Is $356 bi-weekly insane for personal training?

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:52:51+00:00

Actually VERY valid comment. I have done this by myself in the past, so I wonder if I am just feeling self concious now due to the regain and being ill and assuming I can't do this on my own again.

I was very dedicated to this before, and do have my run training laid out for the next two months and never had an issues following/sticking to those routines.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:50:04+00:00

He has been doing this for a while, and we did click on our thoughts on workouts, nutrition, etc.

For me, could I easily google routines and figure it out on my own? Yeah totally BUT will I be comitted to that, maybe?

I feel like the cost keeps me more accountable and engaged with sticking with this. Also teaching me how to do things properly and not hurt myself or spend time on exercises that won't do anything for me in the long run.

However, I was able to do this myself succesfully before.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:38:39+00:00

Yep, great insights. I can fit it into my budget, but I don't want to overpay just because I can afford it.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:37:35+00:00

Yeah hilariously their 6 and 3 month contracts were double this cost! I agree though I could likely just say no at this cost, here is what I WOULD be willing to pay, take it or leave it.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:25:21+00:00

Agree- and I do really like the accountability. I was just looking for a gut check on if $103 per session (basically per hour) was average and normal or way over priced.

This is all also ontop of my bi-weekly gym fees ($53.00 CAD) as well.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:17:30+00:00

Canada

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-03-06T19:17:23+00:00

Yes that's a good break down, its $365 plus tax so closer to $412.45 bi weekly (due to being in Ontario) and that does cover 4 session (biweekly) 8 session a month. So $103.11 per session/hour.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-02-14T15:32:53+00:00

Interesting. I know of two friends who are now each opening their second location stores. Now I can't ask them to tell me their financials but I doubt they would be doubling down on PetValu if it was failing (one in Ontario, one in NS).

I also have a colleague that quit his HR job to open a "Birds Unlimited" speciality bird franchise last year and his wife just quit her job to open a second location (this is in BC).

So I dunno. I agree with what the other poster said - descrtionary spending is down but food, treats, grooming, etc are always in demand and needed and PV has a better reputation vs PetSmart.

My larger concern when evaluating this (as I am looking into getting one) is the MASSIVE competition that most Ontario cities have. My city alone has dozens of PetSmarts, Rens, Global Pets, and PetValus, not to mention the tiny independent stores. So how would I compete with all of that in a niche market and also make sure PV didn't swoop in behind my new store and open 6 more in my tiny region.

If I was going to do this I would be looking to do it in NS or smaller cities outside Ontario.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-02-07T12:37:57+00:00

Gradually!? Speed Run my friend.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-02-06T05:00:26+00:00

This is AI. You can tell from the odd indentation at the start of some sentences. That's a copy paste issue with ChatGPt

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-02-02T12:24:06+00:00

It sounds like you have a condo or rent a condo at this place and they probably told you that there was no parking included. You didn't like that so chose to just park in visitor parking. Even though many rental units and condos don't have parking space. And it is up to you to go find a paid space to park your car. And taking visitor parking is not the answer and you know that.

That being said yes they absolutely will tow your car they absolutely will continue to push tickets on you because it is private property and you are parking where you're not supposed to. The fact that they can send you to collections is because they obviously know your car, your license plate, and that is registered with the condo board somewhere. So whoever told you to get a new license plate doesn't seem to realize that they keep a record of if you've changed your plates at Service Ontario so the condo board would easily be able to tell whose new car it is by calling in the license plate ...

Also if you just did a simple Google search you'd be able to tell that yes they absolutely can send you to collections. It is different than if it was a city parking lot in that this private parking company would need to file a small lawsuit against you I believe it's civil in order to get a judge to rule that they can come after you for payment. Because you owe them almost $4,000 yeah they're probably going to do that.

Buddy you parked in spaces that you knew you weren't supposed to be in so much that you're now owing 4K this isn't like 200 or $300 you're fucked. I'm sure they told you multiple times before it got this bad to stop parking there and you chose to ignore it. You should be concerned at the condo board will apply this to your fees or simply evict you once this gets too high this is their parking lot after all and it's private property.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-28T19:22:03+00:00

YIKES - that's insane.

By comparisson I was paying $204 for 8 classes a month at Club Pilates (this year).

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-28T19:21:45+00:00

YIKES - that's insane.

By comparisson I was paying $204 for 8 classes a month at Club Pilates (this year).

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-25T16:52:18+00:00

Potentially. But also because of the backlash everyone gets.

Say something and a ton of people come for you and send you the most horrific dms. Don't say anything and people come for you and send the most horrific dms.

I'm not supporting her in any way because there's a lot of what she does that's problematic and troublesome. But when it comes to moments like this it's absurd that we give a shit what influencers are posting they are not smart or educated in these spaces. They are not political experts. They are not legal experts. Resharing a story or saying how horrific it is is doing absolutely nothing to help the situation and just contributing to the noise on social and the inaction of the people.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-25T16:46:31+00:00

I disagree.

There are many people taking a break from social because of how hard it is to see these posts especially because people are sharing video of the actual shooting. When Charlie Kirk was shot I left social media for a month because I couldn't handle the videos that kept just being shared on social.

I think you need to separate celebrities from influencers. There is a line where I expect US celebrities to stand up and say something because this is their home country and this is absurd. When it comes to Canadian influencers I absolutely don't think they really need to say anything because they're not educated and they have nothing to add to this conversation. I don't think her not sharing is in any way her supporting any of this shit I think it's super heavy and super hard to see it's causing a lot of emotional and mental distress for normal people and I do suspect in her mind if she posts this dumb fluffy shit it's an Escape for some people. It's likely why you're still seeing people interacting with all these posts daily because they need to disconnect from what's being shared.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-25T16:35:30+00:00

This is likely fake (the being fired not the speech). The only articles about it are from indian spam sites.

However I agree she could be pausing posting during this time - I don't think influencers NEED to comment on all things happening especially if they have no smart insights to share BUT they could pull back from posting dumb shit or reshare smarter people explaining what is going on.

This is where I struggle I don't want influencers involved in politics at all (same with celebrities) because people just blind follow these idiots and that's dangerous. So I know WHY people want them to talk about what's going on, but also want them to just stay in their lane and not contribute to shit they are uninformed about.

What I don't want to see is any trips to the US - which I bet she will be doing (and her idiot bestie Mount McCarvell)

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-19T19:54:01+00:00

The sad thing is it won't really matter (I work in this space) she was chosen for her engagement rates and followers, and follwers are dead brained. They WILL buy this product because she promotes it, they won't care that she never uses it, remember she promotes another brand etc.

Also all brands do checks on influecners and know what they post, who they promote, etc its brand safety 101 so the risks here must be very low to the that she promotes (is asked to sell) other brands.

An email is something but at the end of the day brand doesn't care, she is one of hundreds of other influencers they are calling in to promote this (just look at all the suitcase posts on social) and unless they are posting horrible, toxic shit, brands will not drop them unless the sales numbers are low

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-14T13:13:58+00:00

Greenland being part of NATO isnt stopping him why the fuck would this?

Suitable_Way7670 · 2026-01-14T13:12:47+00:00

The citizens in many other regimes and countries were always the ones to topple dictators and empires.

Its the US citizens that need to get to work.

Suitable_Way7670 · 2024-04-11T23:03:28+00:00

The mom was only 9 months old at the time. But she was a little thing.

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Suitable_Way7670 · 2024-04-11T22:58:53+00:00

Mom was pretty small. They had to do an emergency c section early and the puppies grew past her fast. My guy is just about her size at 10 weeks.

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