Would you hire an obese trainer???

For fitness? No.

Nope.

Maybe. Are they in the process of improving their weight? Sometimes they can be more understanding than someone who has always been fit.

Just curious.

Nope. Even though I know that his/her level of knowledge on how to train ME isn't necessarily directly indicated by his/her weight...its still a chance I'd rather not take.

Honestly though, I wouldn't hire a trainer period.

Unless it was Niner lol.

I wouldn't. How can you show me how to work out hard if you can't do it? A trainer is also supposed to motivate you, and I do not think I would believe someone who was not in shape to get me in shape.

I think I would... I mean, my current trainer is not obese but he's bigger then what most people think a trainer should be.. .he's coming off a bulk though and trying to cut.. so I understand why he's like that.

What matters to me is:
Do they know what they are talking about?
Are we compatible? Cause if not, we will get no where.
Do they listen to me and what I want to do? Or do they shove their own agenda on me?
Can they do what exercises I do, without huffing and puffing?

I think those four things are more important then what someone looks like.

No, I had a very overweight zumba instructor once and never went back to her class. I was a fair amount bigger at that point than now and I thought, no one bigger than ME should be instructing me on getting fit.

I work with a trainer. One day, he got food poisoning and another trainer took my session; he was being "shadowed' by a very fat guy who wanted to be a trainer. The next time I trained with my normal guy, I mentioned that I would be pissed if that guy was the trainer I started out with. He knew who I was talking about and agreed that he was (literally) in no shape to be a trainer.

Sorry, no. Role models should practice what they preach.

Just curious.

nope. I'm bothered that the swim coach for the teen swim team at my gym is grossly overweight. He gets out of breath walking from one end of the pool to the other. I don't think he can be an effective coach when he is unable to talk to the swimmers except when they swim right up to him.

I wouldn't hire a trainer who was obese as they obviously are not capable of doing what they're trying to teach me to do. Not very inspirational.

Yes. I'm hiring them for knowledge not for inspiration or a workout buddy.

Teach me the stuff you know, guide me to the right workouts and let me at it. Don't care what they can do with themselves as much as I care what they can do with their clients.

As a trainer myself, I have been overweight while training my clients and i have in really great shape while training my clients. They have been with me through thick and thin, literally! To them, it didn't necessarily matter what I looked like, as long as I knew what I was doing. Me going through my own weight issues showed them that I could relate to what they were going through. I showed that I was only human and that I was battling the same issues as them. It showed that not all personal trainers are skinny or have been skinny since birth. I showed that I was just like every other person and that is what made me stand out as a personal trainer. I worked out harder than anyone, sweated more than anyone, pushed harder than anyone...my problem was that I couldn't control my eating and my portions.

You can hire the skinniest of trainers and they might not be half as knowledgable as a trainer who might be considered overweight or more plump. The clients that I have worked with want a trainer that they can relate to and vice versa. They want to hire someone who has been there. Sometimes you can't judge a book by its cover!

Well, would you agree to be seen by an obese doctore or a doctor who smoked?

I used to watch trainers at a large "fitness" place I used to go to and many of them seemed fairly clueless about the whole thing but I dont recall ever seeing one who was obese,

But if I did hire a trainer, I wouldnt hire someone who wasnt in great shape. Certainly not one who is obese. Same as I would have a hard time taking advice from a doctor who smokes cigarettes.

i would, id find out first if he has the knowledge to help me.