Comment of the Day: A Personal Trainer Won't Make You Skinny
Today we looked at a dumb way to pick a personal trainer, an
important issue here in the United States of Blubmerica. What do
us Blubmericans need to do to look good? Well, stop relying on
personal trainers, suggests one commenter.  From Sauceboy:  I'll
undoubtedly upset some people with this, but I frankly found the
whole realm of personal training to be largely designed for 1.
middle-aged folks (of which I am one now) who think they can buy
fitness after a lifetime of being sedentary, and 2. people who
can only be motivated to go the gym by the prospect of
forfeiting their $80/hour that they've already prepaid.  I don't
have anything against personal trainers per se other than that
one needs to acknowledge that there are clearly different
schools of thought on how to go about it, which can lead to some
serious difficulties. But really my issue is that its not all
that complicated and people seem to think of it in such
mysterious terms. And outsid