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As The Treadmill Turns: Sex With Clients? Don't.

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  "Do you want to be famous? Or infamous?" Obviously, I was very naive. I didn't know that so much sex went on at the gym. Especially between Personal Trainers and their clients. The number is higher than I thought, and so is the risk. I am clutching my invisible pearls.  Why?  If you are a Trainer and you are asking me why? We have some work to do.  Let's go: Watch Your Brand! 1. It is unethical. We won't even get into the moral aspect of this(for those that have them.) We are focusing on the money. Do we not like making money? Do you think if you get caught diddling Daddy or Mama Warbucks wife,  daughter, or son, they might be a bit peeved?  They tell a friend, and the friend tells a friend. See where this goes? Now you are the infamous Diddling PT. That money train crashes and burns.  2. Integrity-less Bear with me for a moment. Sometimes, we train people that are in bad places mentally. Divorce, strained marriage, I could go on. You, th...

No One Can Tell You.....

I say something to my Personal Training clients that I always said to myself and still do: "Don't make this whole weight loss thing bigger than what it is(excuse the pun). In fact, don't make most things going on in your life bigger than you! Put everything that is going on in your life in the correct place and order; from the issues that are out of your control to what can be done right now to make your life better. No one can tell you what is the most important issue, because what might be a problem for me, might seem like a non-issue to you, and this is why you have to sit quietly and go over your priority list. I try not to say write a "Problem List" I use the word priority instead; it is way more positive and why turn it negative if we don't have to? So, sit and write your priority list, once you have finished, look and see what is number 1, is it your health?  9 out of 10 times, for most of us, it isn't. The list usually goes like this: 1. Pay car/h...