Over the years, I've been noticing a trend in the rising number of overweight people working at these places. Gym attendants, managers, sales associates, and - for fuck's sakes - personal trainers.
They're supposed to represent a culture of fitness and health, but their double chins and jelly rolls say otherwise. Their image belies the very philosophies that their companies stand for.
More annoying is the fact that some of these hams have the audacity to give me unsolicited, misleading advice.
For example, I've had chunky personal trainers come up to me to tell me that squatting below parallel (AKA ass to grass) was bad for my knees.
Fuck off, fatties. ATG squats are the bee's knees.
Not to mention, these so-called PTs had underdeveloped chopstick legs that looked comically disproportioned in relation to their fat upper torsos.
Which leads me to another question, why is there such a thing as a fat personal trainer in the first place? And I'm not talking about guys who are in midst of a bulk, but guys who have moobs and flabby rolls jutting out their Under Armour shirts. Have the hiring standards been set lower and lower over the years?
Being greeted by a fat clerk at a nutrition store is like meeting a fat Internet armchair expert/troll IRL.
Do you even lift, bro?
As soon as I walk into the store, they snake their way to me and ask me if they can help me find something. "Yeah, I need some fish oil," I say.
"Is there a specific brand you like? What are your goals? Have you tried this brand? You've gotta try this new stuff. Here's a free sample. You should stack this stuff with this and that and this and that..."
Fucking assholes. I know what you're up to, and it'll never work on me. I've done my research, and I know for a damn fact that you're trying to sell me bullshit that I don't need and don't work. And besides, you're fat; you lack credibility. Why don't you take them yourself and come back with a field report?
Fucking idiots. The lot of them.
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[–] Banterbury ago
Maybe? Where I'm from Kin degrees are the "majored in push-ups" jokes that couldn't hack it in the real med degrees, like the women's and gender studies of the med world. It's obviously still a degree and takes effort to get, so just some banter.
[–] hulkingmanbeast ago
Ah where I'm from kin degrees are respected like any other degree, but obviously not on the level of a professional degree like doctors or lawyers.
They tend to be fitness living people that want to do more fitness stuff like physiotherapy or training. With that said there are zero barriers to becoming a trainer in my town.