The FAT Chronicles

[p0ink]

thanks, and i see your point. but why post what they put up? it only seems like they are a tool of amusement. i might go register and shed some light on things, hey, i got first hand experience.

if i came here bitching and moaning about obese people and had nothing to back it up with my argument would be lacking

 

[Sushi X]

mmmkay.

 

[Rockafella Skank]

... say we got people like john goodman or sam kinnison (if he wasnt dead) to model CK underwear.

I'm fairly certain that Calvin Klein's targeted market is very different altogether than that of Jazzercise's. The comparison isn't valid.

 

[gwl9dta4]

I think she will be a great instructor, you know why?

There are a lot of fat people here in the US with very low self esteem, they think they are grossly incapable of exercise because they are too fat. They see the fatness as a handicap.

So an instructor like that can be a role model to all those people. I for one am fit but will give props to anyone trying their best and not letting their fatness stop them. She is a person with a lot of perseverance and motivation and should be applauded. She could help many with percieved disabilities because of their weight get into fitness for the first time.

It would be the "if she can do it, i can do it" kind of attitude.


Sincerely:

 

[alexiarenee]

Just my .02....
I personally would be turned off to the idea of taking a class with a fat instructor...whether she could teach it or not.
Just like when I go to the gym and see fat personal trainers I wonder why anyone would hire them.
If I were to pay someone to help me reach my fitness goals, then I would want a person who is in good shape. Someone who obviously practices what they preach.
Also, this lady's workout schedule is a definite adverstisement for weights. I mean, she basically does hours and hours of cardio a week and no wieghts and she is still fat.................

 

[alexiarenee]

I think she will be a great instructor, you know why?

There are a lot of fat people here in the US with very low self esteem, they think they are grossly incapable of exercise because they are too fat. They see the fatness as a handicap.

So an instructor like that can be a role model to all those people. I for one am fit but will give props to anyone trying their best and not letting their fatness stop them. She is a person with a lot of perseverance and motivation and should be applauded. She could help many with percieved disabilities because of their weight get into fitness for the first time.

It would be the "if she can do it, i can do it" kind of attitude.


Sincerely:

That is true.

 

[p0ink]

yes, she would be an example for other fat women, but lets be realistic here, how many fat people do you see in the gym versus 'normal' people? >5%?

 

[the nature boy]

I guess it's better than 0%, no? that's how trends start. say one fat person started going to the gym, mayber his/her friends will notice and maybe start working out too. you never know.

 

[Rockafella Skank]

yes, she would be an example for other fat women, but lets be realistic here, how many fat people do you see in the gym versus 'normal' people? >5%?

She wants to teach at Jazzercize not Bally's. Jazzercise's targeted customer is people just like her. The reason why she was not allowed to teach was that Jazzercise perceives this woman to be a failure of its own teachings, instead of what she is: the product of its own teachings.

As for the last part ... ah, the petulence of youth. Perhaps the number of fat people at the gym is directly tied to perceptions like yours. Fat people do go to the gym, but the same kind of insecurities and fears you felt when you first went to the gym become magnified when these folks get stares and hear mutterings under other people's breath. The signal to them is they are not welcome. Never mind mentioning any self-value or body image issues that come into play here (and they come into play for everyone). The difference between your first trips to the gym and their first trips to the gym is at least you weren't fat. You cannot have this both ways ... calling these folks lazy because they don't make changes in their lives and then making them feel horrible when they finally try.

One last thing ... fat people IS normal people. According to the National Institute of Health, 54% of the American population is fat. No one will argue that that's a very sad fact. But I'm certain that your current thinking will not help reduce this number one bit.

 

[supersizeme]

Good lord. Always have to be some people all up in other people's shit. Let the poor girl teach. No, she may not be a shining example of where Jazzercise can take your physique, but at the very least she'll be a more welcoming soul towards the overweight people who want to get started. That and she can apparently hang with the skinny fitness chicks when it comes to the exercises performed. No, she may not be the person you want handing out diet advice, but I'd like to see some of the other 240lb overweight people on this board try to hang with her through one of her classes.
I like seeing skinny and fat people in the gym. I was a rail when I first went in a couple years ago, and it was a constant insult for me to look around at all the other guys in there and then see myself in the mirror with my little twigs poking out of my t-shirt. To see other skinny guys in there was comforting. If everyone there had a jacked up 200+lb physique, you can bet your ass it would've been 10x harder for me to keep going in 4-5 times a week. But gradually I progressed and soon I was looking at other guys in the mirror, and then looking back at myself and feeling good about myself. You get motivation from seeing the big guys, and you get an ego boost from seeing the people you once were. Let this woman teach and be a big 240lb welcome sign to the overweight instead of consistently having the instructor be a 110lb ripped girl who the overweight will always be looking at as "the impossible goal."