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Member Quits Lifetime Fitness Over Burkini Ban Controversy

5/27/2026

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Mellissa Carone said she will quit her Lifetime Fitness membership after seeing burkinis in the pool.
She posted a TikTok calling the full-body swimwear a sanitary problem, not religious freedom.
Member Khaled Farhat noted Muslims wash five times daily for prayers, saying the attire is not unsanitary.
Lifetime Fitness rules allow shirts, bikinis, tankinis, one-pieces, trunks or long briefs, which exclude burkinis.

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Mellissa Carone said she will quit her Lifetime Fitness membership after seeing burkinis in the pool.
She posted a TikTok calling the full-body swimwear a sanitary problem, not religious freedom.
Member Khaled Farhat noted Muslims wash five times daily for prayers, saying the attire is not unsanitary.
Lifetime Fitness rules allow shirts, bikinis, tankinis, one-pieces, trunks or long briefs, which exclude burkinis.