Those People at the Gym

maleficent said:
Stair Climber lady -

OK so she's using the stair climber which is better than I do (the height of that thing scares me) But she's using it -with her upper body completely draped over the handlebars... and her legs are barely moving up and down the stairs- I'm guessing she had the resistance set too high and had to use too much strength to get the stairs to move..

but dangitall - stand up straight and use it properly - draping over the machine does not give you a workout..

Oh yah and this was the same woman who was wandering around the locker room talking on her phone without a stitch of clothing on the lower half of her body... I almost went blind at the site of her pasty white behind.. .:D
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So maybe I'm missing something - draping one's self over the stair climber seems to be the trend in using it... I was always told that to get an effective workout... you stood up straight - every person i've seen on those machines -has done the draping thing...
 
maleficent said:
So maybe I'm missing something - draping one's self over the stair climber seems to be the trend in using it... I was always told that to get an effective workout... you stood up straight - every person i've seen on those machines -has done the draping thing...
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Probaby b/c to do it properly means that it is going to be uncomfortable and painful...in that way that tells you you are doing something good. I think a lot of people are adverse to discomfort which is why you see so many people at the gym who look the same month after month after month...
 
*blushing*

ok I feel like an ass - I didn't mean it as anything against you, I meant it more in the way that people who are afraid of pain go to the gym and 'work out' but they don't do anything that would appreciably change their bodies...

ok...i'll go home now...
 
:confused: So, just noticing this. My new type of people I get annoyed with at the gym. The young couples who workout out together and then proceed to full on make out while sitting on the machine you need.... It's happened twice now people...

-Sam
 
I feel fortunate now that I won't be using the gym!
All my walking and running is done outside as I get bored just sitting there in one spot with nothing to look at, and my grandma has weight equips at her house (like a full machine too even) that she has invited me to use any time.

Though there is one thing that annoys me with the swimming I'll be taking up soon (I've had this happen to me before). The kids who are cutting class to swim,and are obnoxious, loud, and who get in the way of everyone else, and aren't doing anything but sitting in the pool.

Can't win them all I guess.
 
sammyboy24 said:
:confused: So, just noticing this. My new type of people I get annoyed with at the gym. The young couples who workout out together and then proceed to full on make out while sitting on the machine you need.... It's happened twice now people...

-Sam
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That is gross. I work out with my husband but we would NEVER do that. We did get into a bit of a fight yesterday at the bench and then I felt like a retard..but whatever. I know there are a lot of couples at our gym, I think nearly everyone in there has someone with them but I have never seen anyone making out. Ick.
 
LandonsBaby said:
That is gross. I work out with my husband but we would NEVER do that. We did get into a bit of a fight yesterday at the bench and then I felt like a retard..but whatever. I know there are a lot of couples at our gym, I think nearly everyone in there has someone with them but I have never seen anyone making out. Ick.
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I haven't either....there are a lot of couples at our gym also and it amazes me that questions people ask about the partner you are working with...my partner is a male friend of mine and we get asked questions about our status at least once a week. It is pretty amusing most times but every now and again, people act like they don't believe our answers to their question.

Maybe I should start making up stories...
 
there was a couple at the gym last night - side by side on the treadmills -

he was "encouraging" her with (and Is wear to god he was moaning when he said it)

Come on baby, come on - we're almost there, come on baby come on...

at some point he grabbed his sweat towel and I couldn't look...
 
The couples I've seen making out on the equipment have been younger couples... I just get a little uncomfortable with people who are overly affectionate in public. I've never really been a big PDA person...

-Sam
 
I dont have a fancy name but lately Ive seen an influx of people squatting and deadlifting. This would normally be a good thing but all the squats are such pathetic attempts its sad.

Yesterday I see a guy squatting and he loads up 225 then 315. Form is same both times. He starts the descent at the knees (wrong) and once he pushs is pelvis backward thats the bottom. Probably 4-6 inches of actual movement. He was even working out with 2 other guys who didnt know better.
 
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