Embarassing/dumb moments at the gym
shorerider
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Soo....yesterday I felt like a big dummy at the gym! And, I thought I'd share and get others to share theirs, too, so I wouldn't feel like the only one who's done something stupid at the gym!
Here's mine:
I started incorporating the rowing machine into my circuit training the other day, right? And yesterday, I hopped on it, and it "felt harder"--and I mean a lot harder!
And, I look over and there's this skinny-minny woman using the other rower who is just getting it--I felt like a big old clod next to her! But, I kept slowly and difficultly rowing away.
After about 15 minutes, she gets up, and then this man jumps on the machine.
BUT before he does, he leans over to the side of the rowing wheel thingie and adjusts this big knob
--the big knob that I had not noticed
--the big knob I didn't know about because I didn't read the directions on the machine
--the big knob that adjusts the resistance of the rower!
--the big knob that was cranked up to the highest level of resistance on the rower I was using
Boy, did I feel stupid!
so, I leaned over and set it to a much lower resistance and finished rowing my 5000 meters.
Lesson learned--read the directions on gym machines and if there are none, ask the gym attendant for help.
So, what's your embarrassing/dumb moment at the gym?
Here's mine:
I started incorporating the rowing machine into my circuit training the other day, right? And yesterday, I hopped on it, and it "felt harder"--and I mean a lot harder!
And, I look over and there's this skinny-minny woman using the other rower who is just getting it--I felt like a big old clod next to her! But, I kept slowly and difficultly rowing away.
After about 15 minutes, she gets up, and then this man jumps on the machine.
BUT before he does, he leans over to the side of the rowing wheel thingie and adjusts this big knob
--the big knob that I had not noticed
--the big knob I didn't know about because I didn't read the directions on the machine
--the big knob that adjusts the resistance of the rower!
--the big knob that was cranked up to the highest level of resistance on the rower I was using
Boy, did I feel stupid!
so, I leaned over and set it to a much lower resistance and finished rowing my 5000 meters.
Lesson learned--read the directions on gym machines and if there are none, ask the gym attendant for help.
So, what's your embarrassing/dumb moment at the gym?
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Soo....yesterday I felt like a big dummy at the gym! And, I thought I'd share and get others to share theirs, too, so I wouldn't feel like the only one who's done something stupid at the gym!
Here's mine:
I started incorporating the rowing machine into my circuit training the other day, right? And yesterday, I hopped on it, and it "felt harder"--and I mean a lot harder!
And, I look over and there's this skinny-minny woman using the other rower who is just getting it--I felt like a big old clod next to her! But, I kept slowly and difficultly rowing away.
After about 15 minutes, she gets up, and then this man jumps on the machine.
BUT before he does, he leans over to the side of the rowing wheel thingie and adjusts this big knob
--the big knob that I had not noticed
--the big knob I didn't know about because I didn't read the directions on the machine
--the big knob that adjusts the resistance of the rower!
--the big knob that was cranked up to the highest level of resistance on the rower I was using
Boy, did I feel stupid!
so, I leaned over and set it to a much lower resistance and finished rowing my 5000 meters.
Lesson learned--read the directions on gym machines and if there are none, ask the gym attendant for help.
So, what's your embarrassing/dumb moment at the gym?0 -
That is too funny! Glad you didnt hurt yourself!
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You know how in cartoons people fly off the end of the treadmill? I tripped over my own feet, fell and didn't catch myself on the bars. Yup. Right off the back of the machine. Luckily I was hurt pretty bad, and was crying, otherwise I would have been super embarrassed. As it was, the embarassment didn't hit until the a couple of days later when I was better and getting ready to go to the gym. I actually changed the time of my workout for about a week, so I didn't have to see anyone who witnessed my fall.0
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You know how in cartoons people fly off the end of the treadmill? I tripped over my own feet, fell and didn't catch myself on the bars. Yup. Right off the back of the machine. Luckily I was hurt pretty bad, and was crying, otherwise I would have been super embarrassed. As it was, the embarassment didn't hit until the a couple of days later when I was better and getting ready to go to the gym. I actually changed the time of my workout for about a week, so I didn't have to see anyone who witnessed my fall.
