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Those People at the Gym
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ali2
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brunettegoddess
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Up until last night I can't complain about the people at my gym. For starters it's more of a boxing studio than anything, that additionally has a nice size weight room including free weights, and a total of three cardio machines... that's it. When ppl walk in the door they are there to kick ass and take names when they work out. The instructors/trainers all have partial ownership in the gym and so they know that if they suck they aren't going to be taking home the bucks. They're all professional boxers, all fit and in shape and I haven't seen an instance yet of WTF when it comes to those guys. And I can't even say that I've thought WTF about any clients there until last night.... Barbie and Rocky Balboa walked through the door five minutes into class. They ended up taking bags on either side of me. Now Barbie has a perfect stomach (which everyone could see because she had her shirt hiked halfway up her breasts), perfect tan, perfectly bleach blond hair, perfect teeth... this girl was a looker. I actually couldn't stop starting at her stomach because it's one of the best stomachs I've ever seen. Anyway it's their first class. She had no idea how to do anything which is fine because first class no one does. He also had no clue but was trying to make it look like he was gearing up for the ring this Friday night at 9pm... so I thought to each their own... this guy is excited. Lately in class we've been doing circuits... 10 push-ups, 25 punches to the bag, jumping jacks until everyone is done with the former, repeat two more times. Well Rocky was a bit overboard with this. He had to do 20 push ups each set.. and then his 25 punches he was taking his grand old time. You can hit the bag 25 times quite quickly even while swapping out different strikes. He was prancing around the bag taking two strikes at a time... backing off... protecting his face.. then going in for the kill... great for him. Unfortunately I've been doing jumping jacks for nearly two minutes now with everyone else and want to NOT be jumpjacking anymore.. I've got two more reps on this circuit and we have three more circuits to do. Then we take a water break. Rocky is too cool to take off his gloves during the break, so Barbie is standing there holding the water bottle to his mouth so he can be refreshed. It was lame. Finally class finished up. I head to the locker room to grab my stuff and there are three other girls in there. One is a regular, the other girl is new but not first class new, and then Barbie. She was asking the newer girl how she liked the class, if this class is more physically intense than jiu-jitsu, etc. Next she mentioned that her last boxing coach died (I"m not sure how but I think it was boxing related) which astounds me because this girl does NOT know how to box. She didn't even know how to kick the bag. Then she goes, "Well I'm just afraid of bulking up." The other two girls tell her that they've become stronger but not bulky at all. I chime in, "Not to mention it's really hard for women to bulk up." She turns to look at me, rolls her eyes, and then turns around. Honesly, "What the f*ck bitch?", went rolling through my mind. This girl was a moron... and not just because of that. The minute I heard her speak I knew she was one of those, "Baby, just stand there and look pretty" types. And the only reason my advice wasn't good enough is probably because I'm overweight and refuse to eat lettuce only for lunch. I will throw myself in front of a car if these ppl regularly attend the same class I do. oooooo it made me so mad!
Runningjunkie
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There are people at my gym who absolutely kill me. There is one guy in particular who will get on the treadmill, speed it up to where he should be doing a slow jog, and take TREMENDOUS strides, pumping those arms almost to the ceiling (VERY exagerated), then turn around and do it backwards. I keep waiting for him to lose his step and fly into the mirror behind the treadmill. The newest is a scrawny girl who strolls in, makes sure she says hello to ALL the guys in the cardio section, then gets on a treadmill. She walks (maybe at a speed of 3) for a few minutes, then jogs (maybe 4 mph) for a minute or so, then walks again. After a few reps of that, she pulls her shirt up (of course she doesn't bring a towel), showing off her stomach, which is relatively flat but nothing special, and DABS her face like she has really exerted herself when she hasn't even broken a sweat. She sips her water, then rolls the bottle over her forehead and neck while STANDING on the sides of the treadmill. I listen to my MP3 while I run, and I just happened to catch part of her conversation the other day between songs. She stood on the sides again, and took her pulse. She told the guy next to her, "Not bad, it's 88". This is after she had been on the thing for 25 min. Then she got off and left the gym. Meanwhile, I'm on my treadmill working my ass off doing sprint intervals at 6 and 7 mph (fast for me), sweat DRIPPING off my forehead, my water 1/2 gone, my towel soaked, and my HRM showing a pulse of 160-175. And this scrawny ass fake comes in acting like she's really doing something just to be able to say that she went to the gym that morning. I wanted to pinch her little head off. 
