Dumb things heard at the gym

Had a guy come up to me just last week trying to tell me a girl should really be careful using heavy weights. I waved him off as politely as possible, but saw him not even 10 minutes later drop half the plates from his barbell mid-squat right onto his foot. Shoulda asked him if he wanted a hand learning to secure those :laugh:

The best karma!

There is a guy who works out with a great, female (this is relevant) trainer at the same time I lift each Tuesday. I always see him looking at his phone, and have heard him complaining about what she's having him do. The other day, she had him doing some push ups. Well, she had to modify to have him be on his knees because he was not really able to do them with full range otherwise. So, he then says "my wife said she did 100 push ups the other day, but they were girl push ups, so that doesn't count." Um, really? And to a female trainer?

I had a conversation with a girl at my gym about how much weight she'd put on and was desperate to lose it. Then asked the instructor which classes she could do that would help her lose weight but she didn't like to sweat - at all. :ohwell:

Worst thing I have heard is while running on the treadmill a male told me he had another cardio exercise I could do with him and gave me a wink.

did you tell him punching him in the face repeatedly would be a good cardio exercise you both could do?

Bradfordbear! I loved your response!

I pretty much don't go anywhere without make up - even the gym

I don't wear makeup anyway, other than nail polish (weak nails), but why would someone want their pores blocked when they know they're going to be getting hot & sweaty,
plus why would someone want to have makeup running when they sweat,
plus why would someone want to have makeup wiped off (probably unevenly) when they wipe off sweat?

Not everyone doesn't care what they look like

I look just fine the way I am.
My skin is clear, color is good, eyelashes are fine, hair is fine, lips are fine...
in short, I don't need to pretend.
I don't need to be painted, don't want to achieve someone else's idea of "beautiful" if it means compromising who I am.

people who cry about being sweaty with their raggedy pony tail and being a sweaty mess

Heck, no! I'm happy that I'm a sweaty mess, tired, sore, etc. I worked hard to get there!

During a body pump class a few years ago, the instructor said we should all have some 'sleep' for dinner :huh:

I didn't like her very much after that. I used to go to classes to work on my fitness, not to be judged.

I don't like classes where the instructor thinks chastising people is motivational

I pretty much don't go anywhere without make up - even the gym

I don't wear makeup anyway, other than nail polish (weak nails),

LOL Other than nail polish? nail polish isn't make up.

but why would someone want their pores blocked when they know they're going to be getting hot & sweaty,

make up =/= full blown face make up.
mascra = make up
lip stick = make up
eye liner = make up

and none of those things are going to eff up your pores.

plus why would someone want to have makeup running when they sweat,

1.) some people don't natural sweat much
2.) some people actually know how to properly apply their make up and their make up doesn't run.

plus why would someone want to have makeup wiped off (probably unevenly) when they wipe off sweat?

because they don't use man paws to wipe their faces

Not everyone doesn't care what they look like

I look just fine the way I am.

are you implying that people who wear make up think they are NOT fine the way they are??

My skin is clear, color is good, eyelashes are fine, hair is fine, lips are fine...

so's mine

in short, I don't need to pretend.

make up isn't always about pretending- it's also about enhancing and just feeling glamorous.

[quoteI don't need to be painted, don't want to achieve someone else's idea of "beautiful" if it means compromising who I am.

at what point did throwing mascara and eye shadow on become compromise? I know who I am. WIthout question. And I'm fu*king fabulous. I'm not compromising anything- I'm quiet happy wearing make up and not "disowning myself"

Some people feel at home and most true to themselves painted up. And that is totally okay.

people who cry about being sweaty with their raggedy pony tail and being a sweaty mess

Heck, no! I'm happy that I'm a sweaty mess, tired, sore, etc. I worked hard to get there!

that's great- but someone else wearing their make up doesn't bother you and you don't need to judge it- clearly you are. And that's great if you're proud of your sweaty mess... I am proud to look good and look fierce.

Two hours of Russian power lifting- nothing's sliding. Seriously- why does this bother ANYONE and think that I"m hiding myself or who I am or trying to make up for ANYTHING. Still looking fabulous!!!
Not asking you to do it.
But I am asking that people stop caring that I do.

