Treat Yourself Right: Treat Yourself To Personal Training

I have been putting fitness off for tomorrow since my son was born.

He just turned two in September.

Clearly, I can no longer use my toddler as an excuse for my unfit, overweight body, and odds are your excuses are getting pretty thin too (unlike our waistlines!).  Nobody wants to pay for a gym membership they never actually use, and buying workout DVDs to use at home only works if you actually use them.  I do know several people who have successfully become and stayed fit using a personal trainer but the private ones can get outrageously expensive.  Luckily for us all, I tried New York Personal Training (NYPT).

NYPT, located at 12 West 21^st Street, is pretty unique in that while it is similar to a gym, you do not pay for a gym membership, you pay for personal training sessions (although once you have completed each training session with your trainer you are free to stay and use the cardio machines for as long as you like afterwards).  During these personal training sessions, a certified personal trainer works with you through either 30 or 60 minutes of training that is tailored-made to your specific needs.  Due to time constraints I need a fast but powerful workout, and NYPT’s 30’ LeanMAXX program will do the trick.  During my 30’ LeanMAXX session the trainer worked with me through quick but intense workouts, all targeting different parts of my body.  I hadn’t worked out in a very long time so I was afraid that the intensity would be too much for me, but the trainer knew this and gave me exercises that were really challenging but not overwhelming.  As a busy, working Mom, I don’t have a lot of time to devote to a fitness routine, so the 30’ LeanMAXX  is going to be perfect for me.  They also have other training programs that are geared specifically for Brides (and Grooms)-to-be, Pre and Post Natal Fitness (an upcoming event at NYPT hosted by The Pregnant New Yorker will focus on pregnancy and fitness), as well as many other needs and goals.

You also get the benefit of meeting with a nutritionist, who after writing down the foods you most love to eat, the foods you can’t stand eating, and adding lots of healthy alternatives, will then provide you with the food plan that will help you to achieve your fitness goal regardless of whether it is a great deal of weight loss or merely maintenance.

I found the best thing about this “gym” was that it wasn’t a gym at all.  No super buff guys hanging around checking out the ladies; no aerobics queens in their tiny outfits prancing around on display.  The clients at NYPT were there to workout – period.  They were all so focused on their own fitness goals that not once did I notice anyone snickering at the chubby woman doing lunges (poorly).  That alone is a huge selling point for people who are feeling at all self-conscious about working out in front of others.

Here’s the best part: when you call NYPT and mention that you learned of them through NY Metropolista, your first training session is free!  It’s a great way to go check them out for yourselves – I’m pretty sure that you’re going to be as excited about the success you will achieve with their help as I was.

Photo Credit: Glenn Peb

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