Oh the things I see at the gym...
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The thought of eating in the gym grosses me out. Think of all the nasty things you touched before you reached in for a chip! And do the rest of us what your greasy, chocolately hands on the equipment? Yuck! What really grosses me out is the people who workout and then leave - without washing their hands or using sanitizer. Nasty. Sanitizer is a mediocre replacement for hand washing, but it's better than nothing. People can be so gross. :sick:
Would it make you feel any better if I told you that I wash my hands before I pee? Not after, just before.
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Ok this was too strange not to share. This morning at the gym I'm on the treadmill, doing C25K when this average size high school age girl hops on the treadmill next to me. Normally I don't care/notice what other people are doing at the gym, but I couldn't help noticing that she was eating something. It turned out to be a snickers bar. I was thinking "that's certainly odd...maybe she's gonna eat it and then run like crazy to burn it off or something?" She walked at a 2.5 for less than 5 minutes then disappeared. So after my run/walk I head over to the weights and she's just sitting on one machine texting. Every 5-10 minutes she switched machines but never actually lifted on any of them...just texted. As I was leaving I saw she had moved onto the leg press, but this time instead of texting, she pulled a full size bag of chips out of her gym bag and continued snacking. Why even go to the gym!?!?
"So what did you do at the gym today?"
"Snickers curls and chip crunches."0 -
The treadmills where I work out face the parking lot and you can see people pull up. There are people who pull up to the front sit in their cars and finish smoking a cigarette before coming inside, or puff away on it as they are walking up to the door and throw it on the ground. What's the use of coming in to workout when you are just gonna smoke away any benefits you just gained.
Wow. Judge much? When you are overweight and you are a smoker you are just asking for failure if you try to remedy both at the same time. Personally, I've lost over 100 lbs in a year and I'm a smoker who works out at the gym. I agree smoking isn't healthy, and I fully intend to quit, but I'd like to succeed at both rather than fail at both because I tried to do too much at once. BTW, my doctor agrees with me.0 -
>she pulled a full size bag of chips out of her gym bag and continued snacking
>full size bag of chips out of her gym bag
>bag of chips
Confirmed for winter bulk-mode0 -
I have to admit my friend and I were on this kick of working out then getting protein shakes and we didn't know why we were gaining weight instead of losing - then we learned how many calories were in them -- we were young and learning - but it was funny. We quit doing that real quick!! LOLwatched a girl walk on the treadmill for an hour then drink a massive protein shake.0
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My gym has a few of the sterotypes;
Guys I call the Saturday Sitters. There's a group of about 4-5 guys that sit on the weight machines and talk about the people using the treadmills. I use the calf press near them on leg day, if they aren't sitting on it but they each carry a dumb bell over from the free weight section. It must be some sort of requirement to get in the club. Each of these guys has a huge gut which must be the second requirement to join the club.
A woman that is a regular gym goer dresses in flourescent spandex and sits on the machines using her phone. The gym staff have never seen her workout. She does look fit though. She might be a plant from the Gym's corporate office to say, "hey fit attractive people work out here!"
People that adjust the incline on the treadmills to the highest setting and then walk and hang on to the control panel for support. There's several people that do this. They don't hang on to the rails, they hang on to the edge of the actual control panel. I've seen enough people do it where it must be a new sport. It's either Mountain Walking or Simulated Mountin Climbing for those with a fear of heights.
Guys that do cardio and lift weights and think everyone else in the gym is wasting their time because they aren't doing strength training and cardio. They sliently judge the other gym members. (I fall in this group. Although if I'm on the elliptical behind the treadmills on cardio day I may not be judging you. I might just be simply checking out your butt.)0 -
OK, food IN the gym? How is that even allowed? Water, sure I can see that. I'm just thinking nasty germs everywhere and you pick up some nasty stuff. Ugh. I shudder just thinking about it. This is why I don't go to gyms and workout with my own nastiness at home! lol
But aren't there people who monitor who's doing what and what's going on? smh0 -
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the thing that bugs me is when people do their set and then just sit at the machine. I am never shy to ask people if I can work in a set (yes, I'm the annoying guy jumping from machine to machine), but I've been in plenty of crowded gyms where there is usually a line for each machine or set of weights, so as far as I know, the etiquette is to be max 3 to a line, and when its your turn, you get on and off smoothly, and, if possible, to set up the weights for the next person.0
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Although if I'm on the elliptical behind the treadmills on cardio day I may not be judging you. I might just be simply checking out your butt.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who checks out people's butts at the gym.0 -
Speaking of odd treadmill behavior.... There's this woman at the gym where I work out who will get on the treadmill, use the bars, and lift herself up until her feet are only skimming across the top of the belt for a solid 30 minutes or so. Is this a legit form of training at all? She seems to be in decent shape, but that's all I've ever seen her do. Normally I don't pay attention to other people at the gym, but the sound is so different from everything else going on that I can't help but notice.0
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Although if I'm on the elliptical behind the treadmills on cardio day I may not be judging you. I might just be simply checking out your butt.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who checks out people's butts at the gym.
