The Gym is great for people watching!!

DigitalRain

Cell Phone Guy: This old man WALKS on the treadmill the entire time I'm there, and he must be important cuz he's always on his phone. It drives me BANANAS. I don't know why, but it screws with my running mojo. The funny part is I sometimes overhear him saying things like "I can't, I'm on a treadmill!"

The Tattooed Cheetah: This gal I like. She's a runner with tattoos and looks like a cheetah: She's tall, and a lean, mean racing machine. She can carry 8 mph + forever. I aspire to be like her. I smile at her when I see her and always let her know how impressive she is to me.

I remember when I first started going to the gym there was this beautiful woman who ran at a pretty fast pace on the treadmill for what seemed hours. Not only that she was a graceful runner, I remember thinking she looked like a gazelle :laugh: I could only stare in awe. No signs of fatigue, no sweating, just effortless, pretty running.

DigitalRain

Peeper...One guy is always around a certain area when a female is on the (what I refer to it as) yes/no machine. You know...the one that exercises your inner/outer thighs?
To be fair to him, I caught myself one time. The pec machine is right across from it. I was doing my sets, staring but not looking...then realized WHERE i was looking. Felt so guilty I almost dropped the weight.

I experienced this. I was on the leg press machine and this dude decided he was going to position himself so that he could get a good view of my butt. The gym was almost empty, he could have picked any area but NOOOOO he HAD to sit there. Had the nerve to stare with no shame. As soon as he sat down and I saw what was going on, I grabbed my towel and left.

One of the reasons I prefer an all women's gym.

Beth720

The chicks that have billboard signs on their azzes. Pink or SOMETHING always written in block letters on their butts. Need attention???

I have never understood this trend. Especially because from what I've observed, the girls who wear the letters on their butts are the most likely to get all offended if they catch people looking at their butts. If you don't want people to look, DON'T WEAR WRITING THERE!!!!

chrisdavey

AWESOME STORIES PEOPLE!

I am glad I have a home gym :P Another positive about that is that I can just wear shorts and no fashion contests there!

I do mma classes though and we have one guy who is about 19 and apparently has a karate background. He is very competitive but not overly skilled in anything other than karate. Anyway, after his first class he said and I quote "I just want to be like Chuck Norris"

BTW I can use an elliptical trainer and check emails on my phone no problem. No issues at all

binary_jester: Absolutely LOL at the yes/no machine!!!! hahaha

Also, I need a mirror to do squats and deadlifts. I've only gone heavy (for me) once without it in the last 6 months and I hurt my knee because of it. Not worth risking IMO.

Fit4Vet

Bump, I have to be able to find this tomorrow - when I'm bored to tears at work! :blushing: :bigsmile:

cardigirl

One of my best performances at the gym had to be the time I was running intervals on the treadmill, listening to my iPod, and my hand hit the cord, knocked the iPod off of the little shelf it was on and I stepped on it before I could get the darn treadmill to pause. There were a couple of people (men) behind the treadmill (on stationary bikes) so as I turned around to pick up the iPod I bowed and said "Ta Da!!!" They laughed, but also told me they had been afraid for me getting hurt. Awwww, that was nice of them.
:blushing:

gambitsgurl

Here's my Top 10 (the first five of which are on me)...

1) One day I was finishing up an elliptical workout. I got off the machine, looked around for a minute and then turned to go get some paper towels so I could wipe the machine down. Trouble is, I turned right into the back of the machine, kicked it, made a really loud noise and then tripped all over myself trying to recover and not fall. I thought about taking a bow, but didn't.

2) Another morning I was walking in as usual and glanced up at one of the TV's as I was walking by it. Smacked right into a pole. Stairmaster Girl (#6 below) tried to conceal her laugh but I saw it.

3) Yet another time I was walking from one station to another while writing on my clipboard. Banged my shin hard on a bench and once again tripped all over myself trying to not fall. That hurt! See a pattern here?

