More People Watching At The Gym

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  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    24 hour fitness on sunset blvd.

    What brings you to Hollywood btw?

    Also Hi new friend!
    Getting married. Hubby-to-be needs to be there for his job so we are looking for places in the Hollywood neighborhood.

    I'm a former L.A. girl myself. :drinker:
  • alliecore
    alliecore Posts: 446 Member
    What's wrong with the girls without panty lines?!? I think I'm proudly one of those, lol.
    I'm with you Carissa! I wondered the same thing. And now I wonder how many people have noticed that I DON'T have panty lines??!! I was trying to be LESS noticable! lol
  • tammyquinnlmt
    tammyquinnlmt Posts: 680 Member
    I live in a tiny town where the only gym belongs to the high school, so I walk. I am out sweating my butt off, huffing and puffing, and this lady stops to ask me what kind of dog I have. Then she asked me how far I was walking. I told her I'm trying to train for a 5k come April, and she says, well maybe I'll get my dog and my walker and go with you. I mean, really, I don't mind if she wants to walk with me, but I'm trying to really shave time off my walk...and she wants to bring a walker. But then again...its a tiny town, and how do you say no? LOL. Luckily, today she wasn't on her porch and i even got some jogging done.!
  • Aylilth
    Aylilth Posts: 125
    haha these are priceless and many of them at my gym too lol
  • kmalex
    kmalex Posts: 39 Member
    At my gym we have these two girls who show up, follow the trainers around at their sessions, and then do the same workout! Hello.... I PAY for these sessions! They make everyone mad. One of the managers last week even went up to them and said something like "If you are interested in personal training sessions I would be happy to talk with you about the cost. If not, then I think now would be a good time for you girls to go and do some cardio on the machines." They just told him they were enjoying their workout and would appreciate it if he left them alone. Seriously? The rest of us would appreciate it if you would stay away and leave us alone!
  • TimWeis75
    TimWeis75 Posts: 30
    I don't get why people do standing bicep curls with their lower backs and scream the whole time they do it. It's obviously too much weight and they're using momentum to lift it. There's no real training going on, just some ego stroking.

    Makes me want to go buy them a wheelchair, they're gonna need it while their back heals up.
  • Staceslim
    Staceslim Posts: 100 Member
    Well I won a membership to a gym from a social for my cousin. This will hopefully make you all laugh. I went to the gym to learn how to use the machines. I had the personal trainer teach me (he was a boyfriend of a friend). He taught me & instead of easing myself into working out I did what he recomended for reps the first day, of course the next day I could barely move so when I was at the gym I must have been a spectical & I don't remember if I actually used up the full benefit of the win. My cousin was pretty upset thinking that I could have seriously hurt myself, I recovered but don't really know if I ever retained any of the training he showed me.
    All these stories are so funny. The one where you closed your eyes & flew over the handle, must have been quite the ride. I think people watching would be so funny in a gym.
  • spaboleo
    spaboleo Posts: 172
    The guy who wears the same thing to the gym everyday because he doesn't lift hard enough to break a sweat. Same shirt, same shorts, EVERY DAY!

    Well, I do that too...
    It it absolutely okay if you wear your cloths twice to the gym...even if you are sweating.
    Of course a good overall hygenic bodystate is recommended!

    And even though it is possible to wash your cloths and get them dry till the next morning anyways.
    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!

    beads? :laugh: seriously? hahaha...omg
    Don't get too close to this guy or he might start to "trade" his beads :wink:
    I don't get why people do standing bicep curls with their lower backs and scream the whole time they do it. It's obviously too much weight and they're using momentum to lift it. There's no real training going on, just some ego stroking.

    Makes me want to go buy them a wheelchair, they're gonna need it while their back heals up.

    Sooo true.
    Doing "dead lifts" is another good example for such failing behaviour...well, failure :wink:
    They didn't get the name by chance...