Oh my gosh! Wow--that would be bad! At least I didn't get hurt during my D'oh moment!0 -
OK... are you ready to laugh? My 2nd night at the gym my girlfriend thought she was gonna try to walk real fast... I told her not to do like a lady on Biggest looser did... Not even 2min later I fell... OMG WAS IT EMBARASING!
SO ARE YOU ROFL?0 -
I had the classic treadmill accident as well. I wanted to see how fast I can run for how long and put the speed up higher and higher until I was too far away from the display at the front and could not reach the red STOP button... I flew backwards and made a loud *bang* on the floor.
With a gym that has mirror walls all around I dont think there was anyone there who did not see me flying off!!
I left quite quickly and hid in the steam room to cry about my sore bum and the embarassment. I swore never to go to the gym again. I was back 2 days later though. And believe it or not, a guy went onto the treadmill next to me and did exactly the same thing!!! :laugh:
he made a much louder *bang* as well :bigsmile:0 -
I had the classic treadmill accident as well. I wanted to see how fast I can run for how long and put the speed up higher and higher until I was too far away from the display at the front and could not reach the red STOP button... I flew backwards and made a loud *bang* on the floor.
With a gym that has mirror walls all around I dont think there was anyone there who did not see me flying off!!
I left quite quickly and hid in the steam room to cry about my sore bum and the embarassment. I swore never to go to the gym again. I was back 2 days later though. And believe it or not, a guy went onto the treadmill next to me and did exactly the same thing!!! :laugh:
he made a much louder *bang* as well :bigsmile:
I noticed the Treadmills at my "Y" have a "STOP" Button located at the very end of the handlebars-now I know why!
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I noticed the Treadmills at my "Y" have a "STOP" Button located at the very end of the handlebars-now I know why!
Hahahha clearly they had alot of people like me going to their gym!
See my treadmill had a little cable which was attached to a stop button at the one end and a clip to attach to my tshirt at the other end, i just didnt bother putting it on! :blushing:0 -
I noticed the Treadmills at my "Y" have a "STOP" Button located at the very end of the handlebars-now I know why!
Hahahha clearly they had alot of people like me going to their gym!
See my treadmill had a little cable which was attached to a stop button at the one end and a clip to attach to my tshirt at the other end, i just didnt bother putting it on! :blushing:
I've seen those elsewhere but now that you mention it, my "Y" doesn't have those cables--interesting. Especially since probably 80% of the people who use it are elderly.0 -
Oh yeah, the treadmills at the Y have them too... but I never put it on. Not before my "accident" and not after. I just pay more attention to my feet now... lol0
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I noticed the Treadmills at my "Y" have a "STOP" Button located at the very end of the handlebars-now I know why!
Hahahha clearly they had alot of people like me going to their gym!
See my treadmill had a little cable which was attached to a stop button at the one end and a clip to attach to my tshirt at the other end, i just didnt bother putting it on! :blushing:
DOES ANYONE USE THOSE THINGS? I DIDNT USE IT WHEN I FELL OFF. THANKFULLY MY TRAINER/HS FRIEND WAS STANDING THERE AND HIT STOP AND HELPED ME UP. WE ALL LAUGHED ABOUT IT AFTER I GOT BACK FROM NEXT DOOR TO HAVE THE REST OF MY FAKE NAIL REMOVED.... IF BROKE ALL FUNNY WHEN I FEEL. MY FINGER WAS SORE FOR DAYS, I HAD A BURN ON MY ARM FROM THE TREDMILL AND SINCE THEN I HAVENT HAD MY NAILS DONE! lol0 -
:grumble: argh! I went to put in a smiley in my story above and somehow it was deleted!0
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I once dropped my iPod on the treadmill and watched it shoot out off the tread! Fortunately, no one was behind me.0
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hehehe that's so funny, good thing you caught it :laugh:0
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I was taking a "fitness" yoga class---which is apparently doing yoga poses as fast as possible for an hour. Well, as my friend and I were setting up our mats in walks my husband's boss...the only man in the class. He was so busy flirting that he didn't even notice me, so he set up his mat right in front of me. Unfortunately, he had not invested in proper yoga clothing...or proper undergarments for that matter. After about 50 downward dogs...I couldn't quit laughing (which is frowned upon in yoga classes) and had to abandon my friend and leave the class early. I can't look the man in the face without blushing now!0
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I was on the elliptical, pre-weightloss, sweating like a pig, feeling like a pig in my college gym.
