Why the F...!!! Things you seen at the gym
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The only thing that I've really seen that's made me go WTF.. was the guy who chose the treadmill next to mine in a room where there were 5 other treadmills and NO ONE ELSE in there.. and started running... and then took off his shirt.
Not really sure if he was trying to impress me - There were plenty of other prettier, thinner, single women to choose from.. but yeah, it was something special.
i will NEVER understand why people do this. it's like when there's an essentially empty bus and someone has to sit right in front of you, right behind you or next to you. **** OFF!!!0 -
don't know about things I have seen at the gym but overheard 2 women in the changing rooms:
they were talking about the body pump class they went to and it went something like this:
"I've not to go to body pump as my personal trainer has me on a 10 week weight loss programme, so I am not allowed to do any weights."
I tried to tune out the rest as they went on to say about "yeah weights can make you bulky"
there were two personal trainers in the gym that morning and I think I have sussed out which one it is - mental note not to ever seek his services lol
I would start looking for a different gym! I am lucky because my gym centers around athletes and weight lifting - and it's affordable too. Anyway, I'm glad you knew it was bs!
actually it is worse as I was not meaning a general gym trainer that provides that information and the programme comes as part of the gym membership - this was an external personal trainer that would be paid several hundred pounds for the privilege of his tuition.0 -
These are hilarious! I'm starting to consider a gym membership if for no reason other than entertainment purposes!
*note to self: bring disinfecting wipes*0 -
The older guy that pooped his pants on the elliptical and kept pacing back and forth in front of it, wondering what to do...
lol, WHAT?!0 -
The guy who does these like... Upside down tricep dips on the dip bar at my gym. It's kind of amazing but wtf?
The girl who came in the other day, ellipticaled for literally 5 minutes and spent an hour chatting to the dude bros on the weight floor. Obvious c0ck trawler is obvious
I will now start using the word "c0ck trawler" at every chance I get! That's an awesome phrase!0 -
Yesterday I saw someone doing kettlebell swings and snatches with both good form, and a suitable weight selection.
I refuse to believe that...0 -
Guy in underwear doing squats.
Yikes...0 -
The guy munching on chocolate chip cookies while riding the exercise bike. Does that make the cookie zero calories seeing your taking calories in and burning calories at the same time. Made me giggle.0
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At my gym there are two ladies that come in maybe twice a week. Once they get there they each pick a weight machine and sit on it and chit chat the whole time. Every now and again they will move the weight just enough to maybe think they are doing something. They camp on those same machines the whole time they are there then they get up and leave. Really? Why pay for the membership since from their conversations I gather they work together?
Also our gym has a no children policy however the manager has been known to bring in his kid who is probably around 5 and just lets him run free bouncing exercise balls everywhere and messing around on the machines. He really makes me nervous being in there. Its fine if he has to bring his kid but please watch him. Yesterday he almost tripped me while I was running on the treadmill..0 -
Ha! I once walked into one of the rooms where they hold group classes, when it was empty, and there was a guy stripped down to his whitey tighties flexing in the mirrored walls. I ran out very quickly and very quietly.
Another one that comes to mind was a guy who loaded up the bar for a bench press, then took a couple folded yoga mats, placed them on his chest, and then bounced the fully loaded bar off his chest several times. Then he put the bar back up.
