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I`ve been using a local gym for a while now and it struck me today how overweight some of the instructors are.
Obviously you don`t be fit to have the knowledge on how to get people fit so am I being Fatist or would you lot prefer anyone who gave you exercise instruction to be something of an example and toned themselves or not.
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This takes me back to when I was a regular gym-goer.
Went just about every night for nigh-on 10 years.
I used to laugh at the shape of some of the instructors too. :/
IMO, yes, you should be in good shape to expect to be taken seriously as an instructor.
Same as I wouldn`t expect a fat bastard to give me dietary advice, or a toothless crone to be my dentist.
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I can;t stand gyms but if I did go i;d think I would think that
1) if the instructors are too thin then they dont know how to be that healthy
2) if they are obviously overweight then i`d wonder why they do the job when they dont exactly practice what they preach
I dont think you`re being fatist, seems you`ve just made an observation about the people you;ve interacted with in their habitat
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I hate gyms now too.
I can`t believe I spent so much time in them, TBH.
I was hooked, no doubt about it.
Yeah agree with you Snaps. It`s like your driving instructor not being able to parallel park or something. If they`re telling you how to do something they should be an example.
None of the instructors at either of the gyms I`ve been to have been fat, but a couple weren`t exactly "in shape" either.
Bowfer that`s mad that you used to go so much. I`ve been going 3-4 times a week for probably about 8 years now, no signs of giving up as I enjoy it and hate being out of shape. The only downside is the s*** music (I go with my gf so can`t really take my mp3) and the occasional knobheads hogging machines,
What made you stop going if you don`t mind me asking? Was it a gradual thing or just stopped going suddenly?
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Was it a gradual thing or just stopped going suddenly?
My reason for going started out as a desire to get fit for motorbike racing.
When I jacked in the bikes, I kept going.
Then I more or less had an `epiphony`, realised I was being a bit sad/daft and stopped.
I tried going less frequently, but that didn`t work.
Didn`t see the point in once or twice a week at all.
So it was all or nothing, I chose nothing. :D
Can`t say I miss being in the shape I was in either.
I don`t `need` it and the missus prefers me the way I am.
Fat enough that people I know notice, but not so fat that strangers think I`m a lardass! :D
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It`s like your driving instructor not being able to parallel park or something
Does that mean football managers need to be good footballers?
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Does that mean football managers need to be good footballers?Nope.
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I know what you mean about instructors. There was a twenty-something girl at my last gym who was really obese. Luckily she never did my programme or personal training, and if she had of done I wouldn`t have too pleased necessarily. If someone is going to encourage me to get fit/lose weight/tone up, then they surely need to come close to setting some kind of benchmark?
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Same as I wouldn`t expect a fat bastard to give me dietary advice, or a toothless crone to be my dentist.
LOL - same for opticians who wear glasses when they could get eye surgery - or are they telling us something!!!