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I would do it. I honestly don't care what the trainer looks like. My last trainer was an ex-dancer and still had that build, but she was also an RN and had done a lot of rehabilitative work with seniors. If she'd been 100 lbs heavier I still would have worked with her. Her knowledge of anatomy and musculature was unsurpassed. I am still learning from her (by thinking over things she told me that I didn't completely understand at the time) and I haven't seen her since August.
I don't care if I'm svelte and I'm not threatened by fat people.
Would you be less inclined to take classes with an exercise leader who has put on about 50 pounds over the past five years, not due to a medical issue, just the old 'got married and gained weight'?
The longtime swimming coach at Yale University, produced a number of national championship teams, but couldn't swim a stroke, himself. They tossed him into the pool, to celebrate their first championship, then had to drag him out, to keep him from drowning.
There seem to be some NFL football coaches who are quite overweight, but yet have had great success in producing winning teams.
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I'd prefer a teacher who walks their talk because it shows their method works... their body is the selling point. Blaming a wedding 8-yrs ago for being overweight now, isn't a valid excuse. Barring medical conditions, severe injuries and/or certain meds, overeating/inactivity causes weight gain & we all know it.
She is an instructor in a class as I understand it. She isn't giving eating advice. We weren't even asked about whether we would go to her as a personal trainer. She is simply teaching a class.
If she gained 50 pounds then she is overeating. She has a calorie surplus. She is probably doing fine on the exercise end of things, but is simply eating too many calories.
What does that have to do with her competence in teaching a Zumba (or whatever) class? To me, it just doesn't. I probably wouldn't go to her for losing weight advice. But, that isn't her function in this class. She isn't advertising a method to lose weight. She is simply tasked with teaching the class which doesn't sound like it is a nutrition class or a diet class. It is an exercise class. Being overweight doesn't keep her from knowing how to do the moves required for the class.
No I wouldn't because if they can't keep themselves trim and they are in the business then something is wrong. Perhaps this instructor needs to brush up on nutrition.
Would you be less inclined to take classes with an exercise leader who has put on about 50 pounds over the past five years, not due to a medical issue, just the old 'got married and gained weight'?
Yes, sounds like great choice! Why would I want a fit and trim exercise instructor without any issues?
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If she was a good instructor and knew her stuff, I'd keep going to her. If I didn't like her, despite the fact she knew her stuff, I wouldnt need an excuse to move on - Id just do it.
She may have a physical reason and NOT feel a need to discuss it with you or the class. It would be none of your business anyway. I wouldn't be there for how she looks, but I would be there for how I look.
Are you there for the class, or to have something to gossip about?
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Has she been exercising regularly, and working out hard with her students all this time?
If so, I'd say it actually is a medical issue.
There's a percentage of people who have a cortisol reaction to heavy workouts, and their bodies go into panic mode and they shut down metabolism and pack on the pounds. Not pretty muscle pounds, fat pounds in the belly area.
People dismiss this, and say well she's probably eating more. Well you know, muscle weighs more than fat.
No. Very rigorous exercise causes some people to pack on fat.
If she's married, it's also likely she's on a hormonal form of birth control, which yep, causes weight gain.
She'd probably do much better taking a different job, and getting her exercise the way we were meant to do it - by using her body the way it was intended. Move around. Pick stuff up and carry it. Climb up on to things and then climb back down. Run a little, like a half mile a few times a week. Walk several miles several times a week. And stop doing the repetitive scheduled exercise until her body goes into shut down. Just move, and move.
She's 50 with no children (no weight gain due to BC pills) and admits that she and her husband have "gained weight together".
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