Ali Condon
Fitness influencer Joey Swoll has once again called out a gym-goer for posting a video and making fun of a guy she thought was hitting on her.
The bodybuilder took to TikTok to ask the woman why she 'had to shame this man' and 'make him out to be a gym creep' after a basic interaction. Take a look:
No matter how experienced you are, joining a new gym can be super daunting, with a different equipment to get used to, unfamiliar surroundings, and new faces.
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And if you have to worry about being filmed in the background of someone's workout video, or worse, being made fun of online for asking someone a simple question, that's only going to make things worse.
That seems to be what happened to the man in this video, who was captured on a woman's phone camera approaching her and asking her if she was using the machine behind her.
"Watch this guy try to move to me at the gym," she captions the video.
It's hard to tell where the supposed flirting supposedly went down, but apparently that's the way this woman took it up.
Joey Swoll, who has made a name for himself on TikTok for calling out people's gym etiquette, wasted no time in calling her out.
The fitness coach noted that it looks like the guy in the video 'might be new to the gym' since he looks 'lost' or even 'a little bit intimidated'.
He adds that, despite the man's confusion, the woman 'makes fun of him for not knowing the name of the machine.'
Joey also points out that asking her if she was using the machine behind her was a valid one, since she might have had equipment or a bag nearby.
Speaking directly to the woman who made the original TikTok, he asks her: "If he were to jump on that machine that you were using and he didn't ask you, and you caught that on film, would you post that to make fun of him?
"It's really sad that you took this interaction and had to post it.
"You had to shame this man to make him out to be a gym creep and that he's trying to hit on you, just for attention and likes."
He continued: "The gym is a shared space. People are going to interact with you. This is harmless.
"This man asks you a question, you say 'no' and he moves on. This video never needed to be posted. You need to do better. Mind your own business."
In the comment section, people thanked Joey for calling the woman out, admitting that situations like this were exactly what they hated about going to the gym.
"All recording should be banned in gyms," commented one TikToker.
"I absolutely will not set foot in the gym out of the fear of being recorded for being clueless," wrote a second.
And a third agreed: "Honestly the hostility at the gym is why I hate going. I'm just trying to keep healthy, y'all, not find a date."