GymTok
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GymTok
- The community of fitness- and bodybuilding-oriented accounts on TikTok.
- 2022 January 14, Jade Biggs, “This TikTok of a woman squatting in the gym is dividing people”, in Cosmopolitan[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-04:
- As the is it gold is it blue? dress moment proved all too well, dividing opinion on social media is really not that hard. And, when it comes to GymTok, that couldn't be truer. From arguing in the comments section over the best way to work your glutes to critiquing someone's deadlift skills, there's always some kind of disagreement brewing between gym-going TikTokers. But, the latest GymTok clip dividing viewers has much less to do with the perfect squat style and more to do with, what we'd say, should be basic gym etiquette.
- 2022 March 18, Becca Monaghan, “'This one absolutely disgusted me:' Man puts gym influencer on blast”, in Indy100[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-03:
- Every so often, a viral GymTok clip would make the rounds on the platform – and sometimes it's ugly. Some clips show TikTokers mock an unsuspected gym-goer for their form. Others show gymfluencers get frustrated because a person unintentionally 'ruins their video'.
- 2023 May 23, Tatayana Yomary, “A Bodybuilder Calls out TikToker for Hogging Gym Equipment and GymTok Is in Shambles”, in Distractify[3], archived from the original on 2023-05-24:
- Bodybuilder Joey Swoll called out a TikToker for hogging gym equipment and the GymTok community stands with him.