From: NPR
In These Gyms, Nobody Cares How You Look In Yoga Pants
NPR:
If you want to lift weights or use the treadmill at Downsize Fitness, you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight.
Kendall Schrantz is a fan – and a member.
The 24-year-old has struggled with her weight since she was in the second grade. The looks she got at other gyms made her uncomfortable.
But now she drives more than an hour to Downsize Fitness in Fort Worth three times a week, just to exercise.
“It’s worth every single penny I paid for gas,” she said. “It’s worth the time I spend on the road, the miles.”
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That may be good for people who are anxious about what other people think about their appearance, according to Austin Baldwin, an assistant professor of psychology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. But that doesn’t work for everyone.
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