r/gymsnark Dec 12 '22

MOD POST MOD POST: Snark Vs Shame - a reminder that Rule 8 exists.

194 Upvotes

It's time for another reminder about the difference between snark and shame because lately there have been a lot of posts that are overrun with negative comments about a person's appearance.

To be perfectly clear, here is Rule 8 (but you should really go read the rest of them too): Appearance snark and shaming - We avoid snarky commentary around things about a person's appearance that they cannot change in a few seconds. This includes negative comments about a person's weight, face, boob job, stretch marks, cellulite, rolls, body shape, height, etc. Posts about camel toe will be removed (we don't need entire posts for this); individual comments are allowed as long as they are not vulgar. Do not snark on the appearance of children.

An influencer's plastic surgery choices do not impact their (in)ability to provide fitness content, so saying that someone looks like Voldemort because you don't like their nose is nasty and unacceptable. If they deny having plastic surgery, then that is absolutely snarkable in itself, but you must be respectful and do not need to bash the way they look.

The sub started out as a place to call out influencers on their BS, their scams, their blatant dishonesty, etc etc. In the early days of Gymsnark, we actually did some pretty significant things. For example, we collectively called out Balance Athletica (now Vitality) on their dishonest practices and were loud enough that they were forced to notice. This sub calling out influencers as often as we do made them realize they’re not as invincible and adored as they think they are. Perhaps even more importantly, I think it made them realize that when they scam and lie, we not only notice but speak up about it, and WILL warn others about them.

Unfortunately, the sub periodically slips back into a pattern of BECs and appearance shaming, the moderators get busy removing everything, and people start fighting in the comments about how "it's a snark sub". The sub name is a play on words based on Gymshark, not an invitation for mean girl behaviour.

NO posts on:

  • Size shaming (like which size someone chooses)
  • Body shaming of ANY sort
  • Guessing someone’s size
  • Making fun of what someone looks like
  • Negative comments about someone's plastic surgery

Allowable posts on:

  • Back breaking poses
  • Obvious photoshop (but only in the weekly thread, otherwise they will be removed)
  • False claims about bodies (e.g. claiming to be natural despite an obvious BBL, or claiming that they got their body from a workout they are peddling when this obviously isn't true)
  • Shady marketing related to bodies

MORE posts on:

  • the lies and scams influencers think we’re too stupid to catch on to.

Before participating, you need to refamiliarise yourselves with the rules. None of them have changed since our last update, yet they are constantly being broken.

Please note that if you are in violation of these rules, the post will be deleted and you may face a ban. You can snark and call influencers out on their BS without being downright nasty. If you see content that you think breaks the rules, please report it so that it comes to our attention and we can deal with it.

As always, reach out if you have Qs. Snark on (but read the rules first)!


r/gymsnark Jun 10 '24

MOD POST RULE 7 REMINDER: Pregnancy speculation is not allowed

99 Upvotes

Over the last few days this rule has been broken more times than we can keep up with. If you break this rule you will receive a temporary ban, or a permanent ban if you have been warned before.

This is the only warning. Read the rules.


r/gymsnark 6h ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat “buff” unicorn

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129 Upvotes

can she please please stop posting videos where she is like wiggling her body in werid ways. im not going to say anymore because i dont want to get banned but i cant be the only one that literally can’t stand the way she stands in certain videos so she can body check herself.


r/gymsnark 1h ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat I am SICK of the buffunicorn

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Long time lurker, first time poster and I’m sorry for making this post as I feel there’s been a large influx of posts around her recently here, but I’m not sorry enough.

She sickens me, genuinely. I didn’t pay her much attention, even as I believe she is struggling with an ED relapse at the moment, because I don’t want to fill my mind with content like hers as I’ve dealt with an ED before. But after recent posts I looked over her tiktok and it was heartbreaking to realize how much of her fan base is obviously minors and how her videos and editing style appeal to younger audiences. These are high school age kids at best and the comments are disheartening, all saying things like “dream physique” and “girl what’s your body fat %? Body tea” (not even kidding, that one’s word for word). They do not fully recognize what they’re looking at. I didn’t when I was their age, and now at the same age as fucking Buffunicorn (22), I’m grown enough to know the harmful impact that physique and diet focused content, especially branded as something “silly” or “swaggy,” as Buffunicorn would say, can have as an influencer in that current physical condition.

