And I thought Planet Fitness was bad…
Damn. I was hoping the ban on skinny folk was by a gym that only wanted serious men of iron, not fatties.
This was funny from that link
good get the fatties outta my gym space, whoever is seriously that uncomfortable with themselves to go in a public place, i.e a gym, and work towards personal goals has some serious problems with confidence, self image, and caring what people who do not matter at all, think about them. Kinda sad.
Well at least I know where to go to meet hot chicks now.
Again, I don’t see the issue. This has to be the hundreth time I’ve said this. WHO CARES? At least they’re working out and have a place that they can be fit. Same thing with Planet Fitness. Everyone is going to have that specific gym/atmosphere they are going to be confortable with. For some it’s crossfit, others it’s a powerlifting gym…some Planet Fitness.
Different strokes for different folks. Find the gym that YOU are comfortable with and forget the rest! We should be happy that these people have an outlet for exercise…instead of blasting them or the facilities.
America is so overweight and obese I could care less if all the obese go outside and play in the sand…at least it’s something.
I’ve got no problem with it but I’m wondering what happens when (if) a member gets fit. Do they get kicked out?
If you are really buff will they let you in because your BMI meets fat requirements?
[quote]on edge wrote:
I’ve got no problem with it but I’m wondering what happens when (if) a member gets fit. Do they get kicked out?[/quote]
Probably will never happen. The type of fat person that would actually go to this gym is not trying hard enough to change themselves, they are just going through the motions so they feel better by thinking they are making a positive change their health.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Damn. I was hoping the ban on skinny folk was by a gym that only wanted serious men of iron, not fatties. [/quote]
Thought the same thing too at first. But this is just awful. I expect Planet Fitness to follow suit eventually.
Ah, the ultimate fruition of the progressive goal of tolerance. I find it really funny.
Good, now that they have a place to go, can we get a gym started for people who actually train?
I don’t think you can get a chain gym like that, at least not outside of really big cities. It’s like with martial arts–good schools can struggle because they’re frigging hard, but McDojo’s prosper as often as not.
So if people get in shape at that gym they are automatically expelled from it?
[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
Again, I don’t see the issue. This has to be the hundreth time I’ve said this. WHO CARES? At least they’re working out and have a place that they can be fit. Same thing with Planet Fitness. Everyone is going to have that specific gym/atmosphere they are going to be confortable with. For some it’s crossfit, others it’s a powerlifting gym…some Planet Fitness.
Different strokes for different folks. Find the gym that YOU are comfortable with and forget the rest! We should be happy that these people have an outlet for exercise…instead of blasting them or the facilities.
America is so overweight and obese I could care less if all the obese go outside and play in the sand…at least it’s something.[/quote]
If people are obese or overweight it’s because they don’t work out. If they really wanted to do it, it would be them who’d do it at any gym or playing outside in the sand.
This gym is going to have free pizza delivered to the smith machines and cardio machines. They couldn’t care less about the health or whatever of their clients.
The gym owner simply can’t do the math.
It takes longer to gain 50lbs of muscle than to lose 50 of weight.
After workout shakes are more expensive than water.
Cast iron plates cost less than treadmills.
Treadmills wear out faster when fatties stomp on them.
Fatties use more water to shower.
The gym will need more floorspace.
Instead of cheap trainers he’ll have to pay in house medical staff.
etc…
I could keep going but as an investment, I give it a D-
[quote]Cuso wrote:
The gym owner simply can’t do the math.
It takes longer to gain 50lbs of muscle than to lose 50 of weight.
After workout shakes are more expensive than water.
Cast iron plates cost less than treadmills.
Treadmills wear out faster when fatties stomp on them.
Fatties use more water to shower.
The gym will need more floorspace.
Instead of cheap trainers he’ll have to pay in house medical staff.
etc…
I could keep going but as an investment, I give it a D-
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Fatties are willing to pay more for monthly memberships!
All the strongman gyms have to have quite cheap membership (over here at least) because otherwise the punters just buy some weights and make a home gym. (strongman gym = £20-£40 PCM where as big commercial place = £80-£100+ PCM)
Fatties wont build a home gym and are willing to pay for the next miracle cure!
even better is fatties will probably only go for a month but carry on paying till the year is up
[quote]Cuso wrote:
The gym owner simply can’t do the math.
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I could keep going but as an investment, I give it a D-
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It may be better than that. In most Gyms the failure rate is very high, they bank on 70% not completing six months of membership and thus pocketing the difference. I suspect that with the fatty restriction that the failure rate may go higher still.
This could be the cream on the fat pie.
OK you guys conviced me, I’m selling my business and opening a sweat shop.
[quote]Cuso wrote:
OK you guys conviced me, I’m selling my business and opening a sweat shop.[/quote]
Its the only logical thing to do!
Where the hell are all these gyms that ostracized fat people? I havent been lifting as long as most people on this site but form my experience,most people at the gym are far more concern about themselves than to belittle others. This is just a made up problem.