I took my glasses off to wipe the sweat off my face.
I dropped my glasses into the elliptical!!! :noway:
I had to go grab the guy working and ask him to find my glasses because I was blind without them and couldn't see to find them in the machine!!!
It was horrifying for me.
A lady in my yoga class pooted the other day while getting into a more difficult position.
That is one of my worst nightmares, LOL0 -
I had a fiber one bar before going to work out one day.... Should have known better after reading Jeannie's post about it....
Had to cut my day short and skip the pool, because I didn't want to be making bubbles!0 -
I once dropped my iPod on the treadmill and watched it shoot out off the tread! Fortunately, no one was behind me.
I did the same thing with my little walkman... I watched it fall, hit the treadmill, hit the wall behind me and then the batteries flew out in different directions! Kind of embarrassing especially when I had to go searching for the peices that were missing! LOL
Angela0 -
I once dropped my iPod on the treadmill and watched it shoot out off the tread! Fortunately, no one was behind me.
OMG I thought I was the only one who did that!
I decided to try jogging, which I had previously avoided like the plague. I hop up on the treadmill and get into a rythm, when my hand catches the cord for my headphones and sends the ipod flying! I grab the cord as if it were a fishing line and try to real the ipod back in that way (keep in mind, I am still running), but the cord came undone and the ipod hit the deck of the treadmill and went flying back behind me. I panicked when it went flying and in my panicked state couldn't find the stop button, so i jumped onto the side rails to turn around and look to see where it went. When I jumped on the rails, one of my shoes caught the edge of the belt (which was still running) and made this horrendous sound like an elephant blowing its nose! What could have been a quiet, minor incedent was made very obvious by the screaching belt! I jumped off altogether and grabbed my ipod. As I was coming back up from grabbing it, one of the trainers came running around the corner yelling " Oh My god! Are you okay!" thinking I had taken a fall. So if there was anyone in the place that hadn't been aware of it before that, after his exclamation, everyone knew!:laugh:
I tried to get back on the treadmill after that and just couldn't get back into it. I haven't gotten on since. I'll stick to my eliptical machine from now on! :bigsmile:0 -
These are alot of the reasons why I haven't gone to the gym yet. I have fallen off the treadmill at home the first time I got it. I have tooted so many times it is not funny while working out to my dvds. I just know that if I was ever at a gym I would be known for all the stupid things that I would do.
It is bad enough tooting at home but at the gym. IDK :blushing: :blushing: :huh: :huh: :huh:0 -
Heh. Get a nice rubber/silicon case, and watch the iPod bounce as it hits the floor. At least it doesn't break!0
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this was about 6 months ago...
I have been taking Step Aerobics for many years....well I dont know what move we were doing, but I wasnt really paying attention to the step and I only got my foot 1/2 way on it, I fell off and fell on my butt in front of the whole class. I wanted to die!0 -
I had a fiber one bar before going to work out one day.... Should have known better after reading Jeannie's post about it....
Had to cut my day short and skip the pool, because I didn't want to be making bubbles!
Oh but think about the time...youd be doing a lap a minute!!0 -
My story, which I accidently deleted the other day and didnt have time to rewrite:
When my eldest son was 15 he decided he wanted to lose weight by joining a gym. Well he cant drive, and DH didnt want to, so I joined with him. Figured couldnt hurt to walk on the treadmill for 60 minutes while he works out.
Well I went with him to a newer gym one saturday. They had these computerized machines for bicep curls, leg press....I chose the one where you sit up right and lift your legs straight out-for your quads. Anyway they give you a little test, then it adjusts the weights, then you do 3 sets of 10.
There are 10 red lights that lead to a big green one. Each time you complete your lift, the green blinks.
I am the type of person who is a sucker for a challenge. So I do my 1st set. NO problem. 2nd set, pretty good. 3rd set and I am struggling. By the 8th rep I barely hit the greenie. 9th OMG give me oxygen. 10th....must .....hit ....the ........green........I get a big buzzing sound from the machine....I made it!!
I go to stand up and FALL RIGHT TO THE GROUND!
I have expended every bit of energy from my thigh muscles (or so the trainer told me the next day!!) I pull myself up and sit on the machine. I cant move.
