Chubby Trainers & Nutrionists

jimmmer

This one always makes me laugh.

People think low bf % = being fit.

"fit" means apt for a purpose or task.

Bartolli, recently won Wimbledon at a higher bf% than most "ripped" trainers at your local gym would be comfortable with. She was, however, fit for that task. Her speed and stamina were impressive and she made many thinner, younger players look slow and flat-footed by comparison. Judged by the standards displayed in this thread, she is not, in fact, a top sportswoman, but another person who has somehow "failed" to keep her bf % down to some arbitrary ideal. Laughable!

Separate from that, is the question about whether someone with a low bf% is most likely to be the best person to help you achieve your goals. It seems obvious to me that a PT who spends all day training clients will have less opportunities to keep their bf % low. They will often grab food on the go in between training sessions and have limited time to work out themselves. At the end of the day the difference between a ripped PT and and non-ripped one may well be effective time management.

Another difference may be that the "chubby" trainer does not equate low bf % with being fit or healthy. If so, they are smart. There's nothing wrong with having a low bf %, but when you get to the point when it starts to negatively impact your performance or health then low bf % as an end in itself is silly. Performance and health needs to be the goal, lower bf % should be the by-product.

izWHATitIz

I have to agree with Jimmmer on this one. Even though the stereo typical answer will be who wants a trainer that isn't in shape or that’s chubby. All overweight people get judge immediately upon site. But as for trainers, I believe it gives people that mind set of "damn he/she is in great shape. I want that trainer!" Not knowing what this individual has done to get to this point. And yes I mean Gear aka Steroids or HRT treatments. Then again that trainer could have spent the past # of years busting his/*kitten* eating clean and pushing their selves in their workouts.

Same goes for nutritionist, all of these individuals that are overweight (which by standards isn't much over normal) know they need to make a change but just aren't willing to or don't have the motivation or self-esteem to go that direction but they have that fortitude about them that wants to help others. I'm currently over weight myself while pursuing my certification through ISSA. If I’m above my normal weight (204/5'11") make me less knowledgeable to turn somebodies life around while I'm making a change for myself. Or maybe I'm fine with the way I look and I like teaching others about fitness and I do just enough to stay healthy (since being skinny doesn't mean you’re a healthy person).

I think this world has become too judgmental on overweight people. How can being chubby be an issue when a 5'5" female at 25% BF is considered normal but many would call her chubby and males at 15% BF would be chubby.

I see what many posters mindsets are and yes it can be hard to overcome but knowledge, performance, and results are the key not that they like pop tarts 3 times a day.

JMO

"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

ElliottTN

I know that knowledge and practice of knowledge can be two totally different things. Goals can be different and net a different body type but at the end of the day I still wouldn't ever hire a nutritionist that wasn't leaner than me nor a personal trainer that I could easily outlift (in proportion of size). Time is a commodity to me and if they aren't there living the same exact fight as me with the same exact goals than I'm not willing to possibly waste time to figure out if they know what they are talking about despite their initial appearance.

Just my 2 cents.

MissKalhan

My trainer could be deemed as "chubby" he is what you would think of a REAL gladiator would be. Huge arms, chest, shoulders but has a layer of fat on his belly. That being said he is absolutely amazing and I don't regret a second of paying for him to kick my *kitten* three times a week, he knows his stuff and even has helped me with my nutrition.

ZeroWoIf

lol