I've seen that kind of thinking as well.
In 1988 HMT-302 (USMC CH-53 helicopter training squadron at MCAS Tustin, Ca) underwent its first IG (Inspector-General) inspection since being re-established in late 1987 (CH-53 training had been under HMT-301 alongside CH-46 training, but the two types were separated into different squadrons in Nov. 1987).
Most of the inspection went well, but a "fail" grade was given for the personnel training department, due to there being NO personnel in either the Remedial PT (those who failed the annual Physical Fitness Test) or the Weight Control (those overweight according to USMC standards) programs.
When the squadrons were separated, the USMC made the mistake of finding a square hole for a square peg to fit into... the new Training Officer (a CH-53 instructor) held a degree in Physical Education (with emphasis on physical therapy). As a result of his efforts to completely re-do the PT programs, all of the "fat-bodies" and "weaklings" either made weight & passed a PFT - or were on medical waiver.
Of course, since the IG regs set an "acceptable number" for the R-PFT & WC programs (both a maximum allowed and a "normal expected minimum"), and zero was outside that acceptable range, they issued an automatic fail! Never mind that the alleged purpose of the programs was to get all personnel properly fit and not-fat, actually achieving that goal was completely incomprehensible to bureaucrats who were ONLY concerned that the numbers fit their expected ranges!
By the time the squadron's appeal managed to reverse the "fail", headquarters had already forced the squadron to replace the Training Officer with someone who knew nothing about physical training and rehabilitation - just as is supposed to be the case, apparently!
A good friend (and my roommate in our off-base apartment) was one of those who had benefited from the training officer's knowledge & skill to be free from both programs for the first time in a couple of years - a few months later he was medically discharged from the USMC due to the "correct" PT regimen aggravating his existing physical issues.