Personal Trainers | Tags | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/personal-trainers/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ You can never be friends with a personal trainer http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-can-never-be-friends-with-a-personal-trainer/ In the age of specialisation and outsourcing, perhaps it is only logical that we should contract out responsibility for beating our bodies into shape. Self-discipline is no longer a pre-requisite for a hard body, you just need cash.  And if you’ve got the cash but you’re not sure you can motivate yourself to keep the appointments, you can always pay in advance – then if you’re tempted to skip a session you’ll need to confront the prospect that you may be not only fat but stupid – a rough start to any morning. To an extent it has become a box to tick – “My trainer this, my trainer that…”. And sometimes even a kind of defence -  “You’re fat and unfit?  Hhhmm. You’re fat and unfit but you’ve got a trainer – well that’s ok…” feedback@thepunch.com.au (The Punch Team) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-can-never-be-friends-with-a-personal-trainer/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-can-never-be-friends-with-a-personal-trainer/#item6118 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 M30o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr