Weird/Funniest things you have seen at the Gym
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Not a gym story but I work in a Male Prison. I was working the night shift in the "Mental Health Unit". At about 330 am I walked past a cell of a 82 year old inmate doing Yoga. Yoga like you read about. I didnt know a body could possibly stretch in that way. I stopped outside the cell and stepped back because I couldnt believe what I was seeing. He just went about his routine. He always is doing yoga. Ive grown used to seeing that out of this inmate LOL!0
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There was this man at the gym where I used to live. He was probably in his 60s, a fit 60s. He wore short shorts and a oversized muscle shirt. The shirt was loose and hung down to where it looked like he was only wearing the shirt. Oh and he belted it.0
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I saw a lady in the change room today use scotch tape to hold her wet bangs down. She walked out the door with her hair taped to her forehead.0
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These stories make me miss working out at a gym!!!0
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Last week actually. I was on the rat wheel (elliptical) and a girl in front of me was on the treadmill just waking slowly. She jumped off and didn't turn it off apparently but no one seemed to notice. Next guy along was playing on his phone when he decided to jump on the tready and you can only imagine what happened next. Straight down...smart move would have been just to tuck and roll and slide ride off, but no he decides to try and get up several times while it is still moving...up and down over and over while iPhones and stuff are flying. I hate to admit it but it was hard not to laugh...I actually had to cut my workout 10 mins early cause I couldn't breath from all the giggling...I know really bad of me to do so!0
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Someone working out wearing Jeans.
I've done this :blushing: Usually it's because I forgot to bring my sweatpants but didn't want to drive all the way back home.
I saw one guy chatting away on his cell phone in the hot tub. I was just waiting for the "SPLASH-BZZT". Another guy was reading a large novel, holding it about two inches above the water and getting it soaked through with steam. Hope it wasn't a library book...
The weirdest/grossest thing I've seen has to be the three lifeguards examining a piece of debris that one of them caught in his pool net. They were trying to determine whether it was "contamination" (when a kid vomits or poops in the pool, the whole pool has to be closed down and sanitized). Eventually they gave up on trying to figure out what the unidentified debris was, and closed the pool as a precaution.0 -
I go to a Powerhouse gym, so mainly weightlifters though a few (like me) who do other stuff (they have a great daycare rate, as in free). I saw one guy who was obviously a bodybuilder working out in a purple thong and nothing else in the circuit room once. The room is full of mirrors so he was probably trying to see his muscles. I did a bit of a double take though. Normally everyone is dressed in at least shorts and a tank.0
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I saw a lady in her 60s wearing sunglasses talking on her cell phone on the treadmill. She stepped off the treadmill 90% of the time so she could continue talking. Obviously, she's got tons of time on her hands.
One guy once was yelling and grunting loudly as he was lifting by himself. Unnecessary.0 -
A guy running on the treadmill with a large glossy black and white photo of his pet pug placed on the front of the treadmill.
In the YMCA sauna, i walked in on two guys, one was giving the other one oral sex.
In the YMCA again, on the locker room floor lie a filthy pair of whitey tighties with the whole back side up the waist covered in feces.
Oh yes, in the sauna again, a guy with his balls strategically placed on a towel. he wasn't sitting on the towel, his balls were.
Looks like you need to find a new gym0 -
After looking through this thread, I'm torn between wanting to join a gym just to people watch, and wanting to stick to at-home workouts so I won't be one of the watchees at the gym. lol!0
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I've seen a couple of people split their pants. One was a very heavy woman who was new to working out and didn't have workout clothes that fit, the other was a muscle bound gym rat who was trying to impress a girl. Guess which one I felt bad for.
Aw, I feel bad for that woman. It's got to take a real act of courage for someone that overweight, to join a gym and begin working out. I hope it didn't turn her off to coming back the next day.0 -
I was running on the indoor track at our YMCA once and saw a guy wearing a button down dress shirt running. He was also wearing one of those Camelbak water backpacks. I gave him an A for effort but thought the waterpack was a bit overkill, especially since he would be passing a drinking fountain every lap (11.5 laps = 1 mile).0
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I think I may be the winner here....One day when i went into the locker room of the gym I started to go use the bathroom before a run on the treadmill and I turned the corner and there was a woman sitting on the toilet naked with the door wide open!!! Needless to say I high tailed it out of there. I was SO embarassed!!! LOL0
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I was running on the indoor track at our YMCA once and saw a guy wearing a button down dress shirt running. He was also wearing one of those Camelbak water backpacks. I gave him an A for effort but thought the waterpack was a bit overkill, especially since he would be passing a drinking fountain every lap (11.5 laps = 1 mile).