Ha! I wish I had funny stories like that! That first guy must have been VERY proud of himself and his body lol. That second guy sounds like he had a death wish...0 -
This why I work out at home.0
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People throwing weights around, people not putting equipment back where it belongs, people not wiping down machines. People talking on cell phones while working out. Girls in the weight area not lifting weights but doing strange, contortionist yoga to get the guys' attention. Or randomly jump roping. Guys wearing shirts that look like a huge ripped thong.0
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Women are not the only ones who bring their children to the gym. I was working out the other day and this young, fairly fit guy is doing his thing and his daughter (maybe 7 yeras old) is wandering around after him. She was getting behind people working out, walking in between machines, and getting too close to her dad who was kicking the stuffing out of the big punching bag. I was afraid she was going to get hurt. I smiled at her at some point and she proceeded to follow me around for the rest of my workout and into the locker room when I was done.0
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guy on a treadmill yakking away to the dude next to him and not even using the machine, he stood with each foot on either side of the machine with the treadmill running between his legs for at least 15 minutes!!! I later seen him talking to someone else who was tying to lift. When I left the gym he was in the car next to me puffing away on his cigarette....SMH0
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The other day my fiance and I went to work out and wrapped up our weight session with elliptical as we always do. Because it's this time of year the treadmills and ellipticals were packed and all but one elliptical was taken. As I walked over to see if it was available I noticed someones keys and water bottle were on it, I quickly scanned around the room to see where it's owner was. I saw her a little further away on her phone talking 1,000 words a minute. So I backed off, we were able to get 2 ellipticals next to each other but I kept an eye on the woman. She stayed off the elliptical for another 10 mins having an argument with the person on the other end of the phone. She got back ON the elliptical and proceeded to yell and continue her argument. I locked eyes with the man next to her and we just both shook our heads. I really don't like it when people are inconsiderate at the gym.0
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The guy munching on chocolate chip cookies while riding the exercise bike. Does that make the cookie zero calories seeing your taking calories in and burning calories at the same time. Made me giggle.
I saw someone downing a liter bottle of Pepsi on the exercise bike one time..kind of defeats the purpose....0 -
You know, usually at my gym I see all sorts of folks of various ages, abilities and sizes and all I think is Good for you for doing something for yourself! So don't be self-conscious!!!
Unless you are wearing a santa outfit or wiping ball sweat on a machine. Just don't do that !
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The entire month of January.0
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i see older folks walking on the treadmill backwards... *cringe* it's like watching a train wreck; you can't take your eyes off the scene. i am so afraid they will lose balance and hit their heads on the treadmill's power panel or something :$
as well, i saw a woman bring her four-year-old daughter into the health club with her to run on the treadmill. a trainer thankfully put a stop to it, but the woman was very angry, saying, "but she has to run with me, she's got to lose weight!"
i see loads of weird things in general; i live in china and people usually don't go to the gym to workout, and therefore have no idea how to safely or properly use the equipment.
I walk backwards on the treadmill for 15 minutes on strength days. It's good for your butt and thighs and calves if you walk on your toes. As long as you're holding on and not going too fast, it's not dangerous.0 -
My weird story involves...a guy who was kind of hovering around my area. I was on an elliptical and he was trying to use the treadmill in front of me, but couldn't figure it out. Finally he got on the elliptical to my left, couldn't figure it out. Got on the elliptical to my right, tried REALLY hard to figure it out, tripped on it, and fell off. Finally he came up to me and gave me his business card. He cut hair at a barber shop in the ghetto side of town. He wasn't even wearing workout clothes, but a large, white baggy shirt and jeans. And he mumbled something as he gave me his card and then ran out of the gym. It was really awkward and weird. I kind of felt flattered that he tried to be smooth by getting on the machines close to mine. I was like, "aw" and "weird."0
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Just before xmas Santa came in to work out. It was an elderly round man who got on the exercise bike for the better part of an hour. He was in full santa gear, hat and everything.
He was trying to work off all those cookies and milk. Go Santa!!0 -
Feeling judged at the gym is why I feel self conscious and wait until midnight to workout so I have the place to myself. Just putting that out there.
This is why I work out at home/outside. I'd like to think I'm a normal and respectful person in public but it seems like some of these people would rip me apart for ANYTHING I do at the gym. No thanks!0 -
I have two stories of major douchebaggery at the gym....
