theriviera
02-26-2012, 10:32 PM
what kind of discount do you expect? dh gifted me a personal trainer for 10 weeks as a christmas present. the trainer comes to our house. when dh spoke with him over the phone, he said he trains couples all of the time that it could be either me or both of us. he gave dh a quote per hour.
this week, the trainer tells us that we are over our sessions. i was totally confused as by my count we had 9 left (i was out of town one week). turns out, he charges double when he trains both of us. his exact words were "i have to work twice as hard".
now, i have a serious problem with this. #1, he is totally distracted when training both of us so there is a lot of waiting. #2, he can't focus on both of us at once, so he is always switching. #3 he told us that people love to train with another person and that is the "benefit" of doing it together.
i think he is crazy. at best, i expect that the premium would be 50% so we would pay 150% of a single rate for 2 of us. also, he never once mentioned this, so i'm super irritated that i am now out of sessions. dh never would have done the training with me. as it was, he was just doing cardio at home and the trainer would start offering tips. dh is pretty motivated...i am not, so the trainer benefits me much more.
so anyways, in your experience, what is the discount for going from private to semi private. for the sake of this poll, assume that private is 100%. Double, as this guy is saying, would be 200%. everything else is in the middle.
this week, the trainer tells us that we are over our sessions. i was totally confused as by my count we had 9 left (i was out of town one week). turns out, he charges double when he trains both of us. his exact words were "i have to work twice as hard".
now, i have a serious problem with this. #1, he is totally distracted when training both of us so there is a lot of waiting. #2, he can't focus on both of us at once, so he is always switching. #3 he told us that people love to train with another person and that is the "benefit" of doing it together.
i think he is crazy. at best, i expect that the premium would be 50% so we would pay 150% of a single rate for 2 of us. also, he never once mentioned this, so i'm super irritated that i am now out of sessions. dh never would have done the training with me. as it was, he was just doing cardio at home and the trainer would start offering tips. dh is pretty motivated...i am not, so the trainer benefits me much more.
so anyways, in your experience, what is the discount for going from private to semi private. for the sake of this poll, assume that private is 100%. Double, as this guy is saying, would be 200%. everything else is in the middle.