More People Watching At The Gym

Twinkle Toes!!
I just noticed this guy tonight... He was young-ish (mid twenties tops) looked rather fit (he's tall (well over 6 feet) and lean) he was wearing your standard matching nike running gear. He was on the treadmill tonight and if he was going faster than 4.5mph I'd be shocked. He was making the motion like he was jogging but taking REEEEEEEEALLY tiny steps. I was waiting for him to bust out a eukele and start singing "Tip Toe Through the Tulips"

He kept this up for the better part of my 30 minutes on the elliptical. I got to watch this in all it's glory as I was right behind him. I was staring in wonderment when the hot guy on the stair stepper next to me stifles a laugh... I look at him and realize he too is witnessing the spectical and we both lost it. People turned to stare at us the Crazy Laughing Cardio People.

ROFL!

Last week I was on the elliptical for the first time in a while and after my 20minutes warming up on it I jumped off. You know how the machines at these places are so close together? There was a drop dead gorgeous guy on the one next to mine and I ended up jumping off light headed/off balance and nearly hit my head on one of the swinging arms of his machine. I missed it but I was sooooo flustered by his "oh man! you ok?" that I took a step in the wrong direction and knocked over the garbage can full of discarded machine wipedown rags which I then had to pick up along with all the sweat soaked cloths, RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. Sooooo embarrassing!

Freaking awesome!!!!

oh! oh! i got one...

the three girls that come to zumba class that stand in the back and don't do anything except laugh and talk to each other.

rawr!! i want to throw something at them

Yeah this is really bad in Yoga when everything is supposed to be quiet and peaceful!!!

Hmm one time I was at the gym on the treadmill and wondered what would happen if I closed my eyes while running. Apparently, you flip over the bar of the treadmill and land flat on your butt. A lot of people, including me, got a good laugh out of it and now I know what happens :P

Holy crap!!! thats freaking hilarious!!!!

I swim laps at my gym's pool and like to get in about 30 minutes or so. I really hate the people that come in and know nothing about swimming laps and take up an entire lane and all they do is thrash around and make a lot of noise, and splashing, and create waves for me to swim through and then leave after doind this for a few laps. It's great for people to try new things, but I never see them try again later and Im there a lot. They also don't wear goggles so I doubt they're serious. Worse than this are the teenies who stand in the lane and talk. There's only 4 lanes and they take on just to stand around like it's a community pool or something.

I've seen quite a few of these folks at the Y where I work out but probably my favorite was from when I decided to try a new class on a Saturday morning. I always check out the other folks who are going to take the class to see how fit they are to get a gauge of if I'll fit in or not. There was this unbelievably fit man (no idea how old he was, he was totally bald and that skews my perception). He was wearing a lycra SKORT. and did the class barefoot. It was a cardio/strength class. Wow. He had a different skort on the next week but still no shoes.

how about the guys that wear the noise cancelling full ear covering head phones (beats by dre, skull candy, Bose) but don’t work out, they just walk around with a look like... hey look at me, "im too much in the zone for regular ear buds, I need the noise cancellers bro..."

The teenager wearing unlined white shorts to swim in..... no one wants to see that!!!

Haven't read through all the replies but we have one guy that walks in without a shirt. Sometimes he even lifts with no shirt! There's also this other guy who does abs and runs EVERYDAY. That's it. On rare occasion he might go to a new machine or two but for the most part he's strictly an abs and running guy.

I'm one of those no-panty lines people at the gym. If I go to spin class in anything but a thong, ill get road rash on my legs ouuuuch.

My one annoyance at my gym so far is the lady that came into spin class late and even though there were at least 15 empty bikes, she sat directly in front of me. She preceded to fart the whole class leaving me gagging..come on now, couldn't you just sit somewhere else? or maybe stay home if your stomach is bothering you haha.

My old gym had quite the specimen. He was a guy in his 40s with a braid down to his butt and coke bottle glasses. Not only did he grunt very loudly, he always wore those super thin strap tank tops that show your nipples. I can't make this stuff up.

...with a braid down to his butt and coke bottle glasses. Not only did he grunt very loudly, he always wore those super thin strap tank tops that show your nipples. I can't make this stuff up.

What? You gals don't like that?

Crapp!

1. That old man on the treadmill, he is at every gym, including mine. I was there for an hour and a half and he walked the treadmill the entire time.


3. The girls without panty lines. It's true. There were about 10 women there tonight and NONE of them had panty lines. WTH?

Just wanted to say that I'm proud of that old man, and ANY person who makes it to the gym, regardless whether they're walking or running. They're making an effort for their health, a massive KUDOS to them!

I avoid panty lines. No one needs to stare at my undies shifting around or going up my bum when I run (c'mon, it happens sometimes!). Nothing wrong with wearing a thong so that people don't have to be faced with the gross visual. I dislike when women DON'T wear discreet undies and you've got a quadruple-bum happening!!

At my gym there's the guy who wears a bright red t-shirt, light grey shorts, banda on his head (biker style), and his mardi gras beads. WTF?! I seriously tried to nonchalantly follow him around and take a photo to post on my facebook but he moved around the machines too fast. LOL!

When i used to goto the Gym
people prob noticed me i always felt like i needed to do more then the person beside me.

If i was on cardio i had to do it faster longer and harder then the next guy.

Oh boy - Guilty Guilty Guilty.

1. I wear underwear to the gym. I'm sure I probably have panty lines. I also don't think I care. Stop looking at my @$$.

2. I take machines right next to someone when there are empty ones nearby. I always have a reason. There is one elliptical at our gym that still has the book rack on it. There is always someone on the elliptical next to it. I read. I need the book rack.

3. I've caught my headphone cords in my arms before when running and sent my cell phone flying off the treadmill behind me. The other day, I did it with a few papers I was reading about trying to read about coaching soccer.

4. I use the bars to help when I'm walking at a steep incline. Just for 30 seconds here and there when I'm dead exhausted and my other alternative is just to keep pushing the decline button just to have to incline it again 30 seconds later.


Now on to my pet peeves:

1. The parking lot. Really? It's REALLY that big of deal to you to get a close parking spot?? It's not that cold out. And you're here to work out. Start with a brisk walk to the door.

2. Most Sundays I like to swim. Week after week I see the same few people hang out in the hot tub. They are there the entire time I'm swimming (generally 60 minutes). I feel like they have a gym membership just to hang out in the hot tub.

Oh boy - Guilty Guilty Guilty.

1. I wear underwear to the gym. I'm sure I probably have panty lines. I also don't think I care. Stop looking at my @$$.

I have panty lines too and I could care less if it annoys someone because yes I wear underwear. I don't know why people are looking at my *kitten* to notice. When I go to the gym, I am really oblivious most of the time to other people and do not pay attention to what they are wearing because I am focusing on myself.

Hmmm.... I found it hard not to notice though the other day when a girl came right beside me as I was doing an arm workout with dumbbells on a bench. She stood there and stared for at least 10 minutes. She then came and sat right beside me and just STARED at me in the mirror. I thought she was waiting for me to finish so we didn't hit arms, nope I gave her a chance to go and she never did. After about 5 minutes of staring at me, she got up and stood beside my bench again and stared. She repeated for about 20 minutes and then left. I never saw her workout and she was gone.