interesting things you've seen at the gym

[176boxingchic]

To all my fellow female gym go-ers:

I thought it would be fun to start a thread of all of the "different" things that we have seen people do or wear at the gym.


Person 1:
Male in his mid-40s, lots of leg hair, white tube socks pulled up all the way and short polyester shorts-this guy cracked me up with his clothes. It kind of remided me of my dad!

Person 2:
petit girl, 10 tons of make up, tight wife beater shirt complete with black bra straps hanging out, sweats, and coach sneakers. She alternated between the ab machine and the treadmil (walking) in 5 minute intervals. It was very amusing to watch while doing cardio!

Person 3:
The guy with invisible muscle syndrome that was showing off to above mentioned girl. He was trying to show her how much he could squat. He went down to squat and farted so loud I heard it over my headphones...I seriously thought he crapped his pants! The girl literally ran from him after that!

Group of women-
this just annoyed me-a group of women, in their late 20s early 30s stood infront of the mirror near the weights pulling up their shirts and looking at their stomachs and their boobs...they weren't really out of shape, but it was distracting for everyone. The funny thing was that the entire time, I was there (and they got there after me) was that they didn't do anything except that!

Anyone else have anything funny/interesting that they've seen in the gym?

[subieshane]

my favorite is that there are 2 guys (mid 50's) with long hair (one with a bald spot and long hair around it) that do 8 sets on the preacher curl and scream like crazy. It is funny to watch

[CATRACCOM]

What has been seen cannot be unseen. I don't want to talk about it...I'll just say that men should not wear Dolphin shorts.

[BabyJan3]

lol
I hate when girls/woman use 7.5 lbs (and under) dumbbells.
Unless youre 90 years old - you can do MORE. STOP BEING A WUSSY.

It's also enjoyable to watch young men load on 200+ lbs on to the squat rack. Then they proceed to ...wait, what? That's not a squat. Going down about an inch, that's a squat? Well, jeez. I could squat 200 lbs too if I just stood there with it resting on my shoulders, and then called it a squat.
So then they rack the weight and high five each other.
"YEAH MAN, NICE LIFT! WOAH UR SO STRONG!"


Theres an older lady who wears flip flops.
...Flip flops at the gym.

[JVo]

Oh man....so many....

There's the guy who was wearing a turquoise spandex leotard-like outfit.

There's the guy who must have had Turrett's syndrome or something...he was on the treadmill, and every 30 seconds or so I'd hear him grunt loudly, or shout "c'mon" to himself (had my headphones on so I couldn't really tell exactly what he was shouting).

There's the guy who looked to be about 85 that would hit on all the 20-somethings.

There's the woman who would run on the treadmill barefoot.

I'm sure there are more...just can't remember!

[wide lats]

Originally Posted by JVo

Oh man....so many....

There's the guy who was wearing a turquoise spandex leotard-like outfit.

There's the guy who must have had Turrett's syndrome or something...he was on the treadmill, and every 30 seconds or so I'd hear him grunt loudly, or shout "c'mon" to himself (had my headphones on so I couldn't really tell exactly what he was shouting).

There's the guy who looked to be about 85 that would hit on all the 20-somethings.


I'm sure there are more...just can't remember!

They were all me ...

[Miranda]

Originally Posted by BabyJan3

I hate when girls/woman use 7.5 lbs (and under) dumbbells.

5lb dumbells can be hardcore.
depends what you do with them

[wide lats]

Originally Posted by Miranda

5lb dumbells can be hardcore.
depends what you do with them

There as hardcore as a kiddies paper craft class, surprised i haven't seen more women collapse after carrying a 20kg to put on their bar LOL.

[Miranda]

Originally Posted by wide lats

There as hardcore as a kiddies paper craft class, surprised i haven't seen more women collapse after carrying a 20kg to put on their bar LOL.

you reckon? how about you try some evil lat raise/rear delt stuff?
'heavy' is a relative term.

[nunu713]

Let's see, who are my favorites?

There's the one chick that I call 'cardio queen' - 2 hours on various machines. I'm so dying to tell her that all the cardio in the world won't get that cottage cheese off her ass. Then again, maybe that's not her goal. (new years resolution is to be more tolerant of people =) )

Who else? There's another girl that I call 'new years resolution'. She's been coming with her significant other since January. She's very skinny and has no concept of weight training. 8 crunches on the decline bench and it's time to go home. What the hell did you show up for?

Oh, and there's '17 minutes'. This woman with a huge lower body does 17 minutes on the bike and goes home. My husband times her.

And my personal favorite - 'Gina and Tina'. These aren't their real names (well, maybe they are), but it's what I call them. They show up in some cute Bebe Sports outfits, full makeup, Tiffany jewelry and go at a snails pace on the elliptical. Sometimes they go so slow that the program actually goes into 'pause' mode, even though they haven't stopped. They're obviously there just to 'see and be seen'. I have to move if they get on a machine next to me - they wear too much perfume.

[Deborah_Lyn]

-Guy puts 300 pounds on leg press then barely moves it. huh???

-Some one broke the mirror other week (2 -3 weