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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Florida AG warns tony gym after woman encounters 'man in a bikini' in locker room
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has warned a high-end fitness club it must change its bathroom policy after a recent complaint or face prosecution under Gov. Ron DeSantis' "Let Kids Be Kids" law protecting children from sexually explicit content and gender ideology. "Men don't belong in female restrooms and locker rooms. That's not happening in Florida under my watch," Uthmeier told Fox News Digital Thursday after a complaint was issued by a woman who visited Life Time Fitness in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The woman said she encountered a person she identified as a biological male in the women's locker room. The woman, Sonja Horton, said she was in the sauna with a "man in a bikini" and that the front desk told her "whatever you identify as, you can go wherever you want," according to WPTV. Florida Ag Launches Office Of Parental Rights, Lending Legal Firepower To Dfeend Parents' 'God-given Right' "Life Time has a choice: immediately change your policy so that your female patrons can stay active, free from fear and with their privacy intact or, we'll meet you in court," said Uthmeier. "And that goes for any Florida gym. In this state, we don't sacrifice women's rights to satisfy men's delusions." Read On The Fox News App Horton reported not feeling safe, adding it was not "fair" biological men could use the women's room. The incident report led Uthmeier to send a warning letter to Life Time Inc., saying its policies "clearly harm and endanger women who use facilities at Life Time Palm Beach Gardens." It said the gym argued that Palm Beach County code makes gender identity a protected class and "therefore condones or requires its harmful locker room policy." Stay In Your Lane: Fla Ag Fires Next Volley Against Judge Halting State Immigration Law "If that were true, the policy would nonetheless run afoul of Florida laws that safeguard the fundamental rights of women," Uthmeier wrote. In response, a Life Time official told Fox News Digital it "carefully reviewed" Uthmeier's warning letter and "interpretation of the interplay between the Florida Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations based on "sex," and the Palm Beach County ordinance, which additionally prohibits discrimination based on "gender identity and expression." The Life Time official said Uthmeier's legal opinion is that Florida law requires access to locker rooms based on sex listed on government documents, adding that the gym follows "all applicable federal, state and local public accommodation laws within each jurisdiction it operates." "Accordingly, we will comply with Attorney General Uthmeier's legal opinion while also remaining committed to welcoming all members at our Palm Beach Gardens club," the official said. A DeSantis spokesman told Fox News Digital safety and privacy are paramount in the Sunshine State. "In Florida, we reject the lie that men can become women and support the privacy and safety of women's private spaces, like locker rooms," said Brian Wright, a spokesman for the governor. Fox News Digital reached out to Palm Beach County for comment on the parties' interpretation of the county article source: Florida AG warns tony gym after woman encounters 'man in a bikini' in locker room
Fox News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Florida AG warns tony gym after woman encounters 'man in a bikini' in locker room
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has warned a high-end fitness club it must change its bathroom policy after a recent complaint or face prosecution under Gov. Ron DeSantis' "Let Kids Be Kids" law protecting children from sexually explicit content and gender ideology. "Men don't belong in female restrooms and locker rooms. That's not happening in Florida under my watch," Uthmeier told Fox News Digital Thursday after a complaint was issued by a woman who visited Life Time Fitness in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The woman said she encountered a person she identified as a biological male in the women's locker room. The woman, Sonja Horton, said she was in the sauna with a "man in a bikini" and that the front desk told her "whatever you identify as, you can go wherever you want," according to WPTV. "Life Time has a choice: immediately change your policy so that your female patrons can stay active, free from fear and with their privacy intact or, we'll meet you in court," said Uthmeier. "And that goes for any Florida gym. In this state, we don't sacrifice women's rights to satisfy men's delusions." Horton reported not feeling safe, adding it was not "fair" biological men could use the women's room. The incident report led Uthmeier to send a warning letter to Life Time Inc., saying its policies "clearly harm and endanger women who use facilities at Life Time Palm Beach Gardens." It said the gym argued that Palm Beach County code makes gender identity a protected class and "therefore condones or requires its harmful locker room policy." "If that were true, the policy would nonetheless run afoul of Florida laws that safeguard the fundamental rights of women," Uthmeier wrote. In response, a Life Time official told Fox News Digital it "carefully reviewed" Uthmeier's warning letter and "interpretation of the interplay between the Florida Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations based on "sex," and the Palm Beach County ordinance, which additionally prohibits discrimination based on "gender identity and expression." The Life Time official said Uthmeier's legal opinion is that Florida law requires access to locker rooms based on sex listed on government documents, adding that the gym follows "all applicable federal, state and local public accommodation laws within each jurisdiction it operates." "Accordingly, we will comply with Attorney General Uthmeier's legal opinion while also remaining committed to welcoming all members at our Palm Beach Gardens club," the official said. A DeSantis spokesman told Fox News Digital safety and privacy are paramount in the Sunshine State. "In Florida, we reject the lie that men can become women and support the privacy and safety of women's private spaces, like locker rooms," said Brian Wright, a spokesman for the governor. Fox News Digital reached out to Palm Beach County for comment on the parties' interpretation of the county statute.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
The CEO of Life Time says he takes 45-50 supplements a day for healthy aging. Here's how he decides what to include.
