The Gym is great for people watching!!

I never used to be able to people watch at the gym until I recently got contacts...oh the amazing things I was missing!
There is this one tiny lady who is always on the treadmill with the incline ratcheted ALL the way up. I mean, I don't know how she stays on the thing. She hangs onto the top of the treadmill for dear life and books it as fast as she can. She somehow does this for an hour at a time. Its amazing. I spend the whole time with my jaw open just staring at her.
Then there is the lady that I always think is a man...she just wanders around glaring at people. Never actually seen what she does to work out...scary.
And best of all are the two high school age girls that come in together...both of them must weigh about 100lbs. One of them really wants to work out and the other spends the whole time on the treadmill next to her saying "I hate this...I am getting sweaty!...Can we go yet?" They usually give up and leave after about 10 minutes. LOL :laugh:

I haven't actually trained at a gym (built my own) in about 9 years but when I did, there was this one guy who REALLY annoyed me. He would whine & complain about how he couldn't put on any muscle size even when he was training 6 days a week. To pack on mass, sometimes LESS is MORE but this guy was doing the SAME workout EVERY day 6 days a week. Chest press machine, pec dec,lat pulls, curls, etc. Overtraining the same muscles big time. We tried to explain but he wouldn't listen.

My last gym trip was pretty embarrassing. While I was on the treadmill I see this girl jump roping, and she makes it look so cool and easy with all her little tricks, double jumps, triple jumps, swinging the rope from side to side etc. etc.

So I decided I was gonna go be cool, there I was with my earphones in ready to jump rope, I went to throw the rope back to start, apparently someone was standing behind me and when I tried to throw the rope forward it was stuck, so as the poor guy is being strangled to death by me, I'm tugging away at it, until I turned around and noticed what it was caught on.

Oh and it doesn't stop there, after that little episode I continued complete with red embarrassed face, as I tried to swing the rope from side to side I not only hit myself in the face but I let go of the rope because it hurt so bad and it flew off and hit someone else in the back.

It was then they took the jump rope from me.

I only wish I knew what other people who were watching me were thinking

:laugh: I can totally picture this story. I like how you said they took the rope from you! I'm laughing *with* you btw.

Great stories!

There is a lady that will come into step-class late and place her step - front and center- no matter how close to someone she is :ohwell: .

The old man in step class who you should avoid being in back of cause - Whoa - he will let some out some stink bombs :laugh:

The "weight lifter" who's been there for years- and still looks the same - no definition with some tiny legs... :laugh: Just saying Guys, please work your legs just as much as your upperbody.... a lollipop isn't a good look :laugh:

The lady with the "bad body" wearing the shortest shorts possible - where you can see some of her butt cheeks come out the bottom :indifferent: :laugh: I often wonder if these women have the highest self-esteem and confidence.

The lady throwing punches while on the elliptical... just saying :laugh:

Bad breath you can smell from three machines away :noway: :sick:

Keep'em coming :flowerforyou:

Great thread! I think every gym has a few funny people.

There was one guy who always parked himself on the elliptical, and sang along to his ipod-- but somehow it was always the same song-- "Hot Stuff" and he would just sing along to the chorus in this little falsetto voice.

There's another large, muscular guy who always uses the elliptical right in front of the TV to watch ESPN. During basketball season, he watches pretty much every game, and yells at the TV throughout just like he's watching at the bar with his friends and a beer....

:::bump::: so funny... and I'll need to read this later.

The SBDF- The Silent But Deadly Farter...:sick: can usually be found on cardio equipment. In my old gym, the treadmills faced mirrors so you could tell who it was by the expression on their face...they either tried to keep it super poker face or were too obvious with their "WHOTHEHECKDIDTHAT...EWWW" face. I used to be polite and just put my arm up to my face and run for a bit but one time I just couldn't put up with it anymore...I felt like I was dealing with a repeat offender...So I just yelled out "C'MON!!! " probably louder than I thought since music was blasting in my ears....didn't happen again for a long time.

The Glamazon - The girls who come in to the gym in super tricked out gym outfits and work out with their hair down and makeup on. WHAT? :noway: If even a stray piece of hair gets in my face, I get bothered. And I use the term "workout" lightly

Water Man - The meatheads who carry around a gallon of water with them from machine to machine. Really? You need THAT much water for your entire workout? I don't see you on a treadmill so I can't fathom why you need a GALLON of water. This particular species also doesn't look straight ahead when they walk. They've mastered the art of looking at themselves in the mirror while moving around machines at the gym. Gotta check out the guuunnnsss.....

