craziest-weirdest things seen at the gym

There is a lady that dances with her arms while on the eliptical. She will look around and smile at the people that are watching her.

Hey! Don't judge me! I'm a Zumba instructor and I am running my routines in my head (complete with cueing) while listening to my set list on the elliptical. And of course I'm smiling ... it's my Zumba set music and I always have a ridiculous smile on my face when I do Zumba.

Years ago, I repeatedly encountered a strange, seemingly harmless man walking on the treadmill while very passionately conducting his invisible orchestra. There wasn’t any music playing (no radio, no earbuds). Occasionally he would mutter or point his invisible baton at other people (real or imaginary) to cue them.

I don't know what I was thinking (I wasn't), so one day I raised my imaginary violin on cue and started “playing” along… He looked as if he were about to explode with joy. I “played” for a few bars and then bowed out... and then left.

So, I’m probably going to hell for encouraging the delusions of a mentally ill person…Aaaand then I couldn't use the treadmills anymore when he was there because, well... he kept trying to cue me for solos. :ohwell:

You totally made his day. That's awesome.

Okay, you asked for it.

Grossest thing I ever saw in the gym occurred in the locker room. A naked huge fat woman was applying lotion to the crevice between her buttocks. Right out in the open there where everyone could see. Taking her time, enjoying herself.

She was standing in front of the mirror above the sinks and watching herself do it. I mean, if you must, you could at least go into a bathroom stall and do that, right?

Saints preserve us all.

Funniest thing I ever saw was a man playing racquet ball in lime green unitard - just strange looking.

I had to read all of these to make sure I wasn't guilty of any of these. The only one mentioned was practice swings in between reps. I play baseball and softball and yes I practice my swing sometimes. I usually grab a small bar so I'm not empty handed.

I did a leg workout including squats in dress shoes because I forgot my tennis shoes.

Definitely not down with the toe shoes.

The coffee thing goes back to at least the 80's. Bodybuilders would drink coffee before and while working out to get more pumped and vascular.

I had a friend who swore he got better workouts stoned.

I knew an alcoholic bodybuilder with a pharmacist friend. He was so loaded up on painkillers that he tore his bicep and didn't know it for a month.

I knew a guy who got kicked out of at least 3 gyms including 2 Gold's Gyms, 2 mixed martial arts studios and at least one Whole Foods Market. He would pound sugary drinks while working out and sometimes get nose bleeds.

I've seen a woman who would dance in the squat rack and the tread mill while checking herself out the whole time. She had a license plate that indicated she was a dominatrix.

An older man walked up to the urinal in the men's locker room completely nude, peed without using his hands and walked away making a pee trail on the floor.

A woman was on the tread mill at a 24 Hour Fitness in pajamas with curlers in her hair at around 9 in the morning.

how about the guy who gets out of the pool dries off puts on his sneakers and and comes out to lift weights... in .. his .... Speedo banana hammock!!!! true story. happened when i was training a client we just about pissed ourselves we were laughing so hard!!!!!:laugh: :noway:

You have got to be joking! What's that about? What is a so called "5-star" gym anyway?

Signs outside each cardio room in a 5-star gym "NO WATER BOTTLES ALLOWED IN GYM". :huh:


Along with that sign, is "NO CHEWING GUM ALOWED IN GYM"

The guy with his pants sagging and his boxer shorts showing while he was on the treadmill. I was on the elliptical behind him and was trying my hardest not to laugh.

seems like he was doing well with the weight loss though... maybe better than he realised, hence the saggy trousers.

The guy that comes and walks on the treadmill with his oxygen mask.

It was probably an oxygen-deprivation mask...

...not that that information makes it look any less ridiculous.

Anybody ever see "The People of Walmart" website? I'm totally thinking we need a "The People at My Gym" version! I don't know why I so desperately want to see (safe) images of all these shenanigans. I hope that doesn't make *me* weird. (Prolly.)

There is a man who comes to my gym and drinks a mini bottle of Sutter Home Merlot while on the treadmill. He is my idol.