I tend to give some of the regulars who irritate me nicknames, such as tri-athelete Barbie (who is short, hardly an ounce of fat anywhere, and pure muscle), her friends Ken and the Boy (who try to outdo each other and show off every chance they get), Ric Flair (who is tall, skinny and likes to yell WHOOO!!! at the top of his lungs so I hear him over my headphones), Coconut Barbie (who wears so much coconut-scented lotion I smell it across the gym and it makes me want to puke) and the women who have been going for months but won't exert themselves and still look exactly the same as they did when they started...flabby arms and pot-bellies. If you are going to spend money on a gym membership and get up to be there at 5:30 in the morning, make it worthwhile.
I tend to give some of the regulars who irritate me nicknames, such as tri-athelete Barbie (who is short, hardly an ounce of fat anywhere, and pure muscle), her friends Ken and the Boy (who try to outdo each other and show off every chance they get), Ric Flair (who is tall, skinny and likes to yell WHOOO!!! at the top of his lungs so I hear him over my headphones), Coconut Barbie (who wears so much coconut-scented lotion I smell it across the gym and it makes me want to puke) and the women who have been going for months but won't exert themselves and still look exactly the same as they did when they started...flabby arms and pot-bellies. If you are going to spend money on a gym membership and get up to be there at 5:30 in the morning, make it worthwhile.
Public Service Announcement...
Ladies, if you are larger than an A cup... and want to run on a the treadmill.. for gods sake wear a supportive sports bra... The bouncey bouncey bouncey bounce of the bodacious boobies of the barbie next to me last night was freaking distracting and PAINFUL looking...
Ladies, if you are larger than an A cup... and want to run on a the treadmill.. for gods sake wear a supportive sports bra... The bouncey bouncey bouncey bounce of the bodacious boobies of the barbie next to me last night was freaking distracting and PAINFUL looking...
Dear heart - you want those bouncin boobies when you're lying down and she's straddling you... boucning boobies on the treadmill - cause all sorts of damage to those boobies and will be sagging to her knees in a few years -trust me -saggy boobies are not hot..
Bigguy
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Haven't been to my gym in a while so haven't posted here. Been there the last several days:
A guy put on gloves to use the treadmill. Seriously. Now it was obviously his first day and all, but gloves for a treadmill? Then upon further inspection they were batting gloves....
The woman who wears, for lack of a better term, cut off bicycle shorts in the gym. She almost has the body to pull them off on the treadmill but then goes to the free weights and proceeds to do dumbbell flyes with her legs straight up in the air. Quite a sight to see on a random Thursday.
Yet another guy doing bicep curls in the squat rack yesterday. This time I told him to leave so i could use the rack for what it is intended. He shot me a look and finished his set and left.
All I have for now.
A guy put on gloves to use the treadmill. Seriously. Now it was obviously his first day and all, but gloves for a treadmill? Then upon further inspection they were batting gloves....
The woman who wears, for lack of a better term, cut off bicycle shorts in the gym. She almost has the body to pull them off on the treadmill but then goes to the free weights and proceeds to do dumbbell flyes with her legs straight up in the air. Quite a sight to see on a random Thursday.
Yet another guy doing bicep curls in the squat rack yesterday. This time I told him to leave so i could use the rack for what it is intended. He shot me a look and finished his set and left.
All I have for now.
h34vyK1tt13
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So, a couple things bothered me at my list visit.
1.) the woman on the treadmill who moved her arms side to side like a hula dancer while briskly walking on the treadmill. She got in my space and I felt like I was gonna get slapped.
2.) the girls in their early 20s who go to the bathroom together, workout together, walk side by side together, go to each machine each other...euh! So my mom got to the bike before one of the girls could get to it, and she just stood there staring at my mom. I stolled up there, even though my mom was just waiting on me to finish my cardio and said "oh, so you have 30 more minutes? take your time, don't push yourself." My mom smiled and hung out for a good 10 more minutes, while I did some machines.
3.) The lady who does sit ups in the middle of the floor. They have a section by the free weights with yoga mats to do sit ups and push ups, but this lady blocks the walkway between the cardio machines and smith machine while she lays on the floor rolling around side to side, sticking her legs in the air doing crunches, and what not.
4.) The older ladies who think they still got the skin elasticity of a 20 year old....this lady was on the bike, took off her shirt and exposed her caterpillar stomach. Her sports bra did nothing for support and her boobs were wrinkly and sagging almost to her navel. I just wanted to cover her up. Confidence is nice, yes...but eeehh i dont want to see that, and i'm not sure if anyone else wants to as well.
1.) the woman on the treadmill who moved her arms side to side like a hula dancer while briskly walking on the treadmill. She got in my space and I felt like I was gonna get slapped.
