Joey Swoll commented on a situation at Planet Fitness when a woman was filming inside the men’s locker room.
Joey Swoll has been a positive voice within the fitness community as he speaks on many issues around the country that occur in public gyms. Recently, Swoll spoke out about an incident at Planet Fitness where a woman was filming inside the men’s locker room.
“This man, Josh, was on a break from work, decided to grab a workout at Planet Fitness and when he was done, he went to take a shower before going back to work. When he walked into the locker room, he saw this woman sitting on a bench in front of his locker, filming those two guys.”
The man, who Swoll calls Josh, brought this incident to the attention of the staff at Planet Fitness but they did not do anything to settle it. Instead, Josh returned to the locker room and got into a physical altercation with the two men, lading to the police being called.
Joey Swoll: “No Man Or Women Should Have To Feel Uncomfortable”
This is not the first incident involving a Planet Fitness locker room. Previously, Patricia Silva was banned from the gym following a similar incident. She felt uncomfortable when a man was inside the women’s locker room because he was against genders. The staff did not confront the man but instead banned Silva for filming inside the locker room.
Josh also encountered a person of the opposite sex in the locker room and brought it to the attention of the staff.
“This made him and everyone in there very uncomfortable so he went and told the front desk. And the staff did nothing so he went back in, pretending to take a video of flexing so he had some evidence. As he was walking out, some words were exchanged and he got into a shoving match with those two guys.”
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After the incident, the police came and Josh was able to press charges against the individuals. Joey Swoll called for Planet Fitness to take care of the situation.
“He called the police, they came, he made a case, and he is going to press charges. No man or woman should ever have to feel uncomfortable in their locker room changing or showering or whatever they have to do. As soon as he told the front desk, the staff should have kicked those three out immediately.”
“Planet Fitness, you need to do better.”
This incident gained plenty of attention once shared by Joey Swoll and this includes from Josh himself, who commented on Swoll’s social media post.
“Wow, thanks for shedding some light on this. My biggest issue was how easy it was to dismiss my complaint because I was a man complaining about a woman being in the men’s locker room. If this situation was reversed someone would be in handcuffs. I won’t allow people to treat me like I don’t matter.”
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