Different strokes for different folks. When I met my wife over 30 years ago she was the Northwest Regional Aerobics Instructor Champion. I had no idea such a title or this type of competition even existed. And as far as I know this type of competition does not exist anymore. She taught multiple classes a day all over the area including “fat boy” programs at a local military base. She also was sought after to work at fitness clubs.
I was a state champion and nationally ranked bicycle racer who rode over 10,000 miles a year. Our mutual interest in fitness is one of the primary reasons we ended up together. So I do not relate to your not liking to exercise. To us it has been a way of life and not drudgery.
My wife would never ever have referred to being an aerobics instructor as a “grueling 12 hour/day job”. She loved it and would never have reached the level she did if that is the way she felt. She also did not refer to herself as a personal trainer. From our experience that implies someone who is working one on one with people who are trying to get into shape and typically is not describing someone who is leading exercise classes.
Almost any job can become drudgery, but I do not really relate to the way that the person this article is about described their former job to the author. I think that it may have been good that she changed professions. For years after my wife stopped teaching nutrition and aerobics dance people would come up to her while we were in public and thank her for helping to change their lives. It was quite amazing and she still is a very inspirational person.
The author did get out of the business, so perhaps it was indeed not right for her since she found it so grueling.
I can sympathize with her. Maybe you could too, if you thought about a type of job that you would hate?
(I thought she might have been giving classes because of the 12-hour days.)
Thanks for linking the video!