I regularly work out with professional assistance. I have a unique situation – I exercise with not one but two personal trainers.
#1 is a fellow with whom I worked out for a year or so. Then he took a job elsewhere. I was transferred to #2. Then #1 came back. When my training contract wanted renewing, I thought I would have the dilemma of which fellow to choose. But they came up with a solution – I would do both. Both are good men, and I see advantages in the mixture of styles.
Both suffer that after a day of listening to everybody, they have to listen to me – a captive audience as it were. I feel like Sylvia Fowler at her exercise.
It is a nice thought two brawny men fought over who would have me.
#2 likes working with machines. He tends to rotate me through 3 exercises ‘in a circuit’. I became a ‘circuit boy’ at the near age of 50.
#2 is also good ‘for abs” – which is my main area for need. Despite having many clients, #2 tends to remember every word I ever said to him. He is always bubbly and supportive. An evil-gnome goal of mine is getting him to say ‘Well, that sucked” or “You did a bad job”.
#1 tends towards free weights, which makes me feel butch. He has the ongoing advice “You need to stick your butt out” or ‘where is your butt, is it out?” It provides for a few Benny Hill moments.
#1 likes me to do nasty lunges and exercises with strange Eastern European names.
#1 gives good rub downs and stretches after our works outs. Oooh that feel lovely.
At the moment I don’t have good goals for my work outs, other than the nonspecific not-very-helpful “I want to be big and studly”.
“Working out with you two and being stretched” is also not enough.
Whatever, I am having jolly good fun.
14 comments
April 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Tai
😆 “where is your butt, is it out?” 😆
April 21, 2010 at 9:32 PM
A. Lewis
And this bad boy hasn’t been in the gym in a very long time. Nor yoga. I’m sad. But happy. All at the same time.
April 22, 2010 at 1:50 AM
RG
I ended up having a torrid affair with my personal trainer. I’m just sayin….
April 22, 2010 at 1:50 AM
RG
And btw, where is your butt? 🙂
April 22, 2010 at 2:50 AM
Lemuel
oh, the chance for a rub down is almost the motivation I need to get back to a gym. 😉
April 22, 2010 at 3:58 AM
AjohnP
Wow…good for you. I’m impressed that you’re at the gym often enough to see them both!!
Are they equally attractive? 🙂
April 22, 2010 at 6:01 AM
tigeryogiji
“I feel like Sylvia Fowler at her exercise.”
LOL! I can just hear the non-stop babble… 😉
April 22, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Chris (in Philly)
I thought you were big and studly already ;).
April 22, 2010 at 1:32 PM
BentonQuest
If you can afford it, who cares!?!? You are getting exercise and having a good time. That is all that matters!
April 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM
anne marie in philly
(everybody sing)
throw out your hands
stick out your tush
hands on your hips
give them a push
you’ll be surprised
you’re doing the french mistake
voila!
(tee hee) 🙂
April 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM
rg
Bwaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha That was AWESOME!
“They hit Henry! Get ’em girls!” LOLOLOLOL
April 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM
anne marie in philly
actually it’s “he hit buddy! come on, girls!”
can you tell I have watched this movie more than once? 😉
April 23, 2010 at 6:00 AM
Doug
Sounds like an awesome situation. Gotta love those Romanian Deadlifts!
April 23, 2010 at 1:08 PM
spamwise
The first time I learned to do squats (the exercise, keep your minds on track folks =P), I heard my trainer saying “you’re taking a dump! you’re taking a dump!”
I never thought I’d hear that in a gym. Still cracks me up when I think about it.