Gym newbie help!

[poshme]

I've just joined a gym and on Monday I have my first personal training session. (Never been a member before)

Will it be Ok to keep my phone with me? I would only answer it if it was the kids school. The kids dad isn't around at the moment so he can't be point of contact.
Will the trainer think it's weird? Or is it normal to have a phone & bottle of water in the gym?

I have my phone in a pocket in my gym leggings. Lots of people take phones

I have mine in a running armband as I use it for music. Loads of people do. A phone and a bottle of water are about two of the least odd things your trainer will have seen in a gym.

Of course you can. You're paying the PT for their time so its really not their place to judge what you do with that time (as long as you don't expect them to hang around after the hour to catch up with anything you've missed due to taking a call)

I'm an avid gym-goer across lots of different kinds of facilities and I'd say the majority of people have their phones in close proximity.

You will see nearly everyone has their phone on them in the gym now a days. You'll be fine 🙂

My gym uses a phone app to access your programme and log into the cardio equipment and lots of people use them for music and even videos while they work out, not to mention needing to take selfies of your biceps for instagram so perfectly normal in mine, (although mine is usually left in a locker because I find it a distraction).

Thank you!
I hadn't thought of running armband- my daughter has one of those so I will take it in that.

I am very overweight so totally paranoid and worried about joining a gym but I have to do something!

Everyone at my gym has they phone on them no one will think anything of it so please do not worry
hope you enjoy it op! I love my gym best thing I ever did they my proper family now cos I live my by own. Hope everyone at you gym is as nice as my one 🙂