A gym owner in the Netherlands is surprised by the number of offers he is getting after he made the announcement to open the world's first fitness program for nudists. Gym owner Patrick de Man says the "nudifit" classes at his gym in the town of Heteren is attracting attention from the U.S., U.K., Germany and Belgium.

ANP and Expatica quote de Mann as saying, "The thousands of responses on my gym's Web site show that naturists have been waiting for something like this for a long time."

The special interest organization, the Netherlands Federation of Naturists (NFN), says that the participants must be nude to take part in the "nudifit" sessions and special care has been taken to seal-off the exercise area from peeping toms.

However, the instructors will be dressed for the weekly "nudifit" sessions and the participants need to above 18 years of age.