Embarrassed Myself
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I love this thread. I just wanted to say that because I can't think of one to contribute (unless I've blocked it out), but what I'm learning is that not having such a story is probably a sign I'm not trying hard enough. For example, I didn't know that the cartoonish treadmill wipeouts were a real thing and always thought those magnetic string things that automatically turn off the machine were overkill. But that turns out to be because I mainly just walk on them, and nothing more strenuous.
Well done everybody, for all your hard work.0 -
That's nothing. I've seen people fly off the treadmill lol1
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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.
I keep doing this at work!! We have two floors. On my floor the Women's is on the left and the men's on the right. Well someone had the bright idea to switch them on the other floor. So twice now when I've been down there I've walked right into the men's restroom on autopilot.2 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »Tonight I had a 90 minuted class at Orangetheory Fitness and it was very rowing heavy. I like the long classes and enjoy rowing. But tonight, it the last 10 minutes low blood sugar reared it's ugly head. I told the instructor I was going to stay in the green/blue and try to tough it out since we were so close to the end. All I did was walk on the treadmill at a minor incline and then it was time for core exercises on the floor. Well, I made it to the end and couldn't get off the floor. Sigh. My rowing partner helped me sit up and get on a bench. While everyone else around me was stretching I was attacking the Nature Valley bar they brought me like a starving wolf. The shakes subsided pretty quick but then I was so cold I couldn't get into my heavy fleece fast enough.
So yes, that was embarrassing.
Meet me last week at the gym. It hadn't occurred to me that if I'm running a long-run on the treadmill, I needed to fuel like I do when I do a long-run outside.
I started feeling odd, like I was hypoglycemic (I'm a type 1 diabetic), around miles 5-6ish. I was planning on doing a 7-mile run. My glucose sensor had died mid-run, so I *thought* I was hypo. Get off the treadmill after I finish mile 7, and hypo-like-drunk-walk my way to the locker room. Test. Blood sugar is perfectly normal.
It occurred to me that when you eat lower carb, and don't have a lot of glycogen stored anyway, your body needs a mid-run fuel just as much inside as it does outside. So there I am, sitting on a bench in the locker room, sweatpants down around my hips -- I couldn't figure out how to get them up further -- wolfing down jelly beans that I keep in my bag for hypos, and wondering if it would be OK to just put my field coat on over my sports bra, because I couldn't figure out how to get my shirt on.7 -
I've tried and fallen downhill while walking the dog. Twice. I also, 20 miles into a half century while at least ten miles from my car, fallen off my bike. I was ok a paved bike path, accidentally went off the path a little, went down and hit my knee enough that I bled a good bit. I was actually nervous that I had sprained my ankle. An older woman biking the opposite direction who had seen the whole thing, kindly told me I was going to be fine and to just lay there for a minute. She was right, and I did lay there contemplating whether or not to turn back. I finished the ride because she used some kind of Grandma magic on me and I owed it to her.7
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Be careful those of you with diabetes and blood sugar issues. I was life guarding once and the gym was dead that day except for a lady who had been in the pool for hours on end. She finally got out of the pool and as she was walking to the locker room completely collapsed. I thought she had a heart attack or something, it was just like our mock scenarios in training. I was glad she didn’t black out in the pool. Apparently she was diabetic, didn’t eat dinner the night before, and skipped breakfast (and was swimming for hours). When she came to I found these things out, and she also didn’t have any meds or anything on her. Lucky she was okay and I had some glucose tabs on me.. I don’t know why she thought that all was a good idea. She was really embarrassed, I was just glad she was alive.2
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
Very. Heavy. Deadlift.
I had to actually lie down on the mat at the end of yoga class last week. The room was crowded and hot and all of a sudden, everything started spinning. The instructor had to help me out of the room.2 -
Love reading these stories.
Today I went hiking in fresh snow about 9" deep. Didn't bring snowshoes or micro spikes - total newb mistake although I've hiked over 20 years. I hit a slick spot on the trail, fell sideways. My hip hit a big rock. Now I'm in bed nursing an injured hip. I have no idea how many others saw. Slightly embarrassing but totally lucky the injury wasn't worse.1 -
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My most embarrassing moment....it was leg day, wore the wrong pants... doing jump squats and BAM! I ripped my pants, my butt was exposed 🤦🏽♀️ I put my sweat towel around my waist & walked right out that gym !8
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
Incontinence underwear fixes that.0 -
Yes, flying off the treadmill is a real thing. No, it's not just in the cartoons. I was running on it and had a towel hanging on the front of it. It slipped off and instead of just letting it drop on my feet I tried to hop out of the way and took a ride off the end on my butt.
Last weekend during a class we were lifting the barbell over our heads. (Push presses if I recall) Well I hit my nose very hard with the bar. But that was not the embarrassing part. I could not help myself and hollered out "Ouch, mother f
er, that hurt!" Not very lady-like I admit.7 -
I'm starting to grunt and drop the barbell when I'm deadlifting heavy, nah I'm not embarrassed, it's only natural to strain and moan when you're trying to move a ton of weight up and down. Go hard or go home I actually just joined the gym three months ago for the first time in my life and had no access to barbell. Dropping the weight ? Guilty. It's pretty hard to maintain my grip on weights in excess of 300 pounds so it slips, it's heavy. Not all the time though!0
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Great stories, just shows this stuff happens to everyone!0
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My wife and I were working out together, and when I was doing my barbell rows I hear her say "Oh Honey!". I asked what was up and she said "I can see your undies through your shorts, went with the stripes today eh?". I think she said it loud enough for others nearby to overhear, because I then heard some giggling. I decided that 2 sets of rows was enough for that day.7
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I stood up fast and beaned my head on the barbell. Everything went dark for a second. Fortunately, I was as home and only the dog saw me but I was still feeling pretty stupid. Now I always give a wide berth to the squat rack when I bend over near it even when the bar isn't on it.1
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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.
I've seen it happen at every powerlifting meet I've ever been to.1 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I've peed on the platform doing deadlifts.
Incontinence underwear fixes that.
I learned very quickly to wear Poise pads.1 -
I learned to always pack extra lady items in my gym bag. That came thanks to a heavy deadlift on day 2 of TOM.
Other embarrassing things that I've done at the gym.
1. Smashed multiple fingers multiple times with plates
2. Dropped a barbell on my foot
3. Exposed myself unknowingly...multiple times
4. Almost crushed myself while doing bench press without a spotter. A young good looking guy saved me
I'm sure there are more, but that's what I can remember off the top of my head.3 -
This is a great thread! I'm pretty new to gym life and this is weirdly encouraging, somehow. (Also somewhat instructional.)
I was in a class where we were using a step. I apparently didn't lift my foot high enough and caught my shoe on the grips on the step and I went flying off sideways. Thankfully, I went in a direction where nobody was standing, and my instructor told me I looked very graceful.
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