Personal Training with a Smile
Sep 27th, 2007 by Jessica Dawn
My Aunt sent me this just recently. It’ll give you a good laugh!
A WEEK AT THE GYM
Dear Diary,
For my 50th birthday,which I will be celebrating on October 10th, my daughter Jillian (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the Body Rocks for me. Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 33 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.
I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer
named Nancy, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear. My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
MONDAY : Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Nancy waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess - with blond hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile.
Woo Hoo!! Nancy gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring!
Nancy was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week-!!
TUESDAY :
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Nancy made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air - then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Nancy’s rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT-!! It’s a whole new life for me.
WEDNESDAY :
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn’t try to steer or stop. I parked on top of Hummer in the club parking lot.
Nancy was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying.
My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Nancy put me on the stair ‘monster’. Why the h*ll would anyone invent a machine to
simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Nancy told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other sh*t too.
THURSDAY :
Nancy was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn’t help
being a half an hour late - it took me that long to tie my shoes. Nancy took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. She sent another skinny b*tch, Leslie, to find me.
Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine - which I sank.
FRIDAY :
I hate that b*tch Nancy more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader! If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.
Nancy wanted me to work on my triceps. I don’t have any triceps! And if you don’t want dents in the floor, don’t hand me the D*mn barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on another skinny b*cth, CJ the yoga instructor.
Why couldn’t it have been someone softer, like an accountant or IT expert?
SATURDAY :
Nancy left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching 11 straight hours of the Weather Channel.
SUNDAY :
I’m having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter Jillian (the little b*tch) will choose a gift for me that is fun- like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!













Great story!! Very entertaining. Sometimes I don’t think this far from the truth. Keep up the entertaining posts!!!
I love this and can be so true when you start out- a good reminder as once you have started to keep going. it’s a bit like cleaning your teeth , getting into a regular habit. I know easier said then dome. Why is it that when you have a very early start exercise is the first thing to go:)
Thanks suzie for your comment. In my experience with clients, they love having a trainer because of all the positive feedback and confidence it gives them.
I do have some clients who give me the glare sometimes though. But they love it because they know doing the work is good for them.
Jes