things that make you laugh at the gym...
icimani
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This just made me laugh...
I belong to a gym that's attached to a rehab hospital, so the clientele is aging and often recovering from something.
Yesterday I was on a stationary bike and I do my own version of interval training so I watch the time. A sr citizen gets on the bike and he's only on for about 2 1/2 minutes when his wife comes up and asks how he's doing. Great, he says, I've been on for almost 10 minutes and I'm almost done. He finishes out for a total of 3 minutes and comments to his wife that he must be getting healthier because he's not even sweating! She puts on her fake fur coat and out the door they go.
I belong to a gym that's attached to a rehab hospital, so the clientele is aging and often recovering from something.
Yesterday I was on a stationary bike and I do my own version of interval training so I watch the time. A sr citizen gets on the bike and he's only on for about 2 1/2 minutes when his wife comes up and asks how he's doing. Great, he says, I've been on for almost 10 minutes and I'm almost done. He finishes out for a total of 3 minutes and comments to his wife that he must be getting healthier because he's not even sweating! She puts on her fake fur coat and out the door they go.
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The skinny kid who walks in wearing jeans and a coat, immediately picks up a couple of 10 or 15 lb dumbbells and does a variety of raises with little to no exertion, then does some pushups, then walks out.0
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There's this little old lady that comes to all the toning and ab classes at my gym. She must be in her 60s but she is always getting it. She could probably kick my *kitten*. She is always so enthuastic and always smiling. When I stand behind her in class, I can see her face in the mirror and I have to fight from laughing everytime. It's gotten so that I look forward to seeing her in class because she always makes everyone around her so happy and makes us all try harder.0
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the funniest I've sn was a guy working out on the treadmill. what I found so amusing is that it was if he was giving EVERYONE a show--this man did some turns that appeared to be "dance moves" for several minutes. It cracked me up--all I cld do was laugh. I guess he just felt "good" LOL0
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The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!0
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There's this girl at the gym who is AMAZING. She is totally my role model. She wears really weird clothes, has a rainbow cord on her headphones, her hair looks awesome and her makeup too... and she exudes so much self-confidence that I can't help but admire her. Not to mention her killer body.
Whenever I see her in the gym I can't help but watch, and DAMN she really does not give a crap about anyone watching her. Some of her exercises look really funny.
She does this thing on the treadmill... where she goes into really deep lunges as the treadmill is going slowly. It looks funny as hell, but does she ever rock it!0 -
My favourite trainer at my gym is a 61 year old woman. She has an amazing body and has the energy of a 20 year old. We have worked out togther a few times and she is one of the best trainers I have worked with.
She teached two classes at the gym, a cardio/circuit class and a strength class. I see guys come into her class and look at her. You can see that they are thinking" This will be easy". Some of them don't even survive her warmup let alone the whole class. I have seen young people go and sit down during her class and people have to leave becuase they can't keep up.
Watch out.... that Grandma totally kicks butt!0 -
I love the men that workout at a ridiculous rate when they know you are watching them :-)0
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When bros squat in the curl rack0
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The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I think those girls look hot.
Hearing women complain about other women at the gym amuses me.
Never once have I heard a guy give two poops about what another guy is wearing at the gym.
I think it's you with the insecurities.
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Girls who come in with a full face of make up, and very little clothing, and do very little exercise. Gets me every time.
A guy at my gym does everything backwards (stairmaster, elliptical, treadmill) and I'm not talking normal backwards to work all muscle groups, I mean totally wacky movements that make no sense whatsoever, Plus he combines it with some weird dancing. Hilarious. Then when he moves onto weights he climbs all round the bars/machines like a monkey.0 -
The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
Don't hate on leopard print. One day you will be a grandma, too.0 -
When bros squat in the curl rack
Or chicks--I definitely get my squat on there.0 -
At Zumba Class a lady in the back had on a sweater, dress pants and dress shoes and was trying to do Zumba! Needless to say, she did not last long. Oh yeah, her boyfriend or husband in jeans was trying it too. He lasted all of 10 minutes.0
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Hmmm... why buy expensive workout clothes (like velour) when you are going to sweat in them and then they will forever stink and be thrown away in a year-- waste of money...0
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The skinny kid who walks in wearing jeans and a coat, immediately picks up a couple of 10 or 15 lb dumbbells and does a variety of raises with little to no exertion, then does some pushups, then walks out.
you know that kid? he goes to my gym too.0 -
I laugh at my gym's trainers who seem to think that resting during strength training workout is bad...
