Rebecca Yates, a fitness instructor at Women’s Lift Lab, lifting weights in the gym. (Isis Snow/WUFT News)
After working out at a Gainesville gym, Valerie Mederos returned to her car, ready to drive home, when a man surprised her by knocking on her window. She didn’t know it yet, but he had followed her outside. That’s when he said he saw her working out and would like to go on a date.
“This is my bubble, this is my space,” she said. “I felt so uncomfortable.”…