4) I was doing close grip bench press one time and thought I could get one more rep. Well, it turns out I couldn't. I got the bar down on my chest and couldn't get it up. No worries. I'll widen my grip to take advantage of the stronger chest muscles and get it up. No bueno. Chest muscles shot too. So I'm laying on the bench with this heavy bar laying across my chest and trying to decide what to do. Just when I think I'm going to have to make the embarrassing side dump with the weights, some guy sees me in trouble and says, "Hey...do you need help." A distressed "yeah" was all I could manage to muster. After that it was a very long time before I was willing to lay under a bar again.

5) Most recently...I was doing a 5x5 set of Seated Cable Rows so I was using pretty heavy weight (210 I think). My usual practice for heavy weight on this machine is to firmly grasp the bar, plant one foot on the foot platform and use that one leg to push myself back into position as I sit down (to avoiding putting too much stress on my back). Well, I was doing that and my foot slipped off the platform. This left 210 pounds of weight pulling me in a direction I didn't want to go at a pretty rapid rate. I managed to avoid falling completely off the bench, but the plates made a loud bang when they crashed down and I bruised the back of my leg pretty good on the platform. Hoping no one say, I firmly re-planted my foot on that platform and started the process over.

OMG this sounds like me. I was the one at the gym everyone laughed at

In Zumba I was known to break out free style cause I couldn't follow the moves. I was a TOTAL failure at step class.

I'm about to join again and it's a good thing I can laugh at myself.

This thread has made my day.

sillygoose1977

The treadmill addict may be a marathon runner...

The chicks that have billboard signs on their azzes. Pink or SOMETHING always written in block letters on their butts. Need attention???

HAH! The last thing I would ever want to post across my *kitten* is the word Juicy! :laugh:

mizfit

Great thread.
There are 3 people that stand out from the gym I went too

1. The Whiner: Young woman would come in and train with her personal trainer and the entire session she would whine and complain about every exercise he would try to get her to do and I do say try because she would barely make an effort. Then she would always find an excuse to step away like needing to go to the bathroom or getting water (ever heard of a water bottle?) At first I thought her trainer had it easy because he didn't have to really do much with her but then I realized having to hear her constantly whine and complain would be so much worse . Must be nice to have all that money to waste.

2. High Heels: I've seen women walking around in flip flops or barfeet in the change room but this one woman would walk around in her towel and high heels!!!! I've never seen anything like that before. She would just strut around back and forth for awhile which was very very strange.

3. The Grunter: I was on the treadmill and down below was the weight area. The first time I heard him I nearly fell off. It was a muscle head guy who would wear a small tank top and small shorts with his super tan and everytime he would lift the weights he would make the loudest grunting sounds and it was obvious he wanted everyone to watch him. He would only do a few reps grunting loudly each time and then stop to strike a pose in front of the mirrors.

ShaneT99

High Heels reminded me of another one.

11) Figure Competition Lady? - There's an Asian girl who is probably 24 or 25 that comes into my gym on a fairly regular basis. She's lean and in very good shape. Anyway, one day I was doing squats and she comes walking out of the women's locker room wearing a tiny string (thong) bikini and matching high heels. Being married, Christian and trying to focus on my workout I'm trying my absolute best to completely ignore her presence, but she continues to parade all around the free weights area chatting it up with a couple of the trainers. Then she proceeds to go stand in front of the mirrors (near the squat rack where I was) and practice what I guess would be her runway walk. She ends up doing that for probably 30-45 minutes with 5-6 different thong bikinis and matching heels. I can only assume that she was preparing for some sort of figure competition, but seriously? In the gym? You're a very attractive woman and all, but you're showing me and everyone else in the gym way more of your body than anyone but your husband needs to see.

binary_jester

High Heels reminded me of another one.

11) Figure Competition Lady? - There's an Asian girl who is probably 24 or 25 that comes into my gym on a fairly regular basis. She's lean and in very good shape. Anyway, one day I was doing squats and she comes walking out of the women's locker room wearing a tiny string (thong) bikini and matching high heels. Being married, Christian and trying to focus on my workout I'm trying my absolute best to completely ignore her presence, but she continues to parade all around the free weights area chatting it up with a couple of the trainers. Then she proceeds to go stand in front of the mirrors (near the squat rack where I was) and practice what I guess would be her runway walk. She ends up doing that for probably 30-45 minutes with 5-6 different thong bikinis and matching heels. I can only assume that she was preparing for some sort of figure competition, but seriously? In the gym? You're a very attractive woman and all, but you're showing me and everyone else in the gym way more of your body than anyone but your husband needs to see.

