A former personal trainer who said she and her clients felt uncomfortable when working out has set up an accessible, female-focused gym at the age of 21.
Lucy Agate, from Garston, was a personal trainer for six months and constantly experienced inappropriate behaviour from others, such as being watched, disturbing comments and negativity surrounding women lifting weights. Now, she has opened Liverpool’s first female-focused gym on Old Hall Street, aiming to provide women with a safe space to workout.
The gym, called ‘Pandora’s Fitness Studio’, aims to change the mindset around exercise as it focuses on strength-building rather than weight loss. Lucy said she wants to encourage women not to focus on aesthetic goals and that it is more important to see how your body feels rather than how it looks.
