose their “fattitude,” which he described as a combination of poor
eating habits and laziness. “Fat people,” he said, “burn so much
energy doing trivial things that there isn’t any energy left over,
to work off the lard.”

“The worst,” he said, “are the kids.” He has half a dozen kids at
least 40 pounds overweight. One of them actually pulled out a giant
Snickers bar, after doing 4 reps of lifting 10 pounds. When he took
it away, the kid sulked for the rest of the hour.

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I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill

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