Those People at the Gym

There was this guy who went to the gym every day at the same time I did (a couple years back) that would start the same routine on the treadmill.. He would put his headphones on and blaring even out of his headphones I would hear "Eye of the tiger" by Journey.. Ugh.. EVERYDAY it was the same playlist.

I am glad I have a treadmill at home now :D
 
Today, I saw the grossest thing at the gym. Three middle aged women and one old woman sharing deodorant...and the third to use it used it on not just her pits, but under her boobs, between her fat rolls and in the folds between her LEGS AND GROIN. And the fourth lady still used it. EWWWWWWWWWWWW. I wanted to vomit.
 
AmbaLove said:
And the fourth lady still used it.
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LOL. Reminds me of the Friends episode where Joey and Chandler are discussing what things are and aren't gross to use after someone else uses them.

CHANDLER: Because soap is soap. It's self-cleaning.

JOEY: Alright, well next time you take a shower, think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.
 
AmbaLove said:
I always feel weird in the free weight section, but dangit, I do it anyway!
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Good for you!!!

I'm a Female Free Weight Veteran, but that's in part due to my inner bravery (LOL) and also the fact that I have run into dudes like James who have given me props or respectful glances when I'm pumping iron between two or more sweaty, grunting men. When I was 19 and first started working out in a gym, I was scared of the free weights section. I heard about the benefits, so I'd go over there when the coast was clear. Little by little I'd just go over there even if there was a dude, but I think the clincher was I saw a HOT guy over there and was like, "Fuck it, I'm going to work out next to him and look at him, why not!!??" I mean, I was 19. :D

But yeah, every time I work out I'm in the free weights/benchpress/Smith Machine section and nowadays I just get slightly annoyed when sweaty, grunting men are hogging a station! And they get annoyed at me :D Shit happens, but I'm still polite and courteous.
 
Honestly, I don't feel weird because of the guys there, I feel weird because I am never sure if I am doing it right.
 
AmbaLove said:
Honestly, I don't feel weird because of the guys there, I feel weird because I am never sure if I am doing it right.
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There is a WHOLE WEBSITE with little videos on almost every exercise....shit I'm not on my home computer the the bookmark....little help, Steve, someone?
 
One of the keys that I always go by:
If it feels weird, or unnatural, then you're probably doing it wrong.

I can think of very few lifts that feel forced or unnatural when executed correctly. If you're at the gym, ask one of the trainers standing around. HOPEFULLY he'll know his forms (though I've been told before by trainers that I should be bowing my back when I do my RDLs, so you never know what you're gonna get). When you get home, if you're still not sure that you were doing it right, give us a holler.
 
My "gym" is a workout center/physical rehab department the hospital opens to the public. There's a guy there, older than I am, who's also been going there longer than I have. It's like he feels like he's entitled to first use of the equipment. His schedule is the elliptical for 30 minutes on MWF (the 30 minutes I'm there) and weights, and the treadmill for half an hour on Tues/Thurs.

You should've seen him on one Wednesday when I was on the elliptical on HIS time. Glaring and standing around, waiting and making me nervous. Same thing today, on the weights. I got done with my half hour on the bike and went to lift weights (only one Nautilus machine), and a few minutes later he got finished with the elliptical. Then he kept walking by, pacing and watching me, and finally just got water and stood and stared 'til I got so nervous I just got up.

He's "Equipment Stalker-Man"
 
There are so many different types of people at my gym. There are those who workout in flip-flops, or talk on their cellphones while they are on the treadmill.... If you can talk on the cellphone while working out on the treadmill, I don't think your working hard enough.....

There are also the types that look at me like I am crazy when I am sweating my ass off while I am working out. I don't go to the gym to look my best and not get dirty. When I am there it is time to work.

Okay. There is this one guy in particular at my gym. i don't see him everyday I am there but, I see him enough. My trainer and I have pretty much decided that he is for sure using steroids. His triceps are so large, unnaturally, synthetically weird looking ginormous large. His triceps seriously look like he has an implant in them or something. He is pretty short but, his triceps look so weird. He is so proud of them though, lol. He is always hitting on all the skinny chickas who are on the treadmills or the stairmasters. He is like a walking std. His face is really puffy too, even his lips. It's like he has had a facelift or botox, and he is probably in his 20s... It's weird.

-Sam
 
Ms. I love to wave my hands when I walk on the threadmill, talking to my buddy. I usually get so distracted that I count how often she waves her hands frantically, and I usually end up with well over 100 waves after 10 minutes of being behind her. Then she moves onto the weight equipment with her buddy, and they stay with their butts parked on each machine for over half an hour.

Ms. I come to the gym only to flirt with the hot married latin dance teacher. Naturally, he's a cheater so...

Mr. Hot latin dance teacher, can be seen at the restaurant next door several times a week with a different lady from the gym while his wife is probably home alone.

Mrs. Clingy....she ALWAYS goes on the cardio machine right next to mine even if the gym is empty and there are 20 other ones she can go on. I don't understna why you would do what when you can have space, it's soooo irritating.

Blondie. She goes to the gym in tight jeans, club tops, and stilettos. She stands on a threadmill in her stilettos to talk the person on the threadmill next to her. After about 2 hours of this, she leaves. Repeats.
 
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Oh man, I've had to go to the gym at 530 for the past two days, since my family was giving me shit about flying all the way home, then "wasting" my time going to the gym when I SHOULD be hanging out with them. My solution was to comprimise, and go while they are all still sleeping.

The gym at 530 is like a different planet... All of these OLD men were there, but most of them were ripped. I was so confused. Grey skin and liver spots and striation, ALL AT ONCE. I was so confused.
 
James said:
The gym at 530 is like a different planet... All of these OLD men were there, but most of them were ripped. I was so confused. Grey skin and liver spots and striation, ALL AT ONCE. I was so confused.
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Good for them! They could be sitting at home in their rockers waiting for death. Way to kick old age in the ass. I hope I'm like that in 30yrs. :D
 
Too many irritations at my gym to mention.

I think my biggest gripe was people leaving machines loaded with plates, leaving dumb bells all over the floor, leaving sweat everywhere and generally having no respect for the place or any other members.

Sadly it's a problem that doesn't show any signs of going any time soon. :(
 
James said:
The gym at 530 is like a different planet... All of these OLD men were there, but most of them were ripped. I was so confused. Grey skin and liver spots and striation, ALL AT ONCE. I was so confused.
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they were probably my age, right skippy? :D

I meant to cut the ad out but I forgot - in hte Inflight magazine on Saturday there was an ad for some facility that was doing secret work with Hormone therapy or something and would give senior citizens (men especially) really ripped bodies... there was a doctor pictured who was in his late 60s - gray hair, saggy skin on the face, but his body was -- YOWZA!! -

it was seriously disturbing - like a freakshow that I had a hard time looking away from...

I guess it's how they get the trophy bimbo though..
 
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