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gabi_texanmom wrote: »I threw up on my first day of fitness boot camp. And again on the second day. LOL I just kept going.
Another time, I was running on the treadmill. A lady got on the machine next to me. For some reason, after matching my speed, she kicked up the speed but was only able to maintain that speed a few seconds. Next thing I know, she falls face first on the treadmill and shoots back into the wall behind us like a cartoon. Talk about embarassing!!
If, like me, schadenfreude is your thing, treadmill disasters are just about the best. They are topped only by scorpions or the ULTIMATE: scorpion off of a treadmill. YUSSSSS!!!7 -
You think THAT was embarrassing? Please.....I was on the Ellipitical trainer when a beautiful girl got on the one next to me...trying to be smooth I said " Hey How are you, looki."....thats as far as I got because I slipped, lost my footing and crashed hard on my face......the worst part? My lovely wannabe girlfriend said"DONT MOVE MY HUSBANDS A DOCTOR LET ME GO GET HIM"!! I now hate gyms and doctors, but maybe not in that order.....
Thanks for that - made me laugh loud enough for my office mates to come over and ask what was going on.
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I'm sorry that happened to you. It's a scary feeling when your blood sugar starts to crash.2
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I've enjoyed reading these so I'll add one of mine.
I was new to kettlebells and using an app on my phone that showed each exercise. It was my first attempt at several of them and I ended up making a super weird motion and flinging the kettlebell to the mat, while two other gym go-ers were right there. I just tried to laugh it off and told them it was my first time, but it was embarrassing enough to not do that specific exercise again.3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
I always wear black leggings on deadlift days.
I was going around a couple of walkers that were taking up most of the space on a bike/walk trail on my bike and my tire slipped off the metal lip on the side of the path and I wiped out right in front of them. Tore my knee up on the metal. Blood everywhere.
I dropped a 45lb plate on my foot in the gym and fractured my foot. Shouted the F word across the whole gym.14 -
mom23mangos wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
I always wear black leggings on deadlift days.
I was going around a couple of walkers that were taking up most of the space on a bike/walk trail on my bike and my tire slipped off the metal lip on the side of the path and I wiped out right in front of them. Tore my knee up on the metal. Blood everywhere.
I dropped a 45lb plate on my foot in the gym and fractured my foot. Shouted the F word across the whole gym.
My right big toenail is still growing out from the last time I did that. I didn't break any bones, though.3 -
jessandreia92 wrote: »
Yep. I see people constantly advising against working out right after (not including the 15-20 minutes to get to the gym) eating a full meal, but for me it's what works best to have good workouts.BrianSharpe wrote: »Fueling strategy is a matter of trial and error for petty much everybody. You'd be hard pressed to find any runner who hasn't bonked at some time or another. Consider it a learning experience and adjust your pre-workout nutrition accordingly.
If it makes you feel any better, the other day a guy at my gym let out a loud long fart while deadlifting (I go to a small gym). You're good in terms of embarrassment.
I was doing weighted pull-ups yesterday. Right behind the normal pull-up bars is an assisted pull-up machine and there was a trainer there with her client and I heard them talking about how what I was doing was very "advanced". I was about to end my set at that point but the compliment made me push for an extra couple of reps... well, I should of quit when I was ahead. I ripped one that the entire gym probably heard but I'm positive the trainer and her client definitely heard. I dropped to the ground and that's when I noticed the client. Very attractive younger lady - she had a shocked look on her face. "Advanced".... indeed.30 -
I was doing box jumps. Didn't quite clear it. Did an airborne somersault and torn open my shin from knee to ankle. Lots of blood. Lots of embarrassment. No one batted an eye.8
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at least you didn't throw up1
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Glad you are ok. I would be concerned about someone in this situation but don't for a moment think they should feel embarrassed about a medical condition and what was probably a learning situation. You're not there to impress others!2
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
That;'s usually more discrete than projectile vomiting! (no, it hasn't happened to me personally)mom23mangos wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
I always wear black leggings on deadlift days.
Now you know why a lot of triathletes (especially those doing full iron distances) wear black shorts!
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jseams1234 wrote: »jessandreia92 wrote: »
Yep. I see people constantly advising against working out right after (not including the 15-20 minutes to get to the gym) eating a full meal, but for me it's what works best to have good workouts.BrianSharpe wrote: »Fueling strategy is a matter of trial and error for petty much everybody. You'd be hard pressed to find any runner who hasn't bonked at some time or another. Consider it a learning experience and adjust your pre-workout nutrition accordingly.
If it makes you feel any better, the other day a guy at my gym let out a loud long fart while deadlifting (I go to a small gym). You're good in terms of embarrassment.
I was doing weighted pull-ups yesterday. Right behind the normal pull-up bars is an assisted pull-up machine and there was a trainer there with her client and I heard them talking about how what I was doing was very "advanced". I was about to end my set at that point but the compliment made me push for an extra couple of reps... well, I should of quit when I was ahead. I ripped one that the entire gym probably heard but I'm positive the trainer and her client definitely heard. I dropped to the ground and that's when I noticed the client. Very attractive younger lady - she had a shocked look on her face. "Advanced".... indeed.
