Most embarrassing gym experience!

determinedmills
determinedmills Posts: 11 Member
edited November 18 in Chit-Chat
Seeing as I seem to find myself looking a fool on a weekly basis at the gym, I thought I'd get a thread going to share and cringe in communal spirit at each others gym misfortunes.

The one that springs to mind instantly for me was when I still weighed about 200lbs and was doing a 50cal burn on the rowing machine with my personal trainer. Such was the intensity with which I was rowing that at one stage the seat went backward but I did not and I landed, buttcrack first, on the rail the seat slides along before falling to one side. Because my feet were secured in the stirrups and I was still a chunky monkey, I couldn't pull myself back up as the only thing I could grab was the rowing grip which of course, was on a chord.

I was surrounded by about 30 people on treadmills who all got a good laugh at my expense. I was left red faced...and sore arsed! :D
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  • BrendanDunn
    BrendanDunn Posts: 3,225 Member
    Pants fell down deadlifting everything was out
  • Paula5130
    Paula5130 Posts: 27 Member
    Fell off the treadmill
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    Dam, why doesnt that ever happen when I'm in the weight room? Generally I am a hot mess with whatever I touch for the first two weeks in the gym
  • BrendanDunn
    BrendanDunn Posts: 3,225 Member
    Come il show you ;)
  • samthepanda
    samthepanda Posts: 569 Member
    List is endless!!! hypothermia, panic attack, spilt my drink all over the place, locked myself out of my locker....
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  • highvox11
    highvox11 Posts: 2 Member
    Made the mistake of wearing grey cotton pants to Zumba...:(, sweated so much it looked like I needed a change of clothes (Well who'd a thunk you can sweat everywhere!? :( ), then had to walk the length of the gym because the zumba studio is in the back :(. Grey pants should be outlawed!
  • alyhuggan
    alyhuggan Posts: 717 Member
    Spewed and then tried to swallow it to avoid embarrassment (x2)

    Farted loudly while girls were walking past whilst on the leg press

    Dropped the weights onto metal bars during rack pulls as I accidentally left an extra 15kg plate on one side while the gym was quiet. Everyone was staring at me

    My friend almost knocked a whole station over, luckily it was past 1am and no-one saw/heard it
  • williamwj2014
    williamwj2014 Posts: 750 Member
    can't really think of any for myself that was memorable but I can speak on behalf of a girl that almost went into the mens locker room and I saw her and went "wrong way" and gave her a smirk. hahaha she must have been embarrassed.
  • highvox11
    highvox11 Posts: 2 Member
    Or that one time I had no idea my bathing suit for swimming laps had been used so much that the chlorine had eaten a giant see through spot in the suit (but not enough for it to look like a Hole when the suit is not on you), so the whole point in why people wear bathing suits was useless. Not only could you see ALL my goodies and business, but again, I ended up walking the length of the pool and locker room before I saw myself in a mirror! :(.
  • bubbles9021
    bubbles9021 Posts: 17 Member
    I'm quite a busty lady, so I now try to avoid treadmills.. long story short - unless you have a well supported bra/sports bra on don't attempt to run. Boob-age may pop out!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I was running on the treadmill while watching COPS. They did a pit maneuver, I dodged and fell off the treadmill.
  • Justinelovezumba32
    Justinelovezumba32 Posts: 25 Member
    I was at zumba and had a clip in ponytail. I got to dancing a little too hard and the ponytail came flying out my head! The instructor just picked it up and put it on the table behind her. I just kept going
  • rugbyphreak
    rugbyphreak Posts: 509 Member
    bubbles9021 wrote: »
    I'm quite a busty lady, so I now try to avoid treadmills.. long story short - unless you have a well supported bra/sports bra on don't attempt to run. Boob-age may pop out!

    I triple up on bras when I run. I had a lot of embarrassing moments with boobage... Muffin boob happens and that's fine, but when the hole thing decides to take a vacation from bra-land, we have a problem...
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    I was running on the treadmill while watching COPS. They did a pit maneuver, I dodged and fell off the treadmill.

    Bwahahahaha! Feeling guilty?

    I couldn't get my bench weight back up and tried to roll it down my body to get it off. It got hung up on my iPhone that was clipped on my waist. Of course, big hunky guy came to help out lil' ol' me, which made it even more embarrassing.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    was doing barbell chest press and got the bar pinned on my chest...that freaking sucked...

  • JayRuby84
    JayRuby84 Posts: 557 Member
    Was feeling sexy and strong doing upper body stuff...then looked and noticed my deodorant was all balled up in my pits. The other was when I was doing jumps and couldn't hold my bladder. Had to walk across the gym to the ladies room to mop things up. Humbled my buns right away.
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    I planned a quick 3-miler on the treadmill. I walked in with my earbuds on, saw an empty mill, stepped on it without really looking or listening....whoever was on it last, left it running. REALLY running.

    I stepped on and immediately my feet disappeared from underneath me. I was able to catch the side-rails just barely in time to not hit the the moving tread face-first, but in trying to catch myself, my right knee and left shin took something of a beating. I managed to fall on my knees away from the moving treadmill, but not before my earbuds disconnected from my cellphone, which I had to go back and grab because that thing just flew away. I was SO embarrassed (this was a treadmill in front of the windows, at the front of the gym), I just jumped back on the treadmill like nothing happened and ran my 3 miler.

