I have worked with a couple of strength and conditioning pros. You pay a small premium but if they are really good you walk away with something to work on for an extended period of time.

Being the cheep git, I am alway looking for value for my hard earned buck!

In Canada I have been very lucky finding reasonable, expert quality advise for around $100 - $ 200. The sticker is anyone that will recommend a personal program with out a personal assessment of your body is really a hit and miss proposition.

Strength and conditioning for fight athletes is as of the last 5 years finally growing in leaps and bounds. Its cutting edge. They are finally getting that we are not football players.

University's are usually the best place to start and quire reasonable. You may want to contact your local University and feel out the blokes in the Kninesioligy department. I have had good luck with this.

Let them know you want a long range program and that you are a self starter and work at home. If they are good the program can be designed to work with simple equipment at home. Really the fancy man gym does not mean results.

A six month program or longer can be realistic. Back for another assessment and repeat.

You are mature enough and with your family obligations you are a model student for this type of program.

Any way you do it good luck with it!