Where are the black women in the gym? Why don't black women workout? 

For everyone talking about the "they want a thick body thing" Exercise doesn't make everyone thin.... It just keeps your body HEALTHY!

I just came from the gym and thought to myself "where are all the black women at?" That's how I found your video. lol Its not just the gym though. Its working out in general. Driving through different cities, I see mostly white women jogging. No black women at all. I've been to quite a few gyms and I currently use my university's gym, there are hardly any black girls there. The University obviously have some black girls because they play sports. But gyms not related to my college, you will not see any black girls. And its not just black girls. Its Hispanics as well. Asians and white women do be at the gym though. The black girls saying they want to be "thick" is just an excuse to be lazy. You can be "thick" and fit. *Cough Serena Williams*

You spoke the truth in this video. I work out regularly and I hardly ever seen Black women grinding with me. When I am out jogging, people look at me like I am a unicorn or something. Come on beautiful ladies, make it more commonplace for Black women to work out!

Honestly it's their hair. 95% of the time. I converted my family to wearing all natural and it was an easier way to motivate going to the gym. When you're natural , you're not worried about sweating your style out....

I'm black and work out everyday. And guess what I don't go to the gym you don't have to go to the gym to get in shape. I have exercise equipment at my house. Your body doesn't know if it's at the gym are at home working out. And say some black women not all. So since I workout does that make me not black?

1. they don't want their hairs to be hot mess. 2. embarrassment/low-esteem 3. not knowledge about gym stuff 4. no one watches their children 5. no time

i know some black woman work out/go to the gym but i notice when i go to the gym theres a small amount a black woman there(like 2 or 3) or there's no black woman. just speakin from my experience

Thanks for encouraging Black Women to work out!!

I have to agree. The gym i go to i hardly ever see any black women. Im not trying to hate on them, but in all honesty wish i saw more bevause they are the most beautiful looking race of woman.

Their hair! Smh. I am black and I have worked out all my life. I get criticized by other black women for being too skinny. I am 5'6" and weigh 133 pounds. I ran track and cross country in college so I am muscular, not skinny. I have 2 kids and they workout.

My theory is. YOU CAN HAVE RESULTS OR EXCUSES.

Because having a big belly and a fat wide ass is what most black men like so why work out?

No bowel movement in 5 days yikes. How in the heavens is she still able to walk lol. That's crazy

I try and excercise 5 times a week. There are days where it can be twice a day. Everyone can make time for excercise. There are workouts on RU-vid that are 10 minutes in length. Your health is your wealth. I start to feel irritable if I don't excercise within a 2 day period.

the hair is one thing, but I also think alot of black women dont want to loose that booty. it's such a trend for a girl to be "thick" and unfortunantly for some thats all they got to offer.. but all race of women can be the same.

Black women need to wash their hair on the regular anyway. It have to stink after a week...grossss. I'm black and I wash my hair 3-4 times a week. I started working out on my own. Bought a $99 stepper and some 10pd weights and got busy. Within a year I went from size 13-15 to 8-9. It's not easy but oh so worth it. You have to change your eating habits and drink water. Drop the sodas...sweet tea and juices thats not all natural.

I used to work full time at a gym in a predominantly black area. Very big gym, could count on one hand how many black girls were in there. Nothing but white girls and a few asians and a few latinas

I work out 3-4 times a week and didnt believe you until i started looking when I want in the gym for myself. There were wanted to other black women besides myself. If the hair is an issue put your hair in two french braids and hit the gym. 🤣😂... exercise lifts your spirits, is healthy for your body and helps with depression. Maybe 2019 will be better for us in the gym!!

Most of my black friends work out at home. Don't be this naive and stuck in cave man days. I do the gym, but not all women feel comfie being in the gym. Get over it. And because "you" don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

It’s the sweat and the hair. A lot of Black women do not wear their hair natural so if they were to go to the gym they would have to manage all that sweat and weave.

When I go to the gym. You go in the weight rooms, you see black men, white men and white women, you go were the treadmills are at thats were you will find the black women one the treadmill for about 4 hours not doing anything or on the leg extension machine thats it.

I workout, but I’m from Columbus Ohio and it’s not a lot of women of color in the gym. I travel for business and utilize every fitness center, Park, or beach in every state I travel to and I take my nutribullet with me because I’ve been doing green smoothies for 3 years now and I’m 42. Trying to encourage them, but it’s hard because a lot of women of color are not interested in their health. It’s a shame, but I’m going to keep trying to educate, motivate, inspire, and help our women to start taking care of themselves.

