As an fitness professional, how do you handle it when your spouse is very unfit?
I don’t have a spouse, but hypothetically, I guess if that’s your spouse, you accept them as they are. I understand that we are looked upon to motivate people to gain better health, but sometimes, even the best motivators in the world, can’t get certain people to become “fit”. It’s ultimately up to your spouse to make the decision to change, if that’s what they want to do at all. As far as public perception of you as a fitness professional, that’s just something you are going to have to deal with for the time being. You don’t want to make your significant other feel insignificant by saying something like you are getting them in shape, or, they’ll start working out soon. It’s obviously a slippery slope, but sometimes you have to bite the bullet, and not worry about how it affects your potential clientele, and just love your spouse unconditionally:)