Chinese gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints

Chinese gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints Hangzhou man told that economic downturn and repeated comments from other users forced decision to revoke use of facility A man in China has been refunded by a gym which asked him not to use the premises any more and even offered him a three-month membership card at another gym because management had received too many complaints about his strong body odour. The man, identified only as Shi, lives in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. He spent 6,388 yuan (US$940) on a three-year membership at a gym in May 2025, meaning he could use the facility until the end of April 2028, local media Zhejiang TV reported. Shi said he had lost a lot of weight a decade ago, dropping from 125kg to 80kg. Since then, he became a workout enthusiast and took part in various sports regularly. After joining the gym, Shi exercised there five times a week. But on June 20, he received a message from the gym informing him that his membership was being terminated after a slew of complaints about the strong smell inside the facility caused by him.