Gym "guys"
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The couple who finishes their cigarettes outside before coming in the gym....then taking 5 cigarette breaks throughout the next hour.
Sorry but I have 0 patience for smokers....and yes I know and have lived with many. Some who have quit, some who haven't, and some who have died.0 -
All of us are, in one or another, the people we hate at the gym.0
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This is so me! I've been known to roll up in the gym wearing a Twilight t-shirt! LOL Who cares?? I'm not trying to meet anyone, I'm there to get ripped!Ms. "All Business" -
This one I like. She comes to the gym in a beat up t-shirt or tank top and some generic workout pants. She doesn't have her makeup done. She doesn't bother with machines. She goes straight to the free weights after her warmup and spends the next hour or so going through a series of resistance workouts you typically don't see women doing, moving poundages that could give a lot of the guys a run for their money. Half the guys in the gym have massive crushes on her but nobody will approach her because the intensity with which she goes at her workouts gives off an air that says "OFF LIMITS! I'M HERE TO GET STUFF DONE!"
The guys who just sit around on the benches and talk really get on my nerves!
And I must not forget the two middle aged ladies who bring their coffee from home each morning and drink it while on the elliptical. If you can drink an uncovered cup of coffee and not spill it while on the elliptical, you're pissing your monthly gym membership money away!0 -
At the gym I went to a few years ago there was this guy who would come in mid afternoon about every other day. He would talk/mutter to himself the whole time he was working out ("You can do this! Don't quit! It ain't so bad!, etc..."), and he'd do really loud Lamaze-type breathing before each set. (You're lifting weights, not giving birth, ya douche!) While he was lifting he'd grunt really loud (like he was severely constipated or something), then he'd drop the weights on the floor in utter "exhaustion". It was like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.0
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How many ppl have all the "gym guy" types at there gym ?? I have a few stories which are funny to me at least.
1. I went to the gym with my buddy , he got up from the bench and literally threw his weights on the floor... I looked at him and laughed and said.. What I wasn't paying enough attention to you ? You want everyone to see what your doing ??? he responded with "what ??" I said nothing it takes more effort to stand up with the weights and throw them looking for attention, next time try doing a few more reps and place them on the ground. He hasn't come with me to the gym since lol.
2. 5 ... 5 Somalian guys around 18-20 maybe, Only one of them really works out for the most part the other 4 just sit on random machines and talk the entire time... Yesterday I saw them do 1 set with maybe 10 reps on dumb bells and then they moved to the stretching area and just sat and talked, from there they went to the leg machines and again just sat and talked ... I just find it hilarious. Also their conversations are A) loud and
always about how they beat some one up and kicked someones *kitten*...
3. The old guy hitting on the young girls.(he even has the creepy mustache). These 2 pretty girls where on inner thigh machines and this old guy just wouldn't stop hitting on em so much so my brother and I were in hysterics just cause A) the girls where on inner thigh machines and we couldn't hear them but I was doing a monolog. Forgot to add the girls where maybe 18-19 the dude was 45 +
Anyways tell me some more stories or better throw up some youtube links if you have some to make me laugh
I'm curious. Does the ethnicity of the people in point 2 have any bearing on their behaviour? I assume the people in points 1 and 3 were somehow ethnically neutral?0 -
Ms. "All Business" -
This one I like. She comes to the gym in a beat up t-shirt or tank top and some generic workout pants. She doesn't have her makeup done. She doesn't bother with machines. She goes straight to the free weights after her warmup and spends the next hour or so going through a series of resistance workouts you typically don't see women doing, moving poundages that could give a lot of the guys a run for their money. Half the guys in the gym have massive crushes on her but nobody will approach her because the intensity with which she goes at her workouts gives off an air that says "OFF LIMITS! I'M HERE TO GET STUFF DONE!"
Pahhahahaha This is me so hard. I'm glad we are a 'type'. I am not alone! Ms. All Businesses Unite!
We need rings or something.
yes! lets get rings. hahaha.0 -
Thanks for reminding me of why I haven't been to a gym in 10 years.0
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How many ppl have all the "gym guy" types at there gym ?? I have a few stories which are funny to me at least.
