Funny things you see in the gym

Wow this thread kept me entertained for a good hour...no joke. Yeah I have plenty of hours to kill while at work. Well..."not" at work I guess. I've been to my share of gyms up and down the coast in Cali. I have a few stories to tell.

I'm on the bike, spinning like crazy and rocking out to my music, when I start hearing a weird overtone of moaning. For a minute I think it might be the background of the song I'm listening to but it continued on into the next and seemed to get louder and louder. I turn down my ipod and the moaning is obviously comming from the woman behind me on the eliptical. She looked and sounded like she was having an orgasm right there on the machine. I mean full force moaning/screaming/growling. Her eyes were closed and her face kinda turned up toward the ceiling. I start kinda laughing and look around to see what everyone else thinks. No one is even batting an eye!
She continued her orgasm for a full 20 minutes.

I used to go to Powerhouse Gym in Chatsworth, one of my favorites, and one day I was doing some calf lifts. I'm smaller so I was having a hard time adjusting the machine to my height. Some guy comes up and says "here let me help you." I turn around and come face to face with "The Rock"...well he introduced himself at Dwayne. So hot! : ) He was post-wrestling and pre-movies so he was still pretty freakin big. He proceeded to help me with my calf workout. I totally worked out with the rock...lol
 
i know this is random,but talking about old dudes in the mens locker room. i think it was so gross seeing this butt naked dude,bent over the sink area,looking in the mirror at his face. *gag* and then i had to wash my hands after him =( it was pretty gross just knowing dusty balls had his junk on the sink.
 
i saw this one guy "bench pressig" on the ground with a barbell. as you know, your elbows come down to the floor at the bottom of the exercise. the thing is, the weight was too heavy for him to rep and while he was lowering the weight, his elbows hit the ground too hard and he lost control of the weight. he was still holding on to the barbell, but it started to fall towards his head and he wasnt strong enough to stop it. lol so it JUST misses his head when it falls and his face was priceless.
 
Proteinboy said:
i saw this one guy "bench pressig" on the ground with a barbell. as you know, your elbows come down to the floor at the bottom of the exercise. the thing is, the weight was too heavy for him to rep and while he was lowering the weight, his elbows hit the ground too hard and he lost control of the weight. he was still holding on to the barbell, but it started to fall towards his head and he wasnt strong enough to stop it. lol so it JUST misses his head when it falls and his face was priceless.
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Yeah, the look on people's faces when they realise they are trying to bench way too much. It's amazing. I always help them out though. Of course :D
 
Woodt said:
Yeah, the look on people's faces when they realise they are trying to bench way too much. It's amazing. I always help them out though. Of course :D
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I almost had one of those moments once, thankfully I was just doing a dumb bell press so there was no danger of a bar landing on my neck.
It was due to this young woman who I think had a bit of a thing for her PT (I think her PT is gay though which might explain why she was reduced to trying so hard). She had come for her session in the most inappropriate clothes ever for a workout, it looked like she was going clubbing in a wonderbra and super low cut top. anyway, I was trying to push up a few last reps when she bends down to pick up dumb bells while facing a mirror, pushing her boobs together with her arms to try and give a show to her PT and I glimps an eye-full out of the corner of my eye.
I'm half way through the lift and now I've lost concentration and all of a sudden my arms won't move, they're just stuck half way in the air and I'm looking like a right tit myself at this point, I think at least one other guy saw what happened and was trying not to laugh at me. I had to drop the weights and go take a drink
 
CCR said:
I almost had one of those moments once, thankfully I was just doing a dumb bell press so there was no danger of a bar landing on my neck.
It was due to this young woman who I think had a bit of a thing for her PT (I think her PT is gay though which might explain why she was reduced to trying so hard). She had come for her session in the most inappropriate clothes ever for a workout, it looked like she was going clubbing in a wonderbra and super low cut top. anyway, I was trying to push up a few last reps when she bends down to pick up dumb bells while facing a mirror, pushing her boobs together with her arms to try and give a show to her PT and I glimps an eye-full out of the corner of my eye.
I'm half way through the lift and now I've lost concentration and all of a sudden my arms won't move, they're just stuck half way in the air and I'm looking like a right tit myself at this point, I think at least one other guy saw what happened and was trying not to laugh at me. I had to drop the weights and go take a drink
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Bwaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha! That is great!
 
