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LEHI -- A Lehi man hopes no one else gets embarrassed like he was when someone filmed him working out at a Gold's Gym and made a video mocking him online.
Rob Sutton regularly works out at the American Fork Gold's Gym. But he recently found out someone there had videotaped his workout and turned it into a YouTube video with the unpleasant title "Humper Man."
"When I went and saw the videos I was embarrassed at first," said Sutton. "I saw the comments, and there's actually people on there in my neighborhood that I know making comments."
He says wherever he goes he wonders in the back of his mind who has seen the video. And he has a warning for everyone.
"People, be careful, and when you go to the gym keep your eyes out," said Sutton. "You never know who is going to be videotaping you with their camera on their phone, on their iPod now. Cameras are everywhere."
After learning about the video Gold's Gym contacted the person who posted it through the internet, asking them to take it down -- which they did.
Kirk Livingstone, vice president of operations for several of the Gold's Gyms in Utah, tells KSL this is the first time they've heard of one of their customers being mocked like this. And it's written in everyone's contract that no one is allowed to film inside the gym without permission.
Sutton isn't satisfied with the video simply being removed. He wants whomever made the video to be banned from the gym so no one else is embarrassed.
Sutton is still going to the gym; He even went there Wednesday morning, saying he wants to prove the video isn't going to stop him -- although he is changing his exercise routine to make it more conventional.
Livingstone says they don't know exactly who the person is who filmed and posted the video. They only know what the person calls themselves online.
He adds that there have been times in the past when someone has been caught videotaping someone in the gym, and gym managers have confiscated the phone or recording device and deleted the footage.
Livingstone says if any of their customers spot someone videotaping inside the building they should report it to the front desk and let them handle it rather than confronting the person.
E-mail: rjeppesen@ksl.com