Me too! I just try to be very discrete about it.0 -
I am guilty of taking my phone in the gym. The one day I forgot it of course was the day my 7 year old got sick at school and needed to be picked up immediately. I don't use mine while at the gym but I have it with me. Too bad if this offends you:mad:I hate when young girls "workout"... Im a young girl but i take my gym time seriously! They think theyl lose 5 pounds by going on the eliiptical for 20 mins... and then they never go back to the gym... I haaate when people bring their phone into the gym with them! Ahhhhhh!
right on. i also take my phone to the gym in case of emergencies and i will use it if necessary but if i can help it i wont.0 -
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The treadmills where I work out face the parking lot and you can see people pull up. There are people who pull up to the front sit in their cars and finish smoking a cigarette before coming inside, or puff away on it as they are walking up to the door and throw it on the ground. What's the use of coming in to workout when you are just gonna smoke away any benefits you just gained.
You definitely don't "smoke away the benefits" Last year I trained for and ran a half marathon without quitting smoking. Not the best idea, but I still saw plenty of benefits!
Will add I've now quit and am training for a full marathon.0 -
I did the same thing in reverse. I quite smoking first and then started working out at the gym. I couldn't imagine tackling both issues at the same time. That would be really hard to keep up. Just so you know, it's harder keeping off the pounds when you quit smoking because you want to eat everything.The treadmills where I work out face the parking lot and you can see people pull up. There are people who pull up to the front sit in their cars and finish smoking a cigarette before coming inside, or puff away on it as they are walking up to the door and throw it on the ground. What's the use of coming in to workout when you are just gonna smoke away any benefits you just gained.
Wow. Judge much? When you are overweight and you are a smoker you are just asking for failure if you try to remedy both at the same time. Personally, I've lost over 100 lbs in a year and I'm a smoker who works out at the gym. I agree smoking isn't healthy, and I fully intend to quit, but I'd like to succeed at both rather than fail at both because I tried to do too much at once. BTW, my doctor agrees with me.0 -
Speaking of odd treadmill behavior.... There's this woman at the gym where I work out who will get on the treadmill, use the bars, and lift herself up until her feet are only skimming across the top of the belt for a solid 30 minutes or so. Is this a legit form of training at all? She seems to be in decent shape, but that's all I've ever seen her do. Normally I don't pay attention to other people at the gym, but the sound is so different from everything else going on that I can't help but notice.
I did something similar when I was coming back in after a knee injury. The elliptical actually hurt so I figured I was at least doing a static press with my arms and flexing and bending my knee without all the pressure and impact. Only did it till I could put full weight on it consistently though.0 -
WONDER IF SHE'S EXPECTING?
Expectations are high.0 -
Speaking of odd treadmill behavior.... There's this woman at the gym where I work out who will get on the treadmill, use the bars, and lift herself up until her feet are only skimming across the top of the belt for a solid 30 minutes or so. Is this a legit form of training at all? She seems to be in decent shape, but that's all I've ever seen her do. Normally I don't pay attention to other people at the gym, but the sound is so different from everything else going on that I can't help but notice.
I did something similar when I was coming back in after a knee injury. The elliptical actually hurt so I figured I was at least doing a static press with my arms and flexing and bending my knee without all the pressure and impact. Only did it till I could put full weight on it consistently though.
Yeah that could be it. Like I said, she's in really good shape, so she's definitely doing something right.0 -
Maybe her parents told her she was fat and drop her off at the gym, and she sneaks food, and texts to her friends about how unfair her parents are?0
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I did the same thing in reverse. I quite smoking first and then started working out at the gym. I couldn't imagine tackling both issues at the same time. That would be really hard to keep up. Just so you know, it's harder keeping off the pounds when you quit smoking because you want to eat everything.The treadmills where I work out face the parking lot and you can see people pull up. There are people who pull up to the front sit in their cars and finish smoking a cigarette before coming inside, or puff away on it as they are walking up to the door and throw it on the ground. What's the use of coming in to workout when you are just gonna smoke away any benefits you just gained.
Wow. Judge much? When you are overweight and you are a smoker you are just asking for failure if you try to remedy both at the same time. Personally, I've lost over 100 lbs in a year and I'm a smoker who works out at the gym. I agree smoking isn't healthy, and I fully intend to quit, but I'd like to succeed at both rather than fail at both because I tried to do too much at once. BTW, my doctor agrees with me.