I workout daily, but i love how everyone has jumped onto this (trick daddy) bandwagon of black women not being in the GYM!! why don't we also address where are black men in the black household?! or why are black men so quick to date other race that want to look like the black woman by buying their butts, breast...because our original standard of beauty intimidates other races, almost fair to say the black man too. I mean, you want "Becky with the good hair" right! The European standard of beauty has always been to look like the black woman, hips, lips, butt, legs, eyes, but curse the original product from the "Mother land"...I will offend some people but its okay!! The black woman has finally achieved what everyone has always wanted her to be, but yet thats not enough, she has always been shunned by everyone but this time even by her self because she could never be that light skin girl, that white girl, have that good hair, now she too has come to the point to justify herself to everyone because she has lost herself in this society that keeps calling her everything but her name!! Please!! where is the root problem of the black woman's beauty? the weeds, cause thats were society should start to repair the black woman! Im curious, cause most black women I know are too busy taking care of some of these brothers that don't take the pleasure of taking care of the black woman....Simplicity still doesn't take away from education, there is a lack of education in the black community of what diabetes or any type of disease can do to the body...for example when patients take their insulin but do not eat cause they have to have fasting sugar test/labs, then wonder why their sugar drops to the point of having a diabetic coma.... or come to the doctor's office to a blood pressure check without taking medication...i mean i can go on and on...most black people eat things that are not good for them because that is what they can afford to feed their families or what they are accustomed and processed foods high in sodium. In most black communities there is a lack of organic produce and most of the time organic foods lets face it is costly to a large family. The media doesn't play a good roll in the African-American community either because most of the movies and these housewives and things like that don't portray the black women in good light. You are what you eat, but today, education plays a major roll. African American women are the number one race for masters degrees or higher in any race of women, BUT we are reduced to butts and thighs, nor do you here that in social media of any kind. I know a lot of successful women of color that workout, and have successful careers but don't have black men supporting them because we are categorized as "bitch" or intimidate some black men with our careers. At the end of the day, we can go on and on about this subject, but education can come from one family member teaching another family member, or using alternative ways of cooking by substituting, regular flower with coconut floor, or using, different cooking oil....at the end of the day each one must teach one for the community to change its mind set about a lot of things.

I know that this video is 4 years old, but I felt the need to tell you about my experiences in my college gym. During my freshmen year I wanted to get into fitness at my university and get get into shape before I entered my professional program. Me being shy and timid I walked in the room with the treadmills and ellipticals only to have a couple of black men fat shame me. Now if this only happened one time I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but not only did black men fat shame me, but the women did as well. Me, a newbie at working out, quit before ever starting. I've tried going back because my body is a joke to them and only fit people are able to use the gym apparently. After two years and 15lbs being added onto my weight, I want to try again because I don't want my 270lb to turn into 300lb. Plus, I noticed that my blood pressure has risen to 139/89. That's pretty much high blood pressure in a nutshell. And you are right about the black women not working out part. Even though I could count the number of black people in general on one hand they still find it necessary to make it seem like a lot of black women work out when statistics tells a different story. Just about 70% of black women on my campus are overweight. I feel bad whenever I see this pattern not only because it gives black men on my campus a excuse to date white women, but also because I am apart of that statistic. Just keep getting the message out there. The people in this comment section are obviously not looking outside of there playing field if the don't see the obesity epidemic in the black community.

