If you really have to bail on a workout – at least be creative about it! We asked the Fitness First team for the most outrageous reasons they’ve ever heard for not exercising:
‘The family hamster passed away.’
– Paul Chipp, PT, London, UK
‘I can’t make today’s session because I have to pick up my wife’s dry cleaning.’
– Andy McTaggart, Health and Fitness Manager, London, UK
‘I need to lose weight and get fit before I can go to the gym.’
– Frank Drew, Asia Head of Group Fitness, Kuala Lumpur
‘I can’t pick up weights because my embellished nail art would chip off.’
– Hannah Sim, Platinum PT and Nutritionist, Mumbai, India
‘I can’t train because I’ve just eaten a whole cake by myself.’
– Emily Keel, Fitness Consultant, Hampshire, UK
‘A fortune teller advised me not to exercise this month.’
– Jacky Wong, National Fitness Manager, Hong Kong
‘My wife doesn't want me getting any hotter.’
– Adrika Shetty, Assistant Manager Marketing and Group Exercise Instructor, Delhi, India
‘I’m allergic to the gym!’
James Capon, Health and Fitness Manager, Basingstoke, UK
And even the Fitness First team aren’t perfect. Here are some of the wildest excuses for not exercising they’ve told themselves:
‘I have to go home to get my peanut butter.’
– Max Eldridge, Fitness Consultant, London, UK
‘I don’t want to have to do more laundry this week.’
– Irwan Mursalim, Group Exercise Manager, Jakarta, Indonesia
‘I didn’t bring the right trainers to do squats in.’
– Amir Khan, Health and Fitness Manager, Birmingham, UK
‘Don't mess with perfection!’ (And yes, I’m still trying to convince myself this is true!)
– Percy Reynolds, Head of Fitness, Singapore
‘I was running in my dreams all night so I’ll skip my running training today.’
– Sandeep Sachdev, Nutrition Counselling Manager, Mumbai, India
‘I don’t want to over-train.’
– Adam Lackey, Health and Fitness Manager, London, UK
‘I'm too old for this.’
– Christine Chiam, Fitness Training Manager, Kuala Lumpur
‘I joked I had food poisoning but then sadly the next day I actually did get food poisoning.’
– Andrew Martin, GX Manager, London, UK
‘It will make my hair go frizzy.’
– Lucy Andrews, SEM, Cannock, UK
‘I split my pants during the warm up.’
– Andrew Conolly, Group Fitness Instructor, Sydney, Australia
‘The final episode of Friends was on TV. That seemed like a good idea at the time.’
– Prue Lawson, Group Fitness Instructor, Sydney, Australia
What are the most outrageous reasons you’ve ever used for not exercising? Share you comments below!
