Workout Confession Time!! :P

Sadly I don't think there is anyone in my gym that I can yet out lift our or run but I am working on it :laugh:

There was a competition at our gym based on the number of 15 minute cardio sessions you logged and i did do an obsessive amount of sessions to win this.

One time I followed a guy around who thought he was Billy....... Billy Badass. Always slamming weights and screaming because he was so strong. Everytime he would do a lift he'd huff and puff and yell. When he was done lifting I'd go stack more weight on whatever he was doing and lift it all calm like.

After doing that a half dozen times I finally said to him " Hey bro if It's too heavy lighten your load so You're not screaming all the time" The guy had a look in his eyes like I kicked his favorite puppy. He did stop exaggerating his lifts though so that made it worth it!

love it!

The only time I made a competition within a workout was in HS on lifting. But that was 22 (ouch) years ago.

No... I know I can never do as well as everyone around me so I just try to beat ME and don't worry about what others are doing.

Note: I workout at home not at the gym so this is all very hypothetical.

One time I followed a guy around who thought he was Billy....... Billy Badass. Always slamming weights and screaming because he was so strong. Everytime he would do a lift he'd huff and puff and yell. When he was done lifting I'd go stack more weight on whatever he was doing and lift it all calm like.

After doing that a half dozen times I finally said to him " Hey bro if It's too heavy lighten your load so You're not screaming all the time" The guy had a look in his eyes like I kicked his favorite puppy. He did stop exaggerating his lifts though so that made it worth it!

LOL, that's awesome!

I would compete a little bit here and there, but not usually

I've thought about it, but there is always someone in better shape than me. Instead, I try to beat my own records. Maybe I can find myself in better shape than I was last week! :laugh:

all the time. every now and again my friends on fb will go into "must get hot for said party" mode (I'm in college). They start saying: "went to the gym 2 times today" and post pictures of their dinners and ****. Then I get all defensiv,m when they say "how long did you work out today" with this smirk (I can't stand the smirk)


I don't mean to get all defensive but um... I'm working my but off over here.

I always wind up next to these people at the gym.

When I use the treadmill, I use hit up the incline and just power walk. I always wind up next to the person jogging, and smirking. I'm going to just keep on doing me, and not try to creep on the person next to me. I think it's kind of ~show off. I'm a fat girl trying to make myself better. I don't want to make anyone else, potentially, feel like their hardest isn't good enough or isn't enough.

I don't try to compete on the treadmill because though I run, I can't run at the pace that the lighter/fitter people can. I do notice that I can sustain a high intensity longer than most people though. Most of the people who go faster than me on the treadmill only do it for short durations. Meanwhile, I can run for an hour or more without serious fatigue. I'd go faster by I let my heart rate dictate my pace. Once it reaches 90% of my max HR, then I really don't try and push it beyond that.

On the elliptical it's the opposite. I own the elliptical. I've yet to see a person doing more resisitance/time/pace than me. If they match my resistance than they are going at a slower strides/minute and usually for a shorter duration. Every once in awhile someone will match my pace but at a lower resistance. If I see it, I usually up my pace even more. I think it's more subconscious than anything.