lightspeedchick: they asked if I wanted a man or woman trainer and I said man without thinking about it
Gord: Its a good combo for you. You train more like a guy.
Gord: No offense
lightspeedchick: my first reason for saying guy was that I thought he’d make me train harder, be more ruthless
lightspeedchick: isn’t that sexist of me
lightspeedchick: but truth be told, it hits my vanity spot to have a hot guy evaluate how I’m doing
Gord: Yes, but a little sexism is more often than not realistic in certain cases.
Gord: When I worked at the Y most Female/Female trainers ended up chatting more than working out.
Gord: I call it the bartender syndrome
Gord: You already have a sista (in fact many!) you don’t have to pay for one.
lightspeedchick: right
Gord: When it comes to physical training you want to invoke your inner amazon warrior, not get all empathic and social with another chick.
lightspeedchick: oooh, I like that. invoke the inner amazon warrior
Gord: Exercise is about triggering the survival/combat instincts we all have. Just picture yourself as a female “God of War” (like the video game!)
lightspeedchick: oh man, you should be a motivator. I mean, you’re a certified trainer AND you even kinda look like tony robbins!
Gord: Its what I would do if they weren’t paying me 90k to chat online with cool chicks.
lightspeedchick: and to use superhero analogies to boost their motivation Gord: Don’t think for an instant that the “Amazon Warrior” comment wouldn’t conjure up Wonder Woman images!
Gord: I know my audience!!!!

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