Don't you hate it when people try to talk to you while workin out?
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I don't usually mind if I have a partner and we are doing similar things, but not when I have to stop what I am doing to talk to them.4
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Depends on who's talking...4
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Develop a terrifying Resting B!tch Face like mine, and you'll be gold. I can't make friends at the gym (or anywhere else) for love or money.
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ABSOFRICKENLUTELY!
Cannot stand people that want to chit chat and waste time.0 -
There is a guy at my gym. He is nice and he talks to me but I let him know I have a schedule to keep so he knows not to talk to me too long. I usually have to cut him off really quick.
But I've seen him talking to other people and he will literally talk to them for at least 30 mins or more. I know the other people are probably pissed. He is the social butterfly of the gym.
He is at the gym for like 2 hours doing nothing but talking.0 -
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Depends on who's talking...
Boy Howdy0 -
I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......3 -
Usually only engage with other gym
Goers if they approach me with a question about training, I don't mind if it's in between sets of squats or deadlifts
I usually need a few minutes recovery anyway
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?0 -
I have a home gym but I'd actually love to have someone, to exercise/talk with because I like to multitask! However since I don't, I just use that time to watch something instead but yeah I'd even like to watch something, with someone; while exercising!0
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Let's not encourage him, okay?4 -
Motorsheen wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Let's not encourage him, okay?
Let's not be jealous, of him; okay?0 -
Black_LabeI wrote: »AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »Develop a terrifying Resting B!tch Face like mine, and you'll be gold. I can't make friends at the gym (or anywhere else) for love or money.
I'd come talk to you anyway.
"Hey! You need a spot?"
"I noticed you were doing x exercise wrong, here's how you do it"
"Are you using these weights?" :::points at the Dumbbells in your hand::::
*B!tch face intensifies*2 -
I don't go to the gym but when I did I liked talking to people. And my "gym" is the skating rink basically and I like talking to people at the rink. I guess I'm just an annoying talker0
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During a set yes! But I don't mind when I'm resting.0
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Let's not encourage him, okay?
Let's not be jealous, of him; okay?
I'm not jealous. Why would I be jealous?
He said women approach him with their periods; women approach me with their exclamation points.4 -
Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
I just posted it out of context for the shock value, Duchess! The news media does it all the time, why not me@DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Here's an old post from the fitness board... where I documented a few of my conversations.Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I always use the stairmaster, because I am a regular.
Became friends with another regular, she was like a 50 year old mom who was very chatty and is sort of a diva. She would tell me at the passing of every woman, "honey, those tits are fake". "Oh that is real". Because up on the stairmaster, you have an aerial view of the whole gym.
This second time, a woman adjacent on the stairmaster row told me she was having her period. Right out of the blue. She then proceeded to say she apologizes if it smells bad. I kept sniffing after that and there was no odour.
Then another time, a stairmaster woman turned to fox news. Then came another woman to bike and she changed to msnbc to see keith olbermann. Stairmaster woman goes down grabs the remote and puts o reilly back on. Bike woman changes back to msnbc. Stairmaster woman shouts, "you *kitten* *kitten*" and she walks out. Bike woman then tells me, "hon I am sorry you had to witness that".
Another time, fresh during the ipad craze in 2010 april. Dude goes on the stairmaster with his ipad. Ipad falls and screen cracks and dude starts crying. He had tears and running nose like someone died. He was middle aged and you don't see this kind of kiddie behaviour with middle aged fellas.
Another time, a woman is on the stairmaster and she is wearing a very short skirt with a thong. You can see it when you climb next to her and start working out. She leans to me and asks, "excuse me, is my underwear visible, i'm sorry". I say, well I didn't quite notice. She says, "liar". I was like, "excuse me". She says, "there is no way you can miss it, be honest." I was like what the fuuudge.
Another time on the stairmaster, a guy is working out and sneezes and phlegm flies out on all the people on the spinning bikes placed right before the stairmaster row.
I believe that I've read that previously but whew, this makes me glad that I exercise; at home! My sympathies!0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......
...keep polite distance - don't invade my personal space
Stop innundating people with a list of rules as if you owned the place. Because some people don't rack because they can't - they actually gave their workout 100%. And some people listen to music/motivational stuff or log their workouts on their phones, so, yah.
But on the topic of racking, so annoyed at having to go on a hunt for the right weight! But I get it.
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
Did you feel good inside?Motorsheen wrote: »I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......
Compared to what?
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Because he wants you to know he's blowing smoke up your backside?1 -
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thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
I just posted it out of context for the shock value, Duchess! The news media does it all the time, why not me@DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Here's an old post from the fitness board... where I documented a few of my conversations.Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I always use the stairmaster, because I am a regular.