Good for you . I...would have taken pics with my camera phone. :blushing:

ceredonia

This is a fantastic thread. I admit to watching people at the gym, but sadly, our gym doesn't really have that many interesting people.

There is a lady in my kickboxing class though. She's there pretty much everytime I've gone, no matter what day of the week. She is HARDCORE but also extremely irritating. Monday night classes are super full because it's a convenient time to go, so it's already hard to get enough room to properly do the moves. This lady takes up the space of 3 or 4 other people because she's so "hardcore" that she literally leaps when you're supposed to be moving side to side or front to back. Her kicks are super wide and I've nearly been kicked/punched by her on multiple occasions because I get to class late enough that there's only room in the back, and she's usually near the middle/back of the class. I'm glad she's enthusiastic about class and yes, she's extremely fit and I know she puts a lot into her workouts, but she's a danger to anyone around her. :grumble:

toots99

I'm probably known as the kooky one who can't pick a machine. For some reason, I'm very sensitive to noise, so if a machine makes the tiniest sound, like a clicking or knocking noise, it drives me crazy! Add to that the overhead lights bother my eyes. I usually read on the treadmill or elliptical, so the lights make a glare on the paper...so me trying to find a machine with no lights directly over it AND doesn't make any noises? People surely think I'm a bit OCD I bet. :laugh: Today I got on one treadmill, was bothered by the light above, got on the one next to it, and heard a clicking noise coming from it, so I decided that light was the lesser of two evils and went back to the first one. :laugh:

Scorpiomom222

I'm probably known as the kooky one who can't pick a machine. For some reason, I'm very sensitive to noise, so if a machine makes the tiniest sound, like a clicking or knocking noise, it drives me crazy! Add to that the overhead lights bother my eyes. I usually read on the treadmill or elliptical, so the lights make a glare on the paper...so me trying to find a machine with no lights directly over it AND doesn't make any noises? People surely think I'm a bit OCD I bet. :laugh: Today I got on one treadmill, was bothered by the light above, got on the one next to it, and heard a clicking noise coming from it, so I decided that light was the lesser of two evils and went back to the first one. :laugh:

so, what happens if someone gets on a machine next to you that makes noise? Are you gonna rip your hair out? haha :laugh: :laugh:

katthomas

These are WAY TOO FUNNY! Perfect for a boring day at work!

toots99

I'm probably known as the kooky one who can't pick a machine. For some reason, I'm very sensitive to noise, so if a machine makes the tiniest sound, like a clicking or knocking noise, it drives me crazy! Add to that the overhead lights bother my eyes. I usually read on the treadmill or elliptical, so the lights make a glare on the paper...so me trying to find a machine with no lights directly over it AND doesn't make any noises? People surely think I'm a bit OCD I bet. :laugh: Today I got on one treadmill, was bothered by the light above, got on the one next to it, and heard a clicking noise coming from it, so I decided that light was the lesser of two evils and went back to the first one. :laugh:

so, what happens if someone gets on a machine next to you that makes noise? Are you gonna rip your hair out? haha :laugh: :laugh:

I deal with it. I wish I could control what others do! :laugh: I don't know how they stand the noise! But I know it's just me, even with headphones on, it drives me crazy. :grumble:

TheDash12

I wish there was a way that I could post a picture here. I recently took a photo of this young buff kid that goes to the gym I go to. He looks to be about 27 or so...and he always seems to year this BRIGHT orange shirt wit Fozzie bears face on it.

But the other day the same gentleman was wearing a different hat. And this hat matched the rest of his outfit.

HIS HAT WAS A BASEBALL CAP WITH TWO LITTLE GREEN WINGS ON EITHER SIDE!
He also had bright green tank, and running pants with green stripes down the side.

