I am the woman in the freeweights section of the gym

Vanilla_Lattes

Once upon a time I was afraid to do the weight section.. then I realized everyone over there was just a huge nerd like me and I got over it.

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socalrunner59 wrote: »

I disagree with #4 & 5.

Women should not expected to put up with stares, comments, etc for using a facility in which they are a paid member. Men do not check their common courtesy and civility at the gym door and subsquently treat everyone in the gym "like one of the guys." I've raised two boys into men. My youngest at 24 is a powerlifter and coach. More than once my son has intervened when some guys started harassing women and smaller guys.

I myself had some guy walk up to the rack I was using and take my bar. I let him go to another rack with it; let him setup his weights, then walked over and took all the plates off and tossed them on the floor. I them walked my bar back and set it up. Then I walked up to him and told him if he ever touched a bar I was using again, I was going to take that bar and beat him with it. Never saw him in the gym again.

Another time some guy threw a petite Asian woman off a bench. I confirmed she was in fact still using the bench and weights. Guy had walked back to the squat rack to yammer with some guys. I screamed across the room for him to get his crap off her bench and if I ever saw him throw anyone off a bench again he and I were going to step outside and dance with my tire iron. I told him if I couldn't take him down, a phone call would bring my sons and enough men to take him down. The entire gym full of people watched as he slunk over and took his stuff off the bench. Never saw him again at the gym either.

Some other guy kept hitting on me. I told him in no uncertain terms to leave me alone. I was civil, but direct as is my way. He went to the manager to complain about me. Manager said she knew me very well and if he ever bothered me or any other woman in the gym, she'd cancel his membership.

I extend civility to all who cross my path. But I will not stand for mistreatment from anyone.

I know this post is from mid-July, but I'm so glad I saw it. Your family of white knights should get a medal.

Michael190lbs

The Truth is "YOU" (male or female) bring into the gym all your own fears and for some reason think anyone there gives a crap? I must be Lucky we have lots of fit woman in our gym and the owner is a Miss Olympia so some very fit ones.. I never thought once of them as anything but another member. I go to the gym to Train that is it..


To the person who said sexual harassment or mean comments call the police?? Please don't there are much more pressing matters to deal with in the day then someones feelings getting hurt tell the management of the gym.. If your assaulted then yes file your complaint but be prepared to follow through with the complaint the police are just the first step..

LazyButHealthy

VelveteenArabian wrote: »

Whenever some dude drops the weights really abruptly (and almost always needlessly) does anyone else want to call them an attention *kitten*? Maybe it's just me.

All the time.

Our free weights section (where i have never gone) is small, and populated by men. I've never seen a woman there.
Most of them seem alright, and just focused on their work, but there are 2 gobshites that make so much bloody noise! I hear them over my music or tv show, and often get a fright with the banging and crashing.

These are the same guys who don't seem to treat the equipment with respect - leave stuff all over the place, never tidy up for other people etc. Just attention hoors I think.


Back on topic: I do plan to get to free weights at some stage, when I lose a bit of weight, but i don't want to only stick with cardio.
So after a month at my gym on cardio only, I'm going to build in some strength training (they have a range of resistence machines, I would start with 3 sets of 15) and some weights machines (again they have a range).

Does this sound like a reasonable step? It would be an hour or cardio, and 30-40 mins on the machines.

yatesy54321

Great post, I’m always in the weights section, absolutely love it. My other half showed me the ropes and also get ideas off Instagram. I pay my membership so they are my weights as much as the guys

lsutigerscage

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Cerizez

Thanks for the advice. Ordering the book now.

Bump.

ElizabethKalmbach

I need to review... It's been 5 years since I read up, and I'm jerking the end of my leash to get back in there as soon as the doc lets me go. I feel so rusty, but so ready.

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Fit_Chef_NE

This is all great, but no, I shouldn't have to expect that some dude is going to bother me. I have my headphones on. I'm here to workout. Leave me alone. Having breasts doesn't mean I have to smile at you and be an ornament. I will always be polite and friendly, but if you stare at me while I do squats and say something rude about me being female, I am not going to just "take it". I don't care if I am a novelty to the dudes in the gym. The gym is not a man-only zone that I am trespassing in. I pay just as much money every month, I should be allowed to work out in peace.