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Ok, ok, before I offend the CPT’s out there, let me explain myself.  First, I WANT to become a Certified Personal Trainer, so I may be dysfunctional as well!  Or, I’m making a HUGE generalization and I request your patience and forgiveness.

What has prompted this entry, you ask?  The fact that in my small, home-town gym, there are three trainers:  1)  A female who has competed in bb comps in the past, 2) A male who has also competed, and 3) an older male who ALMOST seems completely normal.

As to our lovely CPT #1, I have trained with her on various occasions throughout my membership at this gym, but not in the last 1 1/2 years.  Why?  Because she’s so much more interested in gossip, discussing drinking plans for the weekend, who’s dating whom, than in what I am actually needing and/or wanting from my workouts.  You cannot get a word in edgewise during your entire hour together, and it’s ALWAYS about said CPT!!  She doesn’t wipe down machines after her clients vacate them, she flits about the gym during your session, flirting & chatting with anyone who lets her talk about herself, she welcomes you into HER social circle UNTIL you cease training with her, then she doesn’t even look at you at the gym anymore, just "thru" you, if you know what I mean… I’m assuming you are getting the picture?  Crystal clear, huh?

Now, macho CPT #2, is really a piece of work!  He’s charming, good-lookin’, your regular "tall, dark & handsome" dude.  I have also trained with CPT #2, which entirely pissed off CPT #1, to the point where she quit acknowledging my existence entirely, even though I spoke with her about the switch before I made it.  CPT #2 seems to go about the training process correctly, but his personal life gets in the way - waaaayyy too often.  He can’t commit to a relationship for more than a week, and, when he does get back together with his on-again/off-again girlfriend OF YEARS, there’s always drama, drama, drama, which he LOVES to share with his clients during the workout.  I’m not bashing him nearly as much as CPT #1, because I had decent results while working with him, but c’mon already!  Leave the personal stuff where it belongs!

I think I’ll not comment too much on CPT #3, as I don’t see him often anymore, but I can tell you that while he claims to be "engaged" to a fellow gym-goer, if a woman looks at him sideways, he’d take that as an invitation to hit on her…

So, back to my title:  ARE all CPT’s dysfunctional?  Does it take an arrogant, egotistical, hedonistic personality to succeed in this field?  And I do mean SUCCEED!  None of the above trainers are hurting for clients and those that are with them, have been with them for YEARS!! 

Am I just too sensitive?  Expecting more than your average "Joe/Jill Gym-Goer" from my trainer?

I DO want to be certified as a Personal Trainer, but I’m just not sure I meet the prerequisites…

WOW!  This morning started out with an awesome leg workout and I feel the DOMS setting in - LOVE IT!  Walking lunges are, without a doubt, the best, most effective compound exercise I do.  I can squat and deadlift till I’m blue in the face, but if I don’t do my walking lunges - no DOMS, which makes me sad.  Now I know, I know, DOMS is not an indicator of an effective workout, but I need it!

My keto diet is going great and I’m feeling like a new woman.  My jeans are fitting me slightly better since starting the diet 4 days ago!  Now, the day they "slip on" with no shimmying - that’ll be something to celebrate!

Heading to the bar w/ my husband tonight.  Cannot wait to get my Grilled Chicken Salad and water!  No alcohol, but I feel so great that I don’t even want it.  Makes me feel crappy and tired anyway!

Hope everyone at BB.com has a great weekend!