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Hire a personal trainer, spend that on the personal trainer and just do what the personal trainer tells you. Even a bad personal trainer will get results if you

Hire a personal trainer, spend that on the personal trainer and just do what the personal trainer tells you. Even a bad personal trainer will get results if you're spending that sort of money.

pavel_lishin 10y ago
Will they, even if the person hiring that trainer is actually undisciplined and unwilling to put in the work? (Or potentially has a medical condition of some sort?)
- johnnyfaehell 10y ago
  I would say yes, if you start spending that amount of money on a trainer, you're generally going to do what they say. If they were truly unwilling they wouldn't start paying a bunch of money for the top level service of a PT.
impostervt 10y ago
How do I find a good personal trainer? I've met some and don't know how to distinguish the good from the meh. I guess for 1k a month I'd want something more than that. I know HOW to workout and eat right...I just don't. I need a willpower pill. :\
- dustingetz 10y ago
  willpower pill is literally what a personal trainer is
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  Honestly, find someone fit, ideally someone who does some kind of competitive athletic, who uses the trainer and recommends them. Personal trainers can be excellent, but the low end is "dangerously incompetent". The only requirement for starting a service, or getting hired at many gyms, is being buff and knowing how to look competent on some machines. As a result, there are plenty of PTs peddling junk-science nutrition, or giving out plausible-but-harmful workout routines that undervalue stretching or produce dangerous imbalances and overextensions. Assuming you don't need someone teaching you how to be healthy, though, things get easier. Some trainers focus on education and drop unmotivated clients, but some offer "willpower pill" as a decent chunk of what you're paying for. Knowing that someone expects you at the gym at 7PM, and will pump you up to not bail early, can do a lot of good.
- johnnyfaehell 10y ago
  Honestly I think one of the easiest ways is to search https://www.precisionnutrition.com/fitness-pros-directory https://www.precisionnutrition.com/fitness-pros-directory. You need to pass their nutrition course, which is very good on nutrition. It also costs quite a pretty penny, so if they're willing to spend that on training themselves and have passed it, there is probably a pretty good bet that they're good.
dsp1234 10y ago
For a more concrete example, just a random 24 hour Fitness in SF[0]. $1k for 3-4 personalized sessions per week is completely doable. 12 sessions for $828 20 sessions for $1280 [0] - https://www.24hourfitness.com/training/trainer_finder/clubs/index.html?clubid=547 https://www.24hourfitness.com/training/trainer_finder/clubs/... click on Check Prices

Hire a personal trainer, spend that on the personal trainer and just do what the personal trainer tells you. Even a bad personal trainer will get results if you're spending that sort of money.

pavel_lishin 10y ago

Will they, even if the person hiring that trainer is actually undisciplined and unwilling to put in the work? (Or potentially has a medical condition of some sort?)

johnnyfaehell 10y ago
I would say yes, if you start spending that amount of money on a trainer, you're generally going to do what they say. If they were truly unwilling they wouldn't start paying a bunch of money for the top level service of a PT.

impostervt 10y ago

How do I find a good personal trainer? I've met some and don't know how to distinguish the good from the meh. I guess for 1k a month I'd want something more than that. I know HOW to workout and eat right...I just don't. I need a willpower pill. :\

dustingetz 10y ago
willpower pill is literally what a personal trainer is
Bartweiss 10y ago
Honestly, find someone fit, ideally someone who does some kind of competitive athletic, who uses the trainer and recommends them. Personal trainers can be excellent, but the low end is "dangerously incompetent". The only requirement for starting a service, or getting hired at many gyms, is being buff and knowing how to look competent on some machines. As a result, there are plenty of PTs peddling junk-science nutrition, or giving out plausible-but-harmful workout routines that undervalue stretching or produce dangerous imbalances and overextensions. Assuming you don't need someone teaching you how to be healthy, though, things get easier. Some trainers focus on education and drop unmotivated clients, but some offer "willpower pill" as a decent chunk of what you're paying for. Knowing that someone expects you at the gym at 7PM, and will pump you up to not bail early, can do a lot of good.
johnnyfaehell 10y ago
Honestly I think one of the easiest ways is to search https://www.precisionnutrition.com/fitness-pros-directory https://www.precisionnutrition.com/fitness-pros-directory. You need to pass their nutrition course, which is very good on nutrition. It also costs quite a pretty penny, so if they're willing to spend that on training themselves and have passed it, there is probably a pretty good bet that they're good.

dsp1234 10y ago

For a more concrete example, just a random 24 hour Fitness in SF[0]. $1k for 3-4 personalized sessions per week is completely doable. 12 sessions for $828 20 sessions for $1280 [0] - https://www.24hourfitness.com/training/trainer_finder/clubs/index.html?clubid=547 https://www.24hourfitness.com/training/trainer_finder/clubs/... click on Check Prices