Funny things you see in the gym

anyone ever see people that try to use the assisted pullup/dip machine and don't obviously understand the concept of it?

This happens all the time, but last night, this lady went over to it. stood there looking at it for a couple of minutes, put it on like 40lbs and climbed on. It was obviously too hard, so she thinks that lowering the weight will make it easier. she lowers the weight and tries again. still too hard. I guess after that, she just figured she couldn't do it and left it alone.

Last week there was this very large woman (no offense) sitting on the stationary bike when I got there.. litterally, sitting, not peddling. I do my warm up, go stretch, finish my lifting (took maybe an hour) and go to do my 15 min cardio and she is still sitting on the bike just looking at the TV. I wanted to tell her that cable TV is probably cheaper than her gym membership and she should look into it. Then again, she probably went home and told her husband that she did an hour and a half on the bike.
 
has anyone ever seen this?
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I keep expecting to see someone describe something stupid I do (ok, I admit when I am on the treadmill with my IPod, I mouth the word to the songs).

Most annoying: Girls in the locker room who "save" a place at the mirror before they get into the shower. Invariably this saved place is next to a (coveted) outlet and invariably I am done getting ready before they even get out of the shower (I just slide that $#!t over and use the mirror/outlet).

Then this morning these two guys get on two of the treadmill just as I was heading towards the treadmills. I usualy watch the news in the morning while I run but I ended up in front of the NFL channel. Annoying, but they didn't know. They crank up their treadmills at something slower than 3.6 mph because I do my 3 minute warm up at 3.6 mph and 1% before I start running. Before I am even done with my warm-up they hop off the treadmills and head over to the weights. How the heck do you warm up by walking on a treadmill for 2 minutes at 3mph? I mean the walk from the car was more vigorous.

And these two guys look like Jabib and Jaboo, both significantly overweight with little muscle tone. One of them appears to be training the other, but neither of them know what they are doing and in the months that they have been at it I have seen no improvement.

Saddest: A guy comes in every day at about 6:00am, he's not real young (40's?) and very thin and I can't figure out what he is trying to do with any of his exercises. He doesn't seem to want help as he will be doing an exercise completely wrong, next to someone doing it right. Example: Lateral rows. You know when you start and have to pick the dumbell up of the floor, then straighten you back and start your rows? Well, his exercise is 10 reps of picking a 20lb dumbell up off the floor, then lowering it back down onto the floor.
 
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Saddest: A guy comes in every day at about 6:00am, he's not real young (40's?) and very thin and I can't figure out what he is trying to do with any of his exercises. He doesn't seem to want help as he will be doing an exercise completely wrong, next to someone doing it right. Example: Lateral rows. You know when you start and have to pick the dumbell up of the floor, then straighten you back and start your rows? Well, his exercise is 10 reps of picking a 20lb dumbell up off the floor, then lowering it back down onto the floor.
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poor guy.. he's going to hurt his back before too long.
so many people in the gym to things wrong.

my bf tells me stories about the mens locker room too.. the other day, he came out and said that there was a man in there, naked, with the little handheld blowdryers attached to the wall drying his whole body. hope none of you guys do that lol

some of the things people wear in there crack me up too!
 
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/\ /\ No kidding. Well, not to be insensitive, but what would a blind person be doing in the gym in the first place? There are a lot of heavy metal objects being moved around (some of them practically thrown around). That could be seriously dangerous for someone who can't see, heck, I've almost been hit with stuff before.
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There is a blind guy who goes to my gym every monring- he does cardio on the treadmill and uses the free weights. Has the white cane and all, but when he gets to the weights he will get in really close to squint to see the numbers so i guess he can see something. Folks know that he is there and if I am lifting and he gets too close for comfort I make a bit more noise. Have never seen an incident involving him.
 
Ha, the other day. This guy, maybe 5ft 5 came along. Started doing some curls, but literally moving his whole body. He was facing the mirror and every time he did want he made a really loud grunt and went "ahhh" then eventually he shouted "oh feel it, yes feel it" bear in mind he was facing the mirror moving his pelvis towards it ;)

Half an hour later he is still doing curls. He litterally did around 100 sets of max reps with different exercises. Even in rest he was picking up 15kg barbells and lifting them. All the while grunting :rolleyes:
 
I think its funny when i see the reaction of the people when i do the last machine they did, and i put like twice the weight on, and im only 16 haha. Im the only 16 year old that works out there..
 
Nae82 said:
my bf tells me stories about the mens locker room too.. the other day, he came out and said that there was a man in there, naked, with the little handheld blowdryers attached to the wall drying his whole body. hope none of you guys do that lol
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There's a guy at my gym that does that, it wouldn't bother me but he's a middle age, ugly, fat guy. I was unfortunate enough to look up and see his shriveled little member being blow dried once, I nearly threw up
 
Robby said:
I think its funny when i see the reaction of the people when i do the last machine they did, and i put like twice the weight on, and im only 16 haha. Im the only 16 year old that works out there..
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I love that! I'm 19, and I see these middle age men bench pressing like 95 pounds, then I go on there and load it up with 175lbs. I'm not saying I'm Superman or anything, but it's funny to see them scoff at me as if I don't know what I'm doing, then see them get pissed when I bench it with good form and everything.
 
lol my mate tells me of this guy that goes to a different gym that I do.

He is in his 30's, average built, probably just goes to the gym once a week to keep fit, anyway....

You know those swiss balls?

He sits on one of them, puts his hands on his head as if he is trying to concentrate/read your mind and moves his head left 1 inch and back again.

He does 20+ of these then does it again but turning his head right....for 1 inch...

Why? lol
 
betsie2k I would like to think he does it as some kind of meditation, but the sad truth is, he probably thinks he is working his abs - somehow.
 
Just a general observation - the way I've seen women and men train, the former can run marathons, but can't open a jar; and the latter can tear phone books in half, but have a difficult time running around the block a few times.
 
I can do both stingo. and im a guy. Something I find hilarious is women on about multi-tasking. Most of them can't and it's generally guys that can.
 
Woodt said:
I can do both stingo. and im a guy. Something I find hilarious is women on about multi-tasking. Most of them can't and it's generally guys that can.
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Lol, it would only be multi tasking if you were doing the two things at the same time. How many marathons have you run while tearing phone books in half?
 
Woodt said:
I can do both stingo. and im a guy. Something I find hilarious is women on about multi-tasking. Most of them can't and it's generally guys that can.
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So driving into the office in the morning while talking on the phone, drinking a cup of coffee, and putting on mascara isn't multitasking? : )
 
sat at the gym.. i was doing my HIIT on the elliptical and this personal trainer had just finished up a session with a client and walked her over to the elliptical right next to me. the trainer showed her how to use the machine, put it on the easiest setting (it was obvious that it was the ladys first time in the gym) and instructed her to do 15 minutes. the trainer then walked off and as soon as she was around the corner, the lady got off of the elliptical and left.. (after about 1 min 20 sec of exercise)
the trainer came back a couple of minutes later and was looking around like she was confused about what she had told the client. haha
 
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