Does anyone know how much it costs to hire a trainer? Do you have to hire one more than once? If not, how do you get a spotter?
I can’t say how much they cost as I’m sure they are all different and I’ve never hired one.
How often you hire one depends on your goals and what other resources (friends) you have. You get a spotter from looking around the gym or you use a power cage.
Why don’t you put up your questions and goals and perhaps we can help you out and avoid the cost of a trainer all together.
Thank you.
What’s a power cage?
The Power Cage (also known as a power rack, squat cage, or squat rack) is an item of weight training equipment designed to allow for a safe free weight workout using a barbell without the movement restrictions imposed by equipment such as the Smith machine.
It essentially comprises four vertical posts with movable horizontal bar catchers on each side. For strength the uprights are normally linked together top and bottom thus producing a cage. A safe free weight workout can be undertaken since dropping the weight will result in it being caught by the side bars.
(from Wikipedia)
If it just a spot you are looking for, skip the trainer for sure. A commercial gym will charge anywhere from 50-70 dollars per hour for a trainer.
[quote]The Power Cage (also known as a power rack, squat cage, or squat rack) is an item of weight training equipment designed to allow for a safe free weight workout using a barbell without the movement restrictions imposed by equipment such as the Smith machine.
It essentially comprises four vertical posts with movable horizontal bar catchers on each side. For strength the uprights are normally linked together top and bottom thus producing a cage. A safe free weight workout can be undertaken since dropping the weight will result in it being caught by the side bars.
(from Wikipedia)[/quote]
Thanks for explaining. That’s great.
[quote]FutureDoc wrote:
If it just a spot you are looking for, skip the trainer for sure. A commercial gym will charge anywhere from 50-70 dollars per hour for a trainer.[/quote]
I think I need more than a spot. Should I be able to learn enough from pictures and by reading from this site?
I can’t start now anyway, but thanks for the responses. I used about half of the weight I used to on the lat pulldown (just playing) the other day, and I got a chest pain in the center of my chest that prevented me from walking for 24 hours. I was told (by a non physician/non med) not to climb stairs or lift weights, but she never told me how long it would take to get back to normal. She injured me intentionally, I’m sure. (Long story.)
Umm, get that checked out. But when you recover, you should just practice your confidence and ask random people next to you in the gym. No one never has time for spotting, and never refuse. (specially for a gal’ like youuuuu’)
As for form, I just learned from videos. You can tell when you do something right, because it ‘feels’ so much ‘righter’ and ‘smoother’ and less injury prone. You may find you are weaker initially, but work through it and you will more than make up for the step backward.
You can also record yourself doing the excercises and host then post the video, we will give you feedback on your form and technique.
Post the video?!! No, thank you.
Thanks, I can’t wait to get back to it. I’ve been patient a long time, and what muscle I ever had is now mush. My upper body is so weak.
Everyone should be able to maintain a reasonable amount of muscle on their own without a gym. Learn how to do basic bodyweight exercises like push ups, sit ups, squats, inverted rows, dips, chin ups, etc. You need to do this anyway so do it now. You need to become aware of your body and how it works. Going to a typical gym before you do this is the reason so many people join gyms and then quit. At the gym they will put you in front of a bunch of machines and you will go through a bunch of motions without understanding what it’s doing to your body.