Share your favorite gym fail

When I was 14 I signed up at a gym (my mom's) for the very first time and fell off the treadmill first thing.

I don't know if it's my favorite, but it's the most RECENT.
I put my lifting gloves on inside out yesterday... I didn't notice until after my first squat set. I had to stop and flip them the other way, felt prettttyyyyy stupid.

Jelaan wrote: »

Running on the treadmill next to my son while I was wearing my new knee length workout pants. They just kept sliding down and I kept hoisting them up except for one time I grabbed the top of my thong and gave myself a wedgie and showed everyone behind me my thong. My son just about fell off his treadmill he was laughing so hard. I get no respect I tell you, no respect!

Omg, this has happened to me (minus my son cause he's only 5)!!! The knee length pants are cute but they do NOT stay up!!!

Running on the treadmill and accidentally passed gas! I didn't know how loud it was because I had on headphones, I had people on both sides of me too, no reactions so couldn't have been too loud...smh FAIL

FitnessTrainer69 wrote: »

Only a handful of people know this. I got my stuff caught in the chains on a dip belt with 90lbs of weight on it at the time. It cut me wide open. So, don't go to the gym and do weighted dips with mesh shorts on. It can be a pain n the ballz lmao.

Did they have to call an ambulance?!

First time I had ever used in a treadmill was in the late 80's. I turned it up too high and got on. That thing flung me on the other side of the gym. Luckily, I didn't break anything or get hurt. lmao.

I don't know if it's a fail, but I was working out to a DVD in the kitchen and didn't notice my brother standing behind me, laughing. He said I looked like a teletubby trying to walk. Apparently this wasn't a comment on my weight but my jerky movements.

Not really a "gym" fail per se but it's close:

We were shopping for an elliptical machine and the models in this store were all very close together. The whole family were trying out different ones. I stepped down off of the one I was on and my foot got caught between two machines. I fell pretty hard and took two of my kids with me. The kids were pissed and the store employees looked horrified. I wrenched my ankle pretty well, too.

I don't have any gym fails, because I hardly ever go to one. I work out at home mostly, but I have several stories from when I was younger and got injured doing sports.

Fell of a pony once and got my foot stubbornly caught in a stirrup. Pony freaked out, because after flinging me off she assumed I'd be gone for good, but then realised I was still attached to her, so she kicked me in the face and back while still cantering around the arena. I did my best to protect my face, but my back didn't fare too well. I hate ponies, even hot headed thoroughbreds are more sensible.

As most horse-crazy kids, my friends and I pretended to be horses and we often jumped obstacles pretending we were in the olympics. That particular stable didn't have standard poles, but they were homemade wooden ones and much heavier than your regular ones. I'm a decent high-jumper, so I was jumping a pretty high oxer I think (it was set at pretty much my neck-height) and I was distracted. Stumbled over it, but the pole didn't fall down. I didn't get my hands down quick enough to brace for the fall, so fell jaw first on the ground. ..It was soft, but I now have a disproportionate jaw that pisses off my dentists..

..Not a fail on my part, but some kids at my pool (who weren't part of the swim team) tried to drown me.. in the kiddie lane.. and almost succeeded. "Kiddie" lane had a giant foam house on it and I had just gotten out of my swim class and I was just sort of diving and messing about practicing breathing techniques. I was under water when several boys who were my age and slightly older moved the foam house right above me and every time I tried to get to the surface they moved the house where I was trying to resurface. I was running out of breath and the only thing I could think of was to turn around and have my feet face the surface and I managed to kick the stupid house away from me and get out. I was too young and proud to complain to the coaches or anyone really. ..And I never became an olympic swimmer, haha.

FitnessTrainer69 wrote: »

MonkeyMel21 wrote: »

FitnessTrainer69 wrote: »

Only a handful of people know this. I got my stuff caught in the chains on a dip belt with 90lbs of weight on it at the time. It cut me wide open. So, don't go to the gym and do weighted dips with mesh shorts on. It can be a pain n the ballz lmao.

Did they have to call an ambulance?!

No,

I couldn't even scream because it was so painful. As I pulled to loosen the weight it only got tighter. I eventually freed myself. finished my workout once I stopped hurting. Didn't realize how bad it cut me until I was in the locker room getting changed for work.

I'm having like, sympathy nad pain. Is this like what happens to spouses of pregnant people?

I've accidentally mooned a physical therapist while transferring from my wheelchair to a mat and back again.
I've also suffered embarrassing leakage more than once.
I once crop-dusted a riding arena with the bouncy horse's help. Oops!

I worked out at a friend's apartment complex gym with her. One of her neighbors had crazy conservative ideals and was spouting off about them to us. I played along because it was cracking up my friend, and I figured I would never have to see this nutjob again.

But I did see her again, in a busy grocery store, and she was so loud and racist and I really regretted that I had ever played long.

But my biggest gym fail was not listening to advice that I should use the weight machines as well as the cardio equipment. Dummy.

I fell off the rowing machine and looked like an awkward turtle because my feet were still strapped in hahaha