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PORTLAND, Ore. — Several Portland fitness centers announced this week they will be eliminating traditional heavy weights from their gyms entirely after city officials and wellness consultants agreed the weight room environment has long promoted levels of masculinity that some members now consider offensive.
Beginning next month, barbells, dumbbells, and squat racks will be removed from gym floors and replaced with large pastel foam cubes designed to create what staff are calling a more emotionally supportive and inclusive fitness environment.
The decision follows months of conversations between gym managers, inclusivity advisors, and city officials who reviewed complaints about what some members described as an increasingly uncomfortable atmosphere
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