things that make you laugh at the gym...
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I make up little nick names for all the people I see in the gym. (just in my head, obviously I don't say it to them..) There is a guy I call "Happy feet." He wears these neon shoes that I am assuming are some type of weight lifting shoe? They really don't seem to fit his personality. Makes me giggle...0
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People who hang on for dear life on the treadmills, even while running. I fear walking behind them. If they would start out walking/running slower, their balance would improve and they wouldn't have to hold on like that. Drives me nuts.
The 'big' guy who runs on his tiptoes and holds the treadmill while he does it. He doesn't look like he's been doing it for long, as in he doesn't 'look' fit at all. I don't know if he's doing it on purpose or not, but it makes me crazy and I can't concentrate on my own running. I have to block him out. I do give him credit for being there and doing something though!
The orange women/girls in their grossly too tight clothing. Some might only weigh 110lbs but the clothes are so tight and short that 'stuff' is squished out in all directions. It's nasty! Can't they see themselves in a mirror? Yuck. They would look thinner and sexier in something that actually fit.
Maybe I shouldn't have posted those since they don't actually make me laugh, I feel sorry for them. Well, ok the Oompa Loompa Ladies are kind of funny. I said it.0 -
The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I think those girls look hot.
Hearing women complain about other women at the gym amuses me.
Never once have I heard a guy give two poops about what another guy is wearing at the gym.
I think it's you with the insecurities.
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No. It bothers me too, but not becuase I am insecure. They only bother me in the locker room when I have to pee. They stand and talk in front of the door to the bathroom and then stand at the sinks doing their hair and makeup or taking pictures. If they got out of the way, I don't think I would notice them. I don't see they in the GYM area at all though, so I am really not sure what they do with their time, if they ever leave the locker room.
I completely agree with you. There are some girls who spend 10-15 minutes fixing their hair and make-up. And the amount of hair spray that they use is just nuts! I get wanting to look good, but some of them take it too far.
One girl is my hero, she is in amazing shape and comes in very well dressed, nice make up, hair looks good. First thing she does after putting her stuff down, takes her make up OFF!0 -
Also the guys that gives girls funy looks when they walk into the weight room and then the look on their face when they see how much they are lifting
OMG - yesterday me & my friend scored the last bench in the free weight area, so we were sharing till another freed up. EVERY single guy in the area stopped dead for a min to stare at us as we started. All but 1 dude just shook it off and when back to their workouts, but the guy on the Smith machine next to us. He kept staring and when his friend joined him, I heard him whisper to him "Why are they doing that?" at me & my friend (we are both women and neither small
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Kool part... his friend did a double take at him and asked him (loud enough for most people to hear) "Why are you doing it?"
I almost dropped the dumbbell on my head trying NOT to laugh at the 1st dude.
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Okay I got a chuckle this morning about the guy who seemed to forget that the windows around the pool were transparent in BOTH directions, and he was checking me out so hard he turned his whole body to watch me walk away. Um, hello, I can see you creepin' dude!0
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I don't really laugh at the gym, but I do smile a lot. I'm totally a sucker for a grandma in a velour tracksuit, with the matching head-and-wrist-bands and everything, and my gym has a pretty good selection of them. The track runs around the outside of the cardio room, so every time one speedwalks past me I want to pump my fist and yell, "yeah, you go! Wooo!" but I wouldn't want to make things awkward.
The other thing is that if I have a day off work sometimes I think, oh, I'll sleep in a little bit, but somehow I never remember what a bad decision that is until I get to the locker room. And then I run into the water aerobic ladies and you just have to laugh because there isn't really any other option. There are maybe 10 on any given day, but it feels like at least twice that many - they all descend en masse and set up giant intricate camps of towels and toiletries on the benches, flinging bathing suits around and loudly describing the details of their last poop. They're hilarious. I hope to have that much awesome when I'm 80. (Know how I know they're 80? Because when you're 80 and at the gym, you introduce yourself by saing, "My name's Betty, I'm 80! I'll be 81 in May!")0 -
Y'all were probably laughing at me on the treadmill yesterday. I sometimes listen to classical music while doing C25K. Yesterday I was listening to Tchaikovsky's Overture of 1812 and it wasn't until the cool down portion of my C25K that I realized that I had been conducting the orchestra the entire time.
