Was I wrong?

meerkat70

They were being stupid. The only bit of your comment I didn't agree with was the bit about the 'women's section'. Women have every right to be in the free weight's section. The problem wasn't that they were in the bit of the gym that was of the wrong gender. It was that they were being rude, inconsiderate, and rather dim.

rayvynn5374

I would've taken over the bench when they went back to their "workout".

darrcn5

Nope, you were not wrong, and I don't think you were wrong to direct them to the women's area, where there is available equipment that they can use that is not available to you. They CAN use the women's section; he can't.

JNick77

So, I was at the gym today doing my workout, and, there were these two women there. They got there about 10 minutes into my workout. My gym isn't very big, so, benches are very limited when using dumbbells. Essentially, these two women were using two benches to sit on. Not work out, but, to sit on. Their routine went something like this:

Do a few reps, while standing, sit down and talk for 5 minutes. Stand up, do a few reps, sit down and talk for 5 minutes. 90% of what I was doing today was standing until I wanted to finish with incline curls. While they were sitting and talking (this had been going on for about 40-45 minutes now) I walked over and asked "can I use one of these benches while you're talking?"
"No, we're using them," said one of the women.
"Right now you're talking. How about you guys just use one bench and one works while the other rests? I just need to use it for a few minutes" I said.
The other women replied, "there's other benches you can use. Just use one of those."
"I would, but, othere people are actually using them to work out not as a park bench" I said.
"Whatever, not our problem" one said.
"You know, there is a women's section in this gym. They have all the free weights, benches, and machines you could ever need. You can use that area to sit and talk all you want" I said.
"The music is too loud from the aerobics in there........"
I cut her off, "So you won't be able to talk? Exactly!"

Mind you, this is a very isolated incident. Like I said, my gym is small. Everyone goes there to work out. Men, women, young, and old alike. I've never encountered this or witnessed anyone else deal with this there. And yes, the last thing I said was a backhanded why of saying "get the F%$* off the bench" and I kind of said it in a way to imply it as well... LOUDLY.

Needless to say, I had to alter my routine to finish my workout. But, I don't think it mattered what I did at that point. I was so angry that anything I did I was going to get the most I could out of it.

Oh, one more thing. Do all old men walk around the locker room in their birthday suits everywhere else?

Good for you. Most of us don't have the balls to say anything.

supplemama

yah, the only thing you were wrong about was remarking on the 'women's section'. Those women were just there to run their mouths.

I don't know about old men, but the elderly women at my gym sure like to walk around naked in the locker room. And they don't shave or trim or anything...it's like after 80 a whole forest is growing down there, yikes! I see crazy stuff like old women drying their business with a hair dryer...have mercy LOL

megz85g

"You know, there is a women's section in this gym. They have all the free weights, benches, and machines you could ever need. You can use that area to sit and talk all you want" I said.

the only thing to me that you said wrong was that, i'm sick of the guys at my gym giving me dirty looks for using the main weights area rather than going upstairs to the 'ladies room'
there is one bench and a heap of mats to do 'abs' and the weights in there only go up to 10kg
i have as much right as them to use the weights area so they can get stuffed

kayteesb

nope...you were right on the money.

olee67

"You know, there is a women's section in this gym. They have all the free weights, benches, and machines you could ever need. You can use that area to sit and talk all you want" I said.

the only thing to me that you said wrong was that, i'm sick of the guys at my gym giving me dirty looks for using the main weights area rather than going upstairs to the 'ladies room'
there is one bench and a heap of mats to do 'abs' and the weights in there only go up to 10kg
i have as much right as them to use the weights area so they can get stuffed

YES! Everyone has just as much of a right to USE the equipment in the main part of the gym. By USE, I mean, to actually exercise and not sit on it like it's a park bench to chat for 5 minutes about this and that. These two women are the only two women, or, anyone for that matter, I have had this problem with. The fact they wanted to get snarky with me about it, led me to get snarky with them.

Weights are not gender specific, 15 lbs is 15 lbs. And jerks are not gender specific. These women were being jerks, a jerk is a jerk.