I Guess A Little Discrimination Is OK Once In A While

‘Plus-Size Friendly’ Gym Bans Skinny People

This is sad, but unfortunately, it's not really anything new. Planet Fitness has been discriminating against athletes, bodybuilders, and serious lifters for quite some time now. You can click here to read about their "judgment free zone". These guys are just taking it a step further. I'm not exactly sure how it's even legal, because I'm sure that if I started a gym that didn't allow people over a certain size or weight through the doors, I'd be slapped with a discrimination lawsuit before the end of the first week.

Honestly though, it's really not a bad business model. My friend Rory once said "The greatest way to make sure you have a thriving business is to make sure that you get paid for something that you can never actually supply. People will be stupid enough to keep buying it and they will make sure that what they are selling can never truly be achieved. Sell a fitness membership and make sure that the person buying never actually gets fit. That shit is genius". That's not the way he runs his gym, but he's got a great point. Sure there's going to be the odd person who goes in and loses a bunch of weight, but what then? Will they be kicked out? Or will they be put on pedestal as an inspiration and a role model? I'm guessing the former. Meanwhile, the gym will still be full of fat people who keep paying their memberships on time, but who never get any better because there's no real motivation to. When I see the pros killing it during their circuits and workouts, it makes me think "Damn, I want to be that good. I need to turn it up and work harder". As opposed to the people in the plus-sized friendly gym who will just be looking around and thinking "Well, at least I'm not as fat as that guy". You're only as good as the people that you surround yourself with. You can surround yourself with people going through the motions, or you can surround yourself with people who are trying to be the best. Which one do you think will help you achieve your goals the fastest?