Does anybody "cheat" on their trainer and/or haird
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free skin care · Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 am

So, I changed gyms last year and signed up for intro with a guy, who showed me a few exercises. I thought he was good but nothing to write home about. I've since had a couple of sessions with a different trainer. Yesterday I met Trainer #1. I was hoping he had forgotten me as it was a whole year but instead he made a bee-line for me and asked me how I am getting on and whether I am working with anybody these days. Perfectly normal but yet I felt soooo embarassed - as though I had cheated on him and was being confronted. We chit-chatted about bugs (!) and then I said "humm, well, nice seeing ya, bye." There was nothing wrong with him but I have this constant urge of finding something better (like in make-up and skincare). The same thing happened with my hairdresser. He's good and then I tried somebody else who's also good and immediately bumped into Hairdresser #1 (I have all the luck of someone not used to cheating) who said "Oh, you got your hair cut!". On the whole I am in a sea of "okayness"; nobody is rocking my world - snif - but yet I feel they want me to be "faithful". hmm

Do I need help??! Laughing

free skin care · Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:06 am

I have cheated on every hairdresser/colorist I have ever been to, even friends. The thing is Im PICKY and know exactly what I want although Im yet to find anyone who can deliver. So no, I dont think its wrong to cheat (in this context!), if your not happy, move on! Like you Im on a never ending quest for the perfect hairdresser. Im so tired of having my hair manhandled, overloaded with product and abused with heat that Ive been cutting my own hair for the past year or so. Confused

free skin care · Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:44 am

Cat, I know exactly how you feel. I used to always get my eyebrows done by this one lady, ans she did a nice job, however, she doesn't do brazillian waxes, so when I wanted a brazillian I had to make an appt with someone else at the same salon. In order to save time I just had the lady do my eyebrows right after my brazillian, and actually they looked the best they have ever looked, so I've been going to see her since. However, it's always SUPER awkward for me going to that salon because I still have to see my previous waxer, and I smile and say "hi," but I still feel so bad for "dumping" her... Confused

free skin care · Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:16 am

I have felt the same way in the past. I've never wanted to insult them. Interestingly, this topic came up with my new stylist the other day and he said how funny he thinks it is when he sees former clients on the street and they try to avoid him. He said that most stylists are understanding...sometimes things just stop working or you need a change. His advice was that it's best to just smile, say hi and be friendly. Maybe he thought I was going to leave him soon, which I am definitely not as he does the best hair cuts I've ever seen!

free skin care · Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:10 pm

I don't really have a trainer, but I love to always change hairdressers as I have not found one that rocks my world. If I go back to the one I went to a year ago (I never ran into her at stores), I'd just tell her I went to Thailand and got a cut there, which is usually true. lol I think with trainers, there really isn't one that is very good. I dated a trainer once, and while he was ok, I always thought his client didn't look like she improved anything during the 5 months I was with him. He tried to take credit for training me but I was already exercising myself before I met him, and I didn't change my appearance or weight during the time I worked out with him. We only had once-a-week sessions anyway, and I had to work out on my own the other 4-5 days of the week. I often had guys giving me free advice at the gym, and I happily listened and incorporated it to my routine, if I liked the advice. Personally I can't afford to pay the $50-$100/hour they charge, and that's why I don't use a trainer. lol

free skin care · Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:22 am

I haven't gone to a different hairdresser in years, BUT I don't let her do my eyebrows. I did a couple times, and she just does a horrible job. It's painful, she waxes off too much, and I think the two times I let her do it, I came away bleeding. Yeah. She's great with my hair, though. Now she asks me if I want brows done too, and I'm like, "uhh... not today."

Lately I just do my own brows, though, so I get exactly what I want.

free skin care · Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:37 am

bkkgirl wrote:

I don't really have a trainer, but I love to always change hairdressers as I have not found one that rocks my world. If I go back to the one I went to a year ago (I never ran into her at stores), I'd just tell her I went to Thailand and got a cut there, which is usually true. lol I think with trainers, there really isn't one that is very good. I dated a trainer once, and while he was ok, I always thought his client didn't look like she improved anything during the 5 months I was with him. He tried to take credit for training me but I was already exercising myself before I met him, and I didn't change my appearance or weight during the time I worked out with him. We only had once-a-week sessions anyway, and I had to work out on my own the other 4-5 days of the week. I often had guys giving me free advice at the gym, and I happily listened and incorporated it to my routine, if I liked the advice. Personally I can't afford to pay the $50-$100/hour they charge, and that's why I don't use a trainer. lol

It sounds like you don't NEED a trainer bkkgirl and/or you could be the trainer! Good for you, girl. I meet a trainer about, oh, 4 times a year. More often for a hairdresser, though!

Anyway, I'm glad others feel as weird as I do about switching around. I understand it's all business at the end of the day but somehow I feel as though I "owe" them something. Weird!!!

free skin care · Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:13 am

It's easy for me to "cheat" without feeling guilty about it. At least for hair dressers... Laughing

I go to the Vidal Sassoon Academy in Santa Monica and get a different stylist everytime so I don't have to worry about "loyalty" to a stylist.

free skin care · Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:41 am

Agent OO-CAT wrote:

bkkgirl wrote:

I don't really have a trainer, but I love to always change hairdressers as I have not found one that rocks my world. If I go back to the one I went to a year ago (I never ran into her at stores), I'd just tell her I went to Thailand and got a cut there, which is usually true. lol I think with trainers, there really isn't one that is very good. I dated a trainer once, and while he was ok, I always thought his client didn't look like she improved anything during the 5 months I was with him. He tried to take credit for training me but I was already exercising myself before I met him, and I didn't change my appearance or weight during the time I worked out with him. We only had once-a-week sessions anyway, and I had to work out on my own the other 4-5 days of the week. I often had guys giving me free advice at the gym, and I happily listened and incorporated it to my routine, if I liked the advice. Personally I can't afford to pay the $50-$100/hour they charge, and that's why I don't use a trainer. lol

It sounds like you don't NEED a trainer bkkgirl and/or you could be the trainer! Good for you, girl. I meet a trainer about, oh, 4 times a year. More often for a hairdresser, though!

Anyway, I'm glad others feel as weird as I do about switching around. I understand it's all business at the end of the day but somehow I feel as though I "owe" them something. Weird!!!

Awww...Agent-00-Cat, you're very kind. Very Happy

I don't know if I would make a good trainer, but I don't mind sharing my exercise routines with whomever. For a while, I was working out with a Jane Fonda tape, and I liked it. It got boring after a while and I moved on to something else. I like to alternate exercising with doing something active. But if I get too lazy to come up with something creative, I just step on my treadmill at home. The first 20 minutes is always the toughest for me. But once I get past that, I aim for 30 mins. If I get there and still feel ok, I will push for 45 mins.

One thing I liked about having a personal trainer (like the one I was dating, so it was free LOL) was that it was nice to have someone tell me what to do next. When I work out on my own, sometimes I get the sequence mixed up. Also it gets kinda boring. Nothing beats the boredom of working out better than having someone standing there with you helping you to get through the session.

free skin care · Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:32 pm

Pretty cool, bkkgirl! True, you can't beat free!

I actually like working out on my own. My trainers are constantly chatting about their life or how amazing their clients become once they start training with them! It's amazing that the whole area isn't full of supermodels and athletes!!! Bad Grin

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