personal trainer #2
Aug. 19th, 2013 20:46![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
piranhatoday i met with gloria, a trainer associated with the nanaimo athletic club (the place i liked from its website but then was disappointed by in person). we met at the NAC, which gave me another chance to look at it -- to see whether my perception had been coloured by the suboptimal interaction with the receptionist. it had, somewhat. it still looked a bit dingy though. the same person was at reception but seemed not to recognize me.
but gloria was a breath of fresh air. i got lucky to meet her this soon; now i am almost glad the other places didn't call back and i don't have to do at least 3 more interviews. she is just what i was hoping for -- enthusiastic but not pushy in the wrong way. she listened to me and it didn't feel like she was tailoring her replies to suck me in, but it felt like i got her honest reactions. and she shows a little chunk, yay. she's lost a lot of weight over the last 3 years, but i didn't get a zealous vibe from her like one often gets from "converts" of one stripe or another.
she thinks exercise should be fun overall (though it might be challenging at times), and that everyone is different and needs a different plan for working out. she's not peddling any supplements or specialized equipment or fat-burning diet plan. she commiserated with me about my negative experience at the NAC and asked whether she could share the feedback with the owners. we talked about the other gyms in town and it was interesting to get her opinion of them (i appreciated that she wasn't trying to push NAC on me). she did tell me that in her opinion the yoga classes at NAC were top-notch, and that spin classes were included in the price, which they were not everywhere else (which is correct, but at this point i am not interested in spin classes).
she also told me that she is working primarily out of a small personal fitness studio that is not a gym, and invited me to check that out -- able body consulting. i had noticed them during my web research, but they hadn't properly registered because i got the impression that they were geared towards fitness performers. that seems not to be the case. she also likes the lifestyle club and thinks their aquacize classes are awesome, but doesn't know whether the owner would allow her to train me there since the club has its own trainers -- something for me to find out.
we were to meet for 30 min, but ended up yakking for a whole hour (we both do tangents upon tangents and then unerringly return to the original point, which was fun), and could have gone on if a client had not been waiting for her -- i watched how they interacted, and really liked it; it felt comfortable, and she introduced us, and i felt i could have asked him his opinion about her and that would have been fine. i didn't because heck, i don't know him either, but just feeling that option was opened for me, that was comforting.
so yeah, we hit it off. i am excited to get started. (and it's not even hideously expensive -- $40/hr if i prepay for 12 sessions.)
but gloria was a breath of fresh air. i got lucky to meet her this soon; now i am almost glad the other places didn't call back and i don't have to do at least 3 more interviews. she is just what i was hoping for -- enthusiastic but not pushy in the wrong way. she listened to me and it didn't feel like she was tailoring her replies to suck me in, but it felt like i got her honest reactions. and she shows a little chunk, yay. she's lost a lot of weight over the last 3 years, but i didn't get a zealous vibe from her like one often gets from "converts" of one stripe or another.
she thinks exercise should be fun overall (though it might be challenging at times), and that everyone is different and needs a different plan for working out. she's not peddling any supplements or specialized equipment or fat-burning diet plan. she commiserated with me about my negative experience at the NAC and asked whether she could share the feedback with the owners. we talked about the other gyms in town and it was interesting to get her opinion of them (i appreciated that she wasn't trying to push NAC on me). she did tell me that in her opinion the yoga classes at NAC were top-notch, and that spin classes were included in the price, which they were not everywhere else (which is correct, but at this point i am not interested in spin classes).
she also told me that she is working primarily out of a small personal fitness studio that is not a gym, and invited me to check that out -- able body consulting. i had noticed them during my web research, but they hadn't properly registered because i got the impression that they were geared towards fitness performers. that seems not to be the case. she also likes the lifestyle club and thinks their aquacize classes are awesome, but doesn't know whether the owner would allow her to train me there since the club has its own trainers -- something for me to find out.
we were to meet for 30 min, but ended up yakking for a whole hour (we both do tangents upon tangents and then unerringly return to the original point, which was fun), and could have gone on if a client had not been waiting for her -- i watched how they interacted, and really liked it; it felt comfortable, and she introduced us, and i felt i could have asked him his opinion about her and that would have been fine. i didn't because heck, i don't know him either, but just feeling that option was opened for me, that was comforting.
so yeah, we hit it off. i am excited to get started. (and it's not even hideously expensive -- $40/hr if i prepay for 12 sessions.)