Sorry, skinny people -- you can’t work out here.
One gym in Canada is taking the growing “plus-size friendly” gym trend to the extreme and banning too-trim gym rats from exercising at its facility.
Body Exchange in Vancouver has a strict policy that only allows plus-size women to join their fitness center.
Founder and CEO Louise Green told TheProvince.com last week that the gym is a “safe haven” for overweight people.
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The obvious question is: What if (horror of horrors!) one of the members actually succeeds at weight loss? Does she get kicked out of the gym? After all, her newly slim body is a non-welcoming threat to new members! It is more likely, however, that the gym owners know that none of their clients will succeed.
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