Many of the people in my gym never do much more then curls, which is the case with this one guy who works there. Its a college gym so he is not a trainer.

This other guy was catching a few minutes of the Strongman on the treadmill tv and asked this employee if he thought they used steroids. The kid (who Ive only seen working arms, ever) said that in some class he recently took the instructor told them that they must use steroids because the muscle fibers cannot get that large. He proceeded to tell the kid there were four types of fibers, type I a+b and type II a+b and thats one of things he learned in the class.

Furthermore he said that he took this class and now is a certified PFT. The instructor was a PhD and he is going to get a job at some gym locally. I feel bad for someone who is going to need some help and get stuck with this kid. While he was there he was working, you guessed it, arms.
 
rip said:
If I walk by an alley and two thugs carrying knives are about to rape you... And, you fail to scream out for my help... Should I walk on knowing that there is a chance I will be hurt or even killed. Well I can tell you, that ain't gonna happen (you're welcome). I am gonna stroll in there like 5-0 and start tellin' those guys what's up. If I need to grab a garbage can lid and start bustin' skulls so be-it. I will not stand by idly while another person is hurt.
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I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous. You are not Bruce Lee, Stephen Seagal, or even Jackie Chan. You + two knife-wielding thugs = the dirt nap for you.

This may be a FAR stretch from what our discussion is, but I am relating it the way I think of it. If someone is really doing a move wrong, and I can help, then why on earth would I not at least try?
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Sometimes, your opinion is not welcome. Trust me when I say I have a lot of experience with this.

It is funny how people correct each other (many times in harsh fashion) in this forum, where you aren't actually face-to-face... And yet, many of us are to scared to approach someone in the REAL world with some knowledge and a little advice.
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What part do you find to be the most funny?

I walk my talk. And, I believe in helping others whenever possible. And, I feel that the world would be a better place if you did the same.
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I don't know why you are wasting time posting and reading here. Why aren't you out patrolling the streets and saving women from burly thugs?
 
OK, here are two of my favorite funny things I have seen in the gym:

First, I love the people that sing and dance to whatever is playing on their mp3 player. I'm not talking about a little sway or mumbling. This one lady was on the elliptical machine, by herself, dancing crazy and singing loudly. I was worried she might fall off the machine and it made it difficult for me to hear my own music! Anyway, it was kind of scary.

Second, I love it when the ladies come in way too dressed up. One time I saw a lady JOGGING on the treadmill wearing heels for about 15 minutes!! Now that is dangerous. She was wearing a business suit also (slacks and dress shirt, no jacket). Also, PLEASE don't take offense to what I'm about to say. I am glad that the overweight people are in the gym working out, but why do do some of them wear revealing clothes? If you're obese ladies, please wear something more than 1 little sports bra and spandex shorts (like a shirt would be nice). That's like the obese ladies at the beach wearing a Brazilian cut bikini. I'm sorry and I'm glad that you're not ashamed of your body, but please understand that everyone else in the world does not like to see that.

Sometimes, you can't say anything to people in the gym because you don't know how they will react. I'm far from being an expert in the gym, but I do know when somebody has bad form. I don't want to say anything because they can just as easily turn around and critique my workout form. Plus, I'm small and I'm not about to critique the workout form some 200 pound beefcake. Some people have to learn the hard way.
 
Tanizaki said:
I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous. You are not Bruce Lee, Stephen Seagal, or even Jackie Chan. You + two knife-wielding thugs = the dirt nap for you.

Sometimes, your opinion is not welcome. Trust me when I say I have a lot of experience with this.

What part do you find to be the most funny?

