I was always a skinny guy my whole life, but for the past year I've been seeing a personal trainer at a semi-private gym to help get me stronger. He introduced me to weightlifting and I've loved it since.
For context, I'm in my mid-20s making $90K, regularly save and invest 20% of my paycheck and have a mortgage (40% of my paycheck).
I've been seeing him twice a week, while also training on my own twice at a week at the public gym (so workout 4x a week). Depending on the time of day I go see him, it can either be just me or up to 3 other people training at the same time (he monitors everyone at the same time, even if we're doing different workout).
Given that I work from home, and don't have many friends, the experience with the private trainer had allowed me to socialize more and meet new people (and some new friends of all ages). Having someone check on my progress twice a week, hold me accountable, and push my limits have helped me more than I could ever imagine. Also giving me meal tips has been a great bonus.
That being said, I'm pretty knowledgeable on my workouts now and some people have been telling me I should stop going to the private gym since it's expensive (I pay $260 a month to go twice a week), and that I could easily continue without him.
While that may be true, I do like the convenience of a private gym, a personal trainer, and the social aspect I get (I don't talk to anyone at a public gym).
Financially speaking I can definitely afford it. I have a good amount of money to save and invest anyway, but a buddy of mine was saying I could make a lot of money by investing that extra $260 every month.
Now that it's been a year, am I being foolish to continue to spend money of this for the reasons I mentioned above?
Submitted March 31, 2024 at 07:25PM by Egsanpro https://ift.tt/18CFxz4
