We all have that one special friend in our lives that we would defend until the end of time. So, what happens if your friend, who has their own business, is being bashed by those around them? You’d naturally leap to their defense. A woman in Texas is now defending her fitness coach friend after a man passed out during one of her classes. As it turns out, it wasn’t just the fitness class that led to the fainting drama.
In a post on r/AmItheAsshole, the Texas woman explained her friend recently became a fitness coach at a spin studio in Texas. Her first class was entirely booked, which was great news for her! One of her friends, Mike, even showed up to her class because he’s on his own weight loss journey. As OP explains, though, those good feelings didn’t last for long. Halfway through the class, OP’s friend heard a scream and a commotion. It turns out Mike fainted, falling down during class and hitting his head on the floor.
Mike was taken away from the class in an ambulance but said he was feeling fine. OP discovered Mike had nothing but water the past 24 hours before taking the fitness class. Doing an intense exercise likely had a compounding effect on him. Unfortunately, others taking the class started a rumor the class was too intense, and that’s why Mike passed out.
OP spoke with some people spreading the drama and defended her friend, saying that the class wasn’t unsafe. The problem was clearly Mike, who was participating in an extreme diet that put him at risk. As OP put it, “I just didn’t want people to be scared off for the wrong reason.” Now, she’s wondering, “AITA?” because she felt like she had to step in and defend her friend after Mike’s diet-induced fainting spell.
Some commenters took the (real) but hilarious route in the comments: “Dude MIKE’S dumb a*s needs to set everyone straight here. NTA.” Another replied, “Yeah who fasts and works out on the same day???” and that’s a fair point. Either Mike didn’t read up on proper fasting or is really bad at listening to his body.
Others tried to defend Mike in the comments: “He obviously is in the process of figuring out what works for him and also he might have already had a plan to do a fast but also wanted to support a friend and/or try something new…Idk man, putting someone down in any way that’s just trying to better them self just doesn’t sit right with me.”
Another person replied: “It isn’t putting him down to acknowledge it was largely his responsibility, and not the teacher’s fault. It isn’t fair to a new teacher trying to build up.” In this case, I have to agree you need to take care of yourself and do things slowly, fitness class or not. Hopefully, this served as a lesson to Mike that it isn’t good to push yourself to the extreme so quickly.
