Funny people at the gym.....

amelia_atlantic

Oh man, there are SO MANY!

Thai Chi Guy--- Listens to his DISCMAN in the stretch area and does some kind of slow motion/thai chi/5 pound weight routine. He wears short spandex shorts and scrunchy socks. He has GREAT legs, though!

Locker Room Facial---PLease. Don't pop your zits at the sink or lay out your face products!

Doublemint gum twins---These two ladies, close in age (40 max) who wear alternating outfits EVERY TIME. If one has blue shorts, the other has a blue top. They do the same routine IN SYNC.

Bradley Cooper---He's hot but he knows it. Yesterday he conducted a FULL business call on the Arc Trainer. I was done when & was walking away. I heard "Now, will I get a discount if I pay IN FULL. Yeah, I'll hold".

thecanface

this lady wasnt as funny as she was annoying, in spin class every song that came on she'd "WOOH!" and throw her hands up, over and over, i think trying to get the instructor to do it with her... but the instructor wouldn't... maybe it would have been less annoying if it wasn't 10 times a song, EVERY song... oh and the fact that she got there 30 minutes late and decided to station her bike 2 inches in front of mine when she had about 10 empty feet in front of her...................... I. HATE. PEOPLE.

thecanface

I love all the oddballs at my gym. We have several guys who still wear zubaz pants. One in particular rocks his zubaz with a tshirt that has the neck cut very widely so you can see his chest and back. Very clever Mr. Zubaz.

Last week at spinning class these two cocky young boys joined our class for the first time. They were pedaling their little hearts out and smiling like it was a piece of cake until the teacher kept going over and cranking up the resistance (they never turned it up at all). They left suddenly in the middle of the class. It was great to see a class full of 30-50ish people spank a couple of boys in their 20's.

"We have several guys who still wear zubaz pants. " WHHYYYYYY DID THAT BECOME A TREND!?!?! WHYYY!!!!?!?!?

CaptainGordo

I play jepardy while on the elypticall and I say the answers out loud...

That is fantastic!

thecanface

OHH!! i forgot the guy who came in kaki shorts and akle high polo boots!!! so weird. i mean, go to walmart n get some cheap shoes? dunno...

clarech

i have one during my Zumba class who just can't seem to turn her body the way everyone else is..she will be the only one in the class who dances a circle to the left when every.single.other.person is dancing in their circle to the right...

I love watching people in Zumba that are completely lost! I also love it when there are guys in the class, when they do hip movements it is hilarious!!! I also love watching people in step classes that are not coordinated. Some people are not meant to do certain activities, I know I am not meant to do sports, especially baseball, I embrace this so that I can laugh at other peoples inabilities to do certain activities!!

I used to go to step classes and fall over the step quite regularly it was very embarrassing

NBKHYTS

Dude lifts heavy weights, wears ipod, screams out random lyrics (usually the most sexually explative ones) loudly . . .it startles me

thats fantastic!! lol

eillims13

One day I was wearing a sweatshirt with my college name on it, and this older woman in the locker room asked me where the college was located.

I told her it was in Boston, not from around our area, and she says, totally clueless, "Oh, that's so strange, because there's this older handsome gentleman that comes in sometimes and he has a shirt with the same name on it..."

All I said was..."Ya, that's my dad...my happily married, 68 year old dad...but um...I'm sure my mom will love to hear that my dad's still getting checked out by the ladies..." *GAG* :sick:

jmgj27

I should also add that I have two bad habits in the gym which I'm sure other people notice. First - I mouth along to the songs I'm listening to quite a lot of the time. I get bored on the treadmill and it gives me something to do!

Second - I get shoulder stitches a lot. I almost never get a regular stitch but the muscle in my shoulder gets a referred stitch which is a nightmare. Anyway, the quickest and most effective way of dealing with it is to belt myself hard in the shoulder whilst running. For some reason it seems to fix the problem. Makes me look like a proper mental case though!

Oh - and I also hate people who get on the treadmill next to me because I run for a long time and my internal organs get jiggled and there may be some wind issues - I need my space for that reason and that reason alone! :noway:

cindy859

No story from me--just wanted to thank everyone so much I really needed a reason to smile today and reading these posts actually made me laugh. Thank you, thank you , thank you!!!!!!

NBKHYTS

there is a lady at body combat that scares me, there is working through the pain angry then there is crazy combat lady!!!

maloryanne

this lady wasnt as funny as she was annoying, in spin class every song that came on she'd "WOOH!" and throw her hands up, over and over, i think trying to get the instructor to do it with her... but the instructor wouldn't... maybe it would have been less annoying if it wasn't 10 times a song, EVERY song... oh and the fact that she got there 30 minutes late and decided to station her bike 2 inches in front of mine when she had about 10 empty feet in front of her...................... I. HATE. PEOPLE.

lol i love how no matter how much empty space there is in the class people seem to gravitate so close to you!! hahaha loves it... you must smell good or something... ;P

avenathus

There are also the people that get on the treadmill, set the incline way high and then hold on to the monitor throughout their workout.

