Originally Posted by
crerus75
Rip,
At the Q&A in Brooklyn this weekend, one of the attendees said that he trains an individual who is (electively) in a hypocaloric (1200-1500 kcal/day) state. You identified this as an eating disorder and recommended that the trainer RUN, not walk away from the trainee, as this condition opens the trainer up to significant liability from the eventual injuries.
We have seen you and other SS coaches train people with a variety of illnesses, and it is pretty clear that training either causes no further harm, or in many cases mitigates or reverses the effects of the disease. A severe eating disorder obviously does not fit this model, is impossible to train around, and can leave the trainer holding the bag when everything hits the fan. From a liability standpoint, what are some other "run, don't walk" pathologies?