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    Small gyms that have one coed changing room

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    Have you ever been to a gym that only had one coed changing area. I travel a lot for work and have noticed a lot of those small specialized gyms only have 1 changing area for both men and women, and the people seem fine changing in front of each other.

    Would you feel weird with coed changing rooms and showers? Most showers were individual, not communal.

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    • Posts: 6,993 Member
      I've never heard of this. Certainly it must be illegal?
    • Posts: 958 Member
      47Jacqueline wrote: »
      I've never heard of this. Certainly it must be illegal?
      How exactly would this be illegal?
      Not saying I'm for or against just curious as to your reasoning.
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      There's really no divider or wall between the men and women?
    • Posts: 1,395 Member
      edited February 2015
      I've swum at pools with no women's locker room (boys' Catholic high schools, usually). They always made us/me use a women's restroom, often located far far away from the pool.

      Since this is in the context of playing men's/coed water polo, we always thought it was ridiculous, because at that point you've seen (and felt) it all.

      I'm not sure I would appreciate co-ed facilities in a regular gym context, though.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      47Jacqueline wrote: »
      I've never heard of this. Certainly it must be illegal?

      Illegal?
    • Posts: 30
      We only have one changing room/single stall bathroom, but it has a curtain divider in the corner so if your stripping down to change you can head to that corner for a bit more privacy. It is such a small gym though that there is never more then 10 people there at the BUSIEST time.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      47Jacqueline wrote: »
      I've never heard of this. Certainly it must be illegal?

      Why must it be illegal?
    • Posts: 389 Member
      Wait, what?

      A co-ed gym with a co-ed gym......is this real?

      Where in the world are we talking about...certainly not the US.
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      I need to workout at a gym like that
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      Where is this place?

      This is the exact reason I need to get google glass.
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      tornACL2012 wrote: »
      Have you ever been to a gym that only had one coed changing area. I travel a lot for work and have noticed a lot of those small specialized gyms only have 1 changing area for both men and women, and the people seem fine changing in front of each other.

      Would you feel weird with coed changing rooms and showers? Most showers were individual, not communal.

      I havent read any of the comments in this thread but if any of these establishments are located in canada please let me know!!! lol .. if only i could find a gym with a co-ed change room lol lol ... did it have a shower?!?!
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      How's about I start one...
    • Posts: 361 Member
      I used to belong to a boxing and martial arts gym like this, but there weren't showers or that sort of thing. The least anyone ever saw the men in was usually boxers and the women maybe a sports bra. If you are aware of the situation, it stops being weird pretty fast. Guys just make sure the button hasn't fallen off the front of your boxers, and girls make sure you don't work out in a thong and everyone is good to go.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      dbmata wrote: »
      How's about I start one...

      Yes please! but listen .. the membership fee is gonna need to be pretty low because im kinda broke! lol :):)
    • Posts: 286 Member
      There is a couple of smaller gym here that are that way. Illegal ?!? Wow.
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      CupcakeCardio wrote: »
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      Yes please! but listen .. the membership fee is gonna need to be pretty low because im kinda broke! lol :):)

      HAH!
      Co-Ed amateur nights are always free.

      A gym like that would be cool, put it would have to be a crew on no-bs folks. I don't know how you could find a group like that without making your own and then opening a gym.
    • Posts: 5,961 Member
      I wouldn't use it. I probably also wouldn't patron that gym since I wouldn't want to spend my money on something that would make me uncomfortable or else not willing to even use part of the facility.
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      I don't know why y'all are excited about a co-ed gym/changing room. It's not going to be you and your hottie of choice. It's going to be you and old men drying their junk with hand dryers. Sorry, I don't know of an old woman equivalent.

      I wouldn't be comfy in a co-ed changing room. I'd go home and clean up.
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      Co-ed locker room would NOT work at my gym. Nope, no way. Not happening.
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      edited February 2015
      Nope. People are people... I don't really want to be naked around anyone, regardless of gender, and I don't want them naked around me.
    • Posts: 4,334 Member
      I've never heard of this.

      I guess I don't really see it being a big deal as long as people can act like mature adults. I don't think there are laws against it.
    • Posts: 5,575 Member
      We had that situation in my military training but it's not like people might think. All in one big tent but changing wasn't a big thing, if you were stripping down all the way it was in your sac otherwise you've got shorts and a T-shirt. I imagine most people who need to do a full change would use a washroom.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      I've never heard about co-ed changing rooms :open_mouth:
      It might be weird at the beginning, but I think I could get used to it.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      TavistockToad wrote: »
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      Why must it be illegal?

      It's illegal for men and women to use the same restroom (if is only one stall that's different)so using the same changing room with several people seems like it would be illegal
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      Cite the law that makes this illegal.

      There are many businesses that have only one restroom that are just ripe for lawsuit if the "Tess Law" exists.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      tesstheprincess wrote: »
      It's illegal for men and women to use the same restroom (if is only one stall that's different)

      Wait.. WHAT? XDD seriously? where? :smiley: And what's going to happen if someone catches you? Do you go to prison for using wrong restroom? :mrgreen:
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Like the business needs to legally have a restroom for both men and women of its single use it can only be one
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      tesstheprincess wrote: »
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      It's illegal for men and women to use the same restroom (if is only one stall that's different)so using the same changing room with several people seems like it would be illegal

      What municipality
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      tesstheprincess wrote: »
      Like the business needs to legally have a restroom for both men and women of its single use it can only be one

      Cite the law.

      Or are you talking out teh bum?

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