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Spanish gym launches nudist workout sessions to win back business (no pictures please)
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| 04/26/2011
| NewsCore
Posted on 04/26/2011 2:14:13 PM PDT by steveo
A STRUGGLING gym in northern Spain hopes to entice new customers by offering nudist workout sessions, making it the first in the country to target naturists looking to get into shape.
Liberal-minded customers in the northern town of Arrigorriaga are invited to burn calories in the buff at Easy Gym, which provides towels for comfort and to "prevent slippage on the equipment."
"We knew we had to innovate because we were losing clients," said Easy Gym owner Merche Laseca.
"Times are hard. There is a crisis. I need the money. I am not a nudist myself, but I don't mind it at all."
Ms Laseca said she hit on the idea of nude exercise sessions after a survey of 600 members of the Basque Nudist Association (ENE) revealed that 90 percent would be happy to exercise, as well as sunbathe, in the nude.
Critics claimed the nude gym sessions might be unhygienic (duh) and uncomfortable.
Julian Lopez, a member of Easy Gym, said: "I think the managers are stupid to do this just to get money. They want me to be hygienic, with clean shoes, towels etc ... but when I go there now and sit on the exercise bike what am I going to find?"
Other local gym owners also suggested it was not beneficial for women who needed to wear sports bras.
However, Maite Vicuna, the president of ENE, said "If a woman doesn't feel comfortable, she can put on a bra."
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: business; eeech; gym; launches; nude; nudist; sessions; spanish; workout; yuck
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"If a woman doesn't feel comfortable, she can put on a bra."
Well then it ain't nude then is it?
My yuck meter is pegged.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:14:21 PM PDT
by
steveo
To: steveo
“Please wipe the equipment afer use. Thank you.”
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:16:44 PM PDT
by
RinaseaofDs
(Does beheading qualify as 'breaking my back', in the Jeffersonian sense of the expression?)
To: steveo
"Do you like to watch gladiator movies, Timmy?"
I think this may be a bad idea?
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:17:17 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
To: steveo
Nude workouts? I’d advise taking extra precautions while using the Nautilus equipment.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:19:12 PM PDT
by
GSWarrior
(Nothing changes if nothing changes.)
To: steveo
"Time for some weight training and then cardio."
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:20:46 PM PDT
by
library user
(Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
To: steveo
...but when I go there now and sit on the exercise bike what am I going to find?"A happy ending?
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:23:54 PM PDT
by
library user
(Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
To: steveo
It’s for the children of course.
The Toronto YMCA has nude swimming, “roaming bares”, for the kids of course.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:24:32 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: steveo
This could really backfire! I've seen some people in gyms - you know, the ones who really need to be there - who, without some restraints, would have trouble getting some body parts stopped once they get them going.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:24:58 PM PDT
by
jda
("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
To: steveo
Always remember, the people who like going around nude, are the people you do NOT want to see going around nude.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:26:16 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: steveo
Business must really be sagging.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:31:59 PM PDT
by
Mobties
(Reduce the government footprint! Let the markets work!)
To: steveo
Where can I sign up?
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:39:01 PM PDT
by
starlifter
(Pullum sapit)
To: starlifter
To: Rebelbase; Lazamataz
Hit the abuse button! (It’s one of the few things Laz won’t hit)
To: steveo
“Times are hard”
Will not comment on that statement..
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:56:53 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: starlifter
You swine.
You filthy swine.
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:07:05 PM PDT
by
section9
To: steveo
“but when I go there now and sit on the exercise bike what am I going to find?”
pneumatic seal
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:09:25 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: steveo
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:16:46 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: starlifter
REALLY. You filthy, filthy swine.
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:30:00 PM PDT
by
Amadeo
To: dfwgator
Nudism is like singing. Only those with a talent for it should indulge in it.
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:32:35 PM PDT
by
AceMineral
(World peace is the hog slop of philosophy.)
To: starlifter
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:52:49 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Wait, what?)
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