Now, I'm all for one matching when youre going to the gym. Looking somewhat put together I guess. But this seemed a little much.

Again I wish I had a picture. ;P

chrisdavey

I wish there was a way that I could post a picture here. I recently took a photo of this young buff kid that goes to the gym I go to. He looks to be about 27 or so...and he always seems to year this BRIGHT orange shirt wit Fozzie bears face on it.

*now on ebay looking for fozzie bear t-shirts *

katthomas

I LOVE reading these stories! The gym I go to is a local fitness center and we have some amazing people! I love my gym. One of my FAVORITE stories involves one of the managers/trainers and Zumba class.

Our Zumba class has 2 instructors, one male, one female, and is VERY intense. The male instructor is one of the funniest, most motivating, and energetic people you could every meet - and man can that boy move his hips! Both instructors wear Zumba attire during class. During class EVERYONE, including the instructors get extremly sweaty. One class the male instructor had on very light colored, and thin, pants and with the extreme sweating going on they bacame almost see-thru. During the cool-down we were doing sqauts and he turned sideways to demonstrate the proper form

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and thru the see-thru pants

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YOU COULD SEE HIS ZEBRA STRIPPED BIKINI UNDIES! All of us regulars were laughing so hard we couldn't even cool down! The female instructor, through tears of laughter, told him what we were laughing at - he laughed, shrugged his shoulders, laughed with us, and went on with the cool-down!

There are sooooooo many funny stories from my gym - wish I had time to tell them all. I guess they will be posts for the future!

KEEP THE STORIES COMING! I love to laugh!!:laugh:

edorice

Wow, zebra striped bikini undies...on a man. Wow.:ohwell:

mhotch

Bump, I want to come back to this thread when I have more time!

MissingMinnesota

at my gym tonight my trainer, another lady and I were walking out of the floor work out room and noticed that a local real estate agent that has his own hour long realty show was working out. Well he is known for being kind of narcissistic and we were giving him the benefit of the doubt of watching his form in the mirror but once he got off the pully system machine he turned to the mirror and did what I call the Hans and Franz pump you up move. We busted out laughing when we saw that.

think48

This is the funniest thread I have ever ready on any board. I sat and laughed with tears streaming down my face!!

The one guy that irks me the most is the big guy (thick and muscular who sweats a lot) running on the treadmill and every 10 seconds or so he yells with a lot of gusto "Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It's like he's got to get his adrenaline going for the next 10 seconds but every time he does it I give him the evil staredown lol. It's SO distracting.

We also have the guy who wears neon colored (mostly pink and/or purple) spandex short shorts and the unitards. If he were a girl, you'd be able to see his bikini line they are so short. Blech. He's the most popular guy there though, apparently. Everyone always yells across the gym, "Hey Lee! How are ya, Lee?"

I'm also probably known as the treadmill skipper. I simply cannot run on one that makes a weird noise or "drags" if you know what I mean. It's got to be in good working order. I move from one treadmill to another to find the one that works the best, without getting down on the floor, lol.

dbanks80

I go to step class on Mondays and here recently we had a new participant. It's a woman probably mid to late 40's....NO rhythm but thinks she's groving out! Only thing is that's not the funny part.....she's one of those top heavy folks that are built like *kitten* brick houses...you know, broad shoulders, big boobs, big belly, no booty and small legs. She does, however, have flabby thighs....but none of this stops her from wearing the shortest, tightest shorts ever and still rolling them up (or down, however you want to look at it) where you can almost see her hip bone and at the same time see her "tramp stamp" (no judgement there....I have one too) and the smallest tank top with her belly hanging out and top rolled down under her bra where you can see the tattoo on her breast! She struts through the entire class and makes up her own steps because she can't quite catch on. It's absolutely hilarious! then when class is done she'll go do the "bend and snap" routine from Legally Blonde to get her water bottle and go strutting back out into the gym constantly looking around to see if anyone is watching! Too funny!

