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what could a personal trainer do for my running?

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Mitchy1nge · 24/10/2014 12:40

for most things I'm pretty self-motivated already but have always wanted to add some actual weights and get into at least some sort of upper body/back routine, not knowing how to correct my own form or even where to start (I HATE THE MACHINES) puts me off so far

at most I have at most about an hour a week to spend on this imaginary venture, or I give up/cut back on my great love yoga (life is cruel)

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actiongirl1978 · 24/10/2014 14:18

Oh I also hate the gym, it bores me rigid and I stick to the 4 things I was shown on my first gym induction 15 yrs ago. My PT has shown me how to do new stuff, including using a ball and a band which I can then do at home. Also on Friday I suggested we go outside as it was warm and we did a great circuits session on a sports pitch using ankle weights and medicine ball with me getting completely covered in mud and I was DEAD on Sunday morning, the best fun I had in ages and it works!

actiongirl1978 · 24/10/2014 14:15

Loads! I have a great PT in Hampshire who is also a runner (I chose him pretty much based on this). He has done three or four running sessions with me, looking at my technique, but he has also strengthened my legs - I assumed because I ran my legs were strong, but some muscles were great, others super weak.

My PT is not obsessed with any mad gimmicky things, well he did have me rolling around on top of a golf ball in a pub carpark after one of our countryside runs, but that was to release some muscle pain in my thighs!

He is encouraging and supportive and I can ask him loads of daft questions without looking like a loon. He is really good at his job, and best of all, he managed to find my core which I lost somewhere in 2007.

I just booked a second lot of 10 sessions and honestly need to win the lottery so he can exercise me 3 times a week and I don't need to worry about the cost.

I googled loads of them first, some were like iron man types, some clearly very pleased with their own image, the one I chose has been overweight, now a PT and also teaches pilates so lots of the exercises are pilates based. He also isn't obsessed with his image!

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Mitchy1nge · 24/10/2014 14:11

(not to be confused with retrograde ejaculation)

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Mitchy1nge · 24/10/2014 14:08

Yay good news!

I have quite a good memory for weirdness especially medical flavoured, just bumped into a dr friend in town and was asking them if they'd ever heard of post-void ejaculation, they hadn't but were incredibly interested, despite being a paediatrician. (it's where jizz like stuff comes out after a wee, there is also a similar thing that can happen during a poo where it massages the prostate gland on the way down and triggers the release of some prostatic fluid - sounds fun!)

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rhetorician · 24/10/2014 13:57

toe much better thanks! amazing that you remembered. I chipped a bone in it, the bit floated about, caused an infection. But did a very easy 3 miles this morning that seemed fine. Will wait to see if it blows up to twice its size again

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Mitchy1nge · 24/10/2014 12:49

thanks, will look that up (how's your toe?)

might try a freebie session but am scared of whatever mad gimmicky thing they will be obsessed with at the time

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rhetorician · 24/10/2014 12:42

probably not that much - in my experience PTs usually know shag-all about running, unless you're using it as high intensity work. There are some great apps that can teach you (with pictures) how to use free weights if you hate the machines. Free weights are better anyway. Try Human Kinetics

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