She does not have an excuse for this. Posts like hers were exactly what got saved to my favorites folder on tiktok as fucking thinspo when I too was suffering from an ED, and I can only presume she’s done the same in the past, as many of her followers have and will continue to do. Her likely 350 calorie max goddamn zero sugar zero fat zero joy fluffy yogurt slop bowls aren’t helping her case, especially when the videos for these “recipes” often include a body check beforehand.

She waxes analytical and self-realized in her language around the subject of eating disorders (in her case, a binge ED in the past) and the kind of unwieldy thoughts she had toward food that she supposedly has control over. I do not think she has grown or healed in the way that she claims. I believe she has walked off the binge ED path and hopped right onto another, and it infuriates me that it’s something of an aspiration for her followers that don’t know better and think that, because she from time to time posts pseudo-intellectual discussions of EDs, she is a beacon of good health.

I apologize for how presumptuous and spiteful this post may come across. After my past struggles with an ED, I grew very resentful of the kinds of posts that fueled me and many other girls like me to slowly starve ourselves for the sake of looking like the internet girls do. I have trouble stopping myself from publicly calling it out like this, and I know to some degree it’s only feeding the fire, as an ED is fueled by the attention given to it by others, but I’m sad and angered that I can see just how much her influence is getting to these younger girls.


r/gymsnark 11h ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat is it cake??😆😆😆(ladder app via instagram)

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45 Upvotes

the faces are killing me

I'm no Kelly Matthews hater, overall I think there are far worse influencers. I guess Ladder has just run out of content ideas lmao.


r/gymsnark 4h ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat the situation with lukey makes me sad

5 Upvotes

everything going on with viv and he refuses to stop his rabid incel fans, even encouraging their shitty behavior lmao

what makes it worse is he and his fans pushing this agenda that women just want a tall guy when, in reality, it was his insecurities that led to all of this, while his pathetic incel fanbase glorifies him for his shitty decisions

ive even seen people call this "symbiote suit lukey" or "villain arc lukey" like shut the hell up cornball 🙏😭

this isn't even mentioning the glorification of steroids

i used to find him funny, thought his content was nice, but the way he's handling everything just makes me sad.


r/gymsnark 14h ago

community posts/general info Does anybody knows why the Oner link to YouTube redirects to WomensBest YouTube page?

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15 Upvotes

r/gymsnark 1d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Ayria Rutledge doesn't post her legs...

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137 Upvotes

I've seen so many snarks of her on here, so I went to her tiktok. She's either yapping, showing her upper body in sweats, or ab checking. She doesn't even post herself working out?

She even acknowledges on a post from 4-16 that she never posts her legs.

When she does post her legs, she is doing the craziest poses, sitting down, or has the best lighting. I wonder if she struggles squatting 135lbs...

Her entire tiktok is actually just ab checking. Thats crazy. Thats all.


r/gymsnark 1d ago

Krissy Cela Oh right bc i forgot you invented straight leg leggings

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199 Upvotes

r/gymsnark 6h ago

Reviews and recommendations Dfyne dupes

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Now Rough Loli is shut down on AliExpress, where does one go? 😣


r/gymsnark 1d ago

GymShart (memes and shart-posting) why do all these influencers have so many gym clothes??

28 Upvotes

not sure what flair this falls under but lmk what to change to

every fitness influencer i see has a whole closet filled with the rainbow in the form of gym clothes. It’s insane how they take up so much space. I get it’s mostly PR packages but maybe sell or donate bc it’s just screaming consumerism and seems impossible to wear all of that unless you wanna do huge loads of laundry. They also subtly try to show it off in videos and it’s kinda odd like ok diva not all of us want to spend $500 worth of clothes 😭


r/gymsnark 1d ago

DesBScamming/des pfeiffer/@desb Yea this didn’t happen

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84 Upvotes

Honestly this trash can is such an asshat amazing that she can see clearly her head is squarely up her own ass.


r/gymsnark 1d ago

Krissy Cela Krissy Cela

75 Upvotes

After recently finding this subreddit, I’m seeing that Krissy is brought up many times, which is good to see that I’m not alone in my opinion after realizing who she has become over the years through social media. I followed her a few years back because I wanted to learn some basic gym routines through her Instagram reels. Even bought some Oner leggings when the first batch was released. Watching her progress into this workaholic who posts defensive essays on her stories every other day, the constant bodychecking.. it’s disheartening. I loved her old nose (I know everyone is entitled to do what they want with their bodies), but it just makes me sad. Because it seems like she is disconnected from herself. I don’t know. It’s probably about time for me to unfollow her to save myself the trouble of seeing her posts, but man, it makes me sad to see. I just hope at least she works less over time and focuses on her family.


