A video from Kuwait which has been circulating around Gulf Arab social media circles this week, has sparked outrage and led to a polarising debate.

The video appeared to show a woman doing pelvic thrusts with weights, under the supervision of her male personal trainer.

The video was picked up by Kuwaiti social media news outlet page al-Majlliss, which uploaded it to their Twitter account and asked followers for their opinion.



Social media users took to great lengths to both shame and defend the woman, debating on the "morality" of mixed-gender gyms and whether personal trainers should even be filming workouts.

“What do you think of this new phenomenon of young men training girls at the gym?” the page asked in the tweet.

Translation: Unislamic before it's shamefulTranslation: This woman has no shameTranslation: What a show of mockery, recklesness and immoralityTranslation: Are we not Muslim?Translation: DisgracefulTranslation: The girl, her father and husband accept it. What is it to you?Some saw no problem in what she was doing, but believed the trainer was wrong for filming the session:Translation: This is normal training but he shouldn't have filmed itTranslation: Do what you need to do and forget about the affairs of othersTranslation: What's so controversial about this?