Comments on: Are You Thin? Then You’re Banned From The Gym

By: Rebecka

Rebecka — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:31:50 +0000

This is unfair because everyone should be allowed to exercise. I am pretty thin but I still need to exercise, I am actually not very active and would love to become stronger and healthier.

By: missT

missT — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:22:27 +0000

I totally understand wanting the more overweight women to feel comfortable working out, however, who determines which women are “too skinny” to join and which women are are heavy enough to be apart of that gym? Also, I think it will backfire when the overweight women actually start losing weight because what happens when those women get skinny? Are they going to be kicked out? Overall, I think the idea isn’t such a great one.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:10:54 +0000

That is just stuipid If someone made a gym only for skinny ppl they’d hate it so why is it so different for overweight ppl I’m underweight and I’d love some curves. Being skinny is soo not all its cracked up to be!

By: alyssa

alyssa — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:33:09 +0000

This would be a good gym for people who are over-weight. I’m not so skinny and when ever i go to the gym with my mom seeing all those men and women who are toned up make me feel uncomfortable. Just makes me feel sometimes like their talking about me. I would like to join this gym if they had one in California.

By: basschick

basschick — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:08:18 +0000

a gym like this will help over weight people want to go because of the fact that everyone in there is like them. there will be no skinny athletes working out next to you, silently judging. there are other gyms around for skinny people as well. just for the mere fact that it will help boost the confidence for someone to get into a healthier state makes it a good thing.

By: thunder2000

thunder2000 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:43:27 +0000

I agree that gyms should let skinny people come it just like weight watchers it’s not only fat people who don’t know how to eat healthy

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:37:22 +0000

I disagree. I completely understand where they are coming from. Just because your skinny doesn’t mean you can’t excercise! They simply made another gym specifically for overweight people, and I think it’s a great idea! I also believe that just because YOU don’t say hi, it doesn’t mean you specifically are vain or rude. But, it’s easier to expect that from a skinnier person because they are usually more proud of themselves, because they aren’t overweight. Being bullied about weight quite a bit as a child, I remember it was mostly skinny girls and the popular guys who were with them. I have been to a number of gyms where I have even been made fun of as a teenager/adult by people for my weight. I don’t think it should be viewed as a place where skinny people are rejected, but a place where larger girls can feel completely comfortable while working out. Generally if you see a bunch of skinny girls in a yoga class or workout gym, you compare yourselves to them, and feel even more uncomfortable with yourself than you already did. Therefore I can know from personal experience where they are coming from.

By: Opr

Opr — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:36:19 +0000

And so the person who goes to the gym in order to maintain that “perfect body” should be not allowed in? The way everyone is putting it is as if these smaller girls are evil and shouldn’t be in gyms because why should they be? Maybe if those girls stopped going to gyms they’d be big.

By: courtney

courtney — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:24:17 +0000

im pretty skinny and i think this so fair my mom is over wieght and i listen to all my classmates give me crap about it and make fun of her because she is a teacher at my school. my mom is my hero and i have to told people to shut the fuck up when they say stuff about my mom. she wants to lose wight but doenst have any over wight friends to work out with. she cant get motivated to do it. sometimes we ride bikes and i always feel bad because i have more energy and its easier for me i feel like i hurt her feelings when we do stuff together. its makes me cry cause i love my mom so much and i want her to reach her goal and be skinny. to me she is perfect no matter what wieght she is but i think she would be happier and feel better about herself if she was skinnier. i would love for her to go to a gym like this one where she would have the self esteme to work out hard like she wants to do. she could be with people like her that just want to feel better about themselves. i wouldnt care that i couldnt go with her. if it made her happy thats all that matters. my best friend that has been my best friends since second grade is a little over wieght but hates working out infront of people because she is made fun of alot. i loved the look on her face when she lost 4 pounds after i practically forced her to do track with me now she is going to do it every year. my mom is harder to motivate though. i really wish there was a gym like this where i live. i would use all my savings for her to go if it would make her as happy as my best friend.

By: ShadowShampagne

ShadowShampagne — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:37:03 +0000

I really love this comment