California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members

SmashMouth · 03-20-2014, 07:11 AM

A California woman says a Planet Fitness gym asked her to wear more clothes two weeks ago during workouts because she’s intimidating other members with her toned body.

KTVU reports that Tiffany Austin, wearing a pink tank top and pants, had her first workout at the Bay Area gym and she hopped on a treadmill.

Austin was set to get back into shape after a recent car accident.

But she told the station that after 15 minutes on the machine, a staff member stopped her and said, "Excuse me, we've had some complaints you're intimidating people with your toned body, can you put on a shirt?"

The report points out that Planet Fitness separates itself from other gyms in ads and bans "gymtimidation" and has a "lunk alarm" that sirens every time someone drops a weight. But Austin says she's no gym rat or lunk.

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Danno · 03-20-2014, 09:01 AM

Pretty damn hot for sure, but intimidating?

Crusader · 03-20-2014, 05:15 PM

All I read about that "Planet Fitness" sounds completely absurd.

TheOak · 03-20-2014, 05:47 PM

You gents are reading this with the wrong idea of intimidation.
This is what makes those sort of complaints.

WhoDat!656 · 03-20-2014, 07:29 PM

Or this!

QBREES9 · 03-21-2014, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

Pretty damn hot for sure, but intimidating?

Crazy.

03-20-2014, 07:11 AM	#1
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 39,062 Blog Entries: 29	California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members A California woman says a Planet Fitness gym asked her to wear more clothes two weeks ago during workouts because she’s intimidating other members with her toned body. KTVU reports that Tiffany Austin, wearing a pink tank top and pants, had her first workout at the Bay Area gym and she hopped on a treadmill. Austin was set to get back into shape after a recent car accident. But she told the station that after 15 minutes on the machine, a staff member stopped her and said, "Excuse me, we've had some complaints you're intimidating people with your toned body, can you put on a shirt?" The report points out that Planet Fitness separates itself from other gyms in ads and bans "gymtimidation" and has a "lunk alarm" that sirens every time someone drops a weight. But Austin says she's no gym rat or lunk. read more

03-20-2014, 09:01 AM	#2
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members Pretty damn hot for sure, but intimidating? QBREES9 likes this.

03-20-2014, 05:15 PM	#3
Crusader Resident Swede Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 8,051	Re: California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members All I read about that "Planet Fitness" sounds completely absurd.

03-20-2014, 05:47 PM	#4
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,056	Re: California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members You gents are reading this with the wrong idea of intimidation. This is what makes those sort of complaints.

03-20-2014, 07:29 PM	#5
WhoDat!656 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 16,097	Re: California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members Or this!

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03-21-2014, 12:54 PM	#6
QBREES9 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Haven Ct Posts: 23,990	Re: California woman says gym told her to cover up because she was intimidating members Originally Posted by Danno Pretty damn hot for sure, but intimidating? Crazy.