personal trainers

I joined an equinox about a year ago and started with a personal trainer I loved. I told I wanted to lose body fat, he took a bunch of measurements, made a varied workout involving basic weight training, a lot of movement & coordination, core, cardio, and kettle bells. In a 6 week program, no workout was exactly the same. And at the end of that program I had lost 8 lbs of fat and put on 2 lbs of muscle.

Then he left that gym and I took up with a new trainer. She's very professional, and knows her way around a weight room, but seems to ignore my statements that I want a program to help me burn fat, not gain muscle. Our programs are six weeks of 2 schedules, varying reps and weight each day. She hasn't taken any measurements, done any re-evalutations to check my progress, or helped me towards my goals, but the workouts are challenging though traditional.

I found out the old trainer is now at an equinox a couple blocks away. Should I ditch the current one and go back to the guy I preferred and helped me meet my goals? If so, how do I tell the current one?

what percentage of body fat were you when he helped you lose 8lbs fat and gain 2lbs muscle?

Anyway, the obvious solution here is to just call up your original trainer and see if he has time to fit you in, if so, talk to Equinox management and have them switch you over, they will let the trainer know, you don't owe her ****, especially if she hasn't been listening to your needs.

+1. Your money do what you want. Trainers arent cheap and neither is that gym.

Lifting weights doesn't necessarily mean you are gaining muscle. Gaining muscle is in your diet, not lifting weights (well, indirectly). Weights should be a part of any weight loss regimen.

lifting weight builds muscle, muscles burn fat when you exercise and when you are at rest. More muscle means more fat loss.

Originally Posted by yayorc

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Then he left that gym and I took up with a new trainer. She's very professional, and knows her way around a weight room, but seems to ignore my statements that I want a program to help me burn fat, not gain muscle. Our programs are six weeks of 2 schedules, varying reps and weight each day. She hasn't taken any measurements, done any re-evalutations to check my progress, or helped me towards my goals, but the workouts are challenging though traditional.
Hmm, basically what every woman wants. But the reality is you always gain muscle if you workout. You might want to eat less.

Originally Posted by zjpj83

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Lifting weights doesn't necessarily mean you are gaining muscle. Gaining muscle is in your diet, not lifting weights (well, indirectly). Weights should be a part of any weight loss regimen.
You have never worked out and never been to a gym. Your advice is a health risk to anyone

Originally Posted by zjpj83

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Lifting weights doesn't necessarily mean you are gaining muscle. Gaining muscle is in your diet, not lifting weights (well, indirectly). Weights should be a part of any weight loss regimen.

like the previous guy hinted at; what the ****?

He is right though, you won't gain muscle without eating properly and only bad workouts avoid lifting weights.

What you should do is spend a little time to educate yourself about fitness. It isn't rocket science and unless you are some 350 lb. slug, you shouldn't need to pay for a damn personal trainer for an extended period of time.

Originally Posted by zjpj83

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Weights should be a part of any weight loss regimen.

+1.

and if you seriously want to lose weight? eat less. It doesn't matter whether you're doing cardio or weight training, if you're eating less energy than you're burning you'll lose weight, most of which will be fat.

There is one trainer at my gym who is chubby and not muscular at all.

I have no idea how he finds clients. When he does, they seem to be the morbidly obese women who I only see around for a max of 2 weeks.

Originally Posted by yayorc

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I joined an equinox about a year ago and started with a personal trainer I loved. I told I wanted to lose body fat, he took a bunch of measurements, made a varied workout involving basic weight training, a lot of movement & coordination, core, cardio, and kettle bells. In a 6 week program, no workout was exactly the same. And at the end of that program I had lost 8 lbs of fat and put on 2 lbs of muscle.

Then he left that gym and I took up with a new trainer. She's very professional, and knows her way around a weight room, but seems to ignore my statements that I want a program to help me burn fat, not gain muscle. Our programs are six weeks of 2 schedules, varying reps and weight each day. She hasn't taken any measurements, done any re-evalutations to check my progress, or helped me towards my goals, but the workouts are challenging though traditional.

I found out the old trainer is now at an equinox a couple blocks away. Should I ditch the current one and go back to the guy I preferred and helped me meet my goals? If so, how do I tell the current one?

Does your membership let you transfer from one gym to another?

I've never worked out with a trainer, but from what I've seen the prices are exorbitant for what you get. Once you know your way around the gym, you just need to go there consistently and actually put in the work.

I know people who have paid trainers thousands of bucks to essentially write down what weight they were using the last time they did an exercise. Cheaper to buy a notepad

Think of the savings - you could spend that money on clothes!

Originally Posted by zeeth

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like the previous guy hinted at; what the ****?

Not sure if the WTF is directed at me. You gain weight if you are at a calorie surplus. Pretty simple. You aren't going to magically bulk up just by lifting weights. Someone who want a non-muscley physicque should still lift weights but simply control his diet so he isn't gaining more weight than he wants. Girls and boys who only lift 2 pound dumbells for a million reps because they don't want to "bulk up" are idiots.

Shouldn't be a big deal if you go back to your original trainer. If you liked his training approach and it seemed that he showed interest in your progress then why not. You are paying them to train you after all.

I would tell the current one the truth. That you preferred your old trainer and wanted to go back to him.