They tend to fit as many isolation/machine exercises into their client's 30 mins as they can.0 -
i really don't like to judge anyone for what the wear or what they do in my gym, i try to think positive & be proud of everyone for showing up. there is a gentlement at my gym that has had both legs amputated from the knees down. he has prosthetic legs, but he is also in a wheel chair. this man is a true inspiration to me b/c he gets himself out of that wheelchair & on to every piece of weight lifting machinery in the gym & he hits it hard! one day he was stretching over in the corner where most people do their ab workouts. i walked over to grab a mat and there....sitting right next to the mats, were his prosthetic legs. complete with the pants he was wearing resting nicely around the ankles. he had gotten out of his wheelchair & even out of his legs to get on the floor & do some stretching. it just made me chuckle a little to see these 2 random legs standing there with no body attached to them & the pants down around the ankles.
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every time i fart in the leg press on heavy days.0
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There's one lady at the gym that thinks bras are optional and her hair is never out of place!
Another guy that gets on the treadmill and he does his little stretching routine. I die laughing every time I see it. He only runs for like 10 minutes then then goes to lift weights. Very funny watching him stretch for the weight lifting also.
I love to watch people at the gym, mostly to see who's waiting to be watched! Very fun. Plus I do silly stuff on the elliptical when I'm working out just for fun.0 -
Seeing this dainty little female doing crunches on an exercise ball and letting out a fart that sounded like a watermelon being dropped on concrete from a 2 story window.0
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Another guy that gets on the treadmill and he does his little stretching routine. I die laughing every time I see it. He only runs for like 10 minutes then then goes to lift weights. Very funny watching him stretch for the weight lifting also.
Wait.. what's funny about that?0 -
The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I think those girls look hot.
Hearing women complain about other women at the gym amuses me.
Never once have I heard a guy give two poops about what another guy is wearing at the gym.
I think it's you with the insecurities.
:flowerforyou:
Maybe men should care...there is this one guy who is good looking, in good shape, and wears what I can only assume is his favorite workout shirt. I think it started out as white and now is just stained with a gazillion gallons of sweat cause it is nasty yellow. I don't care how often that he cleans it....it's nasty. I suppose his Bros don't tell him cause they think it makes them look better (for the record it does).
Funny...when someone on the lat pulldown is yanked off their seat, and then tries to act like they meant that to happen.0 -
I was at the gym yesterday and this girl walked in, attractive and all but she was wearing a zebra print mid-drift shirt, and the shortest pink shorts I've ever seen. My question is why? She clearly wants attention, however guys were leering at her all over, it was more so the guys making fools of themselves than the absurd looking girl... I just want to work out and go home.0
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When bros squat in the curl rack
You calling me a bro, bro?
Na, I don't do this... too often.0 -
The girl on booty shorts...and ugg boots.0
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The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I second the loads of make-up!!!0 -
The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I think those girls look hot.
Hearing women complain about other women at the gym amuses me.
Never once have I heard a guy give two poops about what another guy is wearing at the gym.
I think it's you with the insecurities.
:flowerforyou:
No. It bothers me too, but not becuase I am insecure. They only bother me in the locker room when I have to pee. They stand and talk in front of the door to the bathroom and then stand at the sinks doing their hair and makeup or taking pictures. If they got out of the way, I don't think I would notice them. I don't see they in the GYM area at all though, so I am really not sure what they do with their time, if they ever leave the locker room.0 -
I'm an *kitten* and laugh at uncoordinated people in aerobics classes. I keep it to myself, though.0
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Sometimes the women in full makeup/hair done may be coming straight from work, are on their lunch break, etc.... No need to judge. I really don't think many people would actually spend time getting ready to go to the gym. I see a big difference in how women look at the gym going at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm- a lot more "done up" women in the evening.
If I lose enough weight to be comfortable wearing cute outfits to the gym, you better believe I will be
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The girls who show up in their velour track suits or their super short/tight shorts with their makeup all done and their hair down/teased. I'm just like really?? You look so ridiculous!! I can't help but laugh. Actually, not too long back, there was a girl wearing a short/tight leopard print skirt on the eliptical!! Can we say desperate?!
I think those girls look hot.
Hearing women complain about other women at the gym amuses me.
Never once have I heard a guy give two poops about what another guy is wearing at the gym.
I think it's you with the insecurities.
:flowerforyou:
No. It bothers me too, but not becuase I am insecure. They only bother me in the locker room when I have to pee. They stand and talk in front of the door to the bathroom and then stand at the sinks doing their hair and makeup or taking pictures. If they got out of the way, I don't think I would notice them. I don't see they in the GYM area at all though, so I am really not sure what they do with their time, if they ever leave the locker room.
I'm highly doubting that they're going to the gym just to do their hair and make up.
Even if they are . . . . who cares?
Workout. Take a shower, Get dressed and get on with your day.
This whole thing just comes off as really petty to me.0
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