Ghanaian Pastor Warns Gym Instructors To Stay Away From Married Woman
- Chaplain of the Trinity Theological Seminary, Rev Dr Abraham Boateng has cautioned gym instructors to stay away from married women
- His warning comes amid growing concerns about the behaviour of some fitness trainers, who cross professional boundaries with female clients
- The Ghanaian pastor's assertions have generated a conversation on social media about the behaviour of some gym instructors working in Ghana
- Justice Adjei Ocloo, a psychologist, and Dr Andrew Arthur, a medical doctor at KATH, who also doubles as the fitness instructor at the Agyefam Gym in Kumasi, provided a perspective on the issue in an interview with YEN.com.gh
A Ghanaian pastor, Rev Dr Abraham Boateng, has sent a word of caution to gym instructors in Ghana to refrain from engaging in inappropriate relationships with married women.
Speaking on TV3 Ghana's Confession show, Rev Dr Boateng said there is a growing concern about fitness trainers crossing professional boundaries with their female clients, which included married women.
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The reverend minister of God, who is the Chaplain of the Trinity Theological Seminary, urged gym instructors to learn to respect the professional ethos of their profession.
"We are realising that in the Ghanaian context, we beg the gym instructors [that] they should be careful. Those gym instructors they should be careful, they should be very careful," he warned.
Rev Dr Abraham Boateng's comments sparked conversations about the off-gym activities that occur between fitness trainers and their female clients.
Michelle Hammond, who was also a guest on the show, opined that this phenomenon of gym instructors sleeping with other people's wives is a major issue worldwide.
She described the gym as the 'pick-up place' for most of the people who go to train.
Miss Nancy, host of the Confession show, advised men and women whose partners frequent the gyms to take serious note of the issues raised by her guests.
"If your husband is frequenting the gym, if your wife would always go to the gym, tonight salvation has come for your marriage. Take this information and do whatever you want with it," she said.
One of the male audience members, however, expressed worry over the possible implication of Rev Dr Abraham Boateng and Michelle Hammond's claims about the work of gym instructors.
"Some of them are working, [it] is the work that they are doing to actually get their daily bread," he said.
Netizens react to Ghanaian pastor's assertion
Netizens who chanced on excerpts of the video shared on TV3 Ghana's X page thronged the comments section to express their views on the Ghanaian pastor's opinion.
@LoyalTruth0 said:
"Good one Rev. but start by telling your fellow Men of God.. some pastors are also sleeping with married women. They call this pastors daddy while they disrespect their husbands at home."
@ladyjul61032772 also said:
"Look at that guy defending them about free meals. If lecturers, teachers CEOs and even health professionals have laws to be professional in order not to have anything doing with their students, workers and patients, why can’t a gym instructor too do same?"
Responding to questions from YEN.com.gh on why married women may cheat with young muscular men, Justice Adjei Ocloo said different factors push them into such situations.
"Psychologists suggest that infidelity in a married woman may stem from factors beyond attention, such as emotional or physical insecurity or retaliation," he said.
Dr Andrew Arthur, a medical doctor at KATH, who also doubles as the fitness instructor at the Agyefam Gym in Kumasi, debunked the assertion that the gym is a pickup point for married women.
"It is never true that the gym is a pickup point. Whoever does that had that intention had those thoughts prior to joining the gym. Being a fitness instructor, you have to be professional and act in a manner where everyone feels secured around you in a holistic manner," he told YEN.com.gh.
"In as much as there will be the bad side of every act. The good of been at the gym outweighs the bad. Because there is no way you gonna be lonely at the gym. It helps your mental health and helps you stay fit," he added.
Ghanaian lady quits going to the gym
YEN.com.gh also previously reported that a Ghanaian lady has explained why she stopped going to the gym.
In a TikTok video, the beautiful lady said her decision to quit the gym was due to observations she made.
The lady cited male gym-goers as a major reason, explaining that she finds them too attractive and tempting.
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