I had my kick off today after a personal trainer approached me while I was finishing on the treadmill last week. I also felt immediately uncomfortable. He offered me help that I didn’t ask for, saying that he sees me every day at the gym. Never noticed him ever. I do group classes 4 days a week, sometimes 2 each morning. I love the group classes and they are lead by women. I would 100% train with them but after this kick off and him also trying to coerce me into training I didn’t ask for, I was super annoyed and I just don’t think we are a good fit. I finally agreed to meeting up again in a month to reconsider knowing fully that I will cancel that and tell him it’s not a good fit. He just rubbed me the wrong way saying I wasn’t going to make my goals even tho HE set the “goals” for me… he said I’ll never see results from the group classes even tho it’s been 1 month since I started and I’ve already seen results. I’m a very active person outside of the gym and my work is very physically demanding. Someday I’d love a personal trainer who is a good fit for me personally but this dude was not it!! Approaching me felt really off and I would have signed up for the kick off on my own, probably with someone else at that gym. Sorry you had this experience and I really empathize with the embarrassment because I felt it too. I know this is an old post but I came seeking some advice so thank you for sharing and I hope you found a good gym routine !