I was nice and pretended I didn't hear it. But I can't imagine he thinks I didn't considering I don't wear headphones at the gym and was nearby.1 -
jessandreia92 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »jessandreia92 wrote: »
Yep. I see people constantly advising against working out right after (not including the 15-20 minutes to get to the gym) eating a full meal, but for me it's what works best to have good workouts.BrianSharpe wrote: »Fueling strategy is a matter of trial and error for petty much everybody. You'd be hard pressed to find any runner who hasn't bonked at some time or another. Consider it a learning experience and adjust your pre-workout nutrition accordingly.
If it makes you feel any better, the other day a guy at my gym let out a loud long fart while deadlifting (I go to a small gym). You're good in terms of embarrassment.
I was doing weighted pull-ups yesterday. Right behind the normal pull-up bars is an assisted pull-up machine and there was a trainer there with her client and I heard them talking about how what I was doing was very "advanced". I was about to end my set at that point but the compliment made me push for an extra couple of reps... well, I should of quit when I was ahead. I ripped one that the entire gym probably heard but I'm positive the trainer and her client definitely heard. I dropped to the ground and that's when I noticed the client. Very attractive younger lady - she had a shocked look on her face. "Advanced".... indeed.
I was nice and pretended I didn't hear it. But I can't imagine he thinks I didn't considering I don't wear headphones at the gym and was nearby.
in my yoga class, i often mention "farts happen" so it's a little less embarrassing. you can't squish things and not expect air to come out4 -
i, too, enjoyed reading these so will come forth with my own. had been at local gym for a few months, long enough to have a routine and feel like i knew what i was doing. switched up my routine and moved my declined bench press to the later part of my workout. put on my usual load, did a few reps and had bar come crashing down on my chest, then roll up to my throat. i had lifted this weight for several gym sessions prior but changing the order of my routine made it so that my muscles were more tired when i got to bench press time. so bar crashes down on my chest, i cant lift it an inch, then rolls up to start crushing my throat. can't ask for help bc throat is being crushed. luckily, someone stronger than me saw, came over and lifted bar off my throat. seemed like a long time until that happened tho. lesson learned, if changing up order, adjust weights accordingly.
second event... gym had cardio on upper level and weights on lower level. two sets of stairs, one towards front of gym one towards back. part of my normal routine was to "run the stairs," Id run up one set of stairs, walk across the length of gym, then run down next set of stairs, then walk length of gym to original set of stairs. its actually one of the only things i miss about not going to gym. i would only do this routine when gym wasn't too crowded and often fell going up the stairs, usually only when attractive women were in the area to see me.
last event, was on elliptical. head phones in, but not synced to my phone, so phone was playing my music on speaker phone at loud enough volume for me to think it was coming thru my headphones. went with eminem that session and had all types of curses and stuff coming out of my phone. no one said anything and i realized it when i went to get a paper towel to wipe down the machine and heard the music getting less and less loud as i walked away from my phone.
overall, not as bad as some of what i've read here.12 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
You are in good company, Stefi Cohen's 507 lb record deadlift left a bit of a puddle behind. The lift was too epic to care about a bit of pee.3 -
I ❤️this thread. Helps everyone see that stuff happens. It’ll be fine.
My over confidence + pull up bar = embarrassing moment 😫0 -
No, it was a learning experience. You learned that you cannot “tough out” low blood sugar. It’s actually a very useful thing to know.6
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quiksylver296 wrote: »mom23mangos wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
I always wear black leggings on deadlift days.
I was going around a couple of walkers that were taking up most of the space on a bike/walk trail on my bike and my tire slipped off the metal lip on the side of the path and I wiped out right in front of them. Tore my knee up on the metal. Blood everywhere.
I dropped a 45lb plate on my foot in the gym and fractured my foot. Shouted the F word across the whole gym.
My right big toenail is still growing out from the last time I did that. I didn't break any bones, though.
OMG. I'm so cautious when I pull the heavy plates off the rack because I'm so scared of this happening. Ouch. I did pinch my finger once between two of the plates when I was putting them back up on the rack and that even hurt quite a bit lol1 -
I was riding a metric century a few years back and at about mile 57/92km. I'd stopped at a local port-a-potty on the trail and was getting back on my bike and I just fell over, still clipped in. I had gotten light headed and lost my balance. It's always like a cartoon. Feels like slow motion, but there is nothing you can do when your body is committed to the fall.
Fortunately it was in grass, not on pavement, and there were other people around. I decided to lie there for about 5-10 minutes, still clipped in.
I ate a granola bar and drank a half bottle of gatorade until the world stopped spinning.
When I was about 3 miles/5km from finishing, I saw a woman, a small child and a cat walking on the trail. I had to stop as I thought I was seeing things. The woman stopped and I asked if she was taking her cat for a walk as I'd never seen such a thing. She told me that it was a neighborhood cat and when they go for walks on the trail, the cat tags along.
I'd seen people walking dogs, but never in my 50 something years of life had I seen such a thing. After my fall and unscheduled rest break about 15-20 minutes prior, I thought for sure I was seeing things again.
I completed the ride without further drama and ate two bananas I'd left in the cooler in my car and a bottle of chocolate milk as a post ride recovery drink.6 -
My dog tripped me when walking her on a walking path, and then ran off to go sniff another dog, dragging me along the path with her. My knee was so scratched up it took about a month to heal. This was in front of like 30 people because there were a bunch of parents camped out on the path during a football practice. I'm still bitter about that one. Lol.
My first (and only) day going to the gym in the morning before work, I went into the mens locker room on accident (They look exactly the same!) It was mostly empty except for the guy that came walking out of the shower.
I switched to afternoon workouts after that. 4
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