I can't do anything more on the treadmill oter than trying not to fall off. I give you props for being able to conduct an entire orchestra while you're on the treadmill. lol0 -
Yea right, and I laugh at native English speakers who can't spell 'women', I want to ask them where they got their education from and which part of their brain are they using.Yesterday, I saw two young woman at the gym holding little 2-3 pound dumbbells and waving them around with no particular form while they chatted. I wanted to ask where they got their routine from and which muscles were they were working. It seriously made no sense.
Seriously people, stick to your own routine rather than judging others.
It was a typo, lighten up!0 -
kind of laughing right now at all the people posting "well you shouldn't judge people...but i saw this really funny thing at the gym too!"
uncoordinated people are always funny. i have to laugh at myself when i forget the routine during turbo kick and go one way when everyone else goes the other way. i'm sure i'm pretty funny playing racquetball too...trying to work my tennis skills on a much smaller scale, and there's lots of jumping and kicking and arm flailing as well.0 -
Y'all were probably laughing at me on the treadmill yesterday. I sometimes listen to classical music while doing C25K. Yesterday I was listening to Tchaikovsky's Overture of 1812 and it wasn't until the cool down portion of my C25K that I realized that I had been conducting the orchestra the entire time.
I can't do anything more on the treadmill oter than trying not to fall off. I give you props for being able to conduct an entire orchestra while you're on the treadmill. lol
sometimes i try to dance to a cool song...can't really shimmy my hips while running. never ends well.0 -
Sometimes the women in full makeup/hair done may be coming straight from work, are on their lunch break, etc.... No need to judge. I really don't think many people would actually spend time getting ready to go to the gym. I see a big difference in how women look at the gym going at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm- a lot more "done up" women in the evening.
If I lose enough weight to be comfortable wearing cute outfits to the gym, you better believe I will be
I agree with this. I also go to the gym in makeup when I go right after work...and i will also wear cute gym clothes one day... we all want to look and feel better, I dont hate on "those" girls, if i had some of their bodies I wouldn't even wear clothes.0 -
I chuckle to myself when a dude picks up some dumbbells, then sees the dumbbells I'm using and one-ups me by 5 lb.0
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Several years ago, I remember this little chick - she was about 5'1" and just killer bod - I had seen her around the gym, but that was about it. She hops up on one of the stair steppers, kicks it into high gear - literally as high as it'll go. She was about 1/2 way through when all the sudden, she stops, looks at the clock, and says, "OH MY GOSH! I have to teach a class!" jumps off the machine and takes off. Obviously, she turned out to be one of the aerobics instructors.0
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I chuckle to myself when a dude picks up some dumbbells, then sees the dumbbells I'm using and one-ups me by 5 lb.
It's even more funny when the weight your are doing is a warmup weight and he can't get up 3 rep. Then you go up 15 pounds and pound out 8.lol,
There's always someone in the gym who thinks they're a badass.0 -
:laugh: When my pants split in the *kitten* while doing squats.0
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:laugh: When my pants split in the *kitten* while doing squats.
I had a similar thing happen. I have not picked up new shorts since losing 40 pounds and they are sort of loose. I really have to tie them up tight so they don't fall off. Well, I got some tighter fitting athletic undies not long ago and they are sort of made out of this slick material. So I get on the treadmill and start wlaking, no problem. Start running and after a while my damn shorts were slipped all the way down to the middle of my rear... :laugh:0 -
I'm sure people laugh at me when I'm working out. If I have my iPod on I'll lip sync and play air drums as I'm running.0
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What makes me laugh is when the girls do Strenghth Training...the form is so bad! i turn to them when they do a fake "tricep curl" and say YOUR CHEATING..and then i get up there and show them...and they start fussing and say THAT HURTS..i laugh...but i give up and walk away...0
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There is nothing worse to look over and say WHOA..Booty Crack!! awww hell!!!0
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Girls that go to the gym in teeny short shorts and only a sports bra.
Put some clothes on.
And, YES - It bothers me because I am totally insecure and wish I looked that good in teeny short shorts and a sports bra!0 -
I love the men that workout at a ridiculous rate when they know you are watching them :-)
I hate when I'm finishing a long run on the treadmill, sweating my *kitten* off and dying inside. Hot woman gets on the treadmill next to me and I have to turn into an elite, super-fit marathoner! When actually my inner run monologue is this,
10 minutes in - Wow, I feel good, I love to run!!
