TW: Fatphobia
We shouldnât assume a trainerâs - or any health professionalâs - health status just by looking at them. In fact, we shouldnât judge ANYONEâs health status just by looking at them.
The way they look has NOTHING to do with their capabilities and knowledge.
Also, just because someone is in a bigger body, it doesnât mean they are unhealthy.
Health is multi faceted and there is no one way to be âhealthyâ.
But even if that fitness professional wasnât âhealthyâ, it doesnât mean theyâre a bad trainer and not capable of helping those around them set health related goals and program workouts.
Also, a trainerâs fitness abilities - whether they are âfitâ or not - doesnât affect how good they are at their job or the skills and knowledge they have.
Many things can affect someoneâs fitness level. Having to take care or a loved one, injuries, needing to train differently, getting sick, healing their relationship with exercise, etc might all mean that person has less time to move their bodies which can affect their fitness level.
That doesnât change how good and qualified of a trainer they are.
To the person who made that fatphobic tweet, how dare you undermine trainers that donât look like the âfitspo normâ.
How do you think your fat clients feel when they read your tweet?
Stop perpetuating weight stigma by encouraging the thin = healthy or âin shapeâ rhetoric
