Gym Stereotypes

Oh i hate this girl. She makes it so much harder than it has to be and her intensity proves she is better than me.

I'm unique and defy all stereotypes. Is there such a thing as a stereotypical eccentric? I might be that....

ah yes, the thinker

I'm that "go hard or go home" chick... Being tough and lifting heavy stuff makes me a boss. Yeah, you're looking.

<no idea what I'm doing type. I stay away from the gym and buy what I need for home lol. The gym is intimidating .

Oh i hate this girl. She makes it so much harder than it has to be and her intensity proves she is better than me.

ROFL I saw the male version at my gym recently....glaring at mirror sayin you don't know who yer f&%^% with! couldn't help but laugh at him

Serious question... because there is one Hunter / Gatherer, or as I refer to them Hoarders, at every gym. How do y'all deal with that guy? How much bigger than you does he have to be for you to let that happen on the regular?

I wait patiently until they do something like lunges that take them across the room. I then start to unload their power rack.

What amazes me about the hunter gather is their amazing ability to be so rude to everyone in the gym but their almost across the board they shy away from confrontation. You can grap their weights all day and they won't say anything.

It doesn't matter how big he is. What's he gonna do?

Let's add a new one. How about "spends a WAY too much time in the locker room" guy?

At my work gym, there's this one dude, probably early-mid 50s, fit and is all about business when working out. Afterwards it's a whole 'nother story. I understand sitting still and cooling down, but must you reside for 30-40 minutes in the locker room reading a newspaper?! I think it's probably innocent, but it has kind of a "creepy solo guy at the pre-school playground" vibe to it. There's a huge break room with scenic views and rocking chairs, etc a few seconds walk from the gym... how about you go relax there first and then come back when you're ready to shower?

P.S. How do I know that he spend 30-40+ min there? I'll come in and take 10-15 min to change and then go for 1-3 stair walks as warmup (40 floor ascent, skyscraper). Each ascent averages 10-12 min (take elevators for descent to save time). I then come back to locker room to swap sweat bands for towel/gloves/towel and he's STILL sitting there!

Let's add a new one. How about "spends a WAY too much time in the locker room" guy?

At my work gym, there's this one dude, probably early-mid 50s, fit and is all about business when working out. Afterwards it's a whole 'nother story. I understand sitting still and cooling down, but must you reside for 30-40 minutes in the locker room reading a newspaper?! I think it's probably innocent, but it has kind of a "creepy solo guy at the pre-school playground" vibe to it. There's a huge break room with scenic views and rocking chairs, etc a few seconds walk from the gym... how about you go relax there first and then come back when you're ready to shower?

P.S. How do I know that he spend 30-40+ min there? I'll come in and take 10-15 min to change and then go for 1-3 stair walks as warmup (40 floor ascent, skyscraper). Each ascent averages 10-12 min (take elevators for descent to save time). I then come back to locker room to swap sweat bands for towel/gloves/towel and he's STILL sitting there!

Oh that's where I draw the line. The day I find a man pretending to read in my locker room, I'm out, O-U-T OUT!

Serious question... because there is one Hunter / Gatherer, or as I refer to them Hoarders, at every gym. How do y'all deal with that guy? How much bigger than you does he have to be for you to let that happen on the regular?

I wait patiently until they do something like lunges that take them across the room. I then start to unload their power rack.

What amazes me about the hunter gather is their amazing ability to be so rude to everyone in the gym but their almost across the board they shy away from confrontation. You can grap their weights all day and they won't say anything.

It doesn't matter how big he is. What's he gonna do?

That's been exactly my experience. I'm usually ok with someone supersetting with a squat rack and something else. Squat racks, ( I think that's what you mean by power rack ), are tough to come by in any gym. I get people sort of camping out there. I'm fine with supersetting but if you're gonna stand around and chat we've got a problem. And you are right, they are seldom confrontational. The closest I ever came to a physical altercation was with some douche nozzle doing a circuit. First, if you want to do circuits go to a gym that is based around circuits where everyone is doing circuits. But this guy, I guess it was my lucky day because every damned time I tried to do anything he was standing right behind me, running in place, waiting to work in. Lat Pull Downs? Oh, he needed to do those right away! And he would stand literally right behind me, running in place, and panting into the back of my head. Then, as soon as my set would finish.. I mean that very second... he would reach for the bar and start trying to wedge his body in front of mine saying "Oh I just need one real quick set. Circuit! Circuit Training Here!". He did that to me twice on Lat Pull Downs within the span of maybe three minutes. The third time was on a pull up bar. Ever tried to do pull ups with some *kitten* hat jogging in place right in front of you, glancing furtively back and forth between your face and your hands so he can judge the precise microsecond that you release your grip? I lost it. I dropped down from the bar, he started his "Circuit! Circuit Training!" as he tried to wedge in front of me to grab the bar. Instead of politely getting out of his way I just said, very loudly, "Oh would you just **** off already!". That became a big debate over his "right to do HIS training HIS way". It got heated enough that a few other guys decided to get in between us and try to calm things down. I'm not a violent person. I try not to be confrontational. I'm actually very shy. But I have my limits.

I think they neglected my type. I'm the anti-social guy who pretends he doesn't see / hear anyone who tries to talk to him even though I am not wearing headphones. I go to the gym 5 nights per week, always from around midnight til 2am. There are always the same dozen or so people in there. They have all become friends and chat quite often. They try to start conversations with me but I just can't be social when I'm working out. It's not in my DNA. After the workout is fine, but I'm usually the last one out of there. They must think I'm a complete prick.

This is me too except I wear headphones and people still try to talk to me. I just point at my headphones and get back to what I'm doing.