Two-thirds of all leisure staff have experienced some form of serious flirtation with a customer or client, with 34% having actually followed it up with a date or even an affair with a married woman, according to research by leisurejobs.co.uk.

The national survey of 1,000 male fitness and leisure staff including gym instructors, tennis coaches and personal trainers has revealed that nearly two-thirds of all leisure staff polled have experienced some form of ‘serious flirtation’ with a customer or client.

The research also revealed that personal trainers (42%) and tennis coaches (30%) were the hottest targets of desperate housewives, leaving yoga teachers (2%), golf coaches (1%) and spinner instructors (1%) hanging out to dry.

In fact the gym would appear to be the number one location for DHS (Desperate Housewife Syndrome), with over a third of male gym staff admitting to having had a relationship or date with a member of the opposite sex and 7% actually ending up married to their gym sweetheart.