girls in the gym

She was pretty much making fun of girls who use the gym as an excuse to look all cute and show off how cute and adorable they are..

I'm not taking personal offense, I look like crap at the gym. I chimed in because I'm tired of people putting other people down for things that don't hurt anyone, and it gets tiresome when women are somehow minimized for liking makeup or fun gym clothes.

If the point is complaining about people (people, not just women) who take up machines when not doing anything, that's a different point entirely. I have a small gym, but I usually just work around them and hope that by the time I finish my other stuff they've moved on. (Happens the most with people who work out in groups or pairs. One person works out and the others sit on the machines around them. I haven't noticed a gender pattern with this. These aren't areas where you'd need a spot.) Usually it works out fine by just going to another machine, but if I really needed to, I'd just ask them if I can use the machine.

ohfercryinoutloud.

You two are STILL at it?

But us guys can still wear our makeup to the gym, right? That's ok, isn't it? Somebody please tell me it's ok. I need to know I'm not offending anyone.

Haha, of course you can! I'll even lend you my lip gloss

That might be going a bit far. He's a handsome man and I'm all about facial hair on a gent, but you probably don't want a wayward beard hair in your lip gloss.

This is crazy talk.

Cmc keeps that 'stache well-groomed. Nothing wayward going on there...

...NTTAWWT

The nerve of people! Doing stuff they like, no matter how innocuous!

Why do ya'll care about how hard the OP is working? Just saying.

Your seemingly unending defense of OP is admirable...

....or creepy. Honestly, I'm not sure. Are you perhaps indebted to the OP for some reason? Perhaps she saved you from a burning building earlier in your life? Or maybe you just thought she needed your help defending her position? Whatever the reason, your dedication to the cause is impressive.

ETA: And now I'm totally caught up on this thread...

...so there's 20 minutes of my life I'll never get back...

...and that's depressing. :indifferent:

People that take pictures of themselves in the gym.. Just photo bomb them and they will stop.. when they look at you act like you have no idea what they are looking at.. or wink at em.

WIN

*takes notes*

do wash vajayjay (from previous thread)
do NOT shower (from previous thread)
do NOT take selfies (from current thread)
do NOT wear push up bra (unsure what to do about the fact that it always LOOKS like I'm wearing a push up bra)
do NOT log times of workouts or amounts of weights on phone lest someone think I'm instagramming
do NOT be in the way of OP
do wash off mascara
do wear waterproof makeup
do NOT wear any make up
do go after work with no time to remove make up (must get job first)
do NOT look at anyone lifting anything
do look at men at the gym
do NOT look at women at the gym

Sounds legit.

Where is that people pleaser thread again?


ETA:
do NOT workout in Wisconsin
do NOT play Twisted Sister on MP3 Player
do not stand around ever because it's "rude" to polite people and forces them to post a post instead of saying "excuse me" to me.

:laugh:

inorite. i'm just glad in all the pages of replies nobody said I have to take off these douchy sunglasses cause my mascara's running. and also nobody said I have to stop pressing my butt on the wall because then I might have to wipe it down. (I just hope no one comes in here with any re-rack complaints about my dumbbells.)

You crack me up! :laugh:

This why some women are intimidated by going to a gym! they are worried that people are going to be looking at them and judging. Worry about yourself and what you are doing not what others are doing and as far as not working out hard enough maybe they have limitations and are just doing what they can at their own pace.

I agree. I mentioned that in a thread earlier today when the men where talking about how hot the women were at the gym.

yeaaa, why does it matter to you so much? I go to the gym on my lunch hour (really, my lunch 45 minutes) and I leave directly from, and go directly back, to work. So I'm def wearing make up. And sometimes I go on my morning and afternoon breaks (20 minutes) to squeeze in a little extra time and on those days, I don't EVEN CHANGE. Yep, In work clothes, I bust out a couple sets or an extra 15 minutes cardio. You do what you gotta do to get your time in and those of US that do this don't waste those precious minutes worrying what OTHER people are doing or look like. Or even what OTHER people are *****ing about. We just get **** done.

still with this thread?

tbh, i get where you come from. i look at myself in the mirror most of the time during a work out, but it's not hard to spot a person with perfect hair/make up here and there. working out is boring, ofc i'm gonna look around. you can only stare at the TV for so long.

anyway, as myself, i would never wear make up to agym. i would like to towel dry my face w/o having foundation everywhere. also, having a regular bra on during a workout is just plain painful. before starting a workout, i actually like to wash off my face, tie my hair back, and change to a sports bra.

if you like to wear make up, go for it, why should i care? but it for sure looks uncomfortable to me.

still with this thread?

omg this gif