Things That Ruin Your Workout!!!

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  • nskerr
    nskerr Posts: 91
    My wife asking me to go straight home from work to take care of the kids so I can't go to gym. Oh well. Should be back in Friday.
  • _cdngirl71_
    _cdngirl71_ Posts: 112 Member
    Forgetting my earphones or my hair tie.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Needing to whiz! Or worse!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    And windy days if I am outside. Hate wind.
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    Phone calls and wearing socks that slip down so my shoes rub or part of my foot is exposed in my shoe.
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    When they play completely unmotivational music at the Y. Here, they set it to a radio station and you never know what you're going to get. I prefer active, upbeat music when I'm exercising, especially when I'm running because my feet will match the beat and carry me on at a good clip.

    Once, my iPod ran out of juice and whatever was playing on that radio was some sad, lovelorn song. It was such a buzzkill I actually just up and quit for the day.
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
    Oh, and sort of the opposite of the folks who get mad when folks don't wipe down the equipment- there's this woman at my gym that always sprays so much disinfectant around, you can't help but suck in big mouthfuls of it when you work out anywhere near her vicinity.
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    gym bish employees who tell me to put my shoes back on.

    I TAKE THEM RIGHT BACK OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE! nyah! :laugh:
  • Viveyp21
    Viveyp21 Posts: 65 Member
    This crazy burning itch all over my legs when I ran on the treadmill. I feel weird scratching but I know its just my skin adjusting to me going from the cold outside to the warmth inside.
  • nicarey19
    nicarey19 Posts: 126 Member
    Trying to workout with other people. I just don't *get* the "workout buddy" thing.

    ^Agree. It is *ME* time!
  • srey0701
    srey0701 Posts: 196 Member
    not going in the first place!
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    My dogs, they think I'm playing:)

    Us too! Our dog brings her ball and jumps up on our legs while we are trying to exercise. It's cute but annoying at times. Then when we get on the floor to do crunches etc. she curls up next to me.

    Same here. I've got a 60 pound Lab Mix who thinks that it's playtime any time I'm on the floor and she's got the energy. If I'm doing push ups, she tries to get under me. When I'm doing sit ups, she'll climb in my lap stand right by my head and stare straight down at me. So, of course, I can't sit up. Then there was the time she tried dropping her ball on the treadmill while I was using it. Apparently, the key is to get her tired before I start.
  • vals83
    vals83 Posts: 63 Member
    Forgetting a hair tie and when the cutie I've had a crush on for months now decides to do his shoulder shrugs behind me while I'm doing squats. Loose all focus and form. Awful.
  • srey0701
    srey0701 Posts: 196 Member
    ...and forgetting the ipod.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    When I can't hear my own music on my iPod because someone in the gym decided to turn the radio up full blast mid-workout.
  • dough21
    dough21 Posts: 216 Member
    Intersections. lol When on my bike. XD
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    The guy that remembers his earbuds, wears them and sings along to his tunes...off key!
  • laurenellenmarie
    laurenellenmarie Posts: 331 Member
    Um, theres this one guy...he doesnt necessarily RUIN my work out. Although, he does a lot of jumping around. Like...LOTS of jumping around. haha
  • ki4yxo
    ki4yxo Posts: 709 Member
    Panic attacks suck in the middle of a work out.
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    The guy that remembers his earbuds, wears them and sings along to his tunes...off key!

    this is totally me minus the singing out loud but i do mouth the words every time
  • laurenellenmarie
    laurenellenmarie Posts: 331 Member
    My dogs, they think I'm playing:)

    Us too! Our dog brings her ball and jumps up on our legs while we are trying to exercise. It's cute but annoying at times. Then when we get on the floor to do crunches etc. she curls up next to me.

    Same here. I've got a 60 pound Lab Mix who thinks that it's playtime any time I'm on the floor and she's got the energy. If I'm doing push ups, she tries to get under me. When I'm doing sit ups, she'll climb in my lap stand right by my head and stare straight down at me. So, of course, I can't sit up. Then there was the time she tried dropping her ball on the treadmill while I was using it. Apparently, the key is to get her tired before I start.

    ME THREE! Our dog jumps all over us and licks us to death whenever we're trying to do pushups or sit ups or just anything low to the ground.
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    When my earbuds won't stay in...

    ^^This exactly.
  • PonyTailedLoser
    PonyTailedLoser Posts: 315 Member
    People, generally.
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    Extreme body odor from other people. It's like some of these people never wash their gym clothes.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    The runs.

    ^ This. While running :grumble:
  • nicolej1016
    nicolej1016 Posts: 89 Member
    #1 The man two treadmills down who keeps LOUDLY clearing his through and...well, 'hacking'. I do not think there is a polite way to describe the sounds he makes. It goes on for the whole time I am there. Note to self: find a time he is not there.

    #2 When the earbuds will not stay in my ears. I must have oddly-shaped ears because they never stay in!
  • drchimpanzee
    drchimpanzee Posts: 892 Member
    That not so fresh feeling :)
  • 6onald
    6onald Posts: 3 Member
    Top three things that ruin my workout -

    1) Forgetting my headphones. Being forced to listen to the music piped over the gym PA usually doesn't make me want to run, it tends to make me want to run away.

    2) Slick equipment. Is it really that hard for people to wipe down a piece of equipment after they finish using it? They wouldn't like it if I rolled my sweaty body all over their car seat. It's just polite.

    3) The gym apes. Dude. We all know you're jacked, intense, and a true physical specimen. Must you bellow to announce your presence every time you lift something? It's hard to focus on my workout when a swollen monstrosity is roaring beside you and slamming the weights down. I don't know if I should congratulate him for surviving the lift or duck for cover.
  • kymkan
    kymkan Posts: 444 Member
    my 6 year old "mom, mom, mom, mom" .... I can't think, answer a question and talk while I'm working out - I lose my concentration.
  • LadyPippen
    LadyPippen Posts: 59
    a bum knee

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