Should Gyms Ban Skinny People?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/20 20:53:29
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Did you ever notice that most gyms are filled with skinny people? So did Wendy McNary, an overweight woman in her early fifties who felt too out of place to join a fitness club. Until she discovered Body Exchange. You see, Body Exchange, in North Vancouver, Canada, admits only plus-size women.
For Wendy McNary, Body Exchange was exactly the kind of environment she was looking for. “It’s intimidating going into a gym setting,” she told The Province. “I honestly think some people in a gym setting are judgmental to people who are overweight or have a different body type.”
Now, she exercises six days a week, is training for her second 5K race and is down 50 pounds. But does it make sense to ban fit people from the gym? Louise Green, founder and CEO of Body Exchange, thinks it does. “Many of our clients have not had successful fitness pasts so I can see the anxiety before we get started and I can see the relief and happiness after we finish,” Green told The Province. “People are often too fearful to become active. There wasn’t a model that offered camaraderie.”
But we have to wonder: Do they throw you out once you slim down? How do they decide who is too skinny to join? And wouldn’t a gym that’s only for thin people offend everybody? Hmm…
For Wendy McNary, Body Exchange was exactly the kind of environment she was looking for. “It’s intimidating going into a gym setting,” she told The Province. “I honestly think some people in a gym setting are judgmental to people who are overweight or have a different body type.”
Now, she exercises six days a week, is training for her second 5K race and is down 50 pounds. But does it make sense to ban fit people from the gym? Louise Green, founder and CEO of Body Exchange, thinks it does. “Many of our clients have not had successful fitness pasts so I can see the anxiety before we get started and I can see the relief and happiness after we finish,” Green told The Province. “People are often too fearful to become active. There wasn’t a model that offered camaraderie.”
But we have to wonder: Do they throw you out once you slim down? How do they decide who is too skinny to join? And wouldn’t a gym that’s only for thin people offend everybody? Hmm…
GENIUS!!! Not.
As a private company they can allow or deny services to any category of people they choose. There are plenty of gyms that allow skinny people, so having one that is directed to fat people is perfectly fine. Businesses should also be allowed to discriminate if they choose; its called freedom. If I am racist I should be able to refuse service to other races. The business will most likely fail though, but that is up to the free market to decide.
You sound like you could use this.....
dad was heavy, he was thin, not fat at all.
We the people need to quit judging others, some over eat, some don't, There are thin
people who can eat alot and not get heavy, and there are other who have to watch every
thing they eat, Sometime it gets tiresome. YES, there are some that over do it, Now,
there are ones that do it, so men will watch get heavy, and then other who make themselves throw up, they get to skinny and slowly killing themselves.
Healthcare remember judging people for what they do, they maybe something you like
that will be take away.
And I have a LOT of skinny friends. Size 00 and such.