Would you hire an obese trainer???

I've known a lot of thin trainers that didn't know a word of what they were saying. I'd ask them questions and they would give me a blank stare.

Thin doesn't always equal healthy....I mean, I can starve myself, too, but it doesn't mean I'm healthy.

Fat =/= unfit.

Fat =/= unknowledgable.

By this logic how many professional sports coaches would be out of a job? If it's good enough for the top athletes in the world I think it's good enough for the rest of us. Why the hell you care how someone else eats/works out is beyond me. Hold yourself accountable, not everyone else.

And when I am a professional sports player, I won't care what my coach looks like. But if I am working one on one with someone who is claiming to know how to make me fit and look awesome, I expect the same from them.

Why are you so butthurt over this? Opinions like mine cannot truly surprise you and surely you can see where the opposing side is coming from.

Your opinion doesn't surprise me. It saddens me. For both the coach, and yourself.

Why does it sadden you? A coach trains you for something very specific. Most coaches know you physically cannot play that sport for life. I take it that you've never played any competitive sports because you don't seem to realize the beating your body takes. Coaches don't train you in a sport to look pretty they train you to win and to get results. This has little to do with what you look like. Of course looking fit is a side effect but its not the main goal. Even in sports where you have to cut and make weight, you don't maintain that weight forever.

You hire a fitness trainer to teach you to maintain your fitness for life. If they cannot maintain their own fitness then obviously their method doesn't work.

But if I am working one on one with someone who is claiming to know how to make me fit and look awesome, I expect the same from them.

Why? Only their knowledge matters.

I'm sorry...If I were to hire a trainer I would want to pick someone who is a product of his or her own product...

I'm sorry...If I were to hire a trainer I would want to pick someone who is a product of his or her own product...

The fruit of a person's health and fitness philosophy is manifested in his body.
Nobody serious about reaching their goals needs some sloppy fat "trainer".
That would be like me offering you a free hair style.
I'd have you looking like Moe on the 3 stooges just like a fat trainer will keep you fat.

i wondered this about a nutritionist since i am currently debating what i should go to school for. i'm unsure. i'm still a good bit overweight (30lbs to be exact), and i'm not sure if it would be appropriate for me to become a trainer OR nutritionist. LOL

But if I am working one on one with someone who is claiming to know how to make me fit and look awesome, I expect the same from them.

Why? Only their knowledge matters.

This.

Yes. Some of the best coaches in the world are over weight.
Also someone with a lot of muscle could be considered obese just due to how much muscle they've got.

Yes. Some of the best coaches in the world are over weight.
Also someone with a lot of muscle could be considered obese just due to how much muscle they've got.

That second comment especially is very true. Look at most pro-football players that are in great shape with a great physique and I guarantee that many of them have a BMI indicating they are obese. My BMI actually indicates that I'm obese, do I look obese to anybody here?

I've only ever joined a gym once, it was a "Curves" -among several of my issues with it there.... the owner/manager was a very overweight woman who sat and ate snacks, chips and cookies, at 6:00 AM and munched at her desk. If she came out of her office, she was always eating and talking while eating. She knew nothing about fitness, even thought she gave advice on it - she had the nerve to tell someone that "I" would not get muscles unless I lost weight - I was about 20% body fat at the time and my lowest weight ever, I was really small. It was enough for me to never want to return ever.

LMAO! On one hand there is something to be said about leading by example.

I would only hire a "fit" trainer. Low body weight does not guarantee knowledge. I had a trainer that was a normal body weight and he was an idiot.

I was in the gym with my trainer and this kid comes over (with very low body fat and muscles bulging everywhere) and he was asking my trainer what certain exercises, I even knew what they were so you cant just go by what someone looks like to determine their knowledge. THATS JUST BEING SHALLOW

I think "personal trainer" needs more regulation on certification b/c I swear to god 1 in 20 people on this site say they are personal trainers LOL

very true. my nutritionist obviously knew her stuff when it came to a balanced, healthy diet, and she was honestly overweight. probably about my size or larger. she asked me to up my calories to 1,800 a day and see what that does for me because I have been stuck for months. i workout diligently and i'm definitely seeing my body change and i'm stronger, but i'm not seeing the scale move at all. less than a week of upping my calorie intake and i'm back to losing. yes... i'm a cheater and i weighed myself before my official weigh in day. lol

oh and yeah i've seen a number of "trainers" on here as well. ha

Nope. I wouldn't hire an obese nutritionist or dietitian either.

This right here! If you are unable to navigate your mind to take your own advice...how can you TRULY help me?

Why do they need to take their own advice? It's you seeking the advice, not them.

No. If they can't follow their own guidelines, why should I? I would want someone to look up to, not someone I don't want to end up looking like. You should be striving towards them or with them, not away from them.