looks like i'm fudged!

Maybe boxing is different, but if I didn't go to my martial arts class for a few days, months, even years my trainer wouldn't have any problem with me rejoining the class (well, at least he wouldn't ban me from normal lessons).

The guy sounds like a bit of a ***** to be honest with you.

Start Muay Thai or Kickboxing if a class is available.

 

What an ass. Don't you pay money to be at that gym? I'd say find a better place, or at least a better trainer.

 

Yeah that seems kind of ****ed up.. haven't you been training there for a few years too?

 

He does sound like a ***** indeed. If you really want to get back to normal training you should suck it up and train with the kiddies for a while.

 

I don't see the problem with punishing someone for not showing up.
Relentless, you should have talked to him before not showing up and just giving him a heads up that you weren't going to be around for a while but that you were planning on coming back. I agree with RDJ, just suck it up for a while with the kids and show him you're dedicated.
At my gym, we're supposed to call the coach at home and let him know if we are going to miss even one day.
I think most coaches get that way because of all of the half-hearted people that come and go all the time. (Relentless doesn't seem like that) but my gym is full of them. People who show up for a week and then you don't see them for three more weeks, then they are there for a day or two (getting in the way) then gone again.

 

He sounds like a ****. Start Muay Thai.

 

Join a monastery.

 

Well in that case, definitely suck it up. Amy does have a point. Although we don't have to inform our trainer if we're not going to make it, you need a damn good reason to not show up for a long time.

 

Change gyms if I were you. I like old school coaches but I hate foul mouthed, hot headed ones. Try finding a gym that is as good as that one. But if you really love your gym, then stay.

 

Yea he sounds like a pos with a god complex or something. I go to a PAL gym which is basically there to keep kids out of trouble, so they never complain if someone doesn't show up, its just better if they do. Being a good coach doesn't mean you have to be domineering and inconsiderate.

 

It's his gym, Relentless isn't even paying him.

 

But banning someone for not being able to come to practice? That's not a little harsh or anything? I know that if I told anyone with some reason that there was a reason for me not being able to come to practice I would definitely not get banned from the gym. It's not always your fault that you have other, more important things to do.

 

That happens all the time at the gym I go to. They come in, sit on their butts and whine that they want to spar. The trainers say no, go work out and do what we showed you on the first day (bike, jump rope, tread mill etc) and they go do that for a whopping 10 min in total. Then they go "can I spar?" after months of just doing that my trainer either throws them out, or sends them in the ring for a prompt ass kicking. I just did that to someone last monday. They pulled that crap, and I gave him a beating he will never forget.