Overweight personal trainers

[kx250rider]

I agree with the theory that the trainer's own physique shouldn't matter, and in fact they might have health issues that make it impossible to be fit, while it might still be their passion. But aesthetically, I would go to a trainer who LOOKS the way I want to look and feel. Would you hire a housekeeper who shows up in an abused car with dirty windshield, and back seat full of food wrappers? I wouldn't, because I'd assume she'd stuff food wrappers under rugs, and probably bang up the furniture with the vacuum, and then leave the vacuum cord all kinked up, and spill toilet cleaner on the rug, etc etc.

Charles

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

Would you rather have an out of shape person that has spent years studying and learning tons and tons of information and can pass all of the knowledge along to you and give you all the facts and training that you need to know to better your life (even though for whatever lifestyle reasons or choices they never followed this stuff themselves) or some skinny or in-shape person that got that way because of a fast metabolism and the fact that they played soccer in high school but dont know anything realistically other than the BS basic manuals that they read to get certified?

 

[the_alcatraz]

I agree with the OP. If you know how to do it, and understand the importance of it, then fuckin do it. Don't preach the importance of being fit and healthy and how much you love helping people reach their fitness goals and get fit if you're a fat dude.....seriously

 

[CoBra666]

yeah man, i just couldnt do it, drives me nuts listening to some fat fuck at the gym offer advice. maybe he is smart and qualified. i just dont care

 

[jnevin]

PT isn't just about being skinny and fit. For a lot of people it's about rehab, flexibility, and wellness. I've only seen maybe 3 fatass PT's in my life, but I see plenty that are in great shape but not all lean and diced.

 

[redshirt27se]

just cause someone is fat doesn't mean they don't have the knowledge to train someone. it's their job..they don't have to like it or practice what they preach to be effective at it.


maybe they used to be a huge fitness buff early on in their life, became a trainer, and got burned out on training themselves? it's still a source of income, so no reason to stop doing it.

 

[-SD-]

Would you go to a doctor that you knew smoked?

 

[ronc26k]

A fishing guide that doesnt fish?

 

[redshirt27se]

Would you go to a doctor that you knew smoked?

yeah..if he was good. i'd base my decision on his skills, not his personal choices.

 

[-SD-]

yeah..if he was good. i'd base my decision on his skills, not his personal choices.

same should go with other professions, i.e. personal trainers.