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Whoa, This Woman Was Asked to Cover Up at the Gym—for Being Too

By A Mystery Man Writer

When I first saw the headline for this story, I thought: Maybe she was wearing super-revealing clothing? Butnope. Tiffany Austin says that she was told by a gym staff member about 15 minutes into her workout that she needed to cover up—because the gym had "some complaints [she] was intimidating people with [her] toned body." Austin says she was wearing workout pants and a tank top that revealed some of her stomach but that she didn't feel it was especially revealing (here's the outfit in question). Still, she was apparently told that the tank top violated the gym's dress-code policy. She told the staff member that she would be happy to put a gym-provided shirt over the tank top but decided to hightail it out of the facility after another staff member told her she needed to cover up as she was waiting to put it on. Austin had just joined the gym, and this marked her first workout there. After the event, she decided to ask for her membership money back. You see so many different kinds of workout attire at the gym—I mean, I've seen everything from tiny leotards to full-on baggy sweatsuits. And not violating a facility's
When I first saw the headline for this story, I thought: Maybe she was wearing super-revealing clothing? Butnope. Tiffany Austin says that she was told by a gym staff member about 15 minutes into her workout that she needed to cover up—because the gym had some complaints [she] was intimidating people with [her] toned body. Austin says she was wearing workout pants and a tank top that revealed some of her stomach but that she didn't feel it was especially revealing (here's the outfit in question). Still, she was apparently told that the tank top violated the gym's dress-code policy. She told the staff member that she would be happy to put a gym-provided shirt over the tank top but decided to hightail it out of the facility after another staff member told her she needed to cover up as she was waiting to put it on. Austin had just joined the gym, and this marked her first workout there. After the event, she decided to ask for her membership money back. You see so many different kinds of workout attire at the gym—I mean, I've seen everything from tiny leotards to full-on baggy sweatsuits. And not violating a facility's