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Planet Fitness defends trans woman harassed in locker room

As it turns out, Planet Fitness has better trans-inclusive locker room policies than most red states.

The gym chain recently defended its decision to revoke the membership of a woman who photographed another woman in a changing room. Patricia Silva was banned after she shared a video on Facebook featuring the other woman, who is transgender, while complaining about her presence in the woman’s locker room.

Silva consistently misgendered the other woman in the video, saying that she “loves[s]”her” in Christ” and that she “is a spiritual being having a human experience,” but that she wasn’t “comfortable” with the woman

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Longford Fitness will close its doors at the end of the month

After 12 years of providing a range of fitness classes and personal training Longford Fitness will close its doors at the end of the month.

The Longford gym owners’ efforts to sell the business as a going concern failed to materialize due to circumstances out of their control and they will now hold their final classes on March 30.

Gyms all over the country have operated in difficult circumstances in the last number of years.

“I think everybody’s a little bit shocked now that we’ve made this decision,” Tessy Gillen said of the move, “we wanted to sell it rather

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Safety Shot appoints fitness industry veteran to board By Investing.com


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JUPITER, FL – Safety Shot, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOT), a company specializing in wellness solutions, announced today that David J. Long, CEO and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness, has joined its Board of Directors. Long brings over two decades of experience in the fitness and wellness sector, having been a key figure in the expansion of several franchise brands such as Massage Envy and European Wax Center, as well as the development of Orangetheory Fitness, which now boasts over 1,500 studios in 27 countries.

Safety Shot has developed a novel beverage aimed at mitigating the effects of alcohol consumption by accelerating

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