Gym OCD

beastier
beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
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What’s everyone’s gym OCD’s?

I’m obsessed with my stuff being arranged properly to the point where I now have 4 smaller bags inside my main gym bag...oh & have to use disposable plastic bags for my towel & gym clothes after use to avoid making my bag moist & smelly...

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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    Not sure I consider putting dirty sweaty clothes in a plastic bag ocd, but I do that too. I always considered it just not being gross.
  • CaptainFantastic00
    CaptainFantastic00 Posts: 4,619 Member
    Mine is unloading the weights from benches, I cannot leave a plate on a bar
  • beastier
    beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Not sure I consider putting dirty sweaty clothes in a plastic bag ocd, but I do that too. I always considered it just not being gross.

    Yes but I have a dedicated laundry bag for towel & attire...but stuff still has to be bagged up before it goes into it lol
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    beastier wrote: »
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Not sure I consider putting dirty sweaty clothes in a plastic bag ocd, but I do that too. I always considered it just not being gross.

    Yes but I have a dedicated laundry bag for towel & attire...but stuff still has to be bagged up before it goes into it lol

    So a bag inside a bag inside a bag?

    Then yup, youre ocd
  • beastier
    beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
    Yep...
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    The closest thing I have is that I double check the weight on both sides to ensure I'm not lopsided. There was an incident once...
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    My bag is gross. I need at least 3 pairs of shoes to train right. There's chalk all up in my bag. Everything from packets of instant coffee to preworkouts, inzer belt, for some reason a neon fanny pack...*kitten* falling out everywhere.
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    oh man @beastier looks like she got you beat
  • beastier
    beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
    I’m very impressed...& yeah I can see why they do, especially the male ones ;-)
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  • THeADHDTurnip
    THeADHDTurnip Posts: 413 Member
    edited January 2018
    As a morning lifter, I get a full workout re-racking night lifters weights.

    Real OCD. I have to move gym equipment completely parallel to the manufactured seams of the gym mats.
  • Fitness_and_FODMAP
    Fitness_and_FODMAP Posts: 72 Member
    I have a home gym, and I would say my OCD is I never leave a disk on a bar, I always put everything away after use - I mean it's not like it would upset or inconvenience anyone, because it's my gym in my house and I'm the only member, but I still religiously put everything back as it should be after every use - it's the tidiest room in our house.

    Oh and I don't allow anyone in that room without MY supervision ... It's MY space and I will protect it no matter what :D:D:D
  • beastier
    beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
    When I get out of the shower & go to the drying area, I remove my flip flops & stand them up next to a bench so they can drain off as I dry myself. This ensures they won’t create a potential moisture problem as I pack them away into my bag
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    beastier wrote: »
    When I get out of the shower & go to the drying area, I remove my flip flops & stand them up next to a bench so they can drain off as I dry myself. This ensures they won’t create a potential moisture problem as I pack them away into my bag

    shower?
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  • beastier
    beastier Posts: 1,908 Member
    TenaciousGymKitten wrote: »
    beastier wrote: »
    When I get out of the shower & go to the drying area, I remove my flip flops & stand them up next to a bench so they can drain off as I dry myself. This ensures they won’t create a potential moisture problem as I pack them away into my bag

    Yeah, me too. All my shower toiletries go into a Ziploc baggie that I have snipped on the bottom so the water drains out. Then the bag has it's own towel to wipe down with and is stored in another waterproof bag to prevent any moisture getting into the gym bag. BTW those big purse organizers you see on TV, do incredible things in a gym bag!

    I use those exfoliation gloves instead of a wash clothes, have a turbine twist for my wet hair, and instead of a towel I have a terry body wrap. This provides for a lot more room than bulky towels.

    I’m very much liking the sound of this girl
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    TenaciousGymKitten wrote: »
    beastier wrote: »
    When I get out of the shower & go to the drying area, I remove my flip flops & stand them up next to a bench so they can drain off as I dry myself. This ensures they won’t create a potential moisture problem as I pack them away into my bag

    Yeah, me too. All my shower toiletries go into a Ziploc baggie that I have snipped on the bottom so the water drains out. Then the bag has it's own towel to wipe down with and is stored in another waterproof bag to prevent any moisture getting into the gym bag. BTW those big purse organizers you see on TV, do incredible things in a gym bag!

    I use those exfoliation gloves instead of a wash clothes, have a turbine twist for my wet hair, and instead of a towel I have a terry body wrap. This provides for a lot more room than bulky towels.

    that seems like a lot of work.

    Instead, I just go outside and do this:



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  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    edited January 2018
    the things you're describing are not OCD lmao...OCD is a crippling mental illness

    hmm half my post disappeared, editing to add:

    my actual OCD makes me do 3 sets of 4 reps (and sometimes repeating them over and over) because I have an issue with uncontrollable counting, so...thanks, brain????
  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    TenaciousGymKitten wrote: »
    mortuseon_ wrote: »
    the things you're describing are not OCD lmao...OCD is a crippling mental illness

    hmm half my post disappeared, editing to add:

    my actual OCD makes me do 3 sets of 4 reps (and sometimes repeating them over and over) because I have an issue with uncontrollable counting, so...thanks, brain????

    Yeah I used to do this and took a lot of meds for it. I'm sorry you have to go through that. It's very painful.

    I've been able to focus my energy. I wrote out a response but I guess it's been eaten by MFP. I spend a lot of time with my rhymes, reasons, routines and rituals. I just find that if I effectively organize then I spend a lot less time with the ticks, clicks, knocking, counting and anxiety driven rituals. By no means am I discounting what you are going through. However, it's not the only manifestation of what OCD looks or behaves like.

    I will say that most of what we have described in the later bit of this thread are eccentric behaviors of well organized people. Which is not uncommon to characterize as OCD instead of detailed orientation.

    That's definitely a good point, and I'm glad you pointed it out - there are a tonne more rituals than just counting, of course, and I experience a lot of those as well...OCD is as varied as it is weird. I'm sorry I came off a little defensive, I just find it frustrating when people characterise their normal, controllable behaviour as OCD as it can make my own issues a bit harder to explain to people when they think it's just about being clean or whatever. That being said, I did enjoy the rest of the thread, as I can be a bit of a 'clean freak' myself (unrelated to the disorder) ;)

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