I've been training at the same gym for about 9 years now. I used to lead the early class. My wife and I had children later on, she was looking to complete her medical training before having children. As a consequence, I have 2 small girls (5 and 2) now. My wife is a surgeon, and has expanded her practice to do robotic surgeries. Huge accomplishment, and I'm very very very very proud of her. The problem is that her surgeries start in the early morning. I can't lead my class any longer, because someone has to be home with the girls. My day care for my girls ends at about 5:30. Often times my wife will have to be at the hospital until after 6pm. After that time we eat dinner and have family time. My gym does not have noon classes. So... for the first time in a very long time. Life is firmly in the way. I'm effectively blocked from training in the morning and in the evenings. There is a near by gym, a SBG affiliate, that has a noon class, taught by a legit instructor. They are horrendously expensive. And... I have an issue with the pace that the instructor teaches it. It is MUCH too slow for my tastes, especially for the money. I know... slow training is better than no training, and individual private lessons/personal training is going to be even more expensive. I'm just complaining. I'm just not going to find a workout like I want it unless I pay for it...

Talk to your preferred gym and ask if you can start a noon class. It's not always an easy sell but if you know of other students that would like to attend then you can make the case for it.

From a gym owner's perspective, if that time slot is free, and someone who i know will show up on time with a plan, and I could imagine would help grow the program gives me a good pitch, then I'd be all about it.

Yeah, that is the problem... Another aspect of this whole mess is that I just got promoted in to an executive leadership position. Most days I can make it, but I can't lead the class. It has to be someone else, otherwise it isn't fair to the guys coming to train. Gym owner has obligations at other places, he teaches at karate school and at a local University.

Your wife is surgeon. Nannies exist.

Why not schedule an open mat time? This is what we do often - if there is request for a new timeslot, we start it as open mat and when we realise we can offer 100% coverage with a higher belt who can lead the class then we make it into a proper 'class'.

Stupid question, have you tried just asking some of the guys at your gym if they want to meet up informally outside of the gym? You could pick up some puzzle mats and drill/spar together. Beyond that, I'd echo what Robert said. If you can offer a class regularly, even if it's not daily, the owner might be in favor of it.

Well, you could ask your gym to start a morning class. I go in a 6am because of family commitments and the crew tends to be similarly married with children types or professionals without the time to roll at night.

It is a pure BJJ class... something that doesn't match my style,