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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hasn't it occurred to you that the professionals may have had this conversation with the fat people OUT OF YOUR EARSHOT? Perhaps this is best something said one on one, not in front of an audience. [/quote]

OP here and they definitely did not have these conversations "out of my earshot." Several people there had had serious injuries due to this activity in the past, and one bragged to me that her doctor told her that returning to it would likely result in reinjury but she didn't care.

Everyone signs a liability release when they take a class so the school is covered in that way, I just find it morally irresponsible.[/quote]

If these people aren’t going to listen to their doctor, why do you think they would listen to a class instructor?

If the class says they’re too fat or not in good enough shape, how are they going to measure that? What’s the litmus test?

Your little exercise school will simply go under after they get sued for discrimination. [/quote]

It would be very easy, and non-discriminatory, to say that you need to be able to perform some basic body weight exercises before engaging in a risky activity. Like if you required people to be able to do hold a plank for 30 seconds with good form, one negative pull-up with control, etc.

It would also be appropriate to let students know that if they can't perform an activity with certain elements of good form, then they cannot do that specific skill until they had completed necessary strength/fitness work to improve that form.

None of this is discriminatory and no court would find it that way. I understand wanting to make fitness accessible to people of all body types and skill levels, but sometimes that means offering a more basic, entry level version of the activity until someone has the requisite fitness to level up. We do this with kids -- imagine sending your kid to a gymnastics facility where they let kids try big, risky tricks before they'd trained the basics. But since adults can sign a liability waiver, we just shrug and say "oh well." I wouldn't be comfortable with that if I was teaching those classes.[/quote]

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