Do you have a gym nemesis?
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No, as with all things, I am my own worse enemy.....0
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Family Guys about to start n i wondered if any of you had a gym nemesis, i have a couple, cant put my finger on why but whenever they are there i seem to work harder and we both have that 'i hate you' glance.....
maybe its just me :huh:
lol I don't make direct eye contact. I try my best not to recognize anyone because then I have to stop and talk and ask how they're doing, blah blah blah. I got sucked in at my last gym by accident, and the woman wouldn't leave me alone. So now I just keep my head down and bust my *kitten* and get out. But at least you have motivation to work harder lol0 -
I actually do! This woman just looks at me as if I have some sort of nerve to be on any of the machines. It's really funny actually.0
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There's this one woman who is in her early 60s I'd say. At my gym there are fans around the cardio area and if nobody is using one, you can go grab one and plug it in in front or behind of your machine so you have the cool air blowing on you. It's really nice and I enjoy that they have that option.
Anyways, this SAME lady has come up to my machine, given me a dirty look and then UNPLUGGED my fan and taken it away to her machine. This has happened at least 3 or 4 times.
I'm not a confrontational person so I haven't said anything but if she does it again I might have to.0 -
Besides the stinky old man who bites his nails, stares at every, single woman and never wipes the equipment, I can't think of anyone.0
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No, as with all things, I am my own worse enemy.....
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There's this one woman who is in her early 60s I'd say. At my gym there are fans around the cardio area and if nobody is using one, you can go grab one and plug it in in front or behind of your machine so you have the cool air blowing on you. It's really nice and I enjoy that they have that option.
Anyways, this SAME lady has come up to my machine, given me a dirty look and then UNPLUGGED my fan and taken it away to her machine. This has happened at least 3 or 4 times.
I'm not a confrontational person so I haven't said anything but if she does it again I might have to.
You're kidding!!! That is so incredibly rude of her!0 -
That is crazy about the fan, def say something, what is she gonna do? I used to go to kickboxing class and there was this one girl who seemed to compete with me, so I used to work harder and kick higher, it might have been in my head but I was pretty convinced!lol0
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When I'm at the gym, there's a woman, probably at least 10 years older then me, who STARES at me the entire time. If she's not staring directly at me, she's staring at my reflection in the glass. And it's not a nice stare either!
At first I was like "no way b*tch, stop staring at me!" but now I'm like "wellllll I'm awesome and she just wants to be me"
Then my head gets so big I can't fit out the door..0 -
No, as with all things, I am my own worse enemy.....
Yeah that *kitten* in the mirror in front of my treadmill has SOME nerve!!0 -
None. I've made an incredible amount of friends at the gym. You know who the regulars are and those who go hard. It is nothing but mutual respect and nods of the head as I'm not there to socialize but I will acknowledge them. Moreover, I've caught folks many times trying to catch the numbers on the machines I'm working out on and often imitating my workouts. Nothing but love at the gym.0
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Maybe the crazy carrot man with his magical box of carrots and special bandanna he wears everyday..or the elderly man who wears headphones with nothing attached to them..and glares at anyone on "his" bike..0
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I do. She's a middle-aged couger. Fake tan, hair dyed blackest black, and always at the spinning class. She's the reason I don't go to spinning. She makes my blood boil and we haven't said more than 2 sentences to each other. She's the only person I've ever had around me that I just INSTANTLY disliked. Anyways, she always makes me want to do better than her.0
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There is a girl in our zumba class in very good shape. She tales 2 classes of something a day! Anyway, she does all the zumba moves and has high energy but she gives all the fat people like me nasty looks. She got really mad today since the instructor said I didn't have the moves down but my technique was flawless (I used to dance for about 20 years) and she has no technique. She's a pretty poor dancer but we're there to exercise not be competing but she treats us all like a competition! Scarey!0
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There's this one woman who is in her early 60s I'd say. At my gym there are fans around the cardio area and if nobody is using one, you can go grab one and plug it in in front or behind of your machine so you have the cool air blowing on you. It's really nice and I enjoy that they have that option.
Anyways, this SAME lady has come up to my machine, given me a dirty look and then UNPLUGGED my fan and taken it away to her machine. This has happened at least 3 or 4 times.
I'm not a confrontational person so I haven't said anything but if she does it again I might have to.
HAAH OMG that is kind of hilarious, you should go unplug the fan from her!
One time I was at machines with a friend and we put our waterbottles and ipods on the machine and went for a quick stretch on the mats, I looked over and noticed this dude bout 60 on my machine. We walked over, he had taken my ipod, waterbottle, and towel off the machine and placed it on the floor. My friend and I told him that we were using the machines and asked him if he could use a different one that was available. The gym wasn't very crowded, or else I would not put my stuff on the machine and just expect people to not get angered. So he refused to get off and we had to get the 18 year old kid at the desk to ask him to get off, and he did, whilst he yelled at my friend. I didn't want to have a gym enemy since I see this guy all the time so afterward I walked over to him and told him I appreciated him relocating and apologized for leaving my stuff on the machine while not using it. He touched my arm and thanked me for being so kind and apologized. So I guess the lesson is that people are revved up sometimes about life and a little understanding goes a long way.
