Christian Fundamental Men ban women to create ‘lust free gyms’ :sounds like a plan to us….

As a gay man its very hard to write this story without having an enormous grin across my face. As a former member of a gym for so much more than the benefits of ‘exercise, I found myself in the unusual situation of agreeing with a bunch of Christian Fundamental Men.  Evidently, someone, (presumably God) has told them to ban women so they can make ‘lust-free gyms’ …” the Christian manosphere believes men need to be in top physical and spiritual shape’. Their gym, which has just been opened in Oklahoma called Proverbs 27:17 Fitness, was founded by Jeff Hambrecht, who said “In a nutshell, one of the number one places that affairs and infidelity occur, cheating, is the gym. Byproduct is someone who had an affair in my previous marriage. Doesn’t work out well for you fellas.”

 By the way, for those of you who are not au fait with the Bible (!), the gym’s name refers to the bible verse that reads: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”  The gym states that it is “for men tired of lukewarm faith, […] men who know they were made for more, […] and men ready to train hard, pray harder, and walk boldly”. Hambrecht is well-versed in the temptations that (straight?) men face, as in a video he shared that had a pornography addiction for almost 20 years.

A second men-only Christian gym, Youth Group for Men and Remnant Men, is set to open in Denver later this year. Its founder, Mitch Parsons, had a similar experience to Hambrecht. He goes on to describe the gym as “a place where a man can train his body without having nakedness shoved in his face”, and “a place where he doesn’t have to decide between honouring the Lord, honouring his wife, and guarding his eyes and submitting to cultural norms”.