The CEO of Life Time Fitness says he takes about 45-50 supplements every morning. But he doesn't want you copying his strategy. He gets bloodwork done regularly, a technique longevity doctors endorse. Bahram Akradi says that he's so fit, he can challenge people half his age at the gym. "At 63, I'm competing with 33-year-olds," the CEO of Life Time Fitness told Business Insider. He says folks who observe his daily routines and rituals often want to know his secrets for staying strong and healthy. "They say, 'tell me what you're taking,' and I'm like, 'well, what I'm taking is customized to me. You don't need to be taking what I'm taking.'" He subscribes to the same supplement-taking strategy that's become increasingly popular in longevity circles and at specialty clinics around the world: "Precision medicine." Test, then treat, according to your own results. For Akradi, the technique is nothing new. He says he's been taking "about 45 to 50" pills every morning for many years. Not every capsule is unique; he estimates there are about 35 to 40 different compounds in the mix. "I have been doing what I'm doing for the last 15 years," he said. Every four months, he goes in for testing to reassess his regimen. "I do my blood work, and I adjust my supplements." Most doctors would tell you this is probably overkill. Comprehensive bloodwork like this can cost hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. Besides, getting bloodwork done once a year at an annual exam (ideally, one that's covered by insurance) is likely good enough to gauge what major supplement changes may be in order. But Akradi thinks of this as his own form of high-end seasonal housekeeping. "My routine is: do my blood work every 120 days and then, 'oh, I don't have enough zinc in my deal,' add a little zinc. Or I have too much iron, take a little iron out," he said. "My strong recommendation to people, if they can afford it, is: don't take supplements generically." In 2024, Akradi took a stab at his dream: adding a longevity clinic to a Life Time gym near the company's headquarters in Minneapolis. The clinic, called Miora, sits in the posh, underground branch of Life Time below the arena where the Minnesota Timberwolves play. Doctors on staff can prescribe supplements and medications, including GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. "You come in, we take your blood, we go through your assessment," Akradi said. Miora doesn't take insurance, sidestepping the US healthcare system and getting customers to pay out of pocket. Within six months, Akradi said, the clinic was profitable. This is Life Time's second foray into clinical care. Akradi tried once, over a decade ago, to pivot into doctor's office care for gym-goers when he established the first "LT Proactive Care" clinic in 2013. The model relied on insurance and didn't work so well. Those clinics all eventually closed. With one solid proof of concept, Akradi is planning to open at least two more Miora clinics before the end of Q1 2025, one in Florida and the other in Illinois. He views it as a natural evolution for the fitness company he founded in 1992, trying to show that Life Time is a complement — not an alternative — to alluring quick fixes, like diets and weight-loss pills. "The goal was to build a fully integrated, healthy living and healthy aging company," he said. Miora isn't the only place doing tailored supplement prescriptions. There are longevity clinics sprouting up around the world taking a similar approach to supplementation — deciding a regimen based on bloodwork. Andrea Maier, one of the leading academic supplement researchers in aging and longevity, says less is usually more when it comes to supplements for longevity. "In our clinic, we are de-prescribing," Maier recently told Business Insider. "We first have to diagnose what's wrong, what somebody needs, and that might differ." Read the original article on Business Insider
