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A woman who targeted another gym user’s body shape has had her membership revoked after a social media personality intervened.
Allie, who goes by @the_rippedbarbie on Instagram, filmed another gym-goer at Absolute Recomp in Texas doing crunches on a training bench, shirtless.
“If you’re going to train topless, at least build some muscle,” Ally tweeted as she filmed the man.
Social media personality Joey Swoll, known for his videos criticizing poor gym etiquette, such as mocking people and getting irritated with people interrupting his filmed workouts, has caught this video. did.
“Listen, I get it. If you want to train in a gym where everyone keeps their shirts on, that’s fine,” he said.
“But this gym is not one of them.”
He said he called the gym to check the rules and the gym told him it was OK for men to train without shirts.
Joey said Ally knew the rules when she registered but decided to continue her membership anyway so she had to follow them.
“This includes the rule that people cannot be photographed without their consent for posting on social media,” he said.
“And people tried to tell you this.”
Ally posted her own exchange after others voiced their concerns and posts, saying she wasn’t criticizing the man for going to the gym, but for the fact that he was shirtless. .
“For a variety of reasons, there is no reason why men or women should walk around this square without clothes,” she responded to one concerned social media user.
She called people who voice concerns on Instagram Stories “keyboard warriors.”