My NEW nemesis is this lady in her late 40s early 50s that told me the lesmills cxworx class was really really hard after she looked me up and down. I thought to myself "yeah I'm fat but I'm strong and athletic and motivated," it's cool cause I've hear her talking trash about other people like she is a 15 year old high school girl, while I'm focusing on ME and busting my *kitten* to get in shape. Hope shes still at the gym in 1 mo, 2 mo, 1 year, however long it takes for me to get to my goal weight and body fat so I can see the look on her face while I'm hot and she still has ugly "mom hair"0 -
No nemesis, but there are a couple of annoying weirdos who just need to be slapped.0
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My gym nemesis is this one skinny little thing that always smirks and gives me dirty looks.
Especially when I'm on the arc trainer, she always make it a point to be right beside me and she smirks about going way faster then I do on it.
The thing is though, I set mine on the highest incline and 80 out of 100 resistance.
Of course she can go faster on 0 incline with like 5 resistance.
Check the cals burned, mine are always substantially higher just saying.0 -
Maybe the crazy carrot man with his magical box of carrots and special bandanna he wears everyday..or the elderly man who wears headphones with nothing attached to them..and glares at anyone on "his" bike..
OMG does your gym offer discounts to mentally disturbed people. I want to workout at this place, sounds hilarious. THIS by the way made me laugh out loud!0 -
Yes! This guy that carries a book with him and takes like 5 minute reading breaks between sets. Once he's on that circuit machine, forget about getting to it any time soon.0
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When I saw the title of this thread, I thought you were talking about a machine/exercise. Mine is the overhead press. It takes me weeks to be able to bump the weight up 5 lbs!
But, in keeping with the threads, there's these two guys who love to sit on equipment I'm waiting to use and playing with their phones.0 -
The 20 year old treadmill in the workout room here at work. We used to have a KILLER, awesome, amazing, I'd marry it if I could kind of treadmill, but when the owners of our building relocated the workout room, they took the best piece of machinery they had and left the crappy one. The old treadmill will randomly shut off. No reason. You could workout 30 minutes, or 30 seconds.... whatever it feels like you should do. No matter if you turn it on and get going again.... BAM! Safety bar in the gut!
It totally sucks *kitten*.0 -
Oh and there's also an old lady that always seems to come over to me after I've just gotten on the recumbent bike, and always asks me how long I've been on it. And then huffs away when I say 5 minutes. The fat burn program is 20, and I always sign up on the board like I am supposed to.0
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I am a luscious sized lady, and like many of you have said, I've seen the mean stares and glances when I'm coming to workout or take a class. I think people get intimidated when someone who weighs 100lbs + more than them can do the same exercise/intensity they probably feel like they need to do better or put the fatties in their places. That however, just makes me want to succeed in my health journey even more. I may be fat, but I played rollerhockey with all boys for 4 years, ice hockey, and field hockey in high school, I'm strong and have a lot of muscle under this fat so take that! I also was the only girl in my family and raised with all boys, I got beat up alot but my pain tolerance is that of a zen master.0
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Oh a definite fun group..in addition:
hmmm..the 80 year old man who can run faster than me. laps me on the track!!!
..the girl who constantly wears a shirt that says "run run run"..and she never runs!0 -
OMG the creepy female janitor. She has this nasty greasy like female mullet, she thinks shes cool, tries to act ghetto. I used to always smile at her, she never smiles back and i've seen her stare at me and my friend (also luscious sized lady when we work out like she is disgusted. But she is in no way shape or form healthy looking and yeah. So she can stare at me all she wants, and watch as the pounds come off.0
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There's this one woman who is in her early 60s I'd say. At my gym there are fans around the cardio area and if nobody is using one, you can go grab one and plug it in in front or behind of your machine so you have the cool air blowing on you. It's really nice and I enjoy that they have that option.
Anyways, this SAME lady has come up to my machine, given me a dirty look and then UNPLUGGED my fan and taken it away to her machine. This has happened at least 3 or 4 times.
I'm not a confrontational person so I haven't said anything but if she does it again I might have to.
haha, what if you just "think" you can use the fans like that, and she gets mad at you for stealing fans and takes it away. or only for VIP members or somethng. ha
Haha I wish that were true! I would definitely be VIP and maybe I'd get some other good freebies haha.0 -
My gym nemesis is this one skinny little thing that always smirks and gives me dirty looks.
Especially when I'm on the arc trainer, she always make it a point to be right beside me and she smirks about going way faster then I do on it.
The thing is though, I set mine on the highest incline and 80 out of 100 resistance.
Of course she can go faster on 0 incline with like 5 resistance.
Check the cals burned, mine are always substantially higher just saying.
LOL, you NEED to see this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_yc6AKXLI 0 -
i dont have a nemisis, i'm usually distracted by the food network on tv while im on the treadmill0
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definitely. and, pardon my french, but the f*cker is always wearing power lifting gear, but never tries to actually work out. me and my workout buddies call him "spiderman". he comes in eyeballing us every day, puts a ton of weight on the bar, and does 1 or 2 reps for a couple sets and walks away. eyeballing us some more. sure he's a big dude, but i'd kick his *kitten* if he ever gets the guts to say something0
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