2.) the girls in their early 20s who go to the bathroom together, workout together, walk side by side together, go to each machine each other...euh! So my mom got to the bike before one of the girls could get to it, and she just stood there staring at my mom. I stolled up there, even though my mom was just waiting on me to finish my cardio and said "oh, so you have 30 more minutes? take your time, don't push yourself." My mom smiled and hung out for a good 10 more minutes, while I did some machines.
3.) The lady who does sit ups in the middle of the floor. They have a section by the free weights with yoga mats to do sit ups and push ups, but this lady blocks the walkway between the cardio machines and smith machine while she lays on the floor rolling around side to side, sticking her legs in the air doing crunches, and what not.
4.) The older ladies who think they still got the skin elasticity of a 20 year old....this lady was on the bike, took off her shirt and exposed her caterpillar stomach. Her sports bra did nothing for support and her boobs were wrinkly and sagging almost to her navel. I just wanted to cover her up. Confidence is nice, yes...but eeehh i dont want to see that, and i'm not sure if anyone else wants to as well.
Bigguy
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Couple more-
The ' I need to do odd exercises boy'. Now I completely understand that sometimes you need to mix it up a bit but i have rarely seen this guy do regular exercises. Push-ups while standing on your head? I am sure that works the heck out of your shoulders, but is it really necessary?
The 'bench til you drop boys'. There are 2 specific I am referring to here. They come in 3 times a week and do flat bench for literally an hour and a half. I do not even know how many sets or weights. They are pretty strong but do you really need to work flat bench for well over an hour.
And whomever takes the machine right next to me when there are a ton available. With spring officially here many people are not coming to the gym so there are many, many cardio machines available. I always pick one far from others since I have a tendency to sweat a bit less than your average fountain. Invariably the last 3 days a guy- not even a woman- will take the machine right next to me. Why???????
The ' I need to do odd exercises boy'. Now I completely understand that sometimes you need to mix it up a bit but i have rarely seen this guy do regular exercises. Push-ups while standing on your head? I am sure that works the heck out of your shoulders, but is it really necessary?
The 'bench til you drop boys'. There are 2 specific I am referring to here. They come in 3 times a week and do flat bench for literally an hour and a half. I do not even know how many sets or weights. They are pretty strong but do you really need to work flat bench for well over an hour.
And whomever takes the machine right next to me when there are a ton available. With spring officially here many people are not coming to the gym so there are many, many cardio machines available. I always pick one far from others since I have a tendency to sweat a bit less than your average fountain. Invariably the last 3 days a guy- not even a woman- will take the machine right next to me. Why???????
that drives me crazy when people do that... makes me even crazier with restroom stalls
Bigguy
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At least restroom stalls you can get out of there before seen if anything really embarassing occurs- or stay longer if need be.
I might have the answer to that -there was an article I saw recently that said - people who workout next to chunkier people will get a better workout because of the competive drive to just do a little better than the larger than them person on the machine next to them
don't remember where i read it -b ut I did :
ali2
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I might have the answer to that -there was an article I saw recently that said - people who workout next to chunkier people will get a better workout because of the competive drive to just do a little better than the larger than them person on the machine next to them
don't remember where i read it -b ut I did :
I think that is true - I find myself checking out the people next to me and seeing if I can stay just a leetle bit ahead of them
Bigguy
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Who you callin' "chunky"??I might have the answer to that -there was an article I saw recently that said - people who workout next to chunkier people will get a better workout because of the competive drive to just do a little better than the larger than them person on the machine next to them
don't remember where i read it -b ut I did :
me dollface -me...
actually i usually -- it's nicer than the fatass i usually refer tomyself aas
seeing as my gym is populated by 22 year old non sweating yoga barbie dolls
actually i usually -- it's nicer than the fatass i usually refer tomyself aas
seeing as my gym is populated by 22 year old non sweating yoga barbie dolls
HelpfulTiffany
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Hi ..
I can feel how you feel....
I almost do feel "like that" most of the time if I go gym...
And in fact that's one factor that's holding me back though I have the urge to have a good workout at the gym.
It's just so irritating sometimes......:X
But I always tell myself not to feel so bad or even "low morale" ....
Because what "they" might be good at......I might do it even BETTER!
Hehe.....hope this helps in cheering you up a-bit here.
Cheers to you...
I can feel how you feel....
I almost do feel "like that" most of the time if I go gym...
And in fact that's one factor that's holding me back though I have the urge to have a good workout at the gym.
It's just so irritating sometimes......:X
But I always tell myself not to feel so bad or even "low morale" ....
Because what "they" might be good at......I might do it even BETTER!
Hehe.....hope this helps in cheering you up a-bit here.
Cheers to you...