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No but how do you *really* feel about it? :laugh:
Just kiddin' :blushing:

For the record, this girl goes nowhere without her khol eyeliner, a bit of rouge & some gloss.
That includes the gym and I look damn cute. It might disturb some to know that I also do my hair before I go anywhere.

This includes dog walking, running errands, going to the supermarket & the gym. I'm pretty sure I don't care what anyone thinks about it :bigsmile:

A group of us from work use to take lunchtime aerobics at a gym near our office. One woman who took the class but didn't really work very hard (me and my friends would be sweating and out of breath which was sort of the point, right?). She only came to class because her doctor told her if she didn't start working out and drop some weight she would have a stroke. So she came to class, never broke a sweat so I imagine when she did have the stroke she could claim the doctor was wrong.

Also people putting on makeup before a workout.

Don't be a hater.

It doesn't impact you at all.

Neither does someone using a yoga mat as a pad for a smith machine, but that still doesn't mean it makes any sense.

"Can you spot me?" - Guy squatting 350 asking a woman much smaller (not saying she couldn't lift it, but come on, we know what he's doing lol)

Ha, you know I've seen something like this too. Guy was about to do seated oh presses with 100lbs dumbells and he asked this girl who, though pretty fit, obviously wouldn't of been much help. She apparently felt the same way and actually went off to find someone to spot the guy. Talk about helpful!

EDIT: Side note, I'll just leave this right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXiYC1ebkwc

This just shows some people view spotters in the wrong way. Spotters shouldn't be expected to actually "catch" the weight, but provide a small amount of force to keep it going if necessary. The only time you can expect your spotters to be able to take the whole weight off you requires three people: one person on each end of the bar and one in the middle. It is your duty not to be foolish and try a weight you have no chance of lifting, unless your spotter knows you are doing negatives, and if you do those right, you don't go way over max, but slightly. Its not hard to find/estimate a max and test it without needing the whole weight pulled off you.

Except for negative reps (and she was fine spotting a few negatives for me), one of the best spotters for benches that I had was a 120lb girl, she would spot me for 265-425lbs benches with no problems. You can always put the weight to your chest if necessary to take plates off, and even a large guy is not going to be able to catch even the low end, 265lbs dropping, fast enough to keep it off you if you "catastrophically fail".

You should have a plan if you do start to fail on a rep so the spotter doesn't have to put themselves at risk of trying to pull a large load off you alone, even if he's a big guy: lifting weights bent over at a distance in front of you, bar separated from you by iron pillars is horrible biomechanics and even if the guy can deadlift the weight, there is no guarantee he could lift it off you in that situation. You should have a backup plan, which to me includes lowering it to my chest and holding it there while plates are taken off, this works just fine if necessary, and if not, the spotter wasn't going to catch the entire weight or pull it off me alone anyways. On a squat that plan involves the iron bars you place to catch the weight in the squatting cage...thats what they are for. For an overhead press, weights can be dropped as you angle their drop away from you, no spotter is going to catch two 100lb+ dumbbells simultaneously irregularly floating in the air on your failed weakened arm. Nobody should be "limp noodling" their arms on a failed lift, but be trying to lift with the spotter in any case.

A young guy telling his girlfriend that doing 100 of these incline situps would give her a six pack. The way i see some guys training their SO makes me glad i work out alone.

1: A guy who grunts just to grunt so the entire gym knows how "hard" he is working..

I try to out grunt the guys to assert my dominance.

Not a gym thing, but my coworker is basically starving herself to lose 50 lbs. She says she's on the keto diet and admittedly, I don't know much about it, but I doubt it's supposed to be as painful as it seems to be for her.

I guess that's not so much dumb as it is misinformed/misguided.

Not a gym thing, but my coworker is basically starving herself to lose 50 lbs. She says she's on the keto diet and admittedly, I don't know much about it, but I doubt it's supposed to be as painful as it seems to be for her.

I guess that's not so much dumb as it is misinformed/misguided.

I used to work with a girl that was convinced that the more that you sweat means the more weight that you lose. Her theory was that sweating = hot. hot = melting. sweating + hot + melting = fat melting from your body. She told us she didn't exercise she just laid in a lawn chair in the sun bc it made her sweat a lot so she knew she was losing fat.

If only it was that easy! Since moving to Hawaii I'd probably be 0% body fat if that were the way it worked!