Posted on 03/20/2014 9:55:51 AM PDT by grundle
The Planet Fitness gym in Richmond, California is standing behind their dress code policy after one member claimed that she was told to put a shirt over her intimidatingly toned body.
As reported by KTVU Channel 2, Tiffany Austin was recovering from a car accident and getting back in shape with her first workout at the gym. However, her time exercising was cut short when a Planet Fitness employee stopped her. Austin explained, “She says, you know, ‘Excuse me, we've had some complaints. You're intimidating people with your toned body. So can you put on a shirt?’”
Ms. Austin was wearing a spaghetti strap tank top and capri pants with her midriff exposed, and she doesn’t think her attire was out of line. “I don’t feel like it’s anything crazy, but I mean you tell me if it’s burning your eyes,” Austin said with a laugh. Reportedly she was only told that the gym dress code prohibited wearing string tank tops. The Planet Fitness customer agreed to wear one of the shirts the gym provides patrons for free, but while she waited for the tee, another employee approached her with objections to her clothing. Feeling harassed and intimidated herself, Austin decided to get her money back and cancel her membership at the gym advertised as the “Judgement Free Zone” whose policy bans “gymtimidation.” McCall Gosselin, Planet Fitness spokesperson, said that criticizing Austin for being toned, “…is not in line with the Planet Fitness policy whatsoever.”
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If she is told that she is too toned, she should take it as a compliment, put the dang t-shirt on and continue working out. If she was intimidating others, I shutter to think what the other female patrons looked like. And yes, it was definitely a female complaining because, believe me, there is no man in the world who would complain about a woman being overly toned...
Must get EXPERT OPINION.......................
I like the one with Sean Astin but this is truer to the short story.
Wait, cover up in California? This is a new one.
That’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw her picture. It depends on what you’re definition of “toned” is. I think it’s a rouse to get attention, myself.
I would rather look at a toned person then a fat slob.
She is looking for a payday
At my gym she would be average in looks, body tone, and attire.
Same thing I was going to say “That’s toned?”
In the future, no one will be better.
Everyone will be worse.
Kalifornicia... say no more.
well, I would say that this woman is attractive, and easy on the eyes.
I’ve seen more skimpy outfits at my gym. But I don’t know their particular dress code. Just saying, this outfit doesn’t seem too skimpy to me. But then females working out may have different opinions of this other female.
Compared to Moochelle, it is.
I’ve been to a few women’s gyms where the woman working there to assist with the workouts is a fat slob. I didn’t think it was good advertisement for the program, but I thought maybe they were afraid of discrimination suits if they didn’t hire them.
So maybe they didn’t want to intimidate the clientele? That just doesn’t make any sense. People should look at someone in good shape as motivation.
I agree. Woman at the gym can be catty. Most of the rich woman can look at her and be nasty because they are so frumpy.
Would hate to see the complainers...
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