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Planet Unfit

A witness at the Planet Fitness in Shelby Township, Mich., saw a man run into the gym. “All I basically saw was a guy running in with no shirt, burns, socks and a pair of gym shorts,” the witness said. Wait... “burns”? “Something didn’t look right. Then we heard him screaming and everybody started running around. [He was] just in pain, you know, burns. I’d be screaming too.” When police investigated, they found the man had been badly burned in a fire at his house, so he drove the mile from his house to the gym to take a shower. They called an ambulance for him. Officers had seen him flee his home and realized he likely had started the fire — while allegedly cooking meth. The unnamed man had burns over the top half of his body, and was in very serious condition at a local hospital. Because of the toxicity of meth chemicals, the area around Planet Fitness was evacuated until a hazmat team could decontaminate the area around the gym and the man’s house. (MS/WDIV Detroit) ...Some people need a gym to motivate them to exercise. Others find their own motivation.