Now my 15 yr old son, who is embarrased if I say his name, is completing his elliptical routine. I still cant stand so I tell him to go do the weights...MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM I am ready to go!!!
I said " Ok son, but you will need to carry me!!"
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I must be feeling better, I remembered another one!
I joined the gym with my friend and was bored of the machines. I decided to pick up a class and saw these little old ladies going in on Saturday morning. I mean 80's and up. So I think "Hmmm how hard can that class be?"
I am so happy to try a new thing. 1st thing I get dirty looks, like I go SOME nerve crashing their party. 2nd thing was they looked HOT! I mean Jane Fonda good.
I am thinking, "I am in TROUBLE with a capital T"
After about 20 minutes the sweet lil 79 yr old 'shows' me the modified version of a move, "Dont hurt your self sweety" she says.
I thought I was embarrassed until I walked out and here was the hot hot hot body builder friend of mine whom I worked with. He is laughing his *kitten* off.
Said those grammas kicked my butt!
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Awww...:flowerforyou: here you go...Well at least you had enough spunk to keep at it...you could have said, dang! I'm not doing this but you continued to hang in there...Soo....yesterday I felt like a big dummy at the gym! And, I thought I'd share and get others to share theirs, too, so I wouldn't feel like the only one who's done something stupid at the gym!
Here's mine:
I started incorporating the rowing machine into my circuit training the other day, right? And yesterday, I hopped on it, and it "felt harder"--and I mean a lot harder!
And, I look over and there's this skinny-minny woman using the other rower who is just getting it--I felt like a big old clod next to her! But, I kept slowly and difficultly rowing away.
After about 15 minutes, she gets up, and then this man jumps on the machine.
BUT before he does, he leans over to the side of the rowing wheel thingie and adjusts this big knob
--the big knob that I had not noticed
--the big knob I didn't know about because I didn't read the directions on the machine
--the big knob that adjusts the resistance of the rower!
--the big knob that was cranked up to the highest level of resistance on the rower I was using
Boy, did I feel stupid!
so, I leaned over and set it to a much lower resistance and finished rowing my 5000 meters.
Lesson learned--read the directions on gym machines and if there are none, ask the gym attendant for help.
So, what's your embarrassing/dumb moment at the gym?
u get an A+ in my book! 0 -
ouch!You know how in cartoons people fly off the end of the treadmill? I tripped over my own feet, fell and didn't catch myself on the bars. Yup. Right off the back of the machine. Luckily I was hurt pretty bad, and was crying, otherwise I would have been super embarrassed. As it was, the embarassment didn't hit until the a couple of days later when I was better and getting ready to go to the gym. I actually changed the time of my workout for about a week, so I didn't have to see anyone who witnessed my fall.
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jynxed yourself:bigsmile: ...just kidding...things happen...here,:flowerforyou: this might help some...OK... are you ready to laugh? My 2nd night at the gym my girlfriend thought she was gonna try to walk real fast... I told her not to do like a lady on Biggest looser did... Not even 2min later I fell... OMG WAS IT EMBARASING!
SO ARE YOU ROFL?0 -
I was on the elliptical, pre-weightloss, sweating like a pig, feeling like a pig in my college gym.
I took my glasses off to wipe the sweat off my face.
I dropped my glasses into the elliptical!!! :noway:
I had to go grab the guy working and ask him to find my glasses because I was blind without them and couldn't see to find them in the machine!!!
It was horrifying for me.
A lady in my yoga class pooted the other day while getting into a more difficult position.
That is one of my worst nightmares, LOL
Too Funny!!!:laugh:0 -
I have two:
The first, I was on the treadmill and I had my jug of thawing water in the sec where your sports drink goes...the jug is like 74 oz....I was walking at a nice pace and decided to take a sip, when I was replacing the jug, it wasn't fully stable so it fell on the belt with a loud bang! getting everybodys attention then I had to hurry and open my my legs, one leg on each side of the treadmill as the jug passed though my legs and on the floor...this man passing behind me recovered it...talk about embarrassing:ohwell:
The 2nd:
After working out I decided to go to the sauna....I was wearing one of my synthetic hair pieces...when I went in, it was curly, when I came out, stick straight:sick: ...talk about a mess...never tried that again, although I did think of wearing conditioner and a plastic cap in the sauna for a hair traetment...:laugh: ....0
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