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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I'm far more curious about the real motives behind threads like these than I am about people in the gym.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    Maybe you dripped tooth paste on your pants?
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I'm far more curious about the real motives behind threads like these than I am about people in the gym.

    Don't look at me! but..really. Look at me!
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I do see it being annoying if someone asks you to help them or something though
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
    Some stare into space maybe but some stare and when you look at them they turn away or keep staring.

    In all honesty, I sometimes stare at others. It is out of no judgement what so ever. I often forget my music so I can get a little bored if I am on a stair machine or bike. Sometimes to keep myself from looking at the timer/clock incessantly, I will find something to focus on other than my exercise...ie I might say I will look at the timer after 4 more people have entered the gym....it is silly. Sometimes I will watch someone's workout and try to guess what they are going to do next. It is not out of judgement at all..just keeping my mind busy.
  • sukiwabi
    sukiwabi Posts: 221 Member
    Maybe you dripped tooth paste on your pants?

    ha! reminds me of the time that i closed the back hatch on my car and some of the ice/snow drippings splashed on the crotchetal region of my tight black gym pants. yeah...salt from the roads = those splashes dried white, yo.

    took me a while to figure out why all the stares...worst part was, my kid's nursery school teacher saw them first, as I was headed to the gym after dropping her off :ohwell:
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I do see it being annoying if someone asks you to help them or something though

    I don't mind that. I stayed at the gym for an extra half hour the other day because this woman had a million questions after watching me squat, and I would rather explain the process to her than have her injure herself. I enjoy seeing people who are curious and genuinely interested in getting fit the right way. I also remember how nice people were to me when I started and had questions. I like to pay it forward.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Maybe you dripped tooth paste on your pants?

    Oh you! :laugh:
  • juliewatkin
    juliewatkin Posts: 764 Member
    I watch people. People watch me. It's that whole social creature thing that most of humanity has going on.
    This pretty much. I mostly train at home so when I go to a gym I stare like a kid at the circus. People stare at me too. It's all good.
  • RobertHButler
    RobertHButler Posts: 50
    Your shorts are too short and things are falling out!
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    "New rule! No one is to look at anyone ever again!" I love this line from Bill Cosby's standup comedy about his kids.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Some ppl just watch because they are new and are looking at form and the exercise being performed. I know when I started to workout I would watch other ppl since I didn't know much.

    This. Plus there's not a lot to do on a treadmill or elliptical except people watch.
  • alereck
    alereck Posts: 343 Member
    They probably think you are staring at them.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    At gym:
    "Hey, why is everyone staring at me! It's weird."
    At computer:
    "Hey, internet strangers,stare at me!"
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    For a vent, this is a 3/10, for a whine, it's barely a 5/10.

    I was hoping for more lulz, less... uh, wha?
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    At gym:
    "Hey, why is everyone staring at me! It's weird."
    At computer:
    "Hey, internet strangers,stare at me!"

    Truth be told!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I'll stare.
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