He might have been in training and needed to see if the kit worked ok although i can imagine it would look odd in the situation.0 -
I don't belong to a gym but I walk and run on a trail through almost everyday. Recently I have noticed a few people on bicycles riding while flapping their arms like birds. I find it disturbing, but it's a college town so who knows.0
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Nothing quite that crazy. There is one really big girl who has been religiously using the elliptical machines in my gym. At first she was always wearing a camisole style shirt (just two straps across the shoulders) which was not terribly flattering for her but now she is wearing T-shirts. I think she had some that now finally fit. She's lost a noticable amount of weight so she gets big props from me for that.
Other than people doing ridiculously ignorant things in the weight room not much. Deadlifting heavy weight with a rounded back. Not doing full range of motion (*kitten* to ground on squats, etc) but that's not weird or funny, just sad.
what if they can't do full motion?
like I cannot go *kitten* to ground on a squat unless my legs are farther apart or I lift my right heel because the metal plate and screws in my ankle limit the amount my ankle can move0 -
How about guys who don't wash their hands after taking a piss!! That's weird, not to mention gross!!0
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Not at a gym, but I once saw a guy try to impress a girl by doing the halasana yoga pose (Google it if you don't know what that looks like) and ripped the biggest fart I've ever heard.
I don't consider myself immature, but I had to excuse myself for fear I'd laugh away his remaining dignity.0 -
The pesonal trainer at the gym I was going to was a very good looking man. Not attracted to him, just thought he was cute. I had been going about a month and was doing an ab machine that you sat on with your knees and twisted your torso from side to side. I thought I was rocking that machine. It just so happened one day he saw me working out on that machine and he came over and told me I was doing it wrong and then proceeded to show me how to do it. I got on it and did it the way he showed me and he said I was doing it right and I thought he had moved on. I did my right side and then my left and when I stood up, he spoke up behind me saying "come on girl, you can do more". He scared me and I tumbled over the machine. I jumped up and said I'm fine, I'm fine and proceeded to turn around and by golley, I tumbled over the machine again. I was mortified, but he came over to me and helped me up. He said he gets that kind of reaction all the time. And even though I couldn't afford him, he always made time to help me. I learned to lift weights and use the machines the right way. But I will never forget that.0
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How about guys who don't wash their hands after taking a piss!! That's weird, not to mention gross!!
Stop peeing on your hands thilly0 -
Every time I go to the gym after work there is a guy on the treadmill who has it set at 13kph even though he clearly can't run that fast. He runs about 30 secs -1 min and then leaps his feet to the side puffing and panting for several minutes, before doing it again. I really want to tell him the treadmill has an interval program!
I'm no expert, but I bet he is doing an anaerobic workout on the treadmill. Hockey players do a lot of anaerobic training to condition them for the short bursts of speed they need to generate on the ice. Their workout programs switch between aerobic and anaerobic activities.
As for belonging to a gym, I can't afford a gym membership, so I do my workouts at home. HOWEVER, every now and then I'll go do my "crazy track lady" dance around the neighborhood or up at the middle school track. It's a combo of aerobics, Zumba, jogging and dancing. I'm not afraid of dancing in public.
So, yeah, I'd be that crazy woman you all are staring at if I did belong to a gym.0 -
Every time I go to the gym after work there is a guy on the treadmill who has it set at 13kph even though he clearly can't run that fast. He runs about 30 secs -1 min and then leaps his feet to the side puffing and panting for several minutes, before doing it again. I really want to tell him the treadmill has an interval program!
I'm no expert, but I bet he is doing an anaerobic workout on the treadmill. Hockey players do a lot of anaerobic training to condition them for the short bursts of speed they need to generate on the ice. Their workout programs switch between aerobic and anaerobic activities.
As for belonging to a gym, I can't afford a gym membership, so I do my workouts at home. HOWEVER, every now and then I'll go do my "crazy track lady" dance around the neighborhood or up at the middle school track. It's a combo of aerobics, Zumba, jogging and dancing. I'm not afraid of dancing in public.
So, yeah, I'd be that crazy woman you all are staring at if I did belong to a gym.
Does it look anything like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew 0 -
Every time I go to the gym after work there is a guy on the treadmill who has it set at 13kph even though he clearly can't run that fast. He runs about 30 secs -1 min and then leaps his feet to the side puffing and panting for several minutes, before doing it again. I really want to tell him the treadmill has an interval program!
I'm no expert, but I bet he is doing an anaerobic workout on the treadmill. Hockey players do a lot of anaerobic training to condition them for the short bursts of speed they need to generate on the ice. Their workout programs switch between aerobic and anaerobic activities.
As for belonging to a gym, I can't afford a gym membership, so I do my workouts at home. HOWEVER, every now and then I'll go do my "crazy track lady" dance around the neighborhood or up at the middle school track. It's a combo of aerobics, Zumba, jogging and dancing. I'm not afraid of dancing in public.
