There are few situations that require you to voluntarily put yourself within intimate proximity with a close-to-total stranger. A session with a personal trainer is one of them.
Sometimes it’s great. Other times? Well, let’s just say we’re pretending they never happened.
Here are 10 people on their most awkward and embarrassing encounter with their PT. No, you’re not alone.
1. First impressions.
“I signed up to personal training sessions with the hottest trainer at the gym. Trying to impress him, I went way too hard and vomited mid-session… all over his expensive runners.”
2. Relationship counselor.
They may have a certificate of fitness, but matters of the heart are something entirely different.
“I went in after a breakup and ended up bursting into tears while on the bike to my middle aged, male trainer. That was embarrassing for me and awkward for him.”
3. Baby steps.
4. Wind beneath my wings.
“I was doing squats for the first time and wasn’t quite getting the hang of it. My male personal trainer went and stood behind me to show me how low down I needed to be going… when I farted. It was loud, smelly and no way I could hide it.
“I coughed and we both pretended nothing had happened. I never went back.” (Post continues after gallery.)
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5. Hide and seek.
“I did a free session with a personal trainer, then kind of get convinced to sign up to a five-session package. I really hated it and tried to get out if it so I kept rescheduling and cancelling our appointments.
“This meant that every time I went to the gym to do my own thing I had to dodge and hide behind pillars and stacks of balls to avoid running into her. Each visit I would move across the obstacle course of the gym with the stealth of a sniper.
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I went back to my 20 something male PT 12 weeks after the birth of my first baby (precipitous birth, bad tear)...... First 15min was ok..... And then he gave me a skipping rope!!!!!! I was too embarrassed,so I actually attempted skipping.... I thought my inside would fall out!!!! I never went back.
He obviously had no idea, women should not run or skip postpartum, all of the muscles inside are stretched from holding up a baby. Doing such can cause incontinence. Good thing you didn't go back.
That's rather shocking and reckless. PT mandatory training should definitely include pregnant women and after birth well-being and fitness. I'd have complained to the gym manager. In writing.