20 minutes in - damn, only 20 minutes?? WTF is this song playing on my phone?
21 minutes in - I f***ing hate this song!!!
30 minutes in - halfway there, damn only half way? I hate running! I want to go home, order a pizza and get fat again!
40 minutes in - you can do it, just stop *****ing and keep going
41 minutes in - wtf? This song is playing again??
50 minutes in - 10 minutes left, almost done, I am sooooo not a runner, this sucks!
55 minutes in - Hot woman gets on the treadmill next to mine, I move my speed up to a speed I can barely run at without falling off the treadmill
60 minutes - done, she smiles, I smile back like I love to run!!
This is absolutely hysterical. I do the same thing with cute guys.0 -
Several years ago, I aquired a free one day pass to a local gym. Sure why not I'll try it out for a day.
After my workout, in the locker room. There was a guy in his mid 60's, who had just showered, still toweling off, stands right next to me and strikes up a conversation, everything hanging out...
I laughed after I left in a creeped out kinda of way.0 -
I want to laugh when I see elderly people doing cardio at a much higher resistance or speed than me. I have to laugh to keep from getting discouraged by how out of shape I am. I respect and admire them, but I also don't like getting smoked by an 80-year-old.0
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One of my friends shared a pic on facebook. The caption read something like "Only in Midland, Texas would you see a guy working out on the elliptical in his insulated bib coveralls." I looked at the picture and immediately knew it was one of my friends. I sent the picture to him letting him know he'd gone "viral". lol He hasn't stopped working out in his coveralls though! Whatever it takes!
Ha ha ha! That is funny. You've got great friends.0 -
I want to laugh when I see elderly people doing cardio at a much higher resistance or speed than me. I have to laugh to keep from getting discouraged by how out of shape I am. I respect and admire them, but I also don't like getting smoked by an 80-year-old.
It is pretty discouraging when an old timer totally kicks your rear in the gym. You can be like them some day and kick some young punk's butt in the gym.0 -
If I were her, I would not assume you were trying to pick me up. I do think what you did was very thoughtful and considerate of you. It can be really embarrassing just going to the gym overweight, let alone have something like that happen. I am sure she is very thankful you did that It sounds like you being there could have been the difference in her sticking to a workout routine or allowing that 1 fall to make her not want to go back to the gym.
You are a great inspiration, bro!Another thing that I saw a few weeks ago is this woman, maybe in her 20's, on the treadmill. She was probably 80+ pounds overweight by my guess and huffing and puffing quite a bit, going too hard. I'm guessing she was just starting to workout. Well, she got her feet tangled up and went down hard, which wasn't funny. I happened to be walking down the isle when it happened and being the hopeless white knight I am I walked over to help her up and make sure she's OK. She eneded up being OK but said she was going to leave because she was too embarrassed to get back on. So, I told her that wasn't a good reason and that I would hop on the treadmill next to her ( I was looking for an open one anyway) for moral support. She took up the offer and got back on and finished her routine (slower though) and she's now I see here there most nights back at it. I didn't get her name, didn't talk to her at all after she got back on the treamill though.
The funny part is when I got home and told my wife. Luckily my wife knows me and knows that I don't have the first clue about picking up women. My wife says, "Ya know, she probably thought you were trying to pick her up". I'm so clueless that it never dawned on my that I probably looked like a creeper. :grumble:0 -
The one thing that tickles me is when I'm on an elliptical with my resistance at 8 or 10 and someone gets on one beside me and will up their resistance. :laugh: I like to think that I'm inspiring them :-)0
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I admit it, I watch people when I'm at the gym. I get bored and distract myself by people watching.
But the funniest thing I ever saw at the gym was myself back when I was still active duty Air Force (years ago). I was doing aerobics as mandated by my commander due to my weight issue. I think I was 5' 10" and 184 lbs at the time. Anyway, I was trying to keep up but being as uncoordinated as I am, I lost my balance and took out the entire back row of exercisers. We all ended up on our butts just as the instructor was having the class do one of those turn around moves.
To this day I chuckle whenever I see a group doing aerobics.0 -
:laugh: When my pants split in the *kitten* while doing squats.
Happened to me yesterday, waistband to leg cuff, DOH!0 -
If I lose enough weight to be comfortable wearing cute outfits to the gym, you better believe I will be
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