Personal Trainers

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. 

I am not your friend. I am your worst nightmare.

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…”

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  • DMS says:

    02:46pm | 24/06/11

    @Davo I fixed that for you: “Suffice to say, I declined his offer of training and went back to watching the girls across the room working out.”.  That’s better. Or am I projecting? Read more »

  • Peter Thornton says:

    08:29am | 24/06/11

    Personal trainers (ugh! Dread term) are very bogan. Every personal trainer I have ever met is a self-absorbed, narcissistic hedonist. So what if they’re fit. So are several others who don’t feel driven to behave in such immature and ill-advised ways. Personal trainers of this world - I can’t stand… Read more »

 

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