So, yeah, I'd be that crazy woman you all are staring at if I did belong to a gym.
Does it look anything like this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew
bahahahahahaha I KNEW this was going to be prancercise! And I totally went there too 0 -
Four words:
old man ball sack
Enough said.
A girl was doing the thigh machine with short shorts and no underwear. you could see what she had for breakfast. :sick:
I know it LOOKS like an Egg McMuffin... but that's NOT an Egg McMuffin.0 -
The pesonal trainer at the gym I was going to was a very good looking man. Not attracted to him, just thought he was cute. I had been going about a month and was doing an ab machine that you sat on with your knees and twisted your torso from side to side. I thought I was rocking that machine. It just so happened one day he saw me working out on that machine and he came over and told me I was doing it wrong and then proceeded to show me how to do it. I got on it and did it the way he showed me and he said I was doing it right and I thought he had moved on. I did my right side and then my left and when I stood up, he spoke up behind me saying "come on girl, you can do more". He scared me and I tumbled over the machine. I jumped up and said I'm fine, I'm fine and proceeded to turn around and by golley, I tumbled over the machine again. I was mortified, but he came over to me and helped me up. He said he gets that kind of reaction all the time. And even though I couldn't afford him, he always made time to help me. I learned to lift weights and use the machines the right way. But I will never forget that.
:laugh: :laugh: :flowerforyou: I'm sorry, but oh wow, that sounds like something I would totally do.0 -
Saw this one the other day in the strength training/weight machine room: Older couple comes in to do a strength workout...if you can call it that. The lady had on a button down shirt and dress pants/shoes, and the guy had on a t-shirt and jeans. I swear the woman only lifted the weight on the machine about three times before getting up and going to the next machine. They were only in the area about 5-10 minutes total, and the woman for some reason was singing along to the radio. Not really what I wanted to hear when I can't keep my iPod on me because I don't have an armband and can't use it to strength train.
There's also a girl in my Zumba class who is perfectly nice, but half the time, she comes to class in jeans and sometimes a long-sleeved shirt. She hardly ever wears workout clothes to the class and I don't know how she stands moving around. I've seen her wearing the same thing to run the treadmill, and I just don't get how you can do that.
^^^ This, or she is a cutter :-(
It's possible she is hiding bruises. :-(0 -
I'm sure I am actually the "funniest" one at the gym (henceforth my name of FITPHOBIA). The gym that I do go to once in a while had the weight/cardio room remodelled so decided to check it out.
When I exercise, I sweat SO, SO bad that my glasses slip off, so I entered the room and immediately put my glasses on the shelf (as always) that is just inside the door of the cardio room, but have to be very careful because my eyesight is poor that I don't trip over anyone or anything.
This was going to be MY day at the gym. There was only one or two other people (I hate exercising in front of people because I am so poor at it and they are all doing so much more than I can do). I slunk over to the treadmill and noticed that there was a lady bigger than me getting on a treadmill on the other side of the room. I finally figured that I wasn't the fattest person there so was slightly motivated for once. Started the treadmill, got on.......
I looked over and the other lady was keeping up....so I stepped it up a notch. Looked over in a couple of minutes - she had too....so I put it at a slightly higher speed....she did too. Finally I had the treadmill going as fast as I dared. "If I can't go FASTER, then I will OUTLAST her." Fifty minutes later, my legs are turning to Jell-O and I have to leave - although she's still there.....just like the Energizer Bunny. I crawl off the treadmill and weeble-wobble my way over to my glasses and to get the wipes and spray to mist off the equipment as required by the gym rules.
As I am cleaning off my treadmill, I look up at the other woman.............I didn't realize (without my glasses) that I had been watching MYSELF in the mirror the whole time (I didn't realize there were mirrors there as it was the first time I had been there after the remodel...)
This is a story I didn't tell for about two years, but now when I recount it, people laugh themselves to tears....but that is one of the several reasons why I have GYM/FITPHOBIA. :-)0 -
A lady in Zumba class was wearing some crazy high heels w/her regular workout gear & little ruffle socks (like those toddler & tiaras girls wear). Very odd.0
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Ok so me and my son are working out the local hospital gym and this young guy with black hair and two white stripes on either side kinda like a seeing a skunk in double vison!! well he was a nice looking fella and he walks up to me and asks if he can work out with me!! LOL The LOOK on my son's face was PRICELESS!!!! I just smiled and told said young man that I was here with my son and pointed at said son who by then had his mouth hanging open!! We worked out for about another 30 mins with this guy tagging along with us!! then we just gave up and called it a day! Son made a beeline to my now ex husband and told him all about it!! That's the funniest gym story I have!! :bigsmile:0
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My mate falling flat on his *kitten* while trying to kick a heavy bag was a great source of amusement.0
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