Yes, the way I see it I would have been in for a tough battle either way. Either I'd quit smoking and put on weight which I would, then, have to take off, or vice versa. I'm hoping that some of my coping mechanisms for my hunger will work when I quit smoking as well, however. For me, it was decided my weight was a more immediate danger to my health so that's why I chose this one first.
To speak on the topic of discussion, however, I see this woman come into the gym in knee-high boots get on the treadmill, elliptical, bike, and several weight machines... in under 30 minutes. Can she really be doing any good by using each machine for such a short period of time?0 -
Regular snickers or the protein bar?Ok this was too strange not to share. This morning at the gym I'm on the treadmill, doing C25K when this average size high school age girl hops on the treadmill next to me. Normally I don't care/notice what other people are doing at the gym, but I couldn't help noticing that she was eating something. It turned out to be a snickers bar. I was thinking "that's certainly odd...maybe she's gonna eat it and then run like crazy to burn it off or something?" She walked at a 2.5 for less than 5 minutes then disappeared. So after my run/walk I head over to the weights and she's just sitting on one machine texting. Every 5-10 minutes she switched machines but never actually lifted on any of them...just texted. As I was leaving I saw she had moved onto the leg press, but this time instead of texting, she pulled a full size bag of chips out of her gym bag and continued snacking. Why even go to the gym!?!?0 -
Laughing my *kitten* off after reading the whole thing! probably one of them popular chicks that tells her friends she goes and puts in hard work but is doing the opposite0
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The other day I went to the gym around my normal time, it's a small gym and usually no one is there so I like it. I get there and their are two over weight women that were there together (they left together) one is on the treadmill running a sweating, the other, easily over 300 pounds has parked herself on one of the two bikes, and she chose the one with a working heart rate monitor, but she is just sitting there playing on her phone, on facebook and listening to music. So I hop on the other bike and start my routine (1hour on level 10 of 12, hill profile)I'm 10-12 minutes into my riding and she finally starts up the machine. The bike I am on is slightly farther back and at an angle so I see what she is doing and she programs it for 1 minute. My warm up set by the bikes program is like 10 minutes. She pedaled away for that one minutes then got up and left without even wiping down the machine, not that it needed it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not basing this woman for her weight, but because of what she did. There is also a guy that will sit on the machine, and just slowly pedal for a couple minutes and play on his phone while watching espn, without ever turning the machine on and he'll sit there for an hour or more sometimes0 -
These are amusing!0
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The other day I went to the gym around my normal time, it's a small gym and usually no one is there so I like it. I get there and their are two over weight women that were there together (they left together) one is on the treadmill running a sweating, the other, easily over 300 pounds has parked herself on one of the two bikes, and she chose the one with a working heart rate monitor, but she is just sitting there playing on her phone, on facebook and listening to music. So I hop on the other bike and start my routine (1hour on level 10 of 12, hill profile)I'm 10-12 minutes into my riding and she finally starts up the machine. The bike I am on is slightly farther back and at an angle so I see what she is doing and she programs it for 1 minute. My warm up set by the bikes program is like 10 minutes. She pedaled away for that one minutes then got up and left without even wiping down the machine, not that it needed it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not basing this woman for her weight, but because of what she did. There is also a guy that will sit on the machine, and just slowly pedal for a couple minutes and play on his phone while watching espn, without ever turning the machine on and he'll sit there for an hour or more sometimes
You gotta start somewhere. I give them credit for showing up and at least trying. Maybe next time she does 2 minutes and the next time 3, and soon she'll be doing 60 minutes too. Not all of us are cardio monsters like you. You'd have laughed at me too when I first started, 10 minutes on level 1 on the elliptical about killed me, but I'm a lot better now because I stuck with it and didn't have to deal with judgemental fitness snobs sneering at my inability to jump on and crank out an hour at the hardest level.0 -
I hate when young girls "workout"... Im a young girl but i take my gym time seriously! They think theyl lose 5 pounds by going on the eliiptical for 20 mins... and then they never go back to the gym... I haaate when people bring their phone into the gym with them! Ahhhhhh!
Why does it matter if people have their phones with them? I bring my phone every single time with me, because it A) has all my music on it, and
it has my C25K app that tells me when to walk/run so I don't have to sit and watch the clock on the treadmill to figure it out myself. Tons of people have their phones when they are at the gym, for the exact same reason. I don't often see people texting instead of working out. 0 -
some of the posts here scared me... I am a newbie, just started month ago.. I am only doing cardio at the moment treadmill is my best friend but i am shattered in elliptical after only 5 min.. i am trying to add some weight and strengths but still not in the track properly but i am afraid people might be judging me.0
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Crazy! lol
I used to have a gym partner who would be more than happy to sit on the floor exercising her lower jaw chatting while I worked out for an hour and then afterwards she would suggest a trip to Burger King!
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