Or those who set the speed up ungodly fast, run on it for a few seconds, grab the arm bars, jump up and hold themselves up, land their feet on the sides of the machine while the machine is still going on at the ungodly pace, rest for a long time, and then jump back on.... over and over. You want a HIIT workout, there are better ways. :P

I have a LOT of these people at my gym!

thecanface

this lady wasnt as funny as she was annoying, in spin class every song that came on she'd "WOOH!" and throw her hands up, over and over, i think trying to get the instructor to do it with her... but the instructor wouldn't... maybe it would have been less annoying if it wasn't 10 times a song, EVERY song... oh and the fact that she got there 30 minutes late and decided to station her bike 2 inches in front of mine when she had about 10 empty feet in front of her...................... I. HATE. PEOPLE.

lol i love how no matter how much empty space there is in the class people seem to gravitate so close to you!! hahaha loves it... you must smell good or something... ;P

Mal, its the same older hispanic lady who was all running into me in Kickboxing!! pendeja!!!

maloryanne

this lady wasnt as funny as she was annoying, in spin class every song that came on she'd "WOOH!" and throw her hands up, over and over, i think trying to get the instructor to do it with her... but the instructor wouldn't... maybe it would have been less annoying if it wasn't 10 times a song, EVERY song... oh and the fact that she got there 30 minutes late and decided to station her bike 2 inches in front of mine when she had about 10 empty feet in front of her...................... I. HATE. PEOPLE.

lol i love how no matter how much empty space there is in the class people seem to gravitate so close to you!! hahaha loves it... you must smell good or something... ;P

Mal, its the same older hispanic lady who was all running into me in Kickboxing!! pendeja!!!

lmaoo thats too funny

SportyLadyPhotographer

Got a few

got a singing guy to the gym music but only when its 80's stuffand he screams it out
got a guy who goes on a machine for about 2 mins and then gets off lookin mega pleased with himself (he used to be in the army i dont see how 2 mins of the bike is hard on the easiest level)
theres a older woman who does very wierd streching with legs in the air wide open in front of a glass door and its not pleasent
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ilookthetype

Also shout out to the women who go to the gym with makeup on and their hair down to do cardio you guys are total comedy relief for me lol

I have to add to this. I live in an area in NoVa with some really beautiful lakes and I run to and then around a park (4 times i lap the darn park for a total of 5 miles there and back). Fancy pants houses line the lake, and the park is picking up with summer activities and the baseball diamonds are getting full and the boys are playing pick up basket ball and I'm running with my massive massive dog (ok 75lbs not really that big)

ANYWAY with the influx of men at the park the number of women there to 'work out' has also increased. You can tell they're there to work out because they have on 'work out' clothes that they bought somewhere for a lot of money and shoes that look as if they've never been run in AND tiny little yappy dogs. Not kidding. The little tiny dogs you keep in your purse in case someone tries to steal your wallet or phone (I assume this is why people have them - it is not as I previously assumed to provide my dog with a tasty snack). My dog has almost tripped over them, we (my dog and I both) hate them, a lot. The girls have perfect make-up, perfectly pin-straight hair...and 'walk/jog/run' the path, I have only ever seen them sitting on a bench in the entire time it takes me to lap the entire park 4 times...I don't get it but luckily the men now hit on them and I am left in peace to run.

natskedat

Green shirt guy: There is a guy who is always wearing the same green shirt on the same recumbent stationary bike, reading a paperback, pedaling suuuuuppppeeerrrrr sllloooooowwww, and never sweating.

Uber-buff guy: Not really funny, but majorly impressive. I think he's a UFC fighter. You can see every single muscle, and every single one is HUGE! He's got tats everywhere and he looks super badass. But, once I saw him doing this sweet little dance and serenading the receptionist, and she was smiling, and I thought, "You're not quite what you appear to be." I've looked at him differently ever since then.

Lady with the gray streak: There's a lady who is in amazing shape. She got the air of a 50 year-old (confident, no-nonsense) but is in such amazing shape she looks like she's about 40. She's there EVERY time I go. I used to think she worked there! Anyway, she's got this mane of crazy black hair with a really intense gray streak in the front. And she wears men's swim trunks and tank tops. She's tough looking.

jennyocox

The other day I was running on the treadmill and this couple came in. They were walking/running side by side on the treadmills infront of me. About 10 minutes later, this super skinny, super cute, I hate people like her but wish I had her body 20 something started running on the treadmill on the other side of the husband. I noticed the husband was VERY intently checking out this girl's back side when he stumbles on the treadmill and goes flying off the back end. I never laughed so hard, his wife had no idea what caused him to trip, but I did....

I just made a total show of myself cackling out loud at this one............... BRILLIANT!

Avalonis

theres a older woman who does very wierd streching with legs in the air wide open in front of a glass door and its not pleasent

And I wondered what that smell was...

