So which Gym Guy are YOU?

i just started.. but i don't like to be bothered.. i stroll on the elipser.. (yes i suck) and then do weight machines.. (i do reg weights at home).. and i look LOST most of the time.. hoping to get better at the cardio part so i dont look so cardio challanged..

Great job Bud!

Lol, I'm the Gym Rat that everyone talks about...that sweats a ton, burns a bazillion calories, that goes super intense, and still has the energy to do more if I feel like it ;-)

I do the cardio/weight training thing..workout 4-6x a week... depending on what's up... I'm a Zumba maniac on top of it...but that's my fun workout...I don't really count that much as a workout..hehe, love to dance!!

"Go hard or get the he** outta my way!"

I'm the guy telling you to get the hell out of my basement!

So I'm the guy who's lifting with White Zombie and Front Line Assembly and Slayer playing too loud for motivation.

Wow.......I think I work with you haha. Guy I work with has his Slayer gym in his garage tho.

I'm the guy there with his trainer busting his *kitten* every other day haha. Today was a killer. Can't wait til Friday!

I'm "the yoga girl"

Mat on my back, drinking coconut water, embodying a stereotype like no one's business. Ah well. It works for me.

Why do people look so miserable in the gym? I am usually happy and smiling unless I am lifting. I am always talking to myself and pushing myself to do another rep or a few more minutes on the elliptical. I usually feel like a science experiment at the gym. I have to walk through the area with heavy lifting equpiment and the guys stare at me like I am an alien.

I'm the girl that takes her 20 year old daughter to the weight room because she's too chicken shlt to go by herself. Me. I'm the chicken shlt. I have to take DD to hold my hand.

ETA: PS: I'm not texting my BFF, I entering weight and reps into my app.

I thank you all for the convo yesterday, which motivated me to stay off the cardio machine as planned lest anyone judge me for being a "cardio bunny" (impossible since I am not rail thin, and am doing interval-intensity cardio at the advice of my doctor and trainer).

Instead I resorted to my typical Gym personality of "Former competitive swimmer". Meaning, I used to work in a pool, teach group and private swim lessons, and coach teams but now I'm obese so the most I can muster is a consecutive half-mile of breastroke, freestyle, and backstroke, with a half lap of butterfly thrown in. I thank you b/c I truly get a better work-out that way...hitting both cardio and strength at once.

So, describe yourself at the gym as if you were being judged by a casual observer. I think it sounds fun.

I haven't been to the gym in 5years. I've been working out at home.

If I WAS to go to the gym, here's what I would probably do:
- a 3-5minute warmup on the treadmill or stair climber starting at a low intensity, then gradually increase it
- stretch for a minute or so
- some weight training focusing on different upper body exercises (chest, arms, back)
- pushups, burpees, or pullups (if there's a pullup bar)
- core work with a mat
- finish off with some yoga/stretching

Throughout the workout (or set) I would do whatever I needed to to either increase the intensity or challenge myself more to vary my heartrate.

But it wouldn't be a "formatted workout". It would be whatever popped into my mind while execising. I may end up adding different exercises I've learned from the DVD workouts I've been doing at home, maybe even a few exercises from Tae Kwon Do. It depends on what pops into my mind at the time.

I'm the "OMFG you're how old?/a little too intense/man you're deceivingly strong" , "lady" at my box.

I'm the guy telling you to get the hell out of my basement!

So I'm the guy who's lifting with White Zombie and Front Line Assembly and Slayer playing too loud for motivation.

Wow.......I think I work with you haha. Guy I work with has his Slayer gym in his garage tho.

LOL, Slayer is rare! I try to play all kinds of high energy angry music. Honest!

I'm the guy telling you to get the hell out of my basement!

So I'm the guy who's lifting with White Zombie and Front Line Assembly and Slayer playing too loud for motivation.

Wow.......I think I work with you haha. Guy I work with has his Slayer gym in his garage tho.

LOL, Slayer is rare! I try to play all kinds of high energy angry music. Honest!

Slayer Gym would be a good name...

There's a death metal yoga class that I've been meaning to try, just don't really want to drive the 60 miles roundtrip to do it on a weeknight.

I'm the crazy chick who comes in with the "All Business" mentality.

I get in, do my heavy lifting on the barbell and dumbbells with a mix of machine weights thrown in, then hop on the cardio machines for about 20-30 minutes and finish up with ab stuff on the mats OR some speed roping in the corner. I talk when I need to AND I'm the annoying one on my either phone texting a bit to make sure my friends/colleagues/parents are working out like they're supposed to be or meeting up with me... or I'm just busy entering sets and other calories burned from my HRM into MFP.

Kinda don't know where I fit, but I like to think I'm a BEAST... at least my crazy sweat-filled clothes, panting, and wonderfully sore muscles make me think that :bigsmile:

People would probably view me as crazy cardio, Treadmill running lady. I'm always on the treadmill and running for a long time. the treadmill is mainly all i do at the gym. I noticed that no one stays on the treadmill as long as i do. tons of people get on and off the machines next to me,, and i'm still on for over an hour. i'm a treadmill girl. i love to run.

You must be the one who pays more for the membership that allows you to use the equipment for longer than the designated 30 min limit. Nice to keep people waiting.............

Not all gyms have that policy. Only one row at my gym has a time limit. And the machines are never full.