As a woman of African descent who loves exercising (and has pretty much been active my whole life), i am one of those folks who doesn't go to the gym, and primarily does exercise in the house. If not in the house then i'm walking or riding a bicycle. There are so many 'home-based' workouts these days; there are also many free workouts on the internet (from BeFit, Fitness Blender, etc.), so it's not necessary to spend fees on the gym. My guess is that this is where many other folks do their workouts as well. i used to go to the gym and got bored. i realized i actually worked out more in the house, with Insanity, T25, and other HIIT-type workouts. in my experience i got more fit doing HIIT in the house than spending time in the gym, so i stopped going. i'm also not worried about my hair so much- the more you work out, it actually stimulates hair follicles. The more you work out, the more likely you are to drink higher quantities of water. i am also vegan ( for 23 years so far) and do intermittent fasting. i usually work out by myself since most people i know (regardless of ethnicity) tend to not want to work out with me on my schedule, 6 days a week. i see so many videos on RU-vid, with other women of African descent, working out. There are also many walking groups, dance classes, etc., populated with women of African descent. It's important to expand the notion of working out as being some place other than a gym. You certainly did mention some of the options, but i've seen far too many people name the gym as the only one. i love my fro (and always will); however, i also see more and more women who wear weaves and wigs (and do makeup channels) working out, so i am not gonna knock anyone with a weave. i don't watch television, but i'm also not gonna knock people who watch a lot of tv, since many of the women who do ALSO have videos on their channels speaking about their health and fitness journeys. There's plenty of 'naturals' who are ignorant as well. i WILL say that it's always a pleasure to see more women of African descent lifting and doing strength training- strength training is crucial as we get older. i do kettlebells and such now, but when i find the right person to train with, i hope to get more into lifting. i have been training in brazilian jiu jitsu and striking for a couple of years, and that is total body conditioning if there was any- but you need solid cardio in order to properly do it. i definitely hear what you are saying; however, 'western' culture encourages unhealthy lifestyles, regardless of sex. i see people of varying ethnicities who are overweight. Advertisements promote a fat-free diet, when fat is not the main issue- it's the amount of processed foods and sugars people eat- something you mentioned. Much of the 'fat-free' foods carry tons of processed sugars. Fats and cholesterol are important for bodily and brain function. Many traditional cultures eat plenty of starches and fats, but they are complex starches and healthy fats. Many people also do not eat enough. People don't get the proper amount of calories in, and they complain of gaining weight, no matter how much they work out. If you under-eat you will not lose weight. Their bodies are most likely holding on to water, or nutrients. Because they don't see weight loss, people get discouraged. Before i started intermittent fasting i did a 'diet log' and worked out for 1-2 hours and never lost much weight, and felt relatively unhealthy despite eating healthy (and was also going to the gym). These days i work out for an average of 30-40 minutes a day (with the fasting), and feel much better. As a trainer you know more about things than i do; i can just speak from my experience. (In terms of your 'bowel movement' comment, many of us are backed up because we're also going to the bathroom wrong. The toilets we use contribute to backing us up, since we're supposed to squat) There are women i've personally seen who are overweight, and do work out- but they get made fun of because it's assumed they are not working out. So i sympathize with the fact that they don't go to the gym (to avoid that ridicule), and may workout in the house. We all have to start from somewhere. Men are allowed to be as chubby as they want to be, and i don't see a barrage of videos entitled 'why don't black men work out?' i think the expectations for women to look a certain way are far too limiting, as opposed to holding ALL of us accountable for our health. To top it off, people of African descent are living in a society where whiteness is valued above all, so while the question of why 'Black women don't work out' is valid, it's generalization still leaves out the narratives of many of us who do. i've seen comments on videos which say, 'Why are you working out- you are too fat!' A woman is trying to get her health in order, and she is still ridiculed. It makes sense to me why a woman would just go and hide. You can't win, no matter what you do. And finally, very few people (in general) are dedicated to hardcore exercise as a lifestyle. i understand why people don't want to work out with me, so i am not mad about it. i've been told i inspire people, so if i do, that's great. i know many of these videos (including yours) come with real concern; i just wanted to share my perspective. Have a wonderful day!

I have been going to my college(USF) gym over a month now. I swear I have only seen two black ladies in the gym in over a month ! I thought it was just me so I google it .I guess my observation is true.

where are the black women in the gym? Here I am 😀😀. Though I will admit I am the only serious black female weightlifter at my gym and I've been going there nearly a decade. People don't associate black women ... gyms and heavy weightlifting. Most people associate cardio at best.

I go to gym 3times and workout home 2-3 85% strength 15% cardio....yoga every morning 15 minutes. I get tired of people looking at me like a freak of nature in the weight room. I accept my uniqueness. I simply don't fit any stereotype

Gym is 24hrs. They can mAke time

I could only do 2 minutes to one song when I started on stepper. Now I can do hour or more. Go at your own pace. Eat in moderation..get rid of sodas and cut down of fast food and sweets.

Because they want the most results for the least amount of effort.

It is not all black women I workout all the time and some sistas don't like gym they rather workout at home

Black women should just do home workouts instead. I don't go to the gym. But that doesn't mean I am not working out.

Thanks for being kind but direct with your message. Its true that we black women need to do betters. I used to be fat, not huge but in the 220s but when I haf my son 5 years ago I was motivated by him to get healthy snd stay healthy. I live in Memphis and the gym that I go to is 80% black so thats progress.

Great Video. i personally know like 50 Black Women , & not one of them work out . SMH

Because they don't want to sweat their hair and make up off lol.

Ran a marathon yesterday and didn't see but 1 sista out there, and she was foreign

I work out five days a week I try so hard to get my friends to work out with me but they have excuse after excuse ugh

Oh yeah I'm natural by the way no make up no weave fake nothing not afraid of gym just I rather be at home doing it don't need to show the world what I'm doing

Me and my friend was thinking abt this the other day ... Lol

I hate the gym, I'll do the work at home

For a long time it was my hair, now it’s the older people bullying me outta my favorite machines🤣

Truth be told for myself I don't want to go by myself lol I guess I get nervous. I keep asking my Hubbie to go with me

I see so many old black women in scooters and its sad.Its a lack of knowledge and was not exposed to it growing up.

I agree with @Cindrell Harry. Its the hair, most let their hair rule their lives. I say let your body rule you and your lifestyle. I too wear natural , it can also be straight with a blow dryer or flat iron at any time, no need for relaxers anymore. Its black and hispanic women mostly whose hair kills their health. But its transforming, many are going natural... its a great thing for women be natural and workout on a daily basis.

I'm usually in the women's only room but ain't none in there either except this older lady who makes me feel week. Every. Damn. Time. I have a hard Tims getting family in there with me though. They avoid my calls to go workout all the time.

Did it ever occur to anyone that black woman would rather save money and work out in the privacy of their own homes?

Tell em. Listen to him.

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You’re right

the caption should have the word "AREN'T" working out,,,.......... not the word "ARE" .

Give credit where credit is due. 😁

over stuff their belly is a work out for them.

i cant speak for everyone but i'm intimidated but maybe that a person in their early 20s thing..thanks for the video!

I'm 29 my pic my look younger because I take care of myself also it no just working out it's getting good sleep water nutrition goodness if y'all don't get out of here with that

BLACK WOMAN ARE HYPOCRITES THEY CAN SWEAT THEIR HAIR OUT AND FUCK BUT NOT GO TO THE GYM SMH😒

that's interesting that black women. supposedly don't work out. I'm training for my 8th full marathon. i clock about 12 hrs of exercise a week. if I'm not mistaken, that's more exercise than most people. I must be an anomaly.

I think it could be portions.. I feel that an overweight black woman looks better by proportion than an overweight white Hispanic or Chinese women.. a black woman can be overweight and still sexually appealing I'm not being prejudiced that's just how I see it..

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I'm sorry but most stuff that men are bringing on RU-vid all of don't seem to be enough for y'all anyway even when I lost weight was a size six 2 years ago before I got married one guy friend felt I was skinny I walked by some guys only to hear oh she cute but no ass even though I wasn't just flat I got the same amount of attention as I did being bigger but being bigger just calling me fat and saying lose some weight is easier to people cant win with that so I'm I'm not slim anymore back to square one because my body rebelled against my ass for being vegan the whole time which for long period of time I was slim but it screwed me up I'm not doing crap to please a guy because most will not be satisfied anyway unless you got one thing or the other so now I just eat a balance of chicken eggs beef every now and then and eat spinach broccoli potatoes brown rice minimum certain carbs and do more strenthing training and weight training at home I lost fat the first time by working out at home not some gym I don't need to pay some Caucasian guys company gold's gym and all that to get fit paying monthly when I can use that for something else I'm sorry no so who cares this time I sticking to it plus we are always taking care of other people we forget ourselves

I'm be real i see more of people in the gym than anyone else.

I keep commenting but I want people to help no just talk I also didn't know I got down to a size 6 after what they call vegan though I'm not anymore working out hard but I didn't know til I went to try on new clothes at buckle I guess it didn't occur to the so called black men that my butt didn't matter but it mattered to them walking by hearing guys say she cute but she don't have a butt or a guy friend saying I'm skinny and he's not use to being with women my body type so that goes to show it's best not to care what any men think because at the end of the day there always going to be something their unsatisfied with so my health my body my life is for me forget what anyone wants me to or look screw this shallow ass unmotivating world some would feel I'm overweight because of scale but I'm tall and carry well as if I'm not but also people go by scale when they should be going by inches by measuring and clothing

First of all there are a lot of black women that workout they just do it home

what race is your wife?

Black women work out, most just don't work out at the gym... Black woman workout outdoors and in parks, on trails, on the beach, in they apartment gyms, at each other's houses, at the Y, boxing gyms, circuit gyms, pilates gyms, Barre gyms, at home, reception halls or public spaces for group workouts, in our own neighborhoods, female gyms--cause it's hard to get a workout in when people watching you too hard... It's ironic that you think Black women don't workout (some don't, but some do) just cause at your gym they ain't there...dude 😆 U funny... I see us Black women in a lot of places working out, we clearly just ain't in places you be... Don't stereotype all Black women, we do work out.

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I workout 5 days a week soooo

Don't want to mess up hair

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