1. Ballys (NW side of Chicago) - probably one of the weirdest gyms I have ever been to. This is what my friend refers to as the "Jersey Shore" Ballys. You got your meatheads hogging the weight benches telling stories of the girls they nailed. You have your Snookie and J-Woww look-alikes... you have a guy from Serbia who runs around the track literally screaming.. WEIRD.... So anywho my story... this guy probably in his late 40's early 50's has his bag right in front of my locker. I had just finished my workout and wanted to shower. I ask him politely if he could move his bag. No reply. I ask him again. Still no reply and he walks away. This locker room is not very big and there's not a lot of space to put things by the lockers. So I take his bag, which is blocking his locker and put it on the floor. A few minutes later he comes back and starts screaming at me in Russian or whatever Eastern European language he was speaking. All I made out was why the f**k did you move my bag??? (Picture John Malkovich as Teddy KGB in the movie Rounders) I told him sir I asked you twice to move your bag which was blocking my locker and you didn't do it. He basically then said he'd be waiting out in the parking lot for me. I shower, change, go outside and the guy was nowhere to be found. Big talking *kitten*.
2. Ballys (Glendale Heights, IL) - they have a really nice indoor track. Unfortunately these three guys use the running track to socialize. Several times on several occasions they would literally stop in the middle of the track and talk. I almost plowed into them on more than one occasion because you can't really see around the corners too well there. OMFG!! *kitten*! If you guys want to socialize, there's a frickin' Starbucks right down Army Trail Road. Then they had this one lady friend who you could literally smell a half mile away because she used so much perfume. UGH!!0 -
Ok, one more for me. My personal trainer is this tiny little adorable young girl and all of the studs in the gym feel they need to impress her. Even during my paid time! We were in one of the classrooms working out and these two idiots come in, put boxing gloves on and proceed to punch each other repeatedly in the stomach. The whole time this douche-fest was going on they kept looking over to make sure she was watching them. Then of course, if she wasn't watching, they would have to say something to her to get her attention again.0
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LMAO...this stuff is gold!
I can't really think of any really, truly crazy things I saw back when I was a gym member. But there was a few odd balls in BobyPump class once in a while. Strange attire, lifting WAY too much weight but too prideful to stop and take some off, and then the one regular guy who was a grunter. I seriously had a hard time keeping a straight face with him making all the noises he did.
But then again, I was the girl in BodyPump that sang or hummed a long to the music. And sometimes I would even do a little hip or rib isolation while doing curls and half-curls (can't remember the proper term, lol). But come on....there was one track we did to a Black Eyed Peas song....how could I NOT bust a move?? lol0 -
2. Once again "Mr. Big Ripped Guy" I'm glad you had a great work out but the mirrors over the sinks in the locker room are not a great place for you to stand and admire how "ripped you are." Please move you're *kitten* out of the way because the rest of us really need to finish and get to work.
Bahahahahahahaha.0 -
It drives me nuts at my gym that the trainers encourage their people to do step ups... on the benches. Seriously, I'm about to lie down where you're putting your dirty feet right now.
My Y has step up boxes. A much better use.
Stepping up on benches destroys the pads.0 -
Ok, one more for me. My personal trainer is this tiny little adorable young girl and all of the studs in the gym feel they need to impress her. Even during my paid time! We were in one of the classrooms working out and these two idiots come in, put boxing gloves on and proceed to punch each other repeatedly in the stomach. The whole time this douche-fest was going on they kept looking over to make sure she was watching them. Then of course, if she wasn't watching, they would have to say something to her to get her attention again.
and she didn't say STFU I'm with a client?0 -
More times than not I see people lifting free weights and all I can think to myself is "What muscle grouping are you even trying to hit?!" Yeah ok you can hold a 50lbs dumb bell in your hand and do curls but a curl should be full extension down and back up... not the weight moving 5-6 inches from your shoulder and back as fast as you can with you leaning backwards at an odd angle swinging wildly to lift said weight... I see people with bad or poor form and I want to lit them up like a tree!
Hell if my form fails I stop... reset and redo. Form first ALWAYS!!0
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