So, I have decided to hire a personal trainer and not sure how to go about it.
I live in Durham, have done searches online and looked on citysearch etc. The only ones I come up with are those that work at a gym hired by the gym ( i think)
I really dont want to join a gym but need someone to basically help me get in shape, work over my diet etc. Would this be a personal trainer, fitness coach etc?
Where should I be looking? what should i ask?

6/3/2009 7:45:51 PM

what are you expecting of your trainer? Just someone to tell you what/how much to eat and what exercises to do or someone to actually take you through workouts and meet with 1-2 times a week?

6/3/2009 8:51:20 PM

i can go either way but probably someone to meet with me first at least once a week and then gradually taper off

6/3/2009 9:03:41 PM

bodybuilding.com or just post up your diet here, someone is a licensed nutritionist and I'm sure there are some nutrition majors lurking around.

personal trainers generally won't give out nutrition advice other than mypyramid.gov, it's out of their scope of practice unless they're also a real nutritionist. Sure they likely know what to do as far as diets, but they shouldn't be paid for handing out nutritional advice when they're not licensed to. Off the books you could get a plan, but that'd be just as good as asking what to do from us.

My major is broscience btw, how can I help? I've got over 1400 posts on bodybuilding.com's losing fat section after my 110lb weight loss. I preach my broscience daily & love to rant.

Carb cycle begins in 10 days, care to join?

6/3/2009 9:11:22 PM

bodybuilding.com is sort of a joke.....

6/3/2009 9:13:00 PM

someone has to lift those heavy ass weights

but yea, i just use it to stroke my ego elsewhere, it's mostly just broscience crap but there are some people genuinely looking to help out, i feel i make intelligent and somewhat factual posts from time to time

6/3/2009 9:14:51 PM

P90X

You will love it. Great workout for women, it is rather difficult at first, but probably better than any personal trainer can give you.

Tony Little IS a personal trainer, so why not just do the home video workouts. They work wonders.

6/3/2009 10:11:02 PM

a certain part of having a personal trainer is developing a relationship and someone to ask questions to and motivate you. a home video isn't going to do that for everyone.

6/3/2009 10:16:42 PM

P90X is a bit extreme right out of the gate

too bad you don't live in cary/against joining a gym, otherwise I could have hooked you up

6/3/2009 10:24:26 PM

^ I am interested in this "hookup". Tell me more....

6/3/2009 10:54:13 PM

^

6/4/2009 12:07:14 AM

read the peak fitness going bankrupt thread...sheesh

6/4/2009 12:13:46 AM

One of my friends is a PT at Fitness World in Durham - but she also offers training outside of the gym.

Here's her profile:

http://www.leanladies.com/page8/LeighAnnYeager/LeighAnnYeager.html

6/4/2009 7:53:47 AM

no crossfit. you will get rhabdomyolysis and die.

do what arnold schwarzenegger told one of his competitors.

take one tea spoon of salt per workout, and increase it by one every day.

day 1: 1, day 2: 2 etc.

works like a champ.

[Edited on June 4, 2009 at 8:09 AM. Reason : .]

6/4/2009 8:08:43 AM

triskaidekaphobia

6/4/2009 11:56:04 AM

well any "hookup" would involve joining Lifestyle Family Fitness in Cary....if you join you get $150 gift card OFF of any training packages...assuming you use it to get a package instead of just applying it towards 3 free ones I could throw in a few extra freebies....Either way you'd get at least 3 sessions.

6/4/2009 1:01:28 PM

i am looking for someone to motivate me, as i have a huge lack of it. i will look up that womans page. im wondering how the diet would work since i am a vegetarian but i think i get my protien eating other stuff

6/4/2009 7:12:15 PM