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That’s me in my early days – 1990’s, Rhyl Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n

Do you remember those “Confessions of \u00a0….” films in the 1970s?<\/p>\n

There were a\u00a0bit cheeky – rude – so I was never allowed to go see them as I was a bit too young.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s what this is.\u00a0 Confessions of a Weight Loss Coach.<\/p>\n

So many funny or weird things have happened in the 25+ years I’ve been teaching fitness. WARNING. You might find the first one rather shocking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was a weekday winter’s evening, it was dark\u00a0and I was teaching a busy Aerobics class at a local School.\u00a0 And we had a Flasher at the door.\u00a0\u00a0(yes …. it was a primary school … omg<\/em>).<\/p>\n

I had turned away from my ladies to adjust my music.\u00a0 (It was ages ago, I was using cassette tapes then).<\/p>\n

In that time he appeared at the door, exposed himself, and then ran.\u00a0 So I turned back to my class to see about 30 very very shocked faces.<\/p>\n

I’d missed it! Obviously, the Police were called; we were advised to leave in pairs that night.<\/p>\n

I gather the “gentleman” was apprehended a day or so later doing something even worse in the local town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another time I was teaching a Bums & Tums class at a Leisure Centre.\u00a0 It was busy, with around 45 women in it, most over the age of 40 like me.<\/p>\n

Then someone walked in with a man.\u00a0 \u00a0This was unusual …almost always my sessions are full of ladies.\u00a0 \u00a0He looked a bit like this …. (yeah, in St Asaph) …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This wasn’t just a man. This was a God.<\/p>\n

He looked like a flippin athlete. Clad in electric blue lycra, he was very muscly and totally gorgeous.<\/p>\n

Absolutely every woman in that room was smiling at me as I smiled back – oh we all knew he was there! That was a very very interesting atmosphere in the class that night!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A few years back I was teaching at Feeling Fabulous Club in Trefnant. One of the ladies suddenly started scratching and pulling at her clothes.<\/p>\n

Then she suddenly pulled her leggings down!<\/p>\n

Turned out there was an EARWIG inside her lycra.\u00a0 \u00a0Eeeew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"ConfessionsThen there was the comedy moment when we were in the middle of an intensive Circuit Training class at St Asaph Leisure Centre. It was a mixed fitness session, lots of jumping around.<\/p>\n

In mid-jump, someone’s bra-strap broke, with disastrous consequences.<\/p>\n

There was a scream, then lots and lots of laughter from her friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I was bullied once by a school caretaker.\u00a0 That was unpleasant.\u00a0 She worked in a local school\u00a0 – this was decades ago when I first started out as a newbie fitness instructor. She had a massive go at me for<\/p>\n

NOT flushing the toilets<\/p>\n

NOT checking the taps<\/p>\n

NOT closing the cubicle doors<\/p>\n

and NOT turning the loo light off when I closed up. (none of that was my job btw).<\/p>\n

She had me shaking in my boots as she berated me in front of some of the ladies<\/p>\n

(I was young – not good at confrontation).<\/p>\n

Thankfully my amazing customers made a complaint about her to the School Head afterward, so I felt vindicated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Then there was the plumber.\u00a0 I was with a Personal Training client, working with her at her home.\u00a0 She was in a down-dog position … we both were …. bottoms up, shining our lycra-clad butt cheeks towards the kitchen.<\/p>\n

I had no idea the washing machine repairman was in there.<\/p>\n

As I looked through my own legs I saw the man appear, do a double-take, blink hard and then retreat fast.<\/p>\n

My client nearly exploded with laughter.\u00a0 \u00a0 We didn’t do much after that.\u00a0 \u00a0It was quite a moment.\u00a0 That lady was absolutely\u00a0brilliant t<\/em>o work with (she knows who she is).<\/p>\n

I could think of so many more.\u00a0 From window cleaners to fights to fancy cakes.\u00a0 There’s never a dull moment as a north wales fitness professional!<\/p>\n

Maybe you were involved in one of them?\u00a0 Please let me know NOW and maybe I will another installment of this Blog.\u00a0 Or maybe you’ve your own funny story about something that happened in YOUR fitness or Zumba class?<\/p>\n

Talk to me here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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