1. I went to the gym with my buddy , he got up from the bench and literally threw his weights on the floor... I looked at him and laughed and said.. What I wasn't paying enough attention to you ? You want everyone to see what your doing ??? he responded with "what ??" I said nothing it takes more effort to stand up with the weights and throw them looking for attention, next time try doing a few more reps and place them on the ground. He hasn't come with me to the gym since lol.
2. 5 ... 5 Somalian guys around 18-20 maybe, Only one of them really works out for the most part the other 4 just sit on random machines and talk the entire time... Yesterday I saw them do 1 set with maybe 10 reps on dumb bells and then they moved to the stretching area and just sat and talked, from there they went to the leg machines and again just sat and talked ... I just find it hilarious. Also their conversations are A) loud and always about how they beat some one up and kicked someones *kitten*...
3. The old guy hitting on the young girls.(he even has the creepy mustache). These 2 pretty girls where on inner thigh machines and this old guy just wouldn't stop hitting on em so much so my brother and I were in hysterics just cause A) the girls where on inner thigh machines and we couldn't hear them but I was doing a monolog. Forgot to add the girls where maybe 18-19 the dude was 45 +
Anyways tell me some more stories or better throw up some youtube links if you have some to make me laugh
I'm curious. Does the ethnicity of the people in point 2 have any bearing on their behaviour? I assume the people in points 1 and 3 were somehow ethnically neutral?
I think the OP was just stating facts, not trying to pick a fight.0 -
Ms. "All Business" -
This one I like. She comes to the gym in a beat up t-shirt or tank top and some generic workout pants. She doesn't have her makeup done. She doesn't bother with machines. She goes straight to the free weights after her warmup and spends the next hour or so going through a series of resistance workouts you typically don't see women doing, moving poundages that could give a lot of the guys a run for their money. Half the guys in the gym have massive crushes on her but nobody will approach her because the intensity with which she goes at her workouts gives off an air that says "OFF LIMITS! I'M HERE TO GET STUFF DONE!"
Oh my gosh.. So me. All though I'm pretty sure the guys in the gym don't have massive crushes on me.
I did this type of thing this morning.. Got my 5 min cardio warm up out of the way, and then went straight to the pull up/dip machine... Followed by hanging leg raises/walking lunges, bicep curls/shoulder press, and step ups/squats.. all with free weights. I got in and I got out.. No makeup and hair thrown back.. and I could care less what others were thinking.
To OP:
The gym guy that cracked me up, today was the bro in the smith machine. Did a rep, then would jump around, clap his hands and scream out YEA! and then proceeded to walk in a circle before doing another set.. I couldn't help but check him out in the mirror and laugh.0 -
hahaha LMBO!!! Thanks for these!!! And checking to make sure that I don't do these things at the gym!!! ***adjusts halo***
Ok I got one!! There's a group of older folks that come in each morning to drink coffee and EAT DONUTS while they sit around and watch the rest of us workout. One day...I swear I'm gonna do it....I'm gonna go grab a donut from one of them and eat it!!!0 -
I do most of my exercising in one of the two pools at my gym. We have a cold pool with lap lanes and a warm pool usually used for people with injury, arthritis or that maybe aren't doing traditional laps, thus that pool isn't divided into lanes. The cold pool isn't really the problem though they can be a bit rude if you're not using your lap to swim but instead are walking or running or some other variation of lap exercise. The problem is what I call the "floaters."
Floaters: typically middle age to older women who grab a water noodle and spend an hour or more floating with minimal movement then get out of the pool declaring that a good workout or seem incensed when they have floated into your lane and have to move so you can keep doing your exercises.0 -
I would be willing to bet we are all some sort of gym "person"0
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My version of the treamill master: Super-skinny older guy who cranks the incline up to max, then hangs on to the front of the machine for dear life while leaning waaay back. I see him every time I'm at the gym. He stays on thing thing for hours!
I didn't see you at my gym because I was distracted by him too.0 -
I must be in a snitchy mood today. Usually I'm all up in stuff like this, and today I find this post depressing, in a "damn...what are people saying about my fat *kitten* at the gym" kind of way.
Someone help me get this stick out of my nether regions, merci beaucoup.0 -
Ms. "All Business" -
This one I like. She comes to the gym in a beat up t-shirt or tank top and some generic workout pants. She doesn't have her makeup done. She doesn't bother with machines. She goes straight to the free weights after her warmup and spends the next hour or so going through a series of resistance workouts you typically don't see women doing, moving poundages that could give a lot of the guys a run for their money. Half the guys in the gym have massive crushes on her but nobody will approach her because the intensity with which she goes at her workouts gives off an air that says "OFF LIMITS! I'M HERE TO GET STUFF DONE!"
When I saw the title "Ms. All Business" I was like "oh, ****! That's me!"
Whew! I was glad to hear it's a good thing
I hit the gym in hot pants and a worn out t-shirt that says "METAL: they don't feel pain and they can't be reasoned with." Hit the elliptical for 10 minutes at a heart rate > 160, then spend the next 80 minutes lifting heavy, doing chin ups, and then cool down with some yoga stretching
hahah I got nervous as all hell too! I was like OH MAN i'm "that" girl! I go straight for the free weights and rock some DLs, thrusters, presses, squats front and back, cleans, etc. and run when i'm at home outside0 -
the "dudes" that annoy me are the ones that curl light weight really fast to get a swell on and then walk around in their sleeveless shirts0
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How about Olympic Bar Curl at Squat Rack guy? The person has dumb bells, free weights, machines and bars with weights on em in straight and EZ curl versions, and still wants to do curls on a 45lb olympic bar with 2 10 pound weights on em. WTF??!?!?!0
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The boyfriend/girlfriend. So annoying. The guy was attempting to train his girlfriend with some free weights, he's showing off for her.. bumping into anyone within a few feet of him because he's obviously the only one there that matters. She's giggling, complaining about heavy weights and their talking about doing it later and OMG I wanted to scream. And they weren't whispering. I am ALL BUSINESS when i am at the gym, I'm not there to chit chat or flirt.0
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I go to an engineering school (see also: nerds). The gym at my school is free to students/faculty, so I've seen everything. Mostly, it's just scrawny boys actually trying to get healthier, but there are also the usual gym stereotypes. The worst people are the sorority girls. I swear I saw half of a sorority walk in at once, all with matching pink water bottles, makeup done, wearing as little clothes as possible. They sat and gossiped on the mats for about 20 minutes, did 10 minutes of elliptical/treadmill/bike, did 10 reps on the ab machine, and walked out without even breaking a sweat.
Then there are the guys who obviously did sports in high school, but don't anymore. They do one set, walk to the water fountain and talk to their friends for 10 minutes, and do another set. You only ever hear them talk about protein and getting jacked.
But the creepiest type, by far, are the ancient professors who decide it's okay to run or go on the elliptical in short shorts and a crop top. It's especially creepy when you've had them as a professor. Physics 2 was awkward.0 -
The most annoying person at my gym is the 45+ year old divorcee, who tries to act 'All Business' but hits on every guy in the gym. She talks about how every female in the gym is jealous of her arms, so that's why she only talks to guys. I've seen her leave the parking lot with several different guys. There is just an 'ick' factor.0
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We have a small gym at work. There is a guy there I call American Idol. He sings loudly and proudly. He is terrible though. I am not even sure he is singing in English. He will do a set, grunting the whole time, and then strut in front of the mirror. I was sure he was going to kiss himself one day. The grunting starts at rep 1. I have seen the guy grunt after 1 push up. He had been in the gym for like a minute.
There is another guy there that grunts with everything he does. Even on the stationary bike. Our dumbbells go up to 75lbs. I have seen them both lifting 50-60lb dumbbells grunting away while the person next to them is using 75lbers and not making a sound.0 -
The cardio queen -
She's thin as a rail and comes to the gym only to use the cardio machines. She'll go on the treadmill or elliptical for about an hour at a moderate intensity and call it a day.
During competition prep I am at the gym twice a day and once is for an hour of cardio are lower intensity. I often wondering if people assumed this about me.
