Personal Trainers: Step One.
Posted 12-24-2020 at 10:38 AM by Blondebaerde
This coming Monday, a personal trainer will arrive to my house for a personal consultation: call it Square 1.
I'm out of shape. In August I had bariatric surgery and thus far have lost (about) 97 lbs. I have about 50 lbs to go. Journey detailed elsewhere on C-D.
I have a fancy scale and notice that muscle mass is going along with fat, no surprise there. My ND badgers me to start training else that muscle mass thing will continue and no good comes of that. Aerobics are easy for me, I'm expert at that and have a great high quality treadmill in my man-cave I've been using for brisk walks since surgery.
"So What": I don't know how this trainer will set me up, he's well regarded by my ND and she has high standards to hopefully this guy is on the ball. He could suggest any kind of program, equipment, etc. and now he's doing house calls apparently. Big change from just a year ago, eh?
Will be interested to hear what he proposes, if I choose to work with him. I'm somewhat ignorant about the subject, and don't usually do gyms and certainly not in this time of plague and chaos. So I'll be buying my own equipment, and have some weights already. I know there's a run on barbells and weights these days.
Ultimately I'm curious what a trainer "might" do to get a 53 year old male with a strong heart, strong constitution, Type A personality, who is in the midst of weight loss going on a program. I don't need "therapy" from some feel-good type, that's for emotional people and the needy. A drill instructor-type will get better results for me: someone who supplies instruction, "Do this." Wish me luck.
I'm out of shape. In August I had bariatric surgery and thus far have lost (about) 97 lbs. I have about 50 lbs to go. Journey detailed elsewhere on C-D.
I have a fancy scale and notice that muscle mass is going along with fat, no surprise there. My ND badgers me to start training else that muscle mass thing will continue and no good comes of that. Aerobics are easy for me, I'm expert at that and have a great high quality treadmill in my man-cave I've been using for brisk walks since surgery.
"So What": I don't know how this trainer will set me up, he's well regarded by my ND and she has high standards to hopefully this guy is on the ball. He could suggest any kind of program, equipment, etc. and now he's doing house calls apparently. Big change from just a year ago, eh?
Will be interested to hear what he proposes, if I choose to work with him. I'm somewhat ignorant about the subject, and don't usually do gyms and certainly not in this time of plague and chaos. So I'll be buying my own equipment, and have some weights already. I know there's a run on barbells and weights these days.
Ultimately I'm curious what a trainer "might" do to get a 53 year old male with a strong heart, strong constitution, Type A personality, who is in the midst of weight loss going on a program. I don't need "therapy" from some feel-good type, that's for emotional people and the needy. A drill instructor-type will get better results for me: someone who supplies instruction, "Do this." Wish me luck.
