Why the F...!!! Things you seen at the gym
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I head to the gym right after work and my hair is still curly and my makeup is still on! haha people probably think this about me! haha 0 -
I always apply makeup before I go out into public or playing sports and working out. Its just something I have always done. So that judgement you made is completely dumb. I go there to do my workout or play my sports, I don't go there to get men!0
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I was in the weights area when this man sat down on the lat pull down machine. He put it on its highest weight then stood up. He was quite short and lean and when he reached up to pull the bar down it was going nowhere. He lifted his feet up of the floor and then pulled his knees up to his waist and then the bar began to come down. He pulled it right down to his stomach then let it go with a bang. he repeated the whole thing 4 times with accompanying moans and grunts before walking off shaking his arms and shoulders as he walked.
I was so impressed !!!!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!0 -
Not so much what I've seen in the actual gym but oh what I've seen in the ladies locker room is horrific.....why do some women insist on having full conversations with each other naked?
One woman needed to get to her locker which was above mine (and she was short) so she proceeded to say excuse me when I was bent over fixing my shoes and when I looked up she had climbed on the bench and her privates were directly in my face...SERIOUSLY I did not need to know you invested in Brazilian waxes..UGH0 -
Girls who come to the gym with their hair all done up and their makeup caked on. Are you here to get in shape or for a photoshoot?
Unless you actually know them you're judgement is baseless. Not everyone has time to change before going to the gym. They could be coming from work, meetings etc where they needed/wanted to look good.
And even if they are dressing up just for the gym, who cares? If it makes them feel better about themselves what harm. It's not affecting anyone but themselves.
This doesn't bother me per say but I do kind of roll my eyes a bit when they do this and aren't working out hard enough to even break a sweat and spend half the time standing around talking/texting
^^This is what drives me crazy. Especially since my gym has a very small weight area. I sometimes feel like I have to climb around the loafers. The makeup thing does not bother me. I am usually wearing makeup because I always workout after I get off of work.0 -
Lol, we have one of those. She showers with the curtain wide open, and then walks around for the next 45 minutes with the towel in her hair and nothing else. I think it's some kind of exhibitionist thing.An old lady in the locker room was walking around naked letting the girls hang low and all. the only thing she was wearing is a towel on her wet hair. Then she used the hairdryer to dry her pubes!!!! :noway: :sick: :noway: :sick:0 -
The guy who reached down his shorts, readjusted his junk (no big deal so far - not, you know, awesome, but no big deal) and then SNIFFED HIS FINGERS before walking off to another machine.
OMG. Gross. Grosser than gross.
Ew.
Ugh. I'm not too easily icked out but that would turn my tummy a tad bit.0 -
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.
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Generally speaking I don't pay attention to anyone around me. The ears go in, the music gets turned up and I am in my own world. But there are two things:
1. The gym provides sweat towels, disposable towels and spray bottles. Why can't people use them? I don't care how "ripped" you are. Laying in a pool of your sweat is not going to improve my workout and I am not here to clean up after you!
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 becasue the rest of us really need to finish and get to work.0 -
I was working out at like 1:30am and some ghetto chick had her 3 or 4 year old in the gym. Not paying attention to the kid, yelling at the kid for not playing with the ONE toy she brought. The kid had no pants on....the chick was barely working out, talking on her cell, and socializing with the one dude there.....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.
That's awesome!!!0 -
People always joke about the guys doing curls in the squat rack. Last night? Some guy was doing curls in the power rack. I'm guessing because I was in the squat rack doing squats.
Later? There was a girl there that I've seen on several occasions doing triceps extensions. Which is fine, except she was barely moving the 5 lb dumbbell and looking around the gym for who-knows-what. Not a terribly big deal - it was just kind of a "what in the blue hell are you doing?" moment.0 -
my sentiments exactly,like the post.0
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Mine is hear more than see thing. If you are the cute girl with the nice perfume that is always on the elliptical, please understand that, just because you have headphones on, it doesn't mean that we can't hear or smell your farts . . .
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people who try to walk on the treadmill at full incline and have to hold onto the machine because it's too intense for them. also people who set their speed too fast and hold the guiderails to keep their feet from fully touching down during their run. why are you here?0
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SMH when I saw a girl come to workout in UGG boots! Seriously?? The manager told her she couldnt wear "outside" shoes in the gym to workout.
Another SMH moment - at the squat rack, bar is loaded and I'm taking a rest between sets...a trainer comes, without saying "are you done?" starts taking the weights off the bar. She didn't need the rack, she only wanted the bar for her client. I pointed to an EMPTY bar on the floor that she could use! She then said "sorry, I didnt know you were using this" WTF?0 -
Guy in underwear doing squats.
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.
He was posing. If he is a bodybuilder, particularly a competitive bodybuilder its pretty normal and expected to do what you described.
yeah, at home in the bathroom. not in a public space where other people would like to workout without seeing a nearly naked man.0 -
A gentleman comes in to my gym regularly wearing a kilt. And then he changes into his "workout" kilt. No word on whether he's actually wearing anything under said kilt (hopefully he is as he straddles the weight benches - a lot!)
There's also a dude with Tourette's who wears a T-shirt that says "Why yes, I am crazy" as he shouts obscenities from the treadmill. He's actually the most popular guy in the gym.0 -
My biggest pet peeve is when guys wear lose basketball shorts and have their junk hanging out in one of the leg holes. Yuck. Working out and glancing over at some guy on the bench who has his balls trying to say hello to everybody...yuck.
I wear underwear under my shorts, am I doing it wrong?0 -
How do you use 3 treadmills at one time? I'm so confused on that one... LOL!0
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This has been killing me for a couple of days more so just wondering why.
Lunges on a treadmill? Anyone know why?0 -
Some people ask why, I ask why not?0
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The older guy that pooped his pants on the elliptical and kept pacing back and forth in front of it, wondering what to do...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 :$
There is nothing wrong with this...
I am currently in the process of recovering from a few major knee injuries, and walking backwards on a treadmill is one of the best ways to straighten out your knee and stretch your hamstrings if you are recovering from knee surgeries. Overall it's also a great knee exercise in general.
These older folks probably know what they are doing, so I wouldn't worry about it .0 -
I can say as a newb to lifting...I went and asked for help regarding a CLEAN. I wanted someone to watch my form. I was planning to do either just a bar with no weight or dumbells. The first reaction I got was "...what?..." and then I did the movement....the guy literally said "yeah...don't do that...to much risk of injury...stick to the machines..."
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I moved away feeling deflated.0 -
How do you use 3 treadmills at one time? I'm so confused on that one... LOL!
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA 0 -
So glad I have my own gym in my house now....I don't have to worry about any of this anymore and haven't for about 7 years now. LOVE having everything right here....don't have to worry about going out in the cold, or if the gym closed for a holiday or re-carpeting.....0
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Some people ask why, I ask why not?
^^ This times 10.
People just need to mind their own business at the gym. Let everyone else do what they want/what works for them.
You don't know their back story, their experience level...or anything about them!0 -
Rocking out air band style on a treadmill
wearing makeup and not realizing it has run all the way down your face
And the latest and greatest: bleeding completely through your sock and shoe (i didn't know!) though I don't know if it was visible or not
Yes, that's me on the drums. I stopped wearing mascara EVER because I would forget about it until I pulled a black towel away from my sweaty face. I knew I'd knicked my leg on the weight bar, but didn't realize I was bleeding THAT bad - someone yelled at me for dripping.0
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