Gym starers -thoughts? feelings? outrage?

amuhlou

I can't say that I have it happen a lot, but I'm also not paying attention because I'm usually huffing and puffing.

At least the starers at the gym can appreciate your hard work. So in that respect, it's kind of welcome. Someone staring on the street has NO IDEA what you do to be fit.

I also wonder... am I a starer? I don't intend to be.

philOHIO

I gym stare. But mostly at people who make me laugh.

Sarcasm or not, this is a SUPPORT SITE. If you are STARING at others at the gym, you are NOT WORKING in the gym. There is a difference between helping someone out and staring. I will admit I have admired a nice butt on the elliptical in front of me. But the stares are rude.

melissaw1232

OMG! Me too! lol

pkdreilly

True story...One time I was doing pec dec flys. When i am concentrating, I tend to fixate on one spot, not really realizing what I am staring at. To my horror, I realized I was staring right at the crotch of the woman on the yes/no machine in the across from me. She was looking at me with a mixture of confusion and humor.
I almost dropped the weights.

For reference...this is the yes/no machine

http://www.teachpe.com/strengthening/m-inner_thigh.php

Omg, nearly cried laughing at that one!!! lmao!!

Iamkim73

<<<<< got busted looking at someone yesterday.... He just smiled. Oooops!

KatieJane83

I absolutely LOVE to people watch at the gym. I watch EVERYONE. I'm inspired by those that are not in shape working/sweating their A$$es off to get into shape. I crack up at the people that hop around to all the machines barely spending 30 seconds at each one and not putting in any real effort. I'm sure they stare at me as I #1 wear my makeup from the day to the gym #2 wear cute workout clothes (I want to feel good) and #3 I breath hard/grunt while doing weights!

Honestly, I am flattered no matter the sex/hotness of the person staring. To me it means I'm getting to where I want to be in my physical fitness. Either that or I'm making a total fool of myself at the gym! :laugh:

Edit: I get a total kick out of the muscle heads staring at me when I'm in the free weight section doing my physical therapy exercises with the barbie bells. The looks on their faces is PRICELESS!:noway:

Yay, you basically said exactly what I feel!!

And I have to say I get a kick out of being in the free weight area, bench pressing and everything, but still looking like a girl in my compression pants and tank. I feel like a badass! :glasses:

melissaw1232

Im not a starer but I am observant. I look at everyone. I like to see who is working hard, who can give a run for my money so Im always looking around. Never oogling a hot guy but if he's putting in work i notice and move on.

As for being the object of the staring - I know that Im fit but its somewhat unnerving. I havent learned to embrace the stares yet. I get in get busy and get out. I like to think that they staring at my semi-buffness and admiring all the hard work Ive put it! lol

KimmyEB

I don't go to a gym anymore, but when I did, it was a small little local place that NO one but my old roommates and I went to, and none of us even went at the same time, and if we did, they were absorbed by the TV. :laugh: So no one ever stared.

I do find that at the walking/jogging track that I go to, the only people that stare are teenage/early 20's girls who can't walk or jog for ****, who make snide comments to the people that pass them. It's pretty ridiculous. Or the incredibly stupid woman who went to a jogging track wearing HIGH HEELS, then started an argument with us because my brother and I passed her, which apparently is rude. :yawn: Most comments come from jealousy, I've noticed.

Personally, I'm pretty sure no one stares at me. And I don't outright stare at others. I do admire the women I see jogging in a "wow, how inspiring!" sense, but that's about it. I have a hard enough time breathing when I jog that I have to mentally tell myself when to breathe...I can't be diverting my attention to staring at others. :ohwell:

MFPAddict

<<<<< got busted looking at someone yesterday.... He just smiled. Oooops!

I thought you looked familiar.

Thanks love

MFPAddict

I need a LOL now.

If I owned a gym, I would sell these t-shirts with the gym logo on it. Would make for some awesome advertising!

Suzy_in_DE

I work out alot at the gym at work where most folks are professional and courteous. For the most part I am so focused on my work out I really tune out everyone else, so have would have no idea if someone was checking me out.

Have to say, when I was in the Air Force and would work out at the base gym it could be intimating as there were so few females working out.

DannyMussels

Better them staring then throwing rotten tomatoes, no?

jackpotclown

When I used a gym I made use of the mirrors. Only a rookie turns their head. You can see the whole gym through the mirrors

Agreed

12skipafew99100

They either think you're hot or you have toilet paper stuck to your shoe.

Lyndi4

When I used a gym I made use of the mirrors. Only a rookie turns their head. You can see the whole gym through the mirrors

Smooth. LOL.

HotCuppaJo

I don't use a gym but I get my fair share of starers. They stare while I'm shopping (sometimes follow me too), while I'm out at lunch, at the library, on my walks. It's only fun when the person staring me down is attractive. That's not the case most of the time.

Wow... just wow... this is the most superficial statement of the day!

I appreciate her statement because it's honest.

HotCuppaJo

OOPS...new at all of this!! I was TRYING to add and say that I agree...her comment was very honest and true to how MOST women would feel in that situation.

auticus

Exactly.

dfborders

I like to look at people and see what kind of exercises they are doing. I try not to stare but, if they are doing an exercise that looks really cool, sometimes I do - but not to be creepy. I don't think I'm at a place where anyone stares at me at the gym but if I were, unless it got weird or inappropriate comments were made, I probably wouldn't think anything of it other than to go home and laugh about it with my Hubby:bigsmile:

duharvalgt

Dont know why you would be staring at someone else in the gym; you should be concentrating on getting that last rep out or running for that extra minute.

sdrawkcabynot

True story...One time I was doing pec dec flys. When i am concentrating, I tend to fixate on one spot, not really realizing what I am staring at. To my horror, I realized I was staring right at the crotch of the woman on the yes/no machine in the across from me. She was looking at me with a mixture of confusion and humor.
I almost dropped the weights.

For reference...this is the yes/no machine

http://www.teachpe.com/strengthening/m-inner_thigh.php

I just laughed out loud at work on this one!

ItsMeRebekah

I dont go to the gym however any time I am out running and people honk the horns at me it makes me feel good LOL it makes me run faster and push harder! Silly yes i know but hey i do like it..

KatieJane83

True story...One time I was doing pec dec flys. When i am concentrating, I tend to fixate on one spot, not really realizing what I am staring at. To my horror, I realized I was staring right at the crotch of the woman on the yes/no machine in the across from me. She was looking at me with a mixture of confusion and humor.
I almost dropped the weights.

For reference...this is the yes/no machine

http://www.teachpe.com/strengthening/m-inner_thigh.php

I just laughed out loud at work on this one!

Indeed!

Justjoshin

People always give me crazy looks at the gym... I have no idea why.

silvergurl518

People always give me crazy looks at the gym... I have no idea why.

hubba hubba.

Shanna_Inc86

People always give me crazy looks at the gym... I have no idea why.

hubba hubba.

:laugh: :laugh:
This is thoroughly amusing to me today and SO what I needed hahaha

Iamkim73

<<<<< got busted looking at someone yesterday.... He just smiled. Oooops!

I thought you looked familiar.

Thanks love

I thought that was you.

MFPAddict

<<<<< got busted looking at someone yesterday.... He just smiled. Oooops!

I thought you looked familiar.

Thanks love

I thought that was you.

Same time tonight? :bigsmile:

engineman312

People always give me crazy looks at the gym... I have no idea why.

lol... i thought of this

brandyosu

I just recently started going to the gym for the first time in a few years. I can say thus far I haven't noticed anyone staring at me (and if they were right now it would probably be out of concern I might have a heart attack!) and I haven't even noticed the other people there...other than my gym buddy, and she IS pretty cute. When I used to go eons ago and was in decent shape, I have no clue if people ever looked/stared. Not that I would have minded because who doesn't like a little appreciation? I just didn't notice because I tend to be in my own little world most of the time. I never had a tendency then to stare at anyone either, probably because I would have been moritifed to be caught staring.