The Singer - The person at my gym who insists on humming a couple of bars of the song on their iPod every minute...I just want to be Simon Cowell and walk up to them and say "Kind of Pitchy" "Kind of Cabaret" "Singers like you make cats want to cry"

Gruntster - you know who you are

My last gym trip was pretty embarrassing. While I was on the treadmill I see this girl jump roping, and she makes it look so cool and easy with all her little tricks, double jumps, triple jumps, swinging the rope from side to side etc. etc.

So I decided I was gonna go be cool, there I was with my earphones in ready to jump rope, I went to throw the rope back to start, apparently someone was standing behind me and when I tried to throw the rope forward it was stuck, so as the poor guy is being strangled to death by me, I'm tugging away at it, until I turned around and noticed what it was caught on.

Oh and it doesn't stop there, after that little episode I continued complete with red embarrassed face, as I tried to swing the rope from side to side I not only hit myself in the face but I let go of the rope because it hurt so bad and it flew off and hit someone else in the back.

It was then they took the jump rope from me.

I only wish I knew what other people who were watching me were thinking

Oh my god I have got to stop reading this post at work, just been told off for the second time for laughing.... That's it, no more until I'm at home :laugh:

This is one of the best posts i've read.. In my gym there are:

Morning:

Stinky Man - This guy is real big, walks on the tread at 2.5 mph and obviously hasnt washed since the previous morning. Real nasty - same tshirt every day.

The P/T lady - there's a couple of ladies in their 40s who are obviously strangers to exercise, have personal trainers, never seem to be making any progress as they're never there apart from their weekly appointment

The Weedy weightlifter - couple of guys who go every morning, never do cardio, do a couple of things on the swiss ball and spend most of their time in the free weights area but never seem to armcurl any more than 8kg. After months of this, there's no obvious change in physique - (not being judgemental, well, i am lol) but if i drag my *kitten* there early every morning, i wanna make it count or i'd be better off with an extra 2hrs in bed.

Evening

Like other posts, there are loads of posers of course & glam girls who look perfect going in and leaving and a couple, couple of overly skinny girls who do the elliptical for hours. the ones i find funny are as follows:

The '100 Yard Starers' - as there's some testosterone kicking about, and i'm a guy myself, i find that quite often, there are some guys who do the whole 'Eye of the Tiger' thing on ya.. (Never the strongest or the fittest either). Its hilarious and pretty wierdly territorial all at once.

The 'now i've worked out i can eat what i like' - these are the ladies who never work up a sweat, always chatting - esp the 2 on the rowing machines who spend their entire time checking their phones, talking about all the gossip and probably dont cover even 1k whilst they're on it..

As for me, I probably am looked on as an idiot too. Whatever i do, i push hard and SWEAT like a maniac even now that the weight has all gone. It comes flying off my arms, my shorts and t shirt are always soaking and theres a big ugly pool of it beside every piece of cardio equipment i use... keep the stories going folks, ROFL at them..

My personal favourite is the old guy ( looks late 60's) who wears a tank top and zebra stripe (sparkly silver and black) tight little shorts. He's really skinny and bony...it isn't pretty

My last gym trip was pretty embarrassing. While I was on the treadmill I see this girl jump roping, and she makes it look so cool and easy with all her little tricks, double jumps, triple jumps, swinging the rope from side to side etc. etc.

So I decided I was gonna go be cool, there I was with my earphones in ready to jump rope, I went to throw the rope back to start, apparently someone was standing behind me and when I tried to throw the rope forward it was stuck, so as the poor guy is being strangled to death by me, I'm tugging away at it, until I turned around and noticed what it was caught on.

Oh and it doesn't stop there, after that little episode I continued complete with red embarrassed face, as I tried to swing the rope from side to side I not only hit myself in the face but I let go of the rope because it hurt so bad and it flew off and hit someone else in the back.

It was then they took the jump rope from me.

I only wish I knew what other people who were watching me were thinking

That is so HILARIOUS!!! :laugh: It sounds exactly like something that I would do. Coordination is not my strong point!!! :laugh:

I did have a guy that used to come to class - an older gentleman -- and everything he did included "jazz hands." But I loved him because he was having a good time and doing his thing.

I like the people that do all kinds of variations to the treadmill and stairmaster. I get that some folks like to go backward -- I would be a wreck -- but then I see the sideways-walking folks as well. I know the muscles they are trying to work, but it sure looks iffy to me...and potentially dangerous.


Melissa

great thread..LOL

I love this thread! People watching is what gets me through my workout!

There is this little man, 60's, that works out on the machines that are in front of the ellips and treadmills (where I'm at). Well, everytime he does 10 reps he stops, goes to this table where his notebook is and writes it down. He then goes back, does 10 more reps and stops again to go write those down...he's still on the same machine. He does this over and over. It is sooo fun to watch. I'm guessing that he's afraid he'll forget how many reps he did.