Yo, gym rats, some advice, please. My PT wants me to ad a 3rd session every week.

[R B Garr]

17. If it's just the mental wall for you, I would go ahead and add the session

There's some great advice already posted here about the physical concerns, but if it's mostly to push yourself mentally, I would say go ahead and add it. You can always stop if it doesn't suit you.

The reason I say that is I find that I have to change up my routines quite a bit. Even the classes, if I go to the same class at the same time with the same instructors, I tend to get relaxed after awhile. I don't mean to, but I do notice it happening. If I'm always changing things up, I'm more on my toes which challenges me more.

It sounds like you're ready for the extra challenge mentally. You'll see if the physical part of it is worth it after a short while.

If you have been working with a personal trainer for this long already, and you like it, that's another strong indicator to trust this person's judgment about increasing your efforts. Personally for me, I found I tended to be intimidated working with a personal trainer and I started not looking forward to my gym time as much. I think that's just because I wasn't as strong as I wanted to be, and I started worrying about it more than feeling challenged. That's just me, though, and that intimidation factor is going away as I'm becoming stronger and more fit.

As I look back at what I can do now compared to when I started, it's amazing. So if you're ready for the challenge, then go for it. If you never go, you'll never know!

Congratulations on your efforts!