In the past week, tiktoker nikki fitness a video went viral where he shamed a man in the gym (who didn’t know he was being recorded) for doing drag curls. With a flurry of backlash following the video’s release, TikToker Nikki Fitness publicly apologizes for shaming the innocent gym goer.
Lately, recording inside gyms has become a topic of discussion. While some agree that it is an invasion of privacy, others might defend it because it can keep people who enter the gym alone safe. Just a few months ago, a TikToker alleges a man followed her home from LA Fitness after harassing her at the gym. Ultimately, the confrontation was resolved after law enforcement got involved.
The fitness nikki The TikTok video caught fire last week when she asked her friend a couple of questions after making fun of a man trying to do drag curls. While recording the encounter, the TikToker asked her friend: “What do you think she’s doing? What do you think is working? I do not know either. Considering that Nikki Fitness is an avid exerciser, some were surprised by the fact that the exercise left her dumbfounded.
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With a focus on bicep development, bodybuilding legend and trainer Charles Glass is a proponent of the drag curl technique. Essentially, tension is removed from the deltoids during the biceps curl exercise. According to Glass and Joey Swoll, removing tension from the delts allows the biceps to get bigger and achieve a better pump.
TikToker Nikki Fitness apologizes after Joey Swoll and internet swarms
In response to TikToker’s lack of lifting knowledge, fitness social media star Joey Swoll responded. Joey Swoll posted an informative video explaining the purpose of the workout that led to a man being needlessly shamed in the gym. With Swoll’s reaction video is viewed over 12.6 million times.It’s safe to say that a large portion of the fitness community agrees with the lifelong fitness enthusiast/bodybuilder.
After the TikToker video went viral for all the wrong reasons, the fitness enthusiast took to the streaming platform and issued an apology with promises to do better in the future.
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“Well with this question, I wanted to visit it in two parts. First of all, I want to apologize if this video hurt anyone. So the first part of the question, I can see how it looks like I swept it under the rug. However, I have been living with this every day. There is no way to hide from this situation.
Obviously this video has gone viral and I’m just trying to do the best I can. So part of trying to be better is re-producing content to show them that I learned from this. Now the second part of the question. I didn’t intentionally film the person behind me, but I understand that I shouldn’t have reposted and commented on it.” TikToker Nikki Fitness shared.
In another video, Nikki Montesanti stated “as a health coach and mental health advocate,” she understands the content to be irrelevant and thanked her viewers for the constructive criticism:
“I am here to apologize, I am here to take responsibility, and I am here to let you know that I promise, from here on out, in the future, I will do nothing but serve you in the way that you need. To be served.”
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Despite causing a stir online, it seems fitness nikki he apologizes genuinely. Some people took to the comments section to condemn the recording of anyone without consent at gyms. Either way, at least the fitness notable TikToker went out of their way to address the issue and apologized for not knowing what a drag curl was.