    It wasn't until I got to the car that I realized I'd actually lost some skin and was bleeding on my left shin, and my knee was bruised and swollen. I remember just sitting there with my head on the steering wheel for a while before finally driving back home.

    The worst part for me was no one laughed. I was laughing. Everyone else was too embarrassed for me.
  • Tialuna18
    Tialuna18 Posts: 9,591 Member
    being too short to get off the lap pull down because I put the weight up too high x_X
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    You know that uncomfortable feeling you have when you feel like someone's watching you? Well I found out from another gal at the gym that she had been noticing this Guy following me around the gym and apparently when I was on the treadmill he got on the elliptical behind me and didn't move just stood on it staring for about 35 minutes straight. :open_mouth: I guess that's more creepy than embarrassing, but I haven't been back there since! :fearful:
  • dawnmcneil10
    dawnmcneil10 Posts: 638 Member
    Oh the memories, if you haven't yet had a treadmill experience you will. Mine was dropping the cap off my water bottle and not wanting anyone else to get hurt I bent down to pick up the cap, yeah apparently you're supposed to stop the treadmill first landed on my feet to applause.

    If you're every feeling a breeze where you shouldn't be, something is out of place, quickly check yourself!

    Took hubby to the gym with me, he was on the bike and watching TV and while watching TV he forgot he was supposed to be peddling, how dare I bring this slacker to the gym. He sat that way for almost 20 minutes until I walked by and tapped his shoulder. The best part was the 3 or 4 men that stopped next to him and looked at the TV trying to figure out what had him so hooked. LOL Thankfully this was outside of my usual time slot otherwise the regulars of my mornings would have had some seriously fun with that.

    There was the old man that forgot his pants one day, 5am and he was there to do his usual routine. Not sure how he made it so far without pants with it being winter in Maine but he quickly went home and got them. Kudos to him though, he came right on back like nothing happened.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    I was running on the treadmill while watching COPS. They did a pit maneuver, I dodged and fell off the treadmill.

    Bwahahahaha! Feeling guilty?

    I couldn't get my bench weight back up and tried to roll it down my body to get it off. It got hung up on my iPhone that was clipped on my waist. Of course, big hunky guy came to help out lil' ol' me, which made it even more embarrassing.

    Not feeling guilty. I worked as a cop.
  • determinedmills
    determinedmills Posts: 11 Member
    bubbles9021 wrote: »
    I'm quite a busty lady, so I now try to avoid treadmills.. long story short - unless you have a well supported bra/sports bra on don't attempt to run. Boob-age may pop out!

    Ironically enough I had that problem at 260lbs
  • determinedmills
    determinedmills Posts: 11 Member
    shrinkingletters wrote: »
    I planned a quick 3-miler on the treadmill. I walked in with my earbuds on, saw an empty mill, stepped on it without really looking or listening....whoever was on it last, left it running. REALLY running.

    I stepped on and immediately my feet disappeared from underneath me. I was able to catch the side-rails just barely in time to not hit the the moving tread face-first, but in trying to catch myself, my right knee and left shin took something of a beating. I managed to fall on my knees away from the moving treadmill, but not before my earbuds disconnected from my cellphone, which I had to go back and grab because that thing just flew away. I was SO embarrassed (this was a treadmill in front of the windows, at the front of the gym), I just jumped back on the treadmill like nothing happened and ran my 3 miler.

    It wasn't until I got to the car that I realized I'd actually lost some skin and was bleeding on my left shin, and my knee was bruised and swollen. I remember just sitting there with my head on the steering wheel for a while before finally driving back home.

    The worst part for me was no one laughed. I was laughing. Everyone else was too embarrassed for me.

    I've done so much stupid crap on the treadmill. I invested in powerbeats wireless headphones because I kept hitting the headphone chord with my arm and knocking my phone over. Made even worse when it hits a treadmill and goes flying off into the wall
  • determinedmills
    determinedmills Posts: 11 Member
    Tialuna18 wrote: »
    being too short to get off the lap pull down because I put the weight up too high x_X

    My friend did that and the pull down essentially became a human catapult
  • determinedmills
    determinedmills Posts: 11 Member
    JayRuby84 wrote: »
    Was feeling sexy and strong doing upper body stuff...then looked and noticed my deodorant was all balled up in my pits. The other was when I was doing jumps and couldn't hold my bladder. Had to walk across the gym to the ladies room to mop things up. Humbled my buns right away.

    I once farted while doing squat jumps next to the most gorgeous woman. Its like 'what do you do?' do you carry on and pretend nothing happened or stop to acknowledge it?
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    So... everybody else's most embarrassing gym moments have happened to OP as well?
  • katnroyal87
    katnroyal87 Posts: 8,789 Member
    Tell me about it... was doing mountain climbers into burpees and practically flashed the gym. I started wearing t-shirts only after that.
  • lookin4gains
    lookin4gains Posts: 1,761 Member
    I once had horrible flatulence soo bad I could clear people out of an area in a few minutes. It was a packed gym but it didn't take me long waiting for equipment if I stood next to them. 7 hard boiled eggs a day and 3 protein shakes was too much. Lesson learned. It was a bit funny at the time, but I was super embarrassed.
  • MrsCaitlinBeltran
    MrsCaitlinBeltran Posts: 241 Member
    I had already done a bunch of squats and yoga stretches before I caught a glimpse of the huge hole that magically appeared in my crotch. And to think that I stayed in downward facing dog for a while...Super embarrassing and I felt sorry for anyone behind me.
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