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amother
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 Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:18 pm
The only gym in my area is both genders. Am I allowed to do use it if I’m fully tzniusdik in dress but there might be men around? Husband and I are trying to improve our fitness. Me because I just had a baby! Sorry, I’m BT and don’t know who to ask these things! It seems like a trivial question for a rav. We’re just plain frum. LOR is yeshivish and we usually hold by him, for context . Yes, clearly I live in the middle of nowhere, not somewhere with lots of women’s gyms. 
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amother
Acacia
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:19 pm
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Rubies
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:52 pm
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Nothing you need clarity on should be too trivial to discuss with your Rav.
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amother
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:56 pm
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I go to a mixed gym. Im not yeshivish though - yeshivish people probably wouldn’t do that.
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1091
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:56 pm
And you are going to get different answers from different people depending on where they are in the religious spectrum.
I personally wouldn’t go to a mixed gym but that doesn’t mean I would think it’s wrong to go if you are dressed appropriately.
You should ask your LOR.
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LovesHashem
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 12:58 pm
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I wouldn't go even if dressed appropriately. People see your body moving.
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amother
Linen
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 1:00 pm
Some suggestions
- go walking with your husband (and baby!)
- download an exercise video
- get a machine that you would both enjoy
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Elfrida
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 1:00 pm
I wouldn't.
Could you get a treadmill or something at home instead?
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chocolate moose
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:21 pm
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I go to a mixed gym in gym clothes. I go someplace way far from where I live so no one knows me.
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amother
Coral
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:26 pm
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I wanted to go to one, but my husband said no
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OOTforlife
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:30 pm
I don't think it's too trivial to discuss with your LOR at all. Exercise is an important component of physical and mental health.
Personally, I think a lot depends on what you specifically want to do at the gym. Doing upside down splits standing on your head is really not comparable to walking on a treadmill if we are talking about tznius.
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daagahminayin
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:34 pm
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amother
Heather
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:46 pm
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I do it, and so does my husband. We go to serious exercise places; no one is scantily clad or flirting.
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amother
Mimosa
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:49 pm
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I think it’s fine if you are tznius. Taking care of your health is a mitzvah.
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SG18
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 4:51 pm
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I would, dressed appropriately
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amother
Mistyrose
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 5:13 pm
| amother [ Mimosa ] wrote: | | I think it’s fine if you are tznius. Taking care of your health is a mitzvah. |
You can fullfil the Mitzvah in your living room with YouTube videos.
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amother
DarkYellow
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 5:35 pm
| amother [ Heather ] wrote: | | I do it, and so does my husband. We go to serious exercise places; no one is scantily clad or flirting. |
There's no such a thing as not scantily clad women in a mixed gym. I don't think I've ever seen a non jewish women exercising in anything other than a cropped tank top which is basically a sports bra.
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amother
Ghostwhite
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 5:38 pm
| amother [ Mistyrose ] wrote: | | You can fullfil the Mitzvah in your living room with YouTube videos. |
No, you can't. You can get some form of exercise, but for many of us, that would be objectively inferior to the types of exercise we can do at a gym, and it really just doesn't cut it.
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amother
Springgreen
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 6:56 pm
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I do, physical activity is so important for health (physical and mental). I'm dressed fine. there aren't other options (tiny apartment, cold winters, only mixed gyms).
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flmommy
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Sun, Dec 26 2021, 7:18 pm
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I would but don’t feel it’s appropriate for my DH.
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