A gym-goer was shocked after noticing barbells had been labelled - by gender.<br /><br />Elle Sampiere, 23, was working out at a gym in Lacanau, France, when she noticed that light weights were labeled for women and heavier weights for men.<br /><br />Elle, a fitness influencer and pro surfer, had never seen barbells labelled before and was "surprised" to see the words "women" and "men" painted on the wall. <br /><br />Elle, from Solana Beach, California, USA, said: "I'm not a super strong feminist or was offended in any way by this. <br /><br />"I was more just surprised that that was still on the wall here in France. <br /><br />"I was raised in a gym environment where we were not supposed to call it the girl bar. <br /><br />"I know that they make 20kg barbells and I know that they make 15kg barbells and I know why they do that.<br /><br />"However, I've never seen it labelled as like, women and men, it could have been really sensitive for some people."<br /><br />Elle posted the video on TikTok and some social media users pointed that this was common practice in the weightlifting world.<br /><br />Elle responded to the criticism by explaining that she knew this but was shocked that it was literally labelled by gender in the modern era.<br /><br />Elle has nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok and is conscious of the people who follow her and the example she feels she needs to set.<br /><br />She said: "My point was more like, if you're gonna label the bars, just label it 20 and 15.<br /><br />"Ever since I have gained this responsibility of, you know, being an 'influencer' and like inspiring young girls to either go to the gym or go surfing.<br /><br />"So when they messaged me and they're nervous to go to the gym or they don't have the confidence and they're saying that I inspired them to go there, I think about them and what they might think when they go to the gym and they see something like that."<br /><br />The footage was captured on August 16.