Ms. "All Business" -
This one I like. She comes to the gym in a beat up t-shirt or tank top and some generic workout pants. She doesn't have her makeup done. She doesn't bother with machines. She goes straight to the free weights after her warmup and spends the next hour or so going through a series of resistance workouts you typically don't see women doing, moving poundages that could give a lot of the guys a run for their money. Half the guys in the gym have massive crushes on her but nobody will approach her because the intensity with which she goes at her workouts gives off an air that says "OFF LIMITS! I'M HERE TO GET STUFF DONE!"
So does the fact that I wear lululemon make me less of Ms All Business? I can still be all business regardless of what I am wearing.0 -
Some videos of "that guy" in the gym.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnstNnqYp2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-91_iXATY8 (there are more by this group, too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=3-4_wtL1w2I0 -
Here's what I see at my gym
- The Dumbbell Dropper - That guy that doesn't even try to set the dumbbells on the floor with any effort, and just drops them from 2 ft up. "Yah.... I'm not impressed buddy. If you can pick them up, and do a set with them, then you can set them down like the rest of us. If I can do it with heavier dumbbells than you're using, then so can you!"
- The Swinger - These guys like to stand right in front of the DB rack, mere inches from the mirror, and using DBs that are too heavy, proceed to swing them like a wild ape... thinking they're doing curls. "Yah, all that momentum builds monster biceps, Tarzan."
- The Supersetter - This guy likes to lay claim to the power cage, an incline bench w/ DBs, and the Bench Press... all at once. "Sure, the rest of us will wait while you hog 3 sets of equipment for your personal SuperSet workout. Take your time, buddy, we'll all just wait for you."
- The De-Racker - We all know this guy... he likes to load up the bar, or grab sets of dumbbells, or load all of the 45s on the Leg Press, but NEVER Re-Racks his weights. "Yah buddy, your mom is right behind you, picking up your mess. Don't worry about the rest of us who expect the weights to be put back where they belong so we can use them as well. You just do your own thang."0 -
- The De-Racker - We all know this guy... he likes to load up the bar, or grab sets of dumbbells, or load all of the 45s on the Leg Press, but NEVER Re-Racks his weights. "Yah buddy, your mom is right behind you, picking up your mess. Don't worry about the rest of us who expect the weights to be put back where they belong so we can use them as well. You just do your own thang."
i'm not OCD at all....except at the gym when it comes to plates laying eveywhere or put away wrong. and my gym is terrible for this. i'm constantly rearranging them in between sets. so i guess i'm THAT guy whatever you want to call him. "The OCD plate putter-awayer"0 -
Oddly enough, I was always endeared by this guy at my school gym who was always noisy during a workout and a little over-the-top as well (don't get me wrong, he was pushing some pretty good weights). But then one day, I saw him going to do pull-ups and kipped every single one like a salmon in mating season.
I've been heartbroken ever since.0 -
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So does the fact that I wear lululemon make me less of Ms All Business? I can still be all business regardless of what I am wearing.
^^^^^THIS^^^^^^
These topics can be funny sometimes, but usually I feel like they are waaaay too judgmental. Earlier today I replied to a post where a woman was worried about what other people thought about her at the gym. I guess I lied to her because I told her that people come to the gym to improve themselves, not judge others. And then this topic shows up. Where we judge people by if their clothes are too nice(?!?!), if they talk to their friends, if the woman didn't take off her makeup after leaving work, if they use too much or too little weight, if they are trying hard enough on the cardio machines, and if they deign to do anything in the squat rack besides squat (what, they have a dedicated deadlift station at your gym? I thought not.)
I apologize for being all Davey Downer, it's just that I don't even notice most of these other GymGuys because I'm too busy getting my money's worth when I'm at the gym. I'm in, I'm out (and I'm doing curls at your blessed squat rack too) But perhaps "Tsk, Tsk," is a cool new workout that I haven't heard of yet.0 -
The fact that every girl laughs at guys who are working out wrong, and the ones that throw the weights down. WTF are you doing?? Throwing the weights down makes you look like a dumbass and working out wrong is just going to hurt yourself and make you look like crap like you already do. And oh yes, the old guys hitting on all the ladies. And yes the little boys that are trying to show off for the cougars hahahaha0
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