Looking like a gym horror!!!

Nicola0000
Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
After a hard workout in the gym today, I looked at myself in the changing room mirror, and was horrified!! I had sweat everywhere, my face for bright red and my fringe (bangs) was plastered to my head. Girls - how do you stay looking at least half decent in the gym whilst working really hard???????
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  • trixirn
    trixirn Posts: 130 Member
    You don't. That's what you look like when you do it right.
  • Foodie711711
    Foodie711711 Posts: 137 Member
    Ha I dont. Im a beast in the gym and proud of it! Sorry not the answer you were looking for!
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    I'm working out to lose fat not to get laid so I don't worry about it.
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    You don't. That's what you look like when you do it right.

    Quoted for truth.
  • ford8709
    ford8709 Posts: 140
    Don't worry about how you look, if you are working hard enough to look bad then you are burning calories.
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    No possible way to do... you are either there to workout or to look cute you can't do both.
  • Nicola0000
    Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member
    I'm working out to lose fat not to get laid so I don't worry about it.

    Not looking to get laid, but I just seem to be the only one looking a mess!
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    I'm working out to lose fat not to get laid so I don't worry about it.

    Not looking to get laid, but I just seem to be the only one looking a mess!

    Well if you want to look like them, work out like them. Which is to say, you wouldn't be working out at all.
  • smolina85
    smolina85 Posts: 11 Member
    Just means that you are working harder than everybody else ;)
  • kammy92
    kammy92 Posts: 408 Member
    You don't. That's what you look like when you do it right.

    Exactly!!!!:bigsmile:
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    I'm working out to lose fat not to get laid so I don't worry about it.

    Not looking to get laid, but I just seem to be the only one looking a mess!

    Look at it as, everyone else is not doing it right, lol
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    If you want a true response other then "That is how you are supposed to look if your working hard" get a headband to hold the bangs back. I always have mine pinned back with a headband or barrett and its not about looking good it is because they annoy the hell out of me when stuck to my forehead or sticking straight up.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Honestly wouldn't worry about it too much, but you can get some no-slip headbands to hold your bangs away from your face so they don't get all sweaty and stick to your face!
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    I'm not there to impress anyone. If you look as perfect going out as you did going in, then you didn't work out.

    don't worry about it!!! That's the best part about the gym.
  • 1546mel
    1546mel Posts: 191
    HA! Im a mess when i get done. Im red, barely walking, sweaty, stinky and absolutely disgusting! But i look awesome the more i do that, and that is what counts. No makeup, cute clothes or nice hairdo's here!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I'm working out to lose fat not to get laid so I don't worry about it.

    hahahahahahahahahaha, great answer!!
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    A cap. But trust me...no one is checking out your hair. :-)
  • cbl40
    cbl40 Posts: 281 Member
    Twist your bangs back and clip on sides, if headband slides off. Pull hair back into tight pony tail and wear some tinted moisturizer and waterproof mascara! Invest in some good quality workout clothing, like Lululemon or Lucy and you'll look great and burn calories!
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    Honestly wouldn't worry about it too much, but you can get some no-slip headbands to hold your bangs away from your face so they don't get all sweaty and stick to your face!

    ^This. Or use a clip for your bangs.

    It's not a fashion show.
  • girlnamedlee
    girlnamedlee Posts: 96 Member
    I use a headband, but that's just because having my bangs flop in my face annoys me. I also leave red & sweaty, but I don't mind. I actually kind of love work out sweat. It helps me feel like I've accomplished something (although maybe those are endorphin induced hallucinations).
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    I'm not at the gym to look pretty. I'm there to lose the fat and keep it off. That requires sweating and hard work which leads to temporarily not looking so pretty.
  • VeggieKelli
    VeggieKelli Posts: 232 Member
    hahaha, I ALWAYS look like a gym horror (minus the red face/bangs). I literally am dripping sweat by the time I leave... but then again, I'm usually kicking my butt for at least 80 minutes running, spinning, or intense elliptically. It used to bother me because I'm a little prone to sweating a bit heavier, but now I see it as a mark of merit.

    So learn to wear your sweat proudly would be my advice! Oddly enough, I get hit on more when I'm sweaty, gross and working hard, then when I used to just dilly dally about on low intensity equipment!
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    You don't. That's what you look like when you do it right.

    yeah you're doing it right, just remember to spray off you machine and it all good
  • Nicola0000
    Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member
    Just to confirm, I dont want to look all pretty and lovely. Its just i've been working hard to improve my fitness, but my face always looks like i havent exercised in years!!
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    That means you're doing it right.
  • emmalene1984
    emmalene1984 Posts: 137 Member
    there is no way to work out hard and look cute doing it, but if you want to minimise the mess you look, plenty of deadorant and sweat absorbing clothing, one that wicks away the sweat is good. i think i have nike top or two that do that pretty well and hair pins or headband or both for the fringe, and hair tied up is always a must, my hair is only shoulder length or shorter, but i always put mine up in a bun with a million hair ties around it to keep it in place. as for the red face, nothing can stop that, but taking a towel and patting your face dry in between exercises helps keep the sweat off your face. good luck and well done you for using a gym, not that ive done a proper work out in ages but when i do, i do it in the safety of my lounge, i don't get on with gyms at all. :-( x
  • plushkitten
    plushkitten Posts: 547 Member
    Hahah I don't. No point in looking pretty when your at the gym to sweat. XD
  • SteveHunt113
    SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
    When I see a woman, all sweaty and looking a mess, I'm impressed she is working out so hard. I've seen some woman who come into the gym with their hair all brushed and makeup on, and they workout to preserve the look they came in with. Not impressed at all.

    I go into the gym looking a mess, waiting for the sweat to make my hair look less messy.
  • clarkmom3
    clarkmom3 Posts: 2 Member
    It just shows how hard we have worked!! Let the sweat be your friend, not your enemy :smile:
  • scubachic77
    scubachic77 Posts: 23 Member
    This is funny, because I had the exact same feeling today! I don't have bangs and I pull my hair back, but when I left it was sticking up everywhere and dripping with sweat! I just think to myself that if people are looking at me...then they think "WOW, she was really pushing it!"
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