Haley Moran- Wollens is not an elite athlete. She a 13 - year- old who, like lots of other teenagers, wants to be fit. And, like a growing number of teenagers whose parents can afford it, she has a personal trainer.
In her case, the trainer is Rodica Vranceanu, who charges $75 an hour for after school workouts at Radu Physical Culture, a gym in Midtown Manhattan.
I don't want to be the skinniest, Haley said. I just want to work out. But a lot of people do it for the nice bodies, even at my age.
Though personal rtaining is by on means the norm for American childern, a small but growing number of their parents are paying the membership fees to private gyms for aerobics, weight lifting, and body- molding activities once considered foe adults only