Ooh I like this.I have a ladybird mini rucksack my daughter had as a toddler!
gym entrance card
hrm
pen
couple of pound coins for the scales (about monthly I use them for the body fat to see if there is any trend!)
my Tesco adjustable ankle weights to use as fractionals
smelly gloves for my rows and deadlifts
pack of tissues as I always get a runny nose
iPod I never use as I have no pockets
Emergency tampon
scraggy towel for sweat mopping

lol!

I go to work after the gym, so my bag is overflowing...
Toiletries bag - toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, deodorant, hairbrush, a few tampons
Clothes for the day - at the moment it's winter, so tights, skirt or dress, top, something warm to go under the top, something warm to go over the top. Boots left in the car to change into in the street.
Sweat towel
Light-weight bath towel
Drink bottle
Little blue book and pen (how I track the workouts)
Usually spare pair of socks just hanging around!

After the workout - all the towels above, all the workout gear I got sweated up and the toiletries bag. Drink bottle. Runners after I change into my bots in the street (unless its raining, in which case the boots go into the gym with me and I struggle with all the crap I carry!!)

I don't have a gym bag

what's on the floor of my home gym?

plates
collars
a box that my dumbbells came in (now the plates are being fractional plates for my barbell)
dumbbell handles/bar type things
The Times Atlas of World History
weighing scales
a stray sock
a toy football
an Arab headdress (shmagh in Arabic)
a coat hanger
beads
a barbell

Ooh, fun.

two 2.5 lb fractional plates
chalk in a ziploc bag
washcloth that I use as a towel
Kleenex
lock (which I never use)
A pair of gloves for when I have to use the cheesegrater-material pull-up bar because all the others are taken

Lock
Iphone armband
Earphones
Little bag for the above 3 things
Workout towel
Shower towel
Shower toiletries
Lotion
Cosmetics
Change of clothes and shoes
Notebook and pen
Lifting gloves
Wallet
Phone
A few random Protein bars
Random lifting magazines

Ooh, fun.

two 2.5 lb fractional plates
chalk in a ziploc bag
washcloth that I use as a towel
Kleenex
lock (which I never use)
A pair of gloves for when I have to use the cheesegrater-material pull-up bar because all the others are taken

Oh, of course-- a notebook and a pen.

Towel
Water bottle
Small composition notebook and pen (the most important items hehe)
Lifting gloves (for dead lifts mostly)
Keys
Chapstick
Kleenex packet
Soon this week, set of small fractional weights (pairs of 1 and 1.5 lb plates)
Hampton thick bar pad

The Times Atlas of World History

This reminded me of my ex boyfriend's face when I took a huge encyclopedia from our bookshelf to do elevated deadlifts. "Are you going to read it?" "Uh, not really, no." He facepalmed.

lol the Times Atlas of World History is perfect for that kind of thing, in that it's large, hard backed and slab-like. :drinker:

Oh wow, I work out and go directly to work, so I'm loaded like a pack mule in the morning. This guy that came in behind me today said "You could stay at the gym all day with all that stuff!". I wish.

I wear my nerdy workout clothes in the metro, so yeah, ahem, don't have to pack those.

- Spibelt to hold my giant phone during my workout (on which I track my workouts using LiftBig and listen to music)
- Headphones
- Fractional plates required for that day's workout
- Water bottle
- Bath towel and gym towel to lay down on the bench
- Shower/toiletries/makeup bag
- Shower flip-flops
- Lock
- Work outfit/change of undergarments
- Cons if I am not also wearing them to work that day
- Thermos bag for post-workout shake/breakfast and packed lunch

I think that's all. Plus my backpack containing work stuff.

Good thing I am lifting.

ETA: That ^^^, the "overhead", is what I hate most about going to the gym. It was much simpler when I worked out at home.

Fractional plates
Chalk
Pens
Notebooks
GTN spray (I have heart disease)
Hairgrip