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K so I am looking into getting a fitness trainer. Currently I am at 270+ male and attend goodlife fitness. Their trainer is Janna Dzubinski, anyone know how she is?. Also looking at any other trainers in the area and prices. Anyone have any experience in this? Or recomendations.

I personally lost 30 or so lbs since November with my personal trainer. She’s awesome. Now I can actually say I have all the confidence to do stuff. I don’t wanns be one of those guys to give you the whole speil about how it changed my life. So her name is Jamee George and she owns lifestyle personal training. Check her out on Facebook or Instagram.

Orion's-Belt said "I personally lost 30 or so lbs since November with my personal trainer. She’s awesome. Now I can actually say I have all the confidence to do stuff. I don’t wanns be one of those guys to give you the whole speil about how it changed my life. So her name is Jamee George and she owns lifestyle personal training. Check her out on Facebook or Instagram. "

Where is Lifestyle located? Is she the only personal trainer? What exactly does she help you that anyone else can't follow some of the Youtube exercises? Does she help with a diet plan? Thanks.

Her gym is in Forrest. Like ten minutes from Brandon it’s filled with everything. She creates meal plans has workouts for you to do and helps you with them as well. I found it completely useful because she kept me accountable. Workouts I did myself from you tube or whatever always started good. But after a couple weeks I’d give up. Loose whatever drive I had in the first place. With her she kept me coming back so it was worth every penny there.

Xuser said "    Orion's-Belt said "I personally lost 30 or so lbs since November with my personal trainer. She’s awesome. Now I can actually say I have all the confidence to do stuff. I don’t wanns be one of those guys to give you the whole speil about how it changed my life. So her name is Jamee George and she owns lifestyle personal training. Check her out on Facebook or Instagram. " Where is Lifestyle located? Is she the only personal trainer? What exactly does she help you that anyone else can't follow some of the Youtube exercises? Does she help with a diet plan? Thanks. "

Youtube isn't a realistic alternative to a personal trainer. I went to the gym for YEARS...every day...Tyler at Fredricksons performance showed me in the first week that I'd been doing EVERYTHING wrong...literally wasting my time. As an example...take squats, I thought I was doing them the way he showed me but I wasn't. It took a week to get it right.  
 
I know you weren't suggesting use youtube instead, I just wrote that for anyone who was thinking they could.

Thank you. I'll check out Jamee George. Would like some more opinions and such. I am more into weightloss and such.

My suggestion would be to go to each gym in town and see if you can get a free consultation with a trainer  
 
Off the top of my head here are the ones I know of  
 
Janna - GoodLife  
Tyler - FPC  
Barry - Anytime fitness  
Dan (not sure if he's still training) Anytime fitness  
Melissa - YMCA  
Russell - YMCA  
 
They're just a few I can remember off the top of my head (also Jamie who was mentioned by someone else)  
 
Call each gym. Ask if they can set you up with a FREE consultation .That way you can sit down with the trainer and see what they can offer. One of the most important things is also to see if you actually like them. Its way easier to show up to a training session if you like your trainer. Obviously at times during your workout you're going to want to kill them .Haha but I mean personality wise  
 
One word of caution. Be aware of people offering online training. Now there are a few out there who are really good at it and for a competition prep client who have lots of gym experience it's a good option but for a weight-loss client like yourself I think you'll need that drive and motivation of a trainer standing with you in the gym (not all the time but maybe a session or two a week to start to get you into it) also with online training you're not going to have a trainer there to correct your form or show you the correct form/range of motion for an exercise.  
 
Goodluck .

Katy Unruh runs defined lines and great at what she does. She will help with a meal plan as well.

Call Jim Feser just retired...awesome guy

The big thing is to be realistic going it. If you're 270 (I was 250 when I started) realize there isn't anything special any trainer is going to be able to do. They'll all be able to show you proper form and set you up with a list of exercises to do and the days to do them. As far as meal plans just talk to someone you know that is in shape, you really want to avoid the "JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND I'LL DO IT" thing because when I did that I was putting it on the trainer to make me healthier and thats not their job. They are teachers, you need to go in there with a general idea of what you can commit to for the next 5 years, not 5 weeks.  
 
Where you'll get the most bang for your buck is when you're down to the last 10 or 20lbs...then guys like Tyler at FPC can take you to the next level.

Can we have an update? What did you decide?

Look up Stacey Dittmer, she is an amazing person with a real strong passion for fitness. You mostly do body weight exercises, run/jog/walk, have fun and honestly you join a group of great people. She runs group sessions, it may look like a women only group but its not.  
 
The one big hurdle about loosing weight is not treating it like a job, enjoy the journey. You will with her classes.  
 
https://www.facebook.com/Stacy-Dittmer-Fitness-97603712699/

So I haven't got one yet. I talked with a few and they were a little pushy so I am holding off atm. I got denied medical coverage due to my bmi so that's driving me right now with success. So far in 9 weeks I am down 30+ lbs. I am still shopping for a fitness trainer. I am considering Jamee George. But still on the fence. I find it hard to decide when I am so unfamiliar with this stuff lol.

Another vote for Jamee George. She also provides personal training at the BU Heathy Living Centre on certain days of the week if you don’t want to drive to Forrest.

Check out the knowledgeable staff here and their credentials. The best in Brandon.  
Do your research.  
 
www.crossfitrocked.com

Denoo said "So I haven't got one yet. I talked with a few and they were a little pushy so I am holding off atm. I got denied medical coverage due to my bmi so that's driving me right now with success. So far in 9 weeks I am down 30+ lbs. I am still shopping for a fitness trainer. I am considering Jamee George. But still on the fence. I find it hard to decide when I am so unfamiliar with this stuff lol. "

Great job on the 30+ lb loss!!!! And thanks for the update.

Another vote for Jamee from me!!!! You won’t be disappointed!

Travis Tilley from Fitness on the Go is good! He can come to you wherever you want. I found him very knowledgeable and had great workouts too!