Became friends with another regular, she was like a 50 year old mom who was very chatty and is sort of a diva. She would tell me at the passing of every woman, "honey, those tits are fake". "Oh that is real". Because up on the stairmaster, you have an aerial view of the whole gym.
This second time, a woman adjacent on the stairmaster row told me she was having her period. Right out of the blue. She then proceeded to say she apologizes if it smells bad. I kept sniffing after that and there was no odour.
Then another time, a stairmaster woman turned to fox news. Then came another woman to bike and she changed to msnbc to see keith olbermann. Stairmaster woman goes down grabs the remote and puts o reilly back on. Bike woman changes back to msnbc. Stairmaster woman shouts, "you *kitten* *kitten*" and she walks out. Bike woman then tells me, "hon I am sorry you had to witness that".
Another time, fresh during the ipad craze in 2010 april. Dude goes on the stairmaster with his ipad. Ipad falls and screen cracks and dude starts crying. He had tears and running nose like someone died. He was middle aged and you don't see this kind of kiddie behaviour with middle aged fellas.
Another time, a woman is on the stairmaster and she is wearing a very short skirt with a thong. You can see it when you climb next to her and start working out. She leans to me and asks, "excuse me, is my underwear visible, i'm sorry". I say, well I didn't quite notice. She says, "liar". I was like, "excuse me". She says, "there is no way you can miss it, be honest." I was like what the fuuudge.
Another time on the stairmaster, a guy is working out and sneezes and phlegm flies out on all the people on the spinning bikes placed right before the stairmaster row.
What thread was this on? Because it sounds like some craziness I dealt with at the gym. Hence the username.
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Motorsheen wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Let's not encourage him, okay?
Let's not be jealous, of him; okay?
I'm not jealous. Why would I be jealous?
He said women approach him with their periods; women approach me with their exclamation points.
Because you could click ignore, instead of caring enough; to complain!0 -
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thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......
...keep polite distance - don't invade my personal space
Stop innundating people with a list of rules as if you owned the place. Because some people don't rack because they can't - they actually gave their workout 100%. And some people listen to music/motivational stuff or log their workouts on their phones, so, yah.
But on the topic of racking, so annoyed at having to go on a hunt for the right weight! But I get it.
If you can lift it, you can rack it.
You gave 100%? Then buck up and give more.
When I was a lil boy... maybe four or five years old, my mom would tell me most every night:
Always brush your teeth. Always make your bed and..... always rack your weights; it's just good form.6 -
My trainer used to try to make jokes when I first started out. He always got a *kitten* you very much and a bitchy glare. Like no I don't want to laugh while trying to do these evil burpees.1
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Motorsheen wrote: »thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......
...keep polite distance - don't invade my personal space
Stop innundating people with a list of rules as if you owned the place. Because some people don't rack because they can't - they actually gave their workout 100%. And some people listen to music/motivational stuff or log their workouts on their phones, so, yah.
But on the topic of racking, so annoyed at having to go on a hunt for the right weight! But I get it.
If you can lift it, you can rack it.
You gave 100%? Then buck up and give more.
When I was a lil boy... maybe four or five years old, my mom would tell me most every night:
Always brush your teeth. Always make your bed and..... always rack your weights; it's just good form.
You are single, right?0 -
thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Ladies attempt to talk to me all the time. Hey I saw you on the train, hey cool glasses, hey I am having my period.
I politely oblige and humour them because..... well, obviously!
Okay I understand, the 1st 2; as potentially flirting but then again I don't, unless they didn't see; your wedding ring but why inform you, of their menstruation; regardless of your marital status and/or their interest, in you?
Because he wants you to know he's blowing smoke up your backside?
I don't understand how the validity, matters enough to care; this deeply!0 -
thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »thisonetimeatthegym wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »I was in the middle of a set and a nice lady approaches me and starts talking.
She was attempting to ask me something about .... I don't know what.
I totally ignored her. I looked right through her like she wasn't even there.
She got the message pretty quick and sulked away.
Point is:
Don't talk to others when others are lifting.
Wipe down benches after use.
Don't stand between the person lifting and the mirror.
Always rack your weights; always.
Put your &^!%! Phone away.
Others? .......
...keep polite distance - don't invade my personal space
Stop innundating people with a list of rules as if you owned the place. Because some people don't rack because they can't - they actually gave their workout 100%. And some people listen to music/motivational stuff or log their workouts on their phones, so, yah.
But on the topic of racking, so annoyed at having to go on a hunt for the right weight! But I get it.
If you can lift it, you can rack it.
You gave 100%? Then buck up and give more.
When I was a lil boy... maybe four or five years old, my mom would tell me most every night:
Always brush your teeth. Always make your bed and..... always rack your weights; it's just good form.
You are single, right?
Hahaha... nope
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