Weird/Funniest things you have seen at the Gym

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.

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

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.

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. :-)

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:

My wife singing metallica on the treadmill, not knowing she is singing out loud, and the guy next to her playing air guitar

I think I love both of them right now...


I have found myself singing along to various rock and metal tracks whilst working out. In my defence, I'm a musician, so being able to hit the notes whilst moving about is useful, but it wasn't deliberate.



Far more embarrassing to be listening to my workout playlist whilst doing some shopping afterwards and suddenly realise I've been singing along to a Queen track down by the salad vegetables.



I'm probably one of those weird people in the gym myself.

I've farted whilst on the treadmill once. I hope it was silent, but I had my headphones on so have no idea - and I wasn't going to look around to see whether anybody noticed.


And I do wear glasses when in the pool. Contacts just fell out, and I've lost my prescription goggles - so I need them for aqua Zumba, and just have a quick swim for a warmup beforehand. Seeing as a) I'm a rubbish swimmer, alternating between doggy paddle and something vaguely resembling breaststroke, without putting my face in the water and b) the pool's generally filled with children splashing about and playing with inflatable toys, so you can't swim more than a couple of yards without having to change course, it doesn't really make sense to be too precious about it.

I have one woman looks like she is 60ish or so years old who works out in her pumps and stretch 'dress' pants. I gotta give her credit, she's there working out but she makes me smile every time.

Here's another thing. I went to a bodypump class last night, and almost everybody throws down their barbell so that it hits the floor with a thud at the end of each section. What's that all about? Isn't it better to set it down gently? Are they all using weights that they can barely control?

In my experience it depends on the exercise. When I'm using heavy weights sometimes it's easier or safer to drop them then it is to set them down gentle. I tweaked my shoulder once trying to set something down quietly, not anymore I drop them if I have to.

Yep I had to learn to drop them too, my shoulders after a while were getting way too sore.

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

Yeah, but only crazier....there's a whole explanation for it on my blog page. I became a legend with the high school marching band a few years back.