If you have a bad credit rating you can’t work at banks / Finacncial sector

So why if your fat, your allowed to work at a gym, advising people how to eat and how to exercise!!

clearly if your fat you have NO rights to tell people how to be fit and healthy!

I thought similarly when we joined a gym a few years back and were given the guided tour by a lass of Dawn French proportions.

"And here's the cardio vascular area" she stated during her sales spiel "which you have never actually used" I thought.

If you have a bad credit rating you can’t work at banks / Finacncial sector

So why if your fat, your allowed to work at a gym, advising people how to eat and how to exercise!!

clearly if your fat you have NO rights to tell people how to be fit and healthy!

Yeah, but they more than likely have qualifications. Which will get you in.

Yeah, but they more than likely have qualifications. Which will get you in.

i have qualifications that would get me a good role in a bank selling, however i cant because i have badish credit rating!

so why can fat people tell how to eat and be healthy when clearly they have some issues about understand what they preach?

On the same subject, landlords should refuse to serve a drunk for his own health.....
I'd love to get a part-time job in McDonalds just so I can say "Not today love, I think you've had enough already!";) ;)

i have qualifications that would get me a good role in a bank selling, however i cant because i have badish credit rating!

so why can fat people tell how to eat and be healthy when clearly they have some issues about understand what they preach?

Ha. Is this an experience whats happened to you? Becasuse its 2 different matters, if a person is overweight and working at gym it could be a number of reasons why they are, still doesnt mean they cant do the job.

The bank thing is understandable.

The bank thing is understandable.

and so is the gym, if i had to use them as a personal trainer, then god help me, would i end up as fat as them?

just thought i'd ask the question, as there's a fat member of staff in the gym!!!! and wondered if anybody else thought the same

There was a case recently where a well known fitness chain leaked a memo which stated they would not be recruiting anyone over a certain weight, as it sent out the wrong signals to their clients.

Maybe having a fat trainer could help. If your trainer was all buffed and shiney, you're likely to feel intimidated and end up giving up because " you'll never get to look like that.". If your trainer is fat it gives you an idea of where you don't want to be and therefore makes you more determined to keep going.

It is a bit like having a vegan butcher though....

There was a case recently where a well known fitness chain leaked a memo which stated they would not be recruiting anyone over a certain weight, as it sent out the wrong signals to their clients.

this is my case, a bank wont employ somebody with bad credit rating becasue they cant look after there own money, so what rights do they have advising customer on whats best for there money?

P.s i havn't applied for a bank job and been turned, so i have no gripes with any banks in sheffield!! / there staff

Maybe having a fat trainer could help. If your trainer was all buffed and shiney, you're likely to feel intimidated and end up giving up because " you'll never get to look like that.". If your trainer is fat it gives you an idea of where you don't want to be and therefore makes you more determined to keep going.

It is a bit like having a vegan butcher though....

so having an advisor whos crap with money, could help somebody wanting to invest money then? :confused:

so having an advisor whos crap with money, could help somebody wanting to invest money then? :confused:

Come on dude it only applies to the gym rule..

its the same morals hehe

just thought it'd be an intersting debate:hihi:

this is my case, a bank wont employ somebody with bad credit rating becasue they cant look after there own money, so what rights do they have advising customer on whats best for there money?

P.s i havn't applied for a bank job and been turned, so i have no gripes with any banks in sheffield!! / there staff

I still think that's slightly flawed logic on the banks part.

Being rubish with money doesn't stop someone perfoming a number of services in the banking environment. Most bank staff are just script monkeys anyway.

Besides, in what situation would your own personal finances bear any relevance to interaction with the customer? You are hardly likely to discourage a customer from depositing money in a savings account and advise them to blow it all on designer clothes and pink champagne.

Seriously I do think it's silly to have a fat trainer in a gym. It's all well and good being able to advise someone on nutrition and CV exercise but it would be even better to be able to show someone the benefits. I wouldn't take a fat gym instructor seriously same as I wouldn't take a bankrupt financial adviser seriously. If people are going to sell me a service then at least they should believe in what they say ( even just a little ).

Seriously I do think it's silly to have a fat trainer in a gym. It's all well and good being able to advise someone on nutrition and CV exercise but it would be even better to be able to show someone the benefits. I wouldn't take a fat gym instructor seriously same as I wouldn't take a bankrupt financial adviser seriously. If people are going to sell me a service then at least they should believe in what they say ( even just a little ).


I have been in a lot of gyms, and can honestly say I have never seen an overweight personal trainer. Overweight reception staff yes, but then all they do is say hello and hand towels out. Being fit is hardly a prerequisite.

I have been in a lot of gyms, and can honestly say I have never seen an overweight personal trainer. Overweight reception staff yes, but then all they do is say hello and hand towels out. Being fit is hardly a prerequisite.

I don't use Gyms, I've never needed to. I was just clarifying my position to bladesufc1. You're right "being fit is hardly a prerequisite" to hand out towels and say hello. The OP was about fat people handing out nutritional and exercise advice. Which I wouldn't take seriously.

I don't use Gyms, I've never needed to. I was just clarifying my position to bladesufc1. You're right "being fit is hardly a prerequisite" to hand out towels and say hello. The OP was about fat people handing out nutritional and exercise advice. Which I wouldn't take seriously.

Well, yes, that is somewhat dubious.

Unless of course they used reverse psychology

"get your arse in shape or you'll end up looking like me" might be all the motivation some people need.