strange but true
A woman has shared the outfit she claims got kicked out of the gym because the owner’s wife claimed it was too revealing.
American influencer Emi Romero said she was subjected to a “dress code” for wearing a tank top and leggings at a recent bodybuilding facility she attended.
The fitness fan, who is five months pregnant, claimed she was aware of the gym’s training policy, which prohibits women from working out in just a sports bra, but stressed that her outfit did not violate the rules. .
However, Emi’s midriff-baring top seemed to be too much for the gym owner’s wife.
In a TikTok video filmed in a car outside a fitness center, Emi notices the owner’s wife “staring” at her during a workout before being approached and told to cover up. said.
“You’re wearing this tank top today, aren’t you?” she says in the video, adding that she’s “finding it hard” to get dressed as her bump grows.
“And the owner’s wife is staring at me the whole time I’m training. [the] Kind of like an owner’s walk [over] In the middle of training. …He said, ‘Listen, my wife has a problem with what you’re wearing right now.’ No sports bras. ”
Romero said she explained to the owner that she was not wearing a sports bra. He answered: “No, I agree with you, but wife, it’s really hard to tell the difference between a sports bra and a sports bra… so you’ll either need to leave or wear a top.”
The mother-to-be said she felt “embarrassed” by the situation, claiming there were other women training around her wearing “super tiny” tops, and there were ” There were also pictures of athletes and their tiny men in tiny bikinis, adding, “Underwear.”
“I don’t feel like I’m wearing a sports bra, so I don’t know what the problem is,” she reportedly told the owner.
“You’re a bodybuilder’s gym. You post a lot of pictures of half-naked people, and that’s cool, but is that the same as you can’t wear tank tops?
“I was trying to be respectful, but it was honestly pretty uncomfortable. It was the craziest thing.”
Eventually, the conversation ended with the gym owner stating that his facility was not the best place for Mr. Romero to have a membership.
She agreed, saying, “I just don’t want to resolve a situation that makes me feel this way.”
Romero, who said the whole experience was “shocking,” also shared a video of her outfit after returning home.
In the clip, the pregnant woman wore black pants with a tie-dye pattern and a flush brown top over her leggings.
The video went viral and quickly garnered hundreds of comments, with many criticizing the gym for having a strict dress code for women.
“Why is there a dress code? It’s already 2024,” said one person.
“That outfit is so inappropriate,” another claimed.
One person argued: “Am I the only one who feels like they’re discriminating against you because you’re pregnant and working out?”
A woman also took part, revealing that she posted a video last year in which she claimed to have been subjected to a “dress code” by the same gym owner.
“This literally happened to me at the same gym,” Erin DiZerega wrote.
In a video posted to TikTok late last year, the fitness enthusiast revealed that she was told that her onesie was “inappropriate” attire.
“Recently, I went to this bodybuilding gym, and they had a rule about not wearing sports bras, which I thought was a little strange, but I really liked the other things about this gym, so I signed up anyway.” ” she said.
“But the owner comes up to me and says, ‘Hey, can you please put a sweater over it?'”
“I very respectfully told him I would wear a sweater.
“I put on my sweater and finished my workout. At that point, I already knew I didn’t want to continue working out there.”
DiZerega said gym staff still seems undecided on where to draw the line when enforcing dress code rules and has decided that brown rompers, a popular style of workout wear, are going too far.
Like Romero’s video, it went viral, racking up thousands of likes from people who saw “nothing wrong” with the outfit.
“You literally don’t wear underwear when you compete? I’m baffled that the clothes you’re wearing are inappropriate for a literal bodybuilding gym lol,” one person commented.
“I thought there was nothing wrong with what you were wearing,” another wrote.
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