Things you see at the Gym
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1. The people that use machines incorrectly:
Old guy that leans all the way back on the triceps pull-down machine
Srsly just saw someone yesterday doing the lower back entension with their NECK
2. The guy that wears a snorkel and swim mask on the stationary bike (p.s. my gym doesn't have a pool or sauna)
3. The lady on her bluetooth the entire time she was in the shower (do you not wash your head?!)
4. The girl that sits on the glute machine talking to her friend. I don't think you're working your glutes just by sitting on them (if only that were the case!)
5. The people that look down on me for doing high resistance instead of high speed on the arc trainer or the elliptical (there's at least one per week).
6. The people that wipe their sweat with a personal towel, then use the same towel to wipe down the equipment.
7. The females that give themselves wedgies on purpose so that everyone will stare at their butts.
But, I can say that i absolutely LOVE the following people at my gym:
1. The one-armed guy that does deadlifts with a dumbbell.
2. The women lifting heavier than men.
3. Anyone that can do hanging leg lifts.
4. The people (me included) that get extra sweaty and don't care what they look like.0 -
I get a kick out of the newbies walking on the treadmill drinking from their fast-food cup. I know you have to start somewhere but can you NOT stop at McDs on the way to the gym? or at least leave your super sized drink in your car?
When I was living overseas, there was a gym down the street from my house that actually had a McDs INSIDE!!! Umm.... not sure who thought up that brilliant plan.0 -
Trying this again... Figured out I need lowercased
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I actually saw a lady get on the elevator when I was heading up to workout I get up there and she is getting off the elevator and goes directly to the stairmaster. Tired of the resolutioners jabbering, good thing is they are starting to go away. The people in jeans always crack me up. The worst is being on the second row of treadmills and some really really wide lady gets on the one in front of you and has "pink" or "sexy" in bright shiny silver across the butt.0
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people working out a the gym that you know are not members yet are let in because they have friends that work the desk. this happens all the time at my gym.0
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people using towels as floormats as they dry themselves and get dressed...0
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There are two teenaged girls that use our gym. Clothes suited more to high fashion than working out. Fully made up at all times. Waist length hair, never tied back.
A couple of weeks ago, they were on the rowing machines while Hubby and I were on the cycles. Chat, chat, flick hair, one row, chat, chat *spots a man* giggles, flicks hair, texts, chats. Ad infinitum. There was a queue building for the rowing machines (it was busy), yet there they sat. At one point, one of them touched her face, exclaimed, "Oh em gee, sweat, I have to go fix my make up!"
Fast forward ten minutes. I'm doing stomach crunches while Hubby counts me down. They walk past us, about three feet away. One of them points at me, laughs, turns to her friend and says, "OMG! Can you believe how fat she is?! I can't belieeeeve they let people like that in here!"
Hubby held me back as I lunged off the bench, muttering, "See how funny you find it when I sit on you B!tch!"
Bitter? Not really. The gym is a place for getting fit, not a pick up point or a school playground.
Oh my gosh, I know right? I don't like those weird skinny girls, who probably just go there for guys, looking at me or anyone else who is not looking like them and giving weird looks at us like they are disgusted. I just despise them.0 -
4. Loud talking bff's on the machines next to me talking so loud that though I have the volume in my headphones up to 1 billion, I can STILL hear them.
Pray that you never find yourself, as I recently did, stuck in a position where the only two machines left for the BFF's are the ones on either side of you. I never wanted to do a double backhander so badly in my life. :grumble:0 -
1) The guy that forgot to put deodorant on and stinks up the whole gym.
2) Guys that sit or stand in a group, chat, take up space but aren't even working out.
3) Girls that talk on their phone while on machines.
4) People that don't spray down the tread mill after they sweat all over it.
Many more but I can't think of them right now
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4. Loud talking bff's on the machines next to me talking so loud that though I have the volume in my headphones up to 1 billion, I can STILL hear them.
Pray that you never find yourself, as I recently did, stuck in a position where the only two machines left for the BFF's are the ones on either side of you. I never wanted to do a double backhander so badly in my life. :grumble:
LOL! This is my personal largest PO! Even if they are not on etiher side of you but just close enough and so loud that you can hear the whole conversation even with your headphones on!! I jsut want to turn to them and say "Shaddddaaapp! I trying to sweat here and I don't even care about the details of my life that much right now much less yours!!"0 -
I don't pay much attention to others at the gym but I was on the elliptical the other day, going a a pretty good clip and a young man to my right caught my peripheral vision. He was going so fast on his I thought he was going to hurt himself - like Wylie coyote crazy fast!
I started thinking "That's how people burn so many more calories on the elliptical than I do!"
Haha! This is me when I'm doing high intensity intervals. I'm sure I look like a complete maniac and I get looks all the time. :laugh:0 -
I hope you do realize that the same people you are making fun of probably have the same feelings about some of you!
Well of course they are! Duh!! That's what this thread is all about. The humorous and sometimes agravating things that happen to you at the gym. Sometimes you're the observer. Sometimes you're the observed. I sometimes am a grunter at the end of a hard lifting set. I try not to be too loud but I'm sure I occaisionally offend some. I'm gasping for air like I've been running for my life in between intervals.We all have our quirks (except you of course
). The appropraite clothing and behavior issues can be aggravating when you have to share the same space with people sometimes it can be irritating. Sometimes we can be the irritated and sometimes we are the irritator. It's a healthy to vent a little sometimes. :happy: 0 -
OMGosh! Where to start...
