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The Gym

California Dreamer

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ONE MAN'S STORY...

Dear Diary:
For my fortieth birthday this year, my wife (the dear) purchased a week
of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am
still in great shape since playing in the University football team 25
years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a
try.

I called the club and made my reservation with a personal trainer named
Belinda, who identified herself as a 26 yr. old aerobics instructor and
model for athletic clothing and swim wear.

My wife seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club
encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.

MONDAY:
Started my day at 6 am.
Tough to get out of bed, but it was well worth it when I arrived at the
health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She was something of a
Greek goddess - with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white
smile.

Woo Hoo!!!!!

She took my pulse after 5 minutes on the treadmill. She was alarmed
that my pulse was so fast, but I attributed it to standing next to her
in her Lycra aerobics outfit. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in
which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very
inspiring, Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut
was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around.
This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!!

TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air,
and then she put weights on it!

My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile.
Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile.

I feel GREAT!! It's a whole new life for me.

WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by lying on the toothbrush on the
counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a
hernia in both pectorals. Driving was okay as long as I didn't try to
steer or stop. Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams
bothered the other club members.

Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she
scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest
hurts when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair
monster. Why the hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an
activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help
me get in shape and enjoy life.

She said some other sh*t too.

THURSDAY:
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her
thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help
being a half hour late; it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda
took me to workout with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and
hid in the men's room. She sent Lars to find me, then, as punishment,
put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.

FRIDAY:
I hate that b*tch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any
other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic
little cheerleading b*tch. If there were a part of my body I could move
without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Belinda wanted me to
work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps!

And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the *&%#@+&*
barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill
flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher.

Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the
choir director?

SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly
voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me
want to smash the machine with my planner.

However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up
catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.

SUNDAY:
I'm having the church van pick me up for services today so I can go and
thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year, my
wife, will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a
vasectomy.
 

vanity

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LOL. Good read!

I want a personal trainer but there's no way I would pay for a guy to train me. Even though I'm a guy, I get a long much better with women and can chit-chat easier. Maybe it's b/c I don't like sports or give a **** about going to bars or other "guy" things. Or maybe it's b/c I dedicated a large portion of my life to learning about women and how to disarm them in order to get ass. I wish we had hot personal trainers at my gym, I'd be all over that. More motivating I think.

Either way, has anyone had a personal trainer they liked?
 

The Devil's Hands

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Originally Posted by vanity
LOL. Good read!

I want a personal trainer but there's no way I would pay for a guy to train me. Even though I'm a guy, I get a long much better with women and can chit-chat easier.

Either way, has anyone had a personal trainer they liked?


Yeah, my old strength coach in college, who also happened to be a first round NFL draft pick, and Green Bay's leading rusher for 3 seasons.

I would find an attractive female trainer a distraction.
 

Bradford

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I actually prefer having a guy as my trainer. It makes it easier to just focus on doing the exercise and less about how you look or the image you are projecting.

Save the poses, attitude and pick-up lines for the clubs, in the gym it's all about doing the work.
 

auto90403

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wow. you played college football as a 15 year old? you must have been not only academically precocious but physically well-developed.
 

marc237

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It is a cute, but relatively old joke (for internet purposes) cut and pasted fropm some other site.
 

knucks

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It disappoints me...I was hoping I could post "Man up" in this thread..
 

sbbbjm

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DITTO!

i actually had a guy trainer for a couple of weeks and everything he talked about besides working out was football, T&A (i thought this was very unproffessional and besides that doesn't really interest me if you get my drift) and how hard it was trying to break into 'the business' (he was trying to be a model, poor guy was no more than 5'8 and his face was not model material) -- anyway, a true douche he was in his spiked hair an pukka shell necklace HAHA --

i didn't schedule any more sessions with him and carefully observed the female trainers and finally approached the one i liked and have got ****** kicked in the first session. i think there's something about female trainers where they subconciously think they have to prove that they are just as good as the guys so they work your ass even harder! either way, she was awesome and gave me a fresh new framework of how to work out!

Originally Posted by vanity
LOL. Good read!

I want a personal trainer but there's no way I would pay for a guy to train me. Even though I'm a guy, I get a long much better with women and can chit-chat easier. Maybe it's b/c I don't like sports or give a **** about going to bars or other "guy" things. Or maybe it's b/c I dedicated a large portion of my life to learning about women and how to disarm them in order to get ass. I wish we had hot personal trainers at my gym, I'd be all over that. More motivating I think.

Either way, has anyone had a personal trainer they liked?
 

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