Gym Escorts

I go to the gym on a regular basis and I'm really surprised by people who pay nearly a hundred dollars for an hour with a personal trainer. Their conversations in the gym seem to have very little to do with health and fitness. They seem to prey on the sad and lonely. Wake up people their friendship and interest in you is conditional, it isn't genuine.

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Welcome to Vancouver

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:47pm

You take conversation and "companionship" any way you can get it. When cliquishness abounds, sometimes people end up paying by the hour to engage with another human.

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Weird

Jul 25, 2017 at 2:37pm

I paid for a personal trainer at the kits community centre to work on my form and motivate me to push that slight bit harder coming back from a major injury. Expensive but some of the best money I've spent. If someone is paying for a trainer for companionship to even get to the gym, I can't fault that either.

Maybe worry less about judging others at the gym?

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And?

Jul 25, 2017 at 4:17pm

People can do what they want, y'know.

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Anonymous

Jul 25, 2017 at 7:03pm

Personal trainers are a waste of money. Read a book and understand a few things about your body and then get a friend to yell at you while you're working out. Scratch the latter part then and figure out how to motivate yourself. Use your brain a little. Why even go to a gym? You can do everything at home with your body weight and dumbbells. I guess I'm just smart enough to know how to save money and get fit simultaneously. Protein powder? What a joke. Eat food. Protein powder is for cheaters and it's also another expense. But hey, what do I know?

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I noticed this too...

Jul 25, 2017 at 10:57pm

... back when I went to the gym, before I entered my "puffy adonis" phase, I was surprised at how the "personal trainers" interacted with their clients, chatting about all sorts of stuff that I didn't consider relevant to fitness.

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It's called distraction

Jul 26, 2017 at 1:34pm

When you're hitting that 300th crunch and your body is signalling that it would like to die, you probably wouldn't mind having someone ask you how it's doing with your rescue poodle while simultaneously ensuring that you are not cheating your form.

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Ha! Nice try, troll. Trainer here.

Jul 26, 2017 at 9:13pm

Not everyone is just out to get your money. Many trainers genuinely care about the people that are their clients and want to see them do well, with fitness as a vehicle for improving their lives.

If they didn't , and at the very least weren't good at it (i.e: building up their self-esteem, providing support and motivation, and helping them reach their fitness goals) , they wouldn't stay employed for long. Lots of people have personal problems that they don't feel comfortable with sharing to other people; it's just part of the job. Perhaps try getting mad at society and the stigma associated with seeking formal counselling, before bashing an honest profession. Maybe you should try a session. You'll feel better.

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@Ha! Nice try, troll. Trainer here.

Jul 27, 2017 at 4:36pm

Maybe it was the gym or the time I went, but I would say most of the people I saw with trainers were doughy women who could spend twice as long in the gym; the issue was obviously dietary.

I always find it funny that we have canned food for dogs that keeps them healthy for their _entire lives_, but nothing similar for humans...

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At least they are in the gym

Jul 27, 2017 at 9:33pm

I don't use a trainer myself because I self motivate and I pick up new routines from M&F all the time. But I figure if you need it, you need it. Whatever gets you on the bike, or pushing weight, is a good thing. Maybe they only need 6 sessions and it's a habit. What a bunch of judgy idiots we have in here

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@@Ha

Jul 27, 2017 at 11:20pm

If you knew anything about biology and nutrition you would know better than to make such blatantly ignorant comments about people who are at the gym trying to better themselves. Maybe hire a trainer to find you a workout/diet that'll fix your attitude towards other people? :)

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