"Appropriate"exercises at the gym ?

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  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Hip Abductors. It is so creepy when the ladies stare at my junk. :grumble:

    thigh-abductor-2.gif

    How the hell d'you think women feel when they perform this exercise? :laugh:

    Violated.
  • Roadie2000
    Roadie2000 Posts: 1,801 Member
    I won't do yoga around other people. It feels like I'm trying to put myself into the most uncomfortable positions possible and I can't imagine it looks any better. I imagine the eye candy in yoga classes is unreal though.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    My problem is my *kitten* trumpet playing during certain exercises.

    Clenching? Tighten the booty at the same time. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    Free weights and sit-ups. For some reason, I am TERRIFIED that one of the heavy lifters (we have several pro body builders at the gym) will correct my form. And, believe me, my form is already a mess!! :happy:

    I can't do sit-ups appropriately because I had to have some ab work done a few years ago, so I only do them when alone.
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    Hip Abductors. It is so creepy when the ladies stare at my junk. :grumble:

    thigh-abductor-2.gif

    How the hell d'you think women feel when they perform this exercise? :laugh:

    Violated.

    Oh great. I never thought about this; yet ANOTHER exercise I can only do when I'm alone! :laugh:
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  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Hip Abductors. It is so creepy when the ladies stare at my junk. :grumble:

    thigh-abductor-2.gif

    How the hell d'you think women feel when they perform this exercise? :laugh:

    Violated.

    Oh great. I never thought about this; yet ANOTHER exercise I can only do when I'm alone! :laugh:

    There are plenty of things to do alone that burn calories. Just sayin'

    Deep breathing exercises?
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  • lsorci919
    lsorci919 Posts: 772 Member
    I work out at home, so if I want to bust a move between sets, than I bust a move. Still burning calories. Not so sure I could be so uninhibited if I were at a gym.

    Me too! :) The only person that stares is my 3 year old and I really don't think she cares what I do.
  • smelius22
    smelius22 Posts: 334 Member
    At my company's gym, we wear uniforms that include ill-fitting basketball shorts that ride waaaay up my butt when doing squats, so I won't do them unless I'm backed up to a wall lol.

    but when I'm at any other gym in regular shorts, I don't care
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    There is only one inappropriate exercise that I wouldn't do at the gym.

    burpees?

    Oops forgot to use my quotation marks on exercise.

    I still don't get it. Draw me a picture, please. Or - better yet - post a video.


    TIA.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    My problem is my *kitten* trumpet playing during certain exercises.

    *kitten* happens.












    ...if you're not careful and/or unlucky.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    I have no filters when it comes to working hard at the gym.
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  • some_betty
    some_betty Posts: 322 Member
    The standing version of this Glutes machine at the gym always seems very inappropriate.

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  • smelius22
    smelius22 Posts: 334 Member
    My problem is my *kitten* trumpet playing during certain exercises.

    Clenching? Tighten the booty at the same time. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    That only creates different notes.

    LMAO I'm dying!
  • DeadliftAddict
    DeadliftAddict Posts: 746 Member
    I will do whatever. It doesn't matter. I'm all about the gainz!!!! My wife has the same issue as you. Not students but just people looking in general. She looks pretty great. I tell her all the time, people are going to look. They are either mirin, creepers, or maybe learning. It doesn't matter what they are thinking. Their thoughts are non of your business. keep grinding and try and forget about them.


    All aboard the gain train!
  • PtheronJr
    PtheronJr Posts: 108 Member
    I do all my hip thrusts and glute bridges exclusively in areas where I'm absolutely sure every single person will be able to see me humping the air. If the gym is empty I don't do them at all.
  • DeadliftAddict
    DeadliftAddict Posts: 746 Member
    There is only one inappropriate exercise that I wouldn't do at the gym.

    *kitten*!!!!! There have been a couple guys straight caught and kicked out of one of the gyms I go to. What the hell! Save those training sessions for when you get home. Lol
  • awise19
    awise19 Posts: 154 Member
    I def understand why you wouldn't want to do certain workouts in the schools gym that you find aren't appropriate, but while in a public gym that you pay for, different story. Do your workout... Butt in the air, hip thrusts. If they see you and ask questions or start saying strange things, then it is time for their parents to discuss with them how to be more mature.
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    High school English teacher checking in:

    I don't feel awkward or inappropriate at all when I 'work in" and use the same barbell the kids are using to squat...


    and curl with it.
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
    I am not embarrassed in the fitness room...I am quite the opposite as I am never ashamed to be working hard...I just think twice about sticking my rump in air in front of 14-18 year old boys if I can target the same muscle group in a less stick my butt up kind of way.

    I teach science and all my students know I work out and am intense about it. They know that when teaching an anatomy lesson that I can specify certain things as they have seen me do a lot of the exercises in question...I was laughing thinking about the abductor/adductor inner thigh machine and thought that would be an exercise I WOULD NOT do in front of high school boys.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    I work out at home, so if I want to bust a move between sets, than I bust a move. Still burning calories. Not so sure I could be so uninhibited if I were at a gym.

    ^ Ditto

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