Fat Fitness Instructors Saw a comment recently about someone seeing a fat personal trainer and how it is the best evidence yet that we are currently living in a twilight zone episode.  This got me thinking about my own gym and a fat trainer that works there.  Two of the days I go to the gym there are fitness class's going on that are both taught by the same beast.  The one on Tuesdays is a group of older women and although I commend them for putting in effort to stay in shape post retirement, I do not commend them on their method.  This ham brings in snacks every class and passes them out while they are walking on the treadmill for their warmup.  And no, the snacks are not apples either.  The snack varies from class to class, but those mini doughnut bites are a common selection.  After their warmup they go over to the free weights and literally use every bench available.  This includes the bench for the only bench press rack (small gym).  It then has them do a bunch of bodyweight exercises with the benches, which is fine for older women.  My problem with this is that 1) they take up an entire section of the gym for at least 45 minutes and 2) she chats and gossips with them for at least 5 minutes between every set.  This is not as bad as her Thursday night class which is made up of elementary school kids.  This is the one that really pisses me off.  She does the same thing with the snacks during warmup (and gives them a second one when they are done).  She doesn't teach them anything about form or even pay attention to what they are doing at all.  A lot of the time when the kids are doing exercises she is talking to other adults in a different portion on the gym.  The kids are goofing off and not really learning or doing anything while being in the way of everyone else who is actually trying to workout.  I have no problem with kids getting instruction on fitness at a young age or being slightly inconvenienced at the gym by them, in fact I support it.  They weren't getting any instruction though and if anything they were acquiring bad habits and poor form.  I don't know if the parents genuinely want their kids to learn about fitness or if they are just passing off responsibility to someone else so they don't have to deal with the kid for awhile.  Although I feel like if they actually cared they would teach the kid themselves or put in effort to find a good trainer so I am not very optimistic.