Things you hate people say about working out

lwagnitz
lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
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What are somethings that people say about either their workout, or how other people work out?


Mine is: "You can't show up the the gym in a full face of makeup and your hair all done and get a good workout in."

I hate this...I usually go in after work, so my hair and makeup are already done.

It's not like I go out of my way to do my makeup to go to the gym, so I'm not going to go out of my way to take it off either.
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    squats are bad for the knees (actually rather ironic I should say that)
  • conidiring
    conidiring Posts: 230 Member
    Ewwww.....I hate sweating....

    I don't want to bulk up....
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    I don't want to bulk up....
    THIS!

    ETA: I also really hate when my friends (those who DON'T exercise) try to give advice of any sort, because its very often the 'fitness myths' that annoy most of us here on MFP...
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Your genius is showing
  • wtw0n
    wtw0n Posts: 1,083 Member
    I don't want to bulk up....

    I'm gonna third this as it is my sister's no.1 excuse and I hear it about every damn day.
  • ChgingMe
    ChgingMe Posts: 539 Member
    my metabolism is down because I'm old. NO! its because you don't work out.

    Or

    I get my exercise chasing after my kids.. Unless you ran a mile after them you did not.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    its all genetics, so why bother trying? Yea, that's annoying.
  • FitCowgirl8
    FitCowgirl8 Posts: 175 Member
    I hate it when people tell me "women shouldn't lift heavy" drives me nuts!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    i don't want to bulk up
    AND I REALLY DON'T.
    i want to look fluffy anf feminine.
    dainty.
  • Taraanne76
    Taraanne76 Posts: 111 Member
    This just happened to me today! I was doing my thing at the gym when a well intentioned old man came up to me and advised me that I shouldn't be using free weights or barbells b/c I could get hurt, and that I should just use the machines for a far superior workout. LOL!!! My trainer and I got a laugh out of that.
  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
    After years of hearing unsolicited "advice" I came up with a standard reply

    "If I wanted to look like you, I'd work out like you"
  • Serendipityunt
    Serendipityunt Posts: 120 Member
    Ewwww.....I hate sweating....

    I don't want to bulk up....

    I had a guy in my office telling me that I was lifting too much, and he wouldn't want to lift as much as I'd like to because he doesn't want to get "all big and stuff." He said he'd rather do very light weights. I said, "You're such a girl." I then realized that I know plenty of girls (especially on here) that lift "like a man," the way it should be.
  • genericaroar
    genericaroar Posts: 51 Member
    This just happened to me today! I was doing my thing at the gym when a well intentioned old man came up to me and advised me that I shouldn't be using free weights or barbells b/c I could get hurt, and that I should just use the machines for a far superior workout. LOL!!! My trainer and I got a laugh out of that.

    Ummm....rage. That would have likely caused me to launch into a full on feminist rant.
  • Aviendha_RJ
    Aviendha_RJ Posts: 600 Member
    "Lifting's going to mess up your shoulder again".

    Context: I separated my shoulder in 1999. Left physiotherapy a member of the "3lb" club: able to lift 3lbs with my left arm again... told never to expect more out of it. Fast Forward 10 years... Yeah. Doing squats with a 40lbs barbell across my shoulders.

    Screw you, physiotherapist! And screw you people who say you're just going to get hurt. SLOW & STEADY wins the race! AND... I know 40lbs isn't a lot to squat... but when I want to do more, I use a machine, just in case!

    But lifting has YET to hurt my shoulder!
  • GenesisandEden
    GenesisandEden Posts: 338 Member
    I don't want to bulk up....
    [/quote]

    definitely this
  • scribb
    scribb Posts: 3,659 Member
    You have been on the tradmill too long and need to get off, when there are at least 15 open treadmills at the time.
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    No pain: no gain.

    A very false statement.
  • tracyowens22
    tracyowens22 Posts: 49 Member
    "I'm allergic to sweating"...yes I did hear this...from a lame *kitten* cycle instructor who never does the work.
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    "When you stop working out like that, your muscles will turn back to fat." This little gem came from the weakest women I've ever seen.
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    squats are bad for the knees (actually rather ironic I should say that)

    Does your profile pic describe your squat workouts :P
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    "I'm allergic to sweating"...yes I did hear this...from a lame *kitten* cycle instructor who never does the work.

    omg I actually met this girl from a different hot climate country and she said the exact same thing. That she is allergic to sweating and she faints all the time if she sweats.
  • scribb
    scribb Posts: 3,659 Member
    When someone tells you that you sweat too much. I thought that is why we go to the gym?
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    You HAVE to lift, or else...
  • NavyKnightAh13
    NavyKnightAh13 Posts: 1,394 Member
    You are a girl, why are you using the machines? (I should mention that I was told back in 2003 that I would never weight lift because of straining the main nerve in my elbow that causes for me to lose feeling from my elbow down and i started adding it back in almost 2 months ago).

    Getting dirty looks from high schoolers as I am running
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    "I want to tone"
  • JonathonMars
    JonathonMars Posts: 358 Member
    No pain: no gain.

    A very false statement.

    I am really hoping this is true!
  • CandyDiehardBAMF
    CandyDiehardBAMF Posts: 41 Member
    What are somethings that people say about either their workout, or how other people work out?


    Mine is: "You can't show up the the gym in a full face of makeup and your hair all done and get a good workout in."

    I hate this...I usually go in after work, so my hair and makeup are already done.

    It's not like I go out of my way to do my makeup to go to the gym, so I'm not going to go out of my way to take it off either.

    Yup! I heard this one and tbh dude, you all don't wanna see me sweat let alone sweat without my makeup on anyhow rofl jk..
  • CandyDiehardBAMF
    CandyDiehardBAMF Posts: 41 Member
    Or when people assume that you don't work out because they don't see you at the gym, because that's the only place you can work out apparently? I get asked if I am gonna "get back on the horse" so much just because I haven't hit the fitness center in my community, when I actually work out at home.
  • BrittanyNBuchanan
    BrittanyNBuchanan Posts: 68 Member
    "I'm allergic to sweating"...yes I did hear this...from a lame *kitten* cycle instructor who never does the work.

    omg I actually met this girl from a different hot climate country and she said the exact same thing. That she is allergic to sweating and she faints all the time if she sweats.

    This isn't completely untrue. My dad is actually allergic to his own sweat. He breaks out in a huge, ugly rash when he sweats alot. (i.e. It's 100+ degrees outside, or working out.) His doctor told him he was allergic due to his liver problems.
  • AlexT29
    AlexT29 Posts: 43 Member
    "You cant get a good workout from following a dvd." Said nay-sayer couldn't finish one round of the DVD workout.
    "Girls shouldn't lift because they will hurt themselves." From the delivery guys at work. They don't say that anymore since they now realize I can lift more than they can.

    I love proving them wrong.

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