    What people must think about me:
    If I come alone to do some cardio-exercise I usually bring along a whole bunch of reading material (books, lecture notes, flashcards) and my phone with earbuds. I really look packed...I got to admit. :smile:
    I don't watch regular TV program...even not at the gym. I do watch some shows and series, but only on demand by streaming and without advertisements, so I need to keep myself busy at the gym with other things. That's why I try to learn a little on the stationary bike. :wink:
    Besides that I can't concentrate on the material with people chatting next to me, the sound the other cardio-machines make, the bad music coming from the studio's stereo...so I tend to seal off with my on music :smile:

    I know it's a lot effort to set this all up to just cycle for half an hour...it may look very weird to others indeed :wink:
  • jessski
    jessski Posts: 24
    I love the guys that obviously have wayyyy too much weight and can barely lift it, and quit after two reps... There is also a larger woman who wears sunglasses and stops working out to sing and dance.with her ipod :) (like slow t) Hgroove dance) Hilarious it always distracts me.
  • ninyagwa
    ninyagwa Posts: 341 Member
    The gym that I go to train at is specifically for sessions with the five trainers employed there. I've noticed a few of the times I've gone there were two women in their mid to late forties who share a trainer for one session. They are always wearing super tight workout gear, they are both fairly slim, they both have their hair down (who does then if you're coming to the gym to sweat your *kitten* off) and styled, with a full face of make-up and they complain about their workouts & flirt with their trainer the whole time. I call them the Cougar twins.
  • dwhitten07
    dwhitten07 Posts: 29 Member
    This is why I work out at home or around town and not in the gym, but I guess I am missing out on some things. I mean doesn't everyone what to hear guys make sex sounds or look at some skinny chick who is SLOWLY walking on the treadmill and obviously doesn't need to be there? jk

    but I do like going for the pool!
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    http://www.gymidiots.com/

    Yowzers!!
  • Kamixa
    Kamixa Posts: 18
    At my gym we have these two girls who show up, follow the trainers around at their sessions, and then do the same workout! Hello.... I PAY for these sessions! They make everyone mad. One of the managers last week even went up to them and said something like "If you are interested in personal training sessions I would be happy to talk with you about the cost. If not, then I think now would be a good time for you girls to go and do some cardio on the machines." They just told him they were enjoying their workout and would appreciate it if he left them alone. Seriously? The rest of us would appreciate it if you would stay away and leave us alone!

    That is horrible! I'm surprised the gym does not revoke thier memberships.
  • barbacasec
    barbacasec Posts: 106
    I love the two ladies that stand on treadmills on either side of me because thats all thats left and then proceed to have conversation "through" me....arghh even with my headphones up loud all I can hear is them yap yap yapping!!
    or the one who smoke a cigarette as they are walking into the gym and then get on the treadmill... .and wonder why they cant breathe at a 3.2 walk....and good the smell is awful ughh talk about an ashtray!!
    and my favorite..... PLEASE PEOPLE USE DEODORANT !!! I love to get a great work out and am all for sweating it out but my god people - YES we can smell you !!!
  • Kamixa
    Kamixa Posts: 18

    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.

    I never know who has done it in my class. Every now and then this awful smell will pass by. I try and sit a little closer to the fans now so I don't have to smell it.

    I'm totally going to sit near the fans now, thank you!
  • rlampton
    rlampton Posts: 10
    The grumpy old man who walks the indoor track and uses his cane to swipe and poke at people who get in his way! It is hilarious...especially on homeschool day when all the local kids come for PhysEd and get in his way!
  • Ninerz113
    Ninerz113 Posts: 32 Member
    It drives me crazy when people leave spin class halfway through the workout! There's this one girl who ALWAYS leaves class way before it's over and then I see her running on the treadmill or the elliptical for the next hour! It really confuses me!
  • backinthenines
    backinthenines Posts: 1,083 Member
    It drives me crazy when people leave spin class halfway through the workout! There's this one girl who ALWAYS leaves class way before it's over and then I see her running on the treadmill or the elliptical for the next hour! It really confuses me!

    If she always does this it's clearly part of a plan rather than her not being able to hack it.

    Maybe she is training for a duathlon or triathlon and needs to get used to brick training (doing one discipline straight after the other) and reducing transition time between the disiplines?

    I usually run out after spin and don't stretch etc because I don't want to cool down before my run when I brick train.

    Why does it bother you so much? It takes nothing away from you class and has nothing to do with you really?

    The only argument could be that she takes a bike that someone else could have used for the whole session, but if the class isn't full or there is a booking system for bikes then it shouldn't be a problem.
  • Ninerz113
    Ninerz113 Posts: 32 Member
    It drives me crazy when people leave spin class halfway through the workout! There's this one girl who ALWAYS leaves class way before it's over and then I see her running on the treadmill or the elliptical for the next hour! It really confuses me!

    Why does it bother you so much? It takes nothing away from you class and has nothing to do with you really?

    The only argument could be that she takes a bike that someone else could have used for the whole session, but if the class isn't full or there is a booking system for bikes then it shouldn't be a problem.