r/gymsnark 2d ago

etkfit These photos of etkfit trying to look smol cracked me up

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r/gymsnark 1d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Has anyone ordered & received the Day by Day Journals? (LenaLifts)

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Hey everyone,

Sorry if this isn’t relevant lol but I ordered LenaLifts day by day journal as I have heard lots of great things about them but I haven’t received it and it hasn’t even shipped. I’m in Australia and ordered it 30/6/26 (my order has been confirmed and I have reached out via email three times with no answer). I reached out again today (21/7/26)

I don’t know what to do now or how to get them to respond to their emails…

🫤🫤 (I do quite like Lena’s content, but not hearing back about my order is concerning me a little bit)

Thank you!! 😁😁


r/gymsnark 2d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Some influencers have arrested development as soon as they become famous (exhibit A : Jen Selter)

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69 Upvotes

completely forgot about her then one of her reel pops up in my feed : she’s been posting the same boring content since 2016. like, it’s so sad ? no growth, no depth, nothing


r/gymsnark 2d ago

Instagram Clothing & Supplement Brands Any tea on Georgina Cox?

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Georgina Cox has cleaned her IG and removed all her posts , stories and reels related to Sweaty betty. Has Georgina closed the case ? I recently checked and found nothing. It was a strong movement though and many of her followers had boycotted purchasing from SB. However , I'm not sure what happened to her gofund me

Background:

Georgina Cox created and popularized the slogan "Wear the Damn Shorts" as part of her body-confidence campaign. She later worked with Sweaty Betty on campaigns using the phrase.

The dispute arose when Georgina claimed Sweaty Betty continued using the slogan without involving or paying her, even though it had become closely associated with her brand. She also criticized the company's legal response after she objected publicly.

Sweaty Betty denied doing anything wrong, arguing that the phrase wasn't exclusively owned by Cox and that it was entitled to use it.


r/gymsnark 2d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat It ms 2x Olypia champion Erin Stern still natty of is she juicing?

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I love Erin i really do but she recently claims to have dropped weight from HIIT and is constantly moving - can't keep weight on....do we think that's legit??? Or PEDs/ozempic? Or something else?


r/gymsnark 2d ago

community posts/general info What gymfluencers suprise you on how maany followers they have

9 Upvotes

For me its Sandsxfitness aka sandhya


r/gymsnark 3d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Ariya R.

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33 Upvotes

Maybe kind of niche but I wonder why Ariya wasnt at Ariel’s birthday party. Thought they were super besties/sisters ?


r/gymsnark 2d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Darc Sport Blind Box Mechanics

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Darc Sport decided to do blind box packages that have one randomized shirt out of five pieces. Shirts all look pretty good but this will totally backfire on them seeing as there’s already a plague of resellers. People will also mostly be disappointed with what they buy since they’re not getting the character they wanted. To add insult to injury, the CEO completely disregarded the fan’s question and only made himself look more pathetic.


r/gymsnark 3d ago

name in title, if not I consent to removal without being a twat Taliyah Joelle leaves Gymshark

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https://youtu.be/3we4A0KWYTE?is=E6fsnETzz-UrF2ge

interesting timing given all of the call outs she has gotten about her total 180° in what she’s been preaching / prioritizing in the gym. There was peptide speculation but also just the flip flop from promoting healthy eating to now seemingly restricting and being hyper focused on step count etc. I personally never thought she looked unhealthy or “too skinny“ but she obvi dropped weight / body fat. I personally think she looks fine but I also don’t follow her on socials so I’m not see her daily posts.

in a youtube comment posted to a different Reddit thread about a month ago she said she was at 24% body fat and she said in today’s YouTube video she’s at 20% BF

I could never really get into her personality. as a fellow black girl in fitness, I feel our similarities stop there. and that’s okay. I’m not sure how/if her following will loyally follow her to whatever other fitness brand she will inevitably pivot to. She always “reminds” people that she has trained 1000s of women. when you’re providing virtual only training at that high of a volume I just can’t imagine that it’s brag worthy, meaningful work. she says she has something totally new that no one has ever thought of before (paraphrasing) coming in August.