Anonymous wrote:To me this is stupid and it is discrimination.
If you are overweight own it and do the work to change if that is what you want to do. Why do people go to the gym and watch other people and then get all caught up about feeling intimidated and insecure, give me break.
You are at the gym to focus on yourself and work out. Enough about all these hurt and intimidated feelings.
Anonymous wrote:Guy here. I had to laugh my ass off when in the middle about this article describing how body image prevents women from working out, there is a link entitled "See more: 10 Things He's Thinking When You're Naked "
Holy crap, these women mags are half of the problem. They cover a story about a gym that kicks out skinny women (bad skinny women!) in order to allow other women to exercise without becoming demoralized. And at the same time, they feed you an article about what men are thinking when they look at you. That's some crazy head games.
Anonymous wrote:They should just say it's for "beginners"
I don't think that would work if the purpose was to exclude all skinny people. I'm relatively skinny but totally out of shape and weak, and would feel like "beginners" included me!
They should just say it's for "beginners"
Anonymous wrote:I'm going to a women only facility and I don't mind skinny women. Just reminds me where I want to be and motivate me to get there.
OTOH, I get intimidated quickly by in shape people. Even though it's not really the case, I feel like they're judging me and laughing at me struggling. I try to tell myself it's all in my head.
I think it's cool that a gym gives this a try. Though what happens if the overweight people fall of the wagon and the gym is empty?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's a good idea too. It's no different than having a gym for "beginners." Kids do this: you start your DD off in beginners' ballet, then she masters that and moves up to intermediate, etc. So, this is the same thing : a gym for beginners, where they can learn the basics and feel comfortable because everyone is a beginner just like them. And then once they've mastered that, they can move up to the next thing (a regular gym), so to speak.