Weird things you see at the gym

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  • shnoots
    shnoots Posts: 82 Member
    Women in the free weights section

    >.< And that's why I stopped weightlifting after high school. I KNEW I wasn't being paranoid.
  • Red_Sparrow
    Red_Sparrow Posts: 56
    A guy working out in just his socks. I didn't think it was that weird when he was doing crunches in the carpeted open area, but then he went to the free weight area and then the weight machines all sans socks.

    He also loudly talked on his phone via his blu tooth through his entire workout.

    Lol I'm guilty of this. If I'm planning to run after lifting I'll wear my running shoes so I don't get shin splints, but I'll take my shoes off to lift so the bulky soles don't muck up my squat.

    One of the trainers there does a barefoot kettlebell class so I don't worry too much about it.
  • griffith5150
    griffith5150 Posts: 123
    Last night I was at the gym and I saw this guy working out on the hip abductor machine talking to himself going yeah baby yeah baby....
    Yeah I lost all focus after that lol

    i guess you weren't really that focused to begin with.

    I have ADHD lol lot of things can distract me (I'm the ooo shiny or look squirrel person).... that's why I have Pandora on when I work out to keep my mind focus. This happened right between songs where is a no sound... and he was talking really loud. :bigsmile:

    you're 37. you can't have a little kid problem.

    You aren't a Dr and yep I do have it and it does exist.

    http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/guide/adhd-adults
  • KissMeImShtFaced
    KissMeImShtFaced Posts: 85
    It's not THAT weird but I like the old guys who wear striped weight lifting pants pulled up extra high like a boxer from the 1920s. You can't just get some shorts or something? Why not at least bring it to the 80s and get some Zubaz pants? Then again I'm not one to talk. I try to wear the dumbest shirt possible on purpose like my $5 pug shirt from Walmart.
  • uneik3
    uneik3 Posts: 68 Member
    A new PF opened in my neighborhood, and for whatever reason, there are 6 or 7 different people wearing those plastic sweat suits at any given time. And we're not talking about elite athletes trying to make weight either. :noway:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Not everyone will think this weird but there was one girl who was into strength competitions. She had large muscles and a deep voice.
  • Cindy679
    Cindy679 Posts: 19 Member
    My gym is a running trail and my basement. I see the occasional freaky, disgusting, gross, scary and ugly spider down there. GAG.

    Funny, you should mention that...my gym is my garage and yesterday I had to chase out a black snake that had made it's way in (and I happen to live above that garage). Shooed him out by wacking at him repeatedly with my workout calendar. He finally got the message after getting a couple of strikes in at the calendar. Dogs thought I had gone bonkers.
  • Goalsat47
    Goalsat47 Posts: 74 Member
    I saw a woman one day (in great shape) and she was in the locker room. Lying on the floor, doing sit ups, butt naked. I just though OMG what confidence but it still makes me laugh.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Last night I was at the gym and I saw this guy working out on the hip abductor machine talking to himself going yeah baby yeah baby....
    Yeah I lost all focus after that lol

    i guess you weren't really that focused to begin with.

    I have ADHD lol lot of things can distract me (I'm the ooo shiny or look squirrel person).... that's why I have Pandora on when I work out to keep my mind focus. This happened right between songs where is a no sound... and he was talking really loud. :bigsmile:

    you're 37. you can't have a little kid problem.

    You think ADHD is something you grow out of? Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. :noway:
  • madtownjeremy
    madtownjeremy Posts: 249
    Not everyone will think this weird but there was one girl who was into strength competitions. She had large muscles and a deep voice.

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Women in the free weights section

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  • BooBoo1264
    BooBoo1264 Posts: 164
    Ive seen a guy on the elliptical in a dress and no shoes.... I wouldnt even want to touch that machine.
  • kimwork4
    kimwork4 Posts: 1 Member
    I saw a woman one day (in great shape) and she was in the locker room. Lying on the floor, doing sit ups, butt naked. I just though OMG what confidence but it still makes me laugh.

    Ewww the germs!
  • ajaxe432
    ajaxe432 Posts: 608 Member
    Had a lady (mid 40's) stand next to me doing curls.....It was fine until she started singing "Hey Marcarena" way loud.....
  • BooBoo1264
    BooBoo1264 Posts: 164
    If I did go to a gym I certainly wouldn't judge or laugh at people. At least they are there, right?

    Great attitude!
  • ajaxe432
    ajaxe432 Posts: 608 Member
    If I did go to a gym I certainly wouldn't judge or laugh at people. At least they are there, right?

    Great attitude!
    Exactly!!!
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    Women in the free weights section
    Yea, that one really confuses me.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Women in the free weights section

    Men jogging through the "women's only" section, which is upstairs.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Today, at the gym, I saw young guy with dockers, dress shirt and tie, doing pull-ups!!
  • Hexahedra
    Hexahedra Posts: 894 Member
    I saw a woman one day (in great shape) and she was in the locker room. Lying on the floor, doing sit ups, butt naked. I just though OMG what confidence but it still makes me laugh.
    There's a little private workout area in the gym's locker. An old man came out of the shower and proceeded to do sit ups in the buff in front of me. I was on the treadmill; I braved it rather than stopping my run and move elsewhere.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    The looks I get when I hang out in the women's change room :ohwell:
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    A guy working out in just his socks. I didn't think it was that weird when he was doing crunches in the carpeted open area, but then he went to the free weight area and then the weight machines all sans socks.

    He also loudly talked on his phone via his blu tooth through his entire workout.
    I lift barefoot. I know a lot of people that lift in socks at the gym.
  • TodayImEvolving
    TodayImEvolving Posts: 44 Member
    I saw an old lady blow drying her hair in the locker room. Her. Pubic. Hair. :noway:
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    Women in the free weights section

    Men jogging through the "women's only" section, which is upstairs.

    your gym has a kitchen??
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    We have a whole crew that is slightly chubby that will wrap themselves in Saran wrap before they work out. First time I only saw one...now I know he has like five buddies that have all bought into this plastic wrap madness. They literally pass the plastic wrap around the changing room. :huh:

    :laugh: This one cracks me up :laugh:
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    A guy working out in just his socks. I didn't think it was that weird when he was doing crunches in the carpeted open area, but then he went to the free weight area and then the weight machines all sans socks.

    He also loudly talked on his phone via his blu tooth through his entire workout.
    I lift barefoot. I know a lot of people that lift in socks at the gym.

    I do this when I forget my Chucks!
  • IronCakes
    IronCakes Posts: 317 Member
    I saw an old lady blow drying her hair in the locker room. Her. Pubic. Hair. :noway:

    No way, just no. Eww!

    +1 for lifting in socks.
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    Women in the free weights section

    Men jogging through the "women's only" section, which is upstairs.

    your gym has a kitchen??
    Mmmmm....sammich
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    This is weird and I'm really jealous.

    But there is this guy at my gym who is extremely buff. Like elite level competition buff. And he eats cheeseburgers between his sets. He walks into the weight room with a bag of 3-4 Big Macs and just pounds them down while he works out.
  • madtownjeremy
    madtownjeremy Posts: 249
    your gym has a kitchen??

    I was waiting for it.

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