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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Olivia Petter

Voices: Of course women suffer ‘gym-phobia’ – has anyone been in a gym lately?

The gym is a sacred space. It’s one of the few places where you can feel free from judgement about the way you look and focus instead on getting as sweaty and gross as possible. There’s no need to dress up unless you want to. Just go and move your body over 45 minutes of bliss.

Except it isn’t always blissful and far from it. New research has found that men are ruining exercise. A study led by Liverpool John Moores University focusing on women’s experiences in gyms found that men were putting them off exercising altogether.

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