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boost, you can hire a personal trainer
for one session to revamp your work-
out, or get into a tougher routine."
Three times a week, Cheryl Grand
of Bloomfield Hills and Adrienne
Ruby of West Bloomfield pay Jeff
Plummer of the Sports Club in West
Bloomfield $38 a session to put them
through a tough workout with free
weights and circuits on the weight
machines. "Having an appointment to
work out with Jeff and Adrienne keeps
me working out regularly," says
Cheryl. "Before I started working out
with a trainer, I would work out for a
month, then I would stop. And I
wouldn't push myself.
"Knowing he is there waiting for us
gets us there."
Laurie Weinberger of Birmingham
had never been into jogging, aerobics,
or any other fitness routine before
hooking up with Rena Lewis, a
personal trainer in Birm-
ingham who trains people
in the exercise room in her
house. "I found out about
Rena through a friend five
years ago, and I asked if I
could join her," says Lau-
rie. "I didn't even know
about personal trainers.
Now I train with Rena
and a friend twice a week
for an hour with weights."
She also does regular car-
dio workouts on her own.
Cheryl Schanes of West
Bloomfield began working
out with a friend. For the
last year, she has been put
through a weight routine
with Dan Jackson at Exclu-
sive Fitness in Farmington
Hills. "I felt like it was
time to get into some kind
of exercise routine," she
says. "For me, it's value
received because it gets me
there."
How do you find a good
personal trainer? "Word-of-
mouth is the ultimate
referral," says Dany Faar, director of
sports medicine and fitness at Franklin
Fitness and Racquet Club. "Most of
our clients are referred from friends,
doctors or physical therapists."
A personal trainer is like a personal
coach, and the choice is individualis-
tic. "My recommendation is you go
through a comprehensive evaluation
first, so we can develop an optimal
program for you," says Faar. Faar and
his staff talk to the client about priori-
ties, guidelines, dos and don'ts, which
exercises you like and which make you
cringe, nutrition and lifestyle modifi-
cations to help determine what kind
of a program and which trainer best
suits you.
Both Franklin and Beverly Hills are
among many health clubs that look
for experienced, certified personal
trainers. Both Faar and Bloomquist
look for people either with certifica-
tions from the American Council of
Exercise (ACE) or the American Fit-
ness Aerobics Association,- and/or
someone with a four-year college
degree in some exercise-related, nutri-
tion or fitness program.
Both expect their trainers to attend
seminars and training sessions to stay
up-to-date.
Besides asking friends for recom-
mendations for trainers, ACE is listed
in the yellow pages, and can offer a
listing of qualified personal trainers by
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