# Paying For Abuse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796 "2009-07-30T18:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/1 "2009-07-30T18:29:44Z")
I’m in relatively good shape. I started excercising regularly about 2 years and lost some weight. My cardio/conditioning are excellent, but I’d still have some fat around my middle to get rid of. So I hired a personal trainer. I had my first session Tuesday and Mohammad eating a pork chop, my legs are sore! I feel like I ran ten miles in a failed attempt to escape the prison sodomy team.\* I’m paying for this? Apparently I have a hidden masochistic streak. \*(I exagerate slightly. Mostly my thighs and glutes are just sore and stiff and protest when I’ve been sitting too long, there’s not any actual pain) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/2 "2009-07-30T18:32:53Z")
From the title I thought this was another thread about the cost of membership here at the dope ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/3 "2009-07-30T18:41:18Z")
Obligatory Python quote. > [@](#): > > Mr Barnard: WHAT DO YOU WANT? > > ``` > Man: Well, I was told outside that... > > Mr Barnard: Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings! > > Man: What? > > Mr Barnard: Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, maloderous, pervert!!! > > Man: Look, I CAME HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT, I'm not going to just stand...!! > > Mr Barnard: OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse. > > Man: Oh, I see, well, that explains it. > > Mr Barnard: Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor. > > Man: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry. > > Mr Barnard: Not at all. > > Man: Thank You. (Under his breath) Stupid git!! > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/4 "2009-07-30T18:50:49Z")
If you don’t mind my asking, how much did it cost? I’ve thought about doing this very thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/5 "2009-07-30T23:03:17Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > If you don’t mind my asking, how much did it cost? I’ve thought about doing this very thing. $140 a month for 6 months. But I imagine it varies, and like many such things you have to negotiate a bit. I think they started out at $160 as the ‘list price’. I imagine this is the sort of thing that varies quite a bit with location. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/6 "2009-07-30T23:08:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Paying For Abuse Or, as I like to put it, “marriage” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-abuse/504796/7 "2009-07-31T04:26:46Z")
Personal trainers are fine, if you can afford it, but you don’t need them. Just follow one around, and do what he does to OTHERS he trains. Just don’t be obvious about it, keep your distance and watch when he trains others or works out him/herself I view personal trainers like flying first class. It’s worth it only if you can afford it. 🙂 The one very VERY important exception to this is if you are determained to work out with free weights. If you want to use free weights and you’re new, get a personal trainer. You’re going to hurt yourself. I have seen so many broken toes and chipped teeth because people don’t know how to handle a free weight. For the price of a chipped tooth you can pay for a few personal training sessions. So if you insist on free weight, get a personal trainer to show you how to do this safely