I don't know why you are wasting time posting and reading here. Why aren't you out patrolling the streets and saving women from burly thugs?
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I don't want to sound like I'm kissing ass here, but if it sounds like that then so be it. Honestly, this is almost exactly what I was thinking.
 
spud912 said:
Plus, I'm small and I'm not about to critique the workout form some 200 pound beefcake. Some people have to learn the hard way.
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I don't see why that should matter to you. Do you honestly think the beefcake will pummel you? I shoot my mouth of to people all the time and they never do anything about it. Too bad for them!
 
honestly, i never say anyone is doing something wrong in the gym, because chanses are they wont take my advice, they will keep doing it "their way". If someone asks for my advice however, then ill be happy to help.
 
Well, the other day I did see tihs guy pick up dumbbells and start doing curls, and by curls I mean, multiple jerking back and leg motions to get the dumbbells up. It was pretty entertaining because the dumbbells were 30 pounds and he was about 170 looking.

edit, oh yeah! There was this one time I walked into the gym on lower day, with 4x8 which usually takes me about 45 minutes and I saw this lady on the inner thigh machine or whatever.

So, when I walked out of the gym, I noticed she was still on the same inner thigh machine. And I'm sure she never left it.
 
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Hey, I'm not saying I think the guy will pummel me, I'm just saying it's not my place to criticize some large man with lots of muscles. Even though he's working out wrong with one particular exercise, he must be doing something right because he's not a skinny stick.

Besides, I've helped people out in the gym before when they've been exercising completely wrong and they did take my advice (only because they were obviously confused on how to use a machine).

Most other people, however, do not take criticism well. I'm in the gym to help myself out, not other people. If people make the choice to work out in the gym, they are risking improper form and risking getting an injury. Since when did it become my responsibility to help everyone out in the gym? I'm sorry, but it's not. I'm not a personal trainer and I have no right to correct someone's form. Trust me, I try to help my husband out all the time in the gym, and let me tell you, it makes no difference. He's still going to do it his way. Unless people ask for advise and want help, it will not do any good. I don't expect or rely on other people to help me when I do something wrong.

I didn't come on to this post to make fun of people with improper form. The only people I made fun of is the women wearing heels and the dancers/singers.
 
we have this older man that comes in our gym.. i'm talking serious old school.. short shorts and knee high socks with stripes on them. he's got to be 7ft + in height and really skinny. i was just watching him one day and every single exercise he did, he only moved about 2 inches.. one arm dumbell rows, tricep press down, machine flys.. all while grunting extremely loud. then he went over to do upright rows on the cable machine.. and pretty much turned it into some sort of awful back exercise. :confused:
 
sitting in the steam room in a towel, or worse nekked!! Like they are in "the Godfather" or soemthing.... gold chains and all.

hahahahahaha

and I saw a gal swimming with her feet tied together,,, and laughed inside.

glad I didn't laugh out loud... since tonight I will be swimming with my feet tied together on a kickboard.

hehehehee

the dancing MP3 player peeps make me laugh too. Everytime I catch myself doing that I laugh, and stop!!!!

Yep that's it... the funniest thing I have seen at the gym is...welll....ME!

FF
 
One time I was doing jump ropes and I punched myself in the face. I don't know if anyone saw me and I didn't want to look around.
 
I am in the gym one day and this kid comes in, maybe 16 or 17 years old, 5'10", 160 pounds, chicken legs, with girlfriend in tow. He goes right to the leg press machine and loads as many plates as will fit on each side and then gets the 2 heaviest pairs of dumbells from the dumbell rack (120's and 125's) and piles them on top of the carriage. Lays down, lifts the weight off the stops (which is pretty impressive given his chicken legs), does 2 or 3 reps without ever releasing the stops, so his ROM is maybe 2-3 inches max, does 3 sets, unloads the machine and leaves... I wonder what he thinks he is achieving by that workout? and where he learned to workout? I had never seen him before that and have never seen him again since!
 
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