    This isn't the only person in class who leaves early. There's usually at least 3-5 people who leave early all the time. It bothers me because the class is ALWAYS full and it's hard to get a bike if you don't reserve early.

    And they don't leave before the stretch; they leave about a half hour into the hour long class.
  • roma2011
    roma2011 Posts: 33 Member
    The guy who pretends he's on a team and goes to the gym head to toe in their kit and "name drops" that he plays with them a few times, but you go out with someone who is REALLY on that team and know they have training at that very point in time 1.5 hours drive away.

    This guy was in my spin circuit class on Wednesday, I had a good giggle to myself about it.
  • fuzzymel
    fuzzymel Posts: 400 Member
    I was on the rowing machine when this awful smell hit me. I really wanted to vomit. It was like someone had sweated heavily for a week and not washed. I looked to my left and it was coming from the guy who had just sat next to me.

    I had to finish early and move to the treadmill because I was going to throw up if I was there any longer. Body oder from sweating is one thing but this was a whole other kind of sweaty smell.
  • lunamare
    lunamare Posts: 569 Member
    Oh my, I came in this morning and had to tell the guys about my experience at the gym yesterday. I go to a Y, not a jar head gym, not a pick up joint, not in a major city. I'm doing my workout and swearing in my head about the idiot children (teenagers) and the guys who think they know what they're doing and have their form all wrong) and something trumped it.

    I hopped on the leg press machine which is facing the back of the treadmills and noticed that the shorts on the girl running had slipped and so much of the top of her thong was showing that you could see the top of the tattoo on her left cheek. I figured, poor thing, her shorts must have slipped, how embarrassing. Well, I did leg press, leg extension and leg curls and the most she ever did to correct the issue was tug on her tank top a tiny bit, bringing it no where near the top of her thong let alone the top of her shorts.

    I enjoyed watching the guys eyes pop out of their heads when they noticed, and the ones pretending not to see it. After telling the guys at work about this the comments were hysterical and we all agree, she knew damn well her shorts were falling off.
  • Ninerz113
    Ninerz113 Posts: 32 Member
    I was on the rowing machine when this awful smell hit me. I really wanted to vomit. It was like someone had sweated heavily for a week and not washed. I looked to my left and it was coming from the guy who had just sat next to me.

    I had to finish early and move to the treadmill because I was going to throw up if I was there any longer. Body oder from sweating is one thing but this was a whole other kind of sweaty smell.

    This has happened to me on the elliptical! SO GROSS! I had to move to a different machine too!
  • backinthenines
    backinthenines Posts: 1,083 Member
    After telling the guys at work about this the comments were hysterical and we all agree, she knew damn well her shorts were falling off.

    Funny we had one of those tonight as well. Girl in the tiniest pair of hipster shorts and a top that looked like it had shrunk in the wash.

    The trouble was, with her midriff, she really couldn't pull it off.

    Oh well.
  • Jain
    Jain Posts: 861 Member
    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.

    Well said, I don't care if I have VPL or not. I go to the gym to work out, not take part in a fashion show, so I go dressed for comfort.

    And as for the staring girl, that's just creepy, I would have had to say something to her.
  • Secret_Agent_007
    Secret_Agent_007 Posts: 1,082
    At my gym there are no people to watch besides the two of us.
  • emmyvera
    emmyvera Posts: 599 Member
    The "cute" girl who always come in at the end of the night for like the last 30 minutes dressed in hot pink, tight outfit and never breaks a sweat. This is because she never really works out she just wants to show off for the meat heads.

    And all the exercises seem overtly sexual. Like those thigh extensions. Then there is always lot of bending over too, of course.

    UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Actually we have 2 of them. LOL!
  • get_it_gone2012
    get_it_gone2012 Posts: 214
    My friend drinks his water out of a two-six Absolut bottle. He gets lots of funny looks while he works out! :wink:
  • chickie77
    chickie77 Posts: 7
    ow my goodness all of it is too real we have the little skinny girl who walks around all the equipment for like 5 min then will pick a machine and do one set then she will walk all around and stand around for another 10 mins then you'll see her do something else......The walking is not for cardio either it is way to slow.....maybe she knows she's cute and wants to make sure everyone sees her....who knows but her constant walking around gets me dizzy; lol
  • Lexie71
    Lexie71 Posts: 144 Member
    My friend drinks his water out of a two-six Absolut bottle. He gets lots of funny looks while he works out! :wink:

    Too funny! I wanna do that!
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