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" Do you work with a fitness trainer? I have a confession: I am a trainer virgin. I&amp;#x27;ve toyed with the idea of hiring someone from time to time, but I&amp;#x27;ve never actually taken the plunge. I guess I&amp;#x27;ve always enjoyed working out solo and have been confident in my ability to know my way around the gym. But, after this baby arrives, I&amp;#x27;ve decided to go the trainer route. But who&amp;#x27;s more effective? Someone who&amp;#x27;ll kick my butt or someone who will pat me on the back?Be choosy when selecting a trainer, says exercise expert Martica Heaner, M.A., M.Ed., who wrote about what to look for in a fitness trainer for MSN. But it&amp;#x27;s your trainer&amp;#x27;s temperament that falls in the gray area. There are trainers who are really easy going and sweet, and others who are downright mean. Ask anyone who&amp;#x27;s ever worked with a trainer and you&amp;#x27;ll get all kinds of responses about which personality type is better for your fitness. I have friends who swear that the fear of their trainers&amp;#x27; &amp;quot;wrath&amp;quot; is the only reason they continue to get up every morning at 5:30 a.m. to go jogging. But is that such a healthy thing? Mean vs. nice? I think I&amp;#x27;d take a nice trainer with a slight mean streak. You? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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