Evidence that Gwyneth Paltrow's recently-opened gym is a totally reasonable business (as outlined in recent articles in USA Today and The UK Telegraph):
1. It's run by a tiny nugget of sinew covered in tightly pulled orange skin, Tracy Anderson—and she is not at all insane. Especially when it comes to matters like food, and food-shame:
When she first started training Paltrow and Madonna, her method was so effective that she could eat whatever she wanted and still maintain her shape. 'When I first met with them I literally was dunking a double stuffed Oreo into a can of processed icing, and I can’t remember which one it was, but whichever one I was with called the other one that minute and was, like, “This is insane. Do you know what she’s doing right now? Let me tell you what she’s doing – she’s killing herself!” ’ Now 80 per cent of the time she eats no dairy produce, wheat or processed food; she has a green juice (made of spinach, kale, chard, apple, lemon, ginger and parsley) every day and is writing a book of recipes that can 'whip stubborn fat off you in the click of a finger’. She insists, however, that she eats a brownie made by her chef every morning, and that she is 'butter-cream-frosting obsessed’.
She's obsessed, obsessed with frosting. She thinks about it constantly! Which is what you'd probably do too if you were depriving yourself of something you truly enjoy simply because Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna shame you out of it.
2. It's not a gym. It's a studio, because that just sounds more expensive.
"This is the first studio to provide the same level of work-outs that Madonna and Gwyneth do. Every single person has a customised programme every 10 days. It’s the absolute Bentley of what my method is."
3. Even though it's the Bentley of gyms, excuse me, the Bentley of studios, it is for the people. Tracy Anderson is like Robin Hood or a superhero! (according to Tracy Anderson)
"I didn’t invent this just for an elite group. My favourite thing is to change every woman. I walk down the street and it’s almost like a super-hero feeling, like, “I could do this for that person.” It’s just about getting the content and information out there."