Feminists... bring it on

Avalonis

The other day I was running on the treadmill and this couple came in. They were walking/running side by side on the treadmills infront of me. About 10 minutes later, this super skinny, super cute, I hate people like her but wish I had her body 20 something started running on the treadmill on the other side of the husband. I noticed the husband was VERY intently checking out this girl's back side when he stumbles on the treadmill and goes flying off the back end. I never laughed so hard, his wife had no idea what caused him to trip, but I did....

I just made a total show of myself cackling out loud at this one............... BRILLIANT!

Me too. My coworkers now notice I am not working. Great.

Heather75

At my old gym, there was a woman who smelled like she washed her vagina with an onion. It was awful.

My new gym appears to be full of normal people, which probably makes me the one that everyone makes fun of. Oddly, this does not bother me.

Avalonis

My new gym appears to be full of normal people, which probably makes me the one that everyone makes fun of. Oddly, this does not bother me.

Ahahaha, You are awesome. At least you can admit it. I've been reading some of these posts thinking "OH MY GOD THAT IS TOTALLY ME!!!!!"

bunchesonothing

I still want to know why people do those treadmill things. Am I missing out on some super secret workout?

packersdan

Gotta love the ones who as it appears stopped to do a work out on their way to the club. And this is in reference to guys, havent seen a female do it yet. The other day I was in the gym and I see a guy on the machine next to me in plaid shorts, a collared button down shirt and nice shoes. Who in the hell works out wearing that?! Are you trying to show off to the ladies, cause I can tell ya, im sure it doesnt work!

And then there are the guys whose sole purpose in life is to have the biggest arms possible. They dont care about the rest of their body, just their arms. Hell its not even their entire arm, just their biceps. All they do is grab a dumbbell and stand in front of the mirror watching themselves curl and curl and curl and curl. Once the set is done, they set it down, flex their arm, rub their bicep with their hand and look around. Then Repeat.

Drives me up the wall.

jmgj27

At my old gym, there was a woman who smelled like she washed her vagina with an onion. It was awful.

OMG - that is gross! There's a guy at my gym that goes every now and then and ALWAYS picks the machine next to me. He doesn't smell of BO, he actually smells like he's trodden in something. Unless he's really unlucky he seriously needs to invest in some strongass deodorant!

Avalonis

OMG - that is gross! There's a guy at my gym that goes every now and then and ALWAYS picks the machine next to me. He doesn't smell of BO, he actually smells like he's trodden in something. Unless he's really unlucky he seriously needs to invest in some strongass deodorant!

Bletch. Stinky people that don't use deodorant make me wanna bash puppies into concrete. And I love puppies! (No literal bashing going on, CHILL people.)

kadins_momma07

I saw a guy yesterday wearing a long sleeve shirt, and a sweatshirt over his head as he was walking on the treadmill.Its not like it was cold out, it was 90!!! I dont know about everyone else but I sweat too much to be wearing a winter outfit at the gym.

OMG I was totally thinking the same thing while I was at the gym yesterday...well everytime I go actually! I like to wear my leggings scrunched up to my knees so my legs are cool and a tank top so the rest of me is cool and not have to fidget with a big shirt.....those people who wear hoodies,sweatpants, jackets just make me want to pass out!! lol

kadins_momma07

The other day I was running on the treadmill and this couple came in. They were walking/running side by side on the treadmills infront of me. About 10 minutes later, this super skinny, super cute, I hate people like her but wish I had her body 20 something started running on the treadmill on the other side of the husband. I noticed the husband was VERY intently checking out this girl's back side when he stumbles on the treadmill and goes flying off the back end. I never laughed so hard, his wife had no idea what caused him to trip, but I did....

Wooow! LMAO! Ugh, that's what he gets for looking at her butt! haha! Wonder what his excuse was when his wife asked what happened!?

kadins_momma07

This one's not funny, it just annoyed me: Lastnight while i was at the gym, I see this girl, probably around 20 years old I think she was mixed and she had this really bad hair going on. It was weave for one...it was bleach blonde and in these really messy pigtails, and in the back where the part is you could see the tracks. Nothing wrong with having weave, or blonde weave at that.....but this looked like she snached it off of a cabbage patch doll! Sorry...but that's the first thing I noticed about her, I saw her coming from a mile away. ANYWAY...then she FINALLY makes it upstairs, she's walking SUPER SLOOOOW, sits down at a bike, gets up, walks super slow to another bike (same kind, dunno what that wa about) gets on there for about 5-10 minutes, gets up and walks super slow to the stairmaster, stays there for like less than 5 minutes, gets off go to this other machine for a few minutes..and now I'm getting off the elliptical and going to a treadmill...here she comes getting on the treadmill beside me, has this really strong body spray one, it started burning my nose, she wipes down the treadmill super slow, stands there a minute and looks around and drinks her water then gets off the treadmill without even starting it AND she left her paper towels on it.

Sorry but she was just sucking the life out of me with how freaking slow she was walking and the lack of working out. I mean geez, if you're gonna pay money to have a gym membership, put a little pep in your step and do something, why waste the money!? Oh I'm sure there's plenty more I could come up with but I'll let this one long one be it! lol I'm enjoying reading the other posts though!!!!!