Things you hate people say about working out

"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.

I have a coworker who told me this. I am currently doing turbo fire. She said she HAS to go to the gym to feel like she works out. DVD's do nothing for her. Let's just say she is a bit on the husky side. And i'm making progress.

I honestly believed the DVD workout thing! I better dust mine of...

I honestly believed the DVD workout thing! I better dust mine of...

I lost 25 lbs and 3 pants sizes and kept it off for 5 years doing a pilates dvd. The "dvds don't work" statement is VERY false.

Regarding "if your hair and makeup is done, you're not really here to work:" it depends on what you then do at the gym once you get there. If you hop on an elliptical and proceed to go *juuuust* fast enough to keep the machine from shutting off, while flipping through an issue of Cosmo (or worse, talking loudly on your cell or with your bedazzled friend doing the same thing), then yeah. You're not here to work, you're here to be seen and take up space, and should gtfo (but not too fast, wouldn't want to start sweating!). OP, you seem to be more in the camp of "I didn't have time or didn't feel like washing my face before coming here, plus I'm going to shower afterward anyway." That's me, too. I've gone to the gym with makeup on and hair styled before. I do it pretty often, actually. Hair goes into a ponytail and I sweat my washable makeup off within about half an hour. I wind up looking like a hot mess, but who cares? I'm not out to impress anybody at that point.

I just generally hate when anyone tells me what I should or shouldn't be doing unless I have specifically sought out their advice. I am fortunate to have some friends who know a lot about strength training and nutrition, and they have helped me a great deal when I have asked for their input. Then there are others who think they need to impart the wisdom they gleaned from watching an episode of Dr. Oz or seeing an Insanity infomerical, and I just want to smack them.

Another one that gets me is "I don't have time." I have a lot more respect for a fat person who can admit that they just don't care than one who says "I don't have time to work out or eat right." Those people mysteriously find time to watch American Idol and The Bachelor every week, and they have time to go shopping and go to happy hour literally every day. But no time to work out or prepare healthy meals. Sure.

You shouldn't lift wieghts your gonna get bulky

Or this little gem here

You should lose your weight with cardio then weight train so you don't turn your fat into muscle and stay big.........:huh:

Women should only do cardio

Lifting weights won't help you lose weight

i hate when people comment on me going to the gym too much! and Its the same people who pay for a gym membership and hardly ever go. I go 4-5 days a week right after work and they are like: "You're going AGAIN *eyeroll*? You're going to kill yourself"
No I'm going to kill my fat, lazy *kitten*, DONT HATE

"It's too hard for me."

Well, duh. Nobody starts anything and finds it EASY. You have to work up to being like those insane weight lifters, or marathon runners, or Jackie Chan. If you never start because it's hard, it can never get easy.

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"

That is so badass. I'm totally stealing that one! :laugh:

Any use of the word 'tone'.

There is this girl i know who always claims to lift heavy, but all she does is peck deck, bicep curls, and side bends in the aerobics room. She tags herself at the gym saying "Meet me at the bar, bro." She has never even touched a barbell. (I see her a lot)

"But you'll lose your boobs!!!" So you'd rather have a big belly to make your big boobs look smaller?

I hate it when my morbidly obese doctor tells me I have to lose weight (already doing that), I have to take cholesterol pills (we'll see about that) and that I need to stop running.

"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.

when i sweat I turn bright bright red. It's an allergic reaction to working out, it releases histamines. I am on a 24-hour dosage of allergy meds and it helps a little but I still look like I was left out in the sun too long.

I hate when people say, "It is 80% diet and 20% exercise". First, did you or someone else do statistical research on this? If so where is the evidence? Second, this statement says to me that nobody has to exercise. I find the physical fitness aspect of losing weight to be the key to looking how you want and burning up calories quickly. You can only restrict your intake so much before the pressures of hunger and socializing get to you. You can, however, exercise quite a bit and enjoy a multitude of other benefits.

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"

OMGOOOOOSH!!! I LOVE it!!!!! I'm using it!!