Workout, say what?

March 3rd.



" The sign of a celeberity is that their name is worth more than their services."
Dan Boorstin.





WO du jour:



"Linda:" using barbells today for a change.


10,9,8,7,.............1 reps for time.


Dead lift:


bench press:


power clean;


15:10



2nd session:
15 mile bike ride on the roads. Weather was great! 15MPH pace. 1st ride on the roads in a month.


Last weekend I found out they are having a third season of the reality show, "Workout" which features a Beverly Hills, ultra high end fitness spa owner Jackie Warner and her marry band of personal trainers. Yak and double Yak! Now Jackie Warner owns this one of a kind spa over looking some of the most exclusive real estate in the country. Jackie is a hot looking chick, with great abs, but forget about her guys, she likes girls. She should be saying" I don't know which is giving me more problems, my cheating lesbian girl friends or my gym of dysfunctional trainers".


As for the trainers, they all have real backgrounds in some form of fitness, but only trainer Doug looks the part of a fit trainer who believes in what he is instructing. However, during the last season, he really did died at a fit age of 44. His boy friend was devastated.


I watched the show to see what a personal trainer does to earn over a 100+ dollars an hour to make his or her clients look good. If that all it takes by what they push their clients to do, every one who has ever jumped on a treadmill, will be signing up for the profession ASAP. One show had a young lady client who was at least 100 lbs over weight on a fit ball doing light dumbbell curls to loose weight. At the rates she is most lightly paying, she should be bankrupt before she can get into her first bikini.


Real celebrity personel trainers, are expected to get their famous clients fit quickly. They pay well, but their famous clients are busy people that want real results with no BS, as their stock in trade is their looks. Therefore to service celebrity clients, you have to be very effective with no non sense training sessions, something the show "Workout" does not do.