FITNESS buff David TC Davies has criticized plans to reduce the opening hours of Monmouthshire gyms.
The Conservative MP has questioned the council’s cost-cutting methods which will see leisure centers in Abergavenny, Caldicot, Chepstow and Monmouth close an hour and a half earlier on the weekend.
From April, the gyms will close at 9.30pm on weekdays and 4.30pm on Saturdays, instead of 10pm and 6pm.
Monmouthshire County Council told the Argus gym usage was “much lower” at the later times.
After a Planet Fitness in Alaska canceled a woman’s membership when she reportedly photographed a “man in the woman’s locker room,” the company lost roughly 15% of its stock price in less than two weeks.
On March 7, the company’s stock price stood at $66.92 on March 7, but by March 19 it had dropped to $56.46, The New York Post reported.
Patricia Silva posted a Facebook video in which she stated, “Good day. I just wanted to say I came out of Planet Fitness and there was a man who was shaving in a woman’s bathroom. I realize he

Staff photo by Fritz Busch Vincent Leske of New Ulm, left, learns about an Evolt 360 body scanner from Anytime Fitness Club Manager London Watson at the Home & Health Show at the New Ulm Civic Center Friday.