1. Dude with his package hanging out of his tiny running shorts... SERIOUSLY??? I burned my eyes!!!
2. Woman who looks like a stripper in full makeup wearing teeny tiny shorts and thong with bikini top.
3. Woman who wraps the handles of the machines with paper towels even though she is wearing gloves.
4. People who sweat profusely all over the treadmill or elliptical then step off and walk away... WIPE IT DOWN PLEASE!!!!
5. My elliptical neighbor who farts and it's not like I can step off my routine and walk away...
6. Women in full coordinated outfits with coiffed hair, full make up, and headbands who appear to be there to make a fashion statement vs. working out.
7. I don;t get the people who slowly pedal along on the stationary bikes while reading a book... i want to break a sweat, personally.
8. People wearing headphones while working out and are singing out loud without realizing it...0 -
I am definitely one of those who lip sync the whole time I am working out. Can't help it, love the music!
Otherwise, I just pretty much ignore people and concentrate on myself.
I probably look stupid to someone else, but I LOOOVE lip-synching.0 -
I had a naked guy stand a couple feet behind me while I was trying to weigh myself in my boxer briefs. He even tried to start a conversation with me. WTF!!! And then there was the time I saw a guy blow drying his pubes. Another guy shaves in the nude.
Have any of you ladies ever considered that we might be checking you out just to get these horrible images out of our heads?
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Dorito shaped men - urgh.
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the MORON who carry's a GALLON of water around with him!! YOU DONT NEED A GALLON OF WATER0
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I don't pay much attention to others at the gym but I was on the elliptical the other day, going a a pretty good clip and a young man to my right caught my peripheral vision. He was going so fast on his I thought he was going to hurt himself - like Wylie coyote crazy fast!
I started thinking "That's how people burn so many more calories on the elliptical than I do!"
Haha! This is me when I'm doing high intensity intervals. I'm sure I look like a complete maniac and I get looks all the time. :laugh:
Awesome - keep it up! I was more in awe and wish I could have seen his calorie burn!0 -
The high-incline grippers. They put the treadmill up to the maximum incline so they have to cling on for dear life, leaning their entire bodies backwards at a 45 degree angle.
The step-machine shufflers. They support nearly their entire bodyweight on the handles because that's the only way they can keep up with their feet shimmying up and down just half an inch at 90 to the dozen on top speed.0 -
I work at a gym in a retirement community... enough said.
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The people who use an 10% incline on the treadmill, but then hold on to the sides or top of the TV.
Really? You aren't getting the benefit of the incline, if you are supporting yourself, lower the incline and use your legs churning to keep up!0 -
How about the numpty who thinks it is ok to blow dry his meat and two veg?
Most of the other things I see in the gym....
The huffy puffys make me laugh, all the effort and grunting lifting a weight!
The ladies more interested in the makeup or their phone.
The blokes checking themselves out in the mirror
People wearing clothing too small for themselves
Dropping of the weights!
How about people using a locker, but not locking it! Always amazes me!
I myself am guilty of.....
Sweating too much, but I carry a towel and wipe down
Using a high incline, but in my defence, was told holding on is ok, just not gripping for dear life :-)
Personally my gym has just refurbished the male changing room from cubicals to a common shower area. Now when I played rugby and I knew everyone it is not a problem, but I am not comfortable showering in fornt of people I do not know.0 -
The Ex-Cons who walk around after bench pressing a million pounds giving everybody mean looks. Listen Bro, You dont have to mean mug me, I can tell by the build of your muscles you're a jail bird, I will gladly stay out of your way!!
JUST DONT SHANK ME!0 -
There's this one dude, he's actually a good guy, I talk to him once in a while, just a little... off. He does hard workouts about 5 or 6 times a week but before & after each one he enjoys a good long smoke just outside the gym. It kinda surprises me how hard he can go even with the smoking habit.
hmm... maybe it's not tobacco.0 -
This is was probably a (poor mans) Training Mask. Used to simulate high elevation training. Pretty big in MMA and other cardio sports right now.2. The guy that wears a snorkel and swim mask on the stationary bike (p.s. my gym doesn't have a pool or sauna)
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The Ex-Cons who walk around after bench pressing a million pounds giving everybody mean looks. Listen Bro, You dont have to mean mug me, I can tell by the build of your muscles you're a jail bird, I will gladly stay out of your way!!
JUST DONT SHANK ME!
Note to self: NEVER VISIT DELUTH GEORGIA!0 -
There's this guy that goes to work out in ..... pajama jeans... yup.. pajama jeans.
He wore fishnet like pants another time and zebra print pants.....although they should really be more like tights! And he's never met a mirror he did not like! hah!0 -
My gym is pretty awesome. I don't see anything all the weird.
All the newbs are getting annoying though...and Monday nights are crazy packed.
I'm excited for when most of them fall off the wagon. Is that mean of me? :blushing:
Mondays are ridiculous at my gym as well. Not mean at all. I feel the same way.
Also, I hate the people who just walk around the gym staring at everyone. Really you going to pay for a membership to aimlessly walk around the gym? To each their own but really. Being 400lbs you think they'd take advantage of the machines or the pool.0 -
The Ex-Cons who walk around after bench pressing a million pounds giving everybody mean looks. Listen Bro, You dont have to mean mug me, I can tell by the build of your muscles you're a jail bird, I will gladly stay out of your way!!
JUST DONT SHANK ME!
I literally just LOL'd! That's great! We have some of those at my gym too.0 -
people using towels as floormats as they dry themselves and get dressed...
guilty... I hate touching the nasty locker room floor.0
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