Ok I soooooooooo totally laughing out loud reading this!!!! The bend and snap!!! I am soooo rolling!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

More stories please this is hilarious!!!!

There is this guy at the gym I must admit he is very built and muscular. He wears these tight spandex pants and this muscle shirt that he cut up so carefully to show his perfect muscular pecks the problem is he is soooooooooooo greased up from literally head to toe! I call him "Crisco" because he looks like he took a swim in a vat of grease. Then he struts around the gym like a peacock like he's all that and a bag of chips. It's too funny!!!:laugh: :laugh:

mrsyatesy

What a great load of stories - whwo knew the gym provided so much more than fitness???!!

We have the usual set of weights boyz who all watch themselves in the mirror, but my pet hate is light grey cotton workout tops.
It's a gym - work hard and you will sweat - but really - I dont want to see every patch of it ............ please ........... - just buy white or black tops, or even one which wicks sweat???? It's grim, I;ve never understood it - it must be so uncomfortable and looks so gross - maybe it's a badge of honour???

On a lighter note, we have a tiny little jewish lady who is about 70 who comes in to her yoga class in black glittery leggings, matching leotard fully made up with bright red lipstick - she's fantastic!! She says hello to everyone on the way in and just looks like she's made so much effort - love her!

edorice

I experienced this. I was on the leg press machine and this dude decided he was going to position himself so that he could get a good view of my butt. The gym was almost empty, he could have picked any area but NOOOOO he HAD to sit there. Had the nerve to stare with no shame. As soon as he sat down and I saw what was going on, I grabbed my towel and left.

One of the reasons I prefer an all women's gym.

That hamstring machine is a pain. When I was at 24 hour Fitness they had it where your butt was to the wall. At LA Fitness it's in the middle of the room. To say the least I haven't used that machine at LA Fitness EVER.

SarahBC

Well I work at a gym so Im here everyday and see amazing alot of funny gym stories... here are only a few...

* The bicep junking - there is a guy that comes in every night and sits on the bicep curl and just does curl after curl. He doesnt warm up he doesnt cool down or stretch, he doesnt even look at other exercises or machines... just the bicep curl

*Young girls- they come in and have there mobile phone or with a friend, walk around the gym and talk talk talk.. then leave...

* Zumba craze... a lady comes into every single one of my zumba classes, stands directly in the front and centre... cant actually do anything but gets so into it, no joke she is at all my classes... last week i was away for one of my classes then the next day she was really angry saying she hated the other class... It made me feel good that she only comes to mine :P

*The mum and the Daughter, every time they come into the gym they bring cookies ... like really gym instructors want cookies i dont think so hahahha

*One of the boys, he loves to do body weight circuits but everytime he does push ups he always sticks his head up and looks around like a duck... to see if anyone is looking at him

toots99

I'm also probably known as the treadmill skipper. I simply cannot run on one that makes a weird noise or "drags" if you know what I mean. It's got to be in good working order. I move from one treadmill to another to find the one that works the best, without getting down on the floor, lol.

Yes! That's me! I'm not alone! :laugh:

toots99

Today I walked into the ladies bathroom in the locker room, and there was water running in the sink, with clothing in it, and around it. Like, someone's underwear on the counter. I almost threw up. :sick: Someone was in a stall, so I go about my business, walk out of the stall, and at the sink is a large, naked older woman...washing her underwear in the sink. It was one of the most godawful things I've ever witnessed. Where do these people come from?!

arewethereyet

I love to watch the ppl on 10 incline holding on for dear life! I just cant imagine how it is helping at all.
Then there is the texter's.....eyeroll
There was a guy next to me on the elliptical who answered his phone LOUDLY. I LOL...and kept working out. Well after 5 minutes I was getting mad so I started answering him.......
He would say DID YOU HEAR ME????
I would answer SURE DID!!
Once he cought on he hung up......and I LOL again.
We have a woman who is 89 who can do a complete split and lay flat! Holy cow! I must have been staring because she smiled at me and proceeded to stand up and put her leg up by her ear! 89!! I went right to her and say WTG!!!

It has been so long since I have gone I will def be the one to watch!! :drinker: