Funny things you see in the gym

~LV~ said:
I would have pissed my pants laughing if I saw him dancing between his sets.

That's hilarious!
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The thing that really caught my eye is he had absolutely no definition. He must have had at least an inch of fat all around, likely more.
 
LeiYunFat said:
"Ain't this place great? ANYBODY can come in and workout whenever they want. It's the only college in the country like this..."

"Yeah."

And that was all that was said. The contempt and sarcasm in his voice was obvious when he said this...

When I walked out of the gym, I noticed that none of the dl diamond bars he set out were touched since he placed them there. Instead, his team was doing leg lifts (poorly) and curls.
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What an ahole! If he was such a good coach, you would think he would tell them to do the darn deads. I work out at my college gym, but the school doesnt have a football team. I used to see the baseball players in there, taking up all the stationary bikes.
 
Today at the gym I saw something I thought Id never see; IRL caricatures of Guidi and Luigi..
Two guys were doing biceps curls in the squat rack :D and when I asked them to go curl somewhere else guess where they went... dumdumdum.. the bechpress!
true story.
 
Nice, Markus

Today I saw some old man doing what looked like wing chun wooden dummy techniques on the weight tree, and the dip station.
 
It was funny how I was doing The Bear yesterday and kept getting looks of WTF from others in between sets of curls. Seriously people come in the gym, no warmup, grab heavy dumbells and start curling. Ive seen guys do 5-7 variations of curls while Im in the gym sometimes.
 
i was in the gym last week when this guy in really short shorts and a wife beater come in. (which is fine) He thought he was a looker because he couldnt stop looking at himself in the mirror...anyway i was with my friend and he looked over and give us a little smile and started streching out, his legs were apart, i glanced over to see him stretching but i wasnt expecting hs 'manhood' hanging out of his shorts! i tryed hard not to laugh but he soon noticed what we were looking at and sorted himself out and gave us a smile and giggled to himself for about 10 minutes! (poor guy!)
 
Tonya Paul said:
I think that you guys, are the main reason why a lot of people who aren't in the greatest shape (as you must be) are hesitant to start going to public gym. Have you ever considered assisting someone who you think may be struggle or uncertain? Give it some consideration....for we all can't be physical trainers now can we?????
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I rarely go to the gym, since I have most everything I need at home and it is more convenient. But I do go frome time to time.

One time at the Fitness Plus down the street, I was there with my brother and a friend lifting when we saw a 6 foot plus 250 pound guy built like a tank doing preacher curls on the preacher station. He was leanning forward putting every bit of his body into it to lift the most weight he could, instead of isolating his biceps. Grunting and cursing, etc.

Now I am 5'9" 180 do you really think I am going to go over am tell the Hulk he is doing his curls wrong? I think not my friend.
 
I am new to the forum and stumbled across this thread, which had me laughing my butt off! I have a funny story to share tho I think it is more disgusting than anything:

Early one morning I was doing some curls and the only other person in the free weights area was this middle aged man, and he was doing some seated bicep curls. Well, he was between sets and I noticed he started to dig in one of his nostrils... before I can turn away I see him then bring his finger from his nose and (can you guess where this is going???) INTO HIS MOUTH. Yes, I saw a grown man pick his nose and eat it.

I was so horrified I had to leave. I kept thinking about all of the weights and things this gross man had potentially touched and I just wanted to get away. I am normally not a germ-o-phobe, but it was the beginning of cold and flu season and I could not get away fast enough!
 
Well...you're more likely to contract those illnesses from people sweating and breathing everywhere, as well as touching the bars and whatnot. I'd be more worried about THAT guy's health...he's sticking his dirty finger -- that's touched all the equipment others have touched -- in his nose and mouth.

So yeah...that's pretty gross.
 
stingo said:
Well, this isn't necessarily funny (actually it's irritating to me) - when I'm doing my time on the elliptical it's not uncommon for a woman (or man) with a strong perfume or other scent to get on the one next to me. I'm already gasping for air from the dang elliptical, but that just drives me nuts.

To fill in - I work out at the corporate wellness center, and where I work the majority of employees are women. Not singling the gals out - just saying that's the way the numbers come out.
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theres an older guy (he looks like retired military...older but not OLD and in ok shape) at our gym that always wears the same dang red sweatshirt and hell do th same thing...he ALWAYS smells like an ashtray of cigars and even though there are like 10 treadmills open he will jump on the one right next to you to walk at like 3.5mph for like 30 minutes and im thinking dude...you came to the gym to be healthy...i can think of an EASY way to add ten years to your life w/o even working out! anyway...point being...im running doing hiit or whatver and i hafta move cuz i cant stand to breathe the smoke anymore...
 
Turns out commercial gyms have some good stuff too. I seen a guy doing flat bench with his legs in like a full guard position (knees in air) for a UFC fight.

I also seen a girl doing treadmill. She finished and I figured she was going to the eliptical, which she did. It was one of those new uphill eliptical gadgets and I swear she was going 25 mph! Her shirt was drenched.
 
Today I saw this woman doing the strangest thing with her arm while she was running on the treadmill. She was raising her hand up, kind of like a kid in school who wants to be called on by the teacher. At first I thought she was doing some weird arm stretch, but she did it maybe 4 times in 20 minutes and only with the left arm.

Then I thought, perhaps she is practicing waiving down a cab while running down the street... :)
 
The most riduculous thing I think I've ever seen in a gym was this guy doing chest presses - the weight was obviously too much for him because he was actually getting his knees involved to push up the stacked barbell. When a bunch of guys rushed over to help him out, because they obvioulsy thought he was in trouble and going to loose it, he yells at them, "no I'm ok, I'm ok!", and then jumps off the bench and stretches after his one rep.

BTW - "Weight training is bisexual" - I love it tonymcclellan!
 
A 65-70 year old women w/ bleach blond hair, a hard core tan and a METALLIC GOLD leotard over black tights w/ leg warmers.

Absolutely amazing.

I used to belong to an all women's gym- they had Jazzercise every Monday night- picture 20 women like that, and add in some sweet dance moves.

Funniest/best thing ever.
 
I'm not sure of the exact name of the machine, but there is a weight machine at my gym designed to work your calves. You just press like you would get on your tip-toes, hold out, then relax. The thing is, I see a lot of people trying to juggle it or something... they're pushing out really fast, and it's like they're trying to pull their toes back in and push them back out before the resistance can fall back to the starting position.

It makes a ton of noise too... I'm not sure how some of these people get their workout ideas. Smooth and controlled, people, smooth and controlled.
 
I am loving this thread. Tonight I watched a guy come over to the leg press, which I was moving to, and load it up with weight. He then proceeded to walk out the door ( I assumed for water). He never came back! Home boy just loaded up a machine and wandered off!

The next thing is the staredown. I read a couple posts about this in the beginning but it's getting out of hand. I work out at school (college) and all the frat boys come in there with their letters and play badass for a couple hours. Talking on their cell phones in between sets, flexing in the mirror and generally getting in the way.

Now, granted, the gym is for everyone but if u're gonna flex, do it in the locker room or don't get caught. Nothing looks more pathetic than a guy flexing in the mirror in the middle of a crowded gym.

Also tonight, I saw a guy wander over to the mirror and lift his shirt to examine his abs. I guess he thought they may have gone somewhere. Don't be a poser and flex in the mirror!
 
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