Divas at the gym (RANT)

pratod
pratod Posts: 68 Member
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I took a body pump class today and the guy next to me was grunting up a storm the whole time, SO LOUDLY! He also struck these exaggerated poses in between each set to demonstrate his exhaustion (ie doubling over clutching his abs). Because of all his noise, everyone in the class was staring at our corner most of the time, making ME feel self-conscious and distracting me from my workout.

I know that everyone's body is different and maybe he's nursing an injury or something but this guy looked really fit and he was lifting the same amount of weight as me (a 19 year old female who started lifting 2 months ago...) for most of the class.

I'm all for doing what you gotta do to get work done at the gym but there comes a point where you're just begging for attention.

*Rant over*
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  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    I took a body pump class today and the guy next to me was grunting up a storm the whole time, SO LOUDLY! He also struck these exaggerated poses in between each set to demonstrate his exhaustion (ie doubling over clutching his abs). Because of all his noise, everyone in the class was staring at our corner most of the time, making ME feel self-conscious and distracting me from my workout.

    I know that everyone's body is different and maybe he's nursing an injury or something but this guy looked really fit and he was lifting the same amount of weight as me (a 19 year old female who started lifting 2 months ago...) for most of the class.

    I'm all for doing what you gotta do to get work done at the gym but there comes a point where you're just begging for attention.

    *Rant over*

    I'm betting that by the 6th post in this thread, somebody will be telling you how horrible you are and maybe the guy has this or that and maybe something else and who are you to judge and why can't we all just get along and if you don't like it you should not be in the class and......

    Change that, by the 4th post......
  • pratod
    pratod Posts: 68 Member
    Haha! I know, I'm a terrible person! This guy probably only has 3 days left to live or something. I apologize in advance everyone! But... if you can't vent on random internet forums then where can you...
  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    Haha! I know, I'm a terrible person! This guy probably only has 3 days left to live or something. I apologize in advance everyone! But... if you can't vent on random internet forums then where can you...

    I started a rant thread couple months ago about the gym guy I hate. He does circuits, leaves weights everywhere, drops weights and the worst thing is when he is doing bench presses, he sports an obvious hard on. About half the posts following were all about how nasty I was.
  • pratod
    pratod Posts: 68 Member
    Ahh I guess I should just give up while i'm ahead... I retract all inflammatory statements and would now like this thread to focus on singing kumbaya and affirming one another's annoying habits. :flowerforyou:
  • Fatal1ty2k5
    Fatal1ty2k5 Posts: 333 Member
    I thought only women could be divas?
  • ChcolateLady11
    ChcolateLady11 Posts: 359
    I took a body pump class today and the guy next to me was grunting up a storm the whole time, SO LOUDLY! He also struck these exaggerated poses in between each set to demonstrate his exhaustion (ie doubling over clutching his abs). Because of all his noise, everyone in the class was staring at our corner most of the time, making ME feel self-conscious and distracting me from my workout.

    I know that everyone's body is different and maybe he's nursing an injury or something but this guy looked really fit and he was lifting the same amount of weight as me (a 19 year old female who started lifting 2 months ago...) for most of the class.

    I'm all for doing what you gotta do to get work done at the gym but there comes a point where you're just begging for attention.

    *Rant over*

    I'm betting that by the 6th post in this thread, somebody will be telling you how horrible you are and maybe the guy has this or that and maybe something else and who are you to judge and why can't we all just get along and if you don't like it you should not be in the class and......

    Change that, by the 4th post......

    LOL!!
  • pratod
    pratod Posts: 68 Member
    This thread is obviously about equality so gender exclusivity is not encouraged
  • ChcolateLady11
    ChcolateLady11 Posts: 359
    I thought only women could be divas?

    yep. I have heard a man is called a Divo...IDK sounds silly..lol
  • tmanfromtexas
    tmanfromtexas Posts: 928 Member
    I thought only women could be divas?

    yep. I have heard a man is called a Divo...IDK sounds silly..lol

    Wasnt there a group with that name in the 80s. They wore strange hats. Excuse me my age is showing.
  • bethelcheryl
    bethelcheryl Posts: 199 Member
    Devo, not Divo :)
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I thought only women could be divas?

    yep. I have heard a man is called a Divo...IDK sounds silly..lol

    Wasnt there a group with that name in the 80s. They wore strange hats. Excuse me my age is showing.

    Devo:

    devo.jpg
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    I've met MANY males who were divas and drama queens (kings?) I encounter them mostly in the workplace, but they congregate at the gym too.
  • knk1553
    knk1553 Posts: 438 Member
    I probably would have asked him if he could quiet down...but I'm rude like that....hahahaha
  • ForeverIrish
    ForeverIrish Posts: 227 Member
    I thought only women could be divas?

    yep. I have heard a man is called a Divo...IDK sounds silly..lol

    Wasnt there a group with that name in the 80s. They wore strange hats. Excuse me my age is showing.

    That was Devo! "Are we not men? We are Devo!"
  • Tysonhi98
    Tysonhi98 Posts: 21
    haha, my local gym is full of these, ya gotta laugh though :)
  • Jeliwood
    Jeliwood Posts: 61
    Ha, there was a guy at my gym the other day who did pretty much the same thing in the strength training section. It was hilarous. And he was SUPER in shape, grunting and moaning and making these weird hissing noises through his teeth.

    The best part was the 80 year old woman on the machine across from him was giving him a horrible look while doing like 200lbs on the hip abductor lol. "Im 4 times your ages and you don't see me making them noises. Quiet your *kitten* down, fool"
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    I'm scared of the men that grunt loudly. Honestly they freak me out a little and I've seen some guys who appear to be looking for attention by doing it, like they want strangers to marvel that he's lifting so heavy. Yeah hi we're all in the weight room lifting heavy things. I remember one guy like a month ago, he had a trainer with him and he was adamant he could show his trainer he had successfully upped his weights without him just so he could be bumped up to the next level and when he failed I thought he was going to cry. He whined and kept saying, "but it just did it the other day!" and "don't tell anyone I didn't level up, man, don't do it!" I felt kinda embarrassed for him.

    The worst was the one guy that left all his sweat on a bench one day. I'd been waiting to use it and when he was done he gave me this look like "oh yeah I just left you the best goddamn present ever on that bench. I dare you to wipe it up." The ultimate punishment was the fact the wipe paper dispenser was empty.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Haha! I know, I'm a terrible person! This guy probably only has 3 days left to live or something. I apologize in advance everyone! But... if you can't vent on random internet forums then where can you...

    I started a rant thread couple months ago about the gym guy I hate. He does circuits, leaves weights everywhere, drops weights and the worst thing is when he is doing bench presses, he sports an obvious hard on. About half the posts following were all about how nasty I was.

    Both genders have equal opportunity to be morons at any given place at any given time. The stupidity was with the actions and the mentality, not with what was or was not dangling between their legs.
  • pratod
    pratod Posts: 68 Member
    So glad to hear other people experience this too!
  • pratod
    pratod Posts: 68 Member
    Ha, there was a guy at my gym the other day who did pretty much the same thing in the strength training section. It was hilarous. And he was SUPER in shape, grunting and moaning and making these weird hissing noises through his teeth.

    The best part was the 80 year old woman on the machine across from him was giving him a horrible look while doing like 200lbs on the hip abductor lol. "Im 4 times your ages and you don't see me making them noises. Quiet your *kitten* down, fool"

    I love this!
  • namari
    namari Posts: 54 Member
    It always seems worse in the classes then just in the main gym, example i do different classes depending on whats on at my gym and the last time i went to zumba this guy beside me was jumping all over the place and banging into people (he stood on my foot) while singing along at the top of his lungs i think in future i might stick to b.a.t and pump classes where no sideways movement is required......
  • dollipop
    dollipop Posts: 379 Member
    I thought only women could be divas?

    yep. I have heard a man is called a Divo...IDK sounds silly..lol

    Wasnt there a group with that name in the 80s. They wore strange hats. Excuse me my age is showing.

    That was Devo! "Are we not men? We are Devo!"
    I said whip it! whip it good! lol
  • ChcolateLady11
    ChcolateLady11 Posts: 359
    Devo, not Divo :)
    Actually you could spell it both ways....Urban Dictionary is where I got Divo :-)
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    Easier to invent responses to this after the fact, but it seems to me that the best response would be something like... lean over and express your concern in a LOUD stage whisper, "Are you ok? Do you need me to get you some help?" And if he says he's ok or blows off your initial comments, "Maybe you need to do something less strenuous?"

    On the other hand... perhaps he really is that out of shape and already self-conscious, as many of us are, in the gym. Ignore him, he's not really hurting you. Get a good story out of it, and vent all you want here
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    I took a body pump class today and the guy next to me was grunting up a storm the whole time, SO LOUDLY! He also struck these exaggerated poses in between each set to demonstrate his exhaustion (ie doubling over clutching his abs). Because of all his noise, everyone in the class was staring at our corner most of the time, making ME feel self-conscious and distracting me from my workout.

    I know that everyone's body is different and maybe he's nursing an injury or something but this guy looked really fit and he was lifting the same amount of weight as me (a 19 year old female who started lifting 2 months ago...) for most of the class.

    I'm all for doing what you gotta do to get work done at the gym but there comes a point where you're just begging for attention.

    *Rant over*

    the bold parts made me LOL
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,327 Member
    .... the gym guy I hate. .......he sports an obvious hard on.

    Wonder what HE does between sets??
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Devo, not Divo :)
    Actually you could spell it both ways....Urban Dictionary is where I got Divo :-)

    The band is called Devo - thats what they were referring to in response to the comment above that.
  • Manrahan
    Manrahan Posts: 40
    I hate it when people make sounds in my presence too.
  • megleo818
    megleo818 Posts: 595 Member
    Devo still exists!! They're playing in San Francisco in September -- with Blondie!! Ha! I may have to go ... :-)
  • SexyMidnight
    SexyMidnight Posts: 72 Member
    God you hit the nail on the head lady!! I hate being the only woman that goes to my gym and sweats!! it really annoys me to see girls come in and leave looking the same!! They come just to flirt with the guys that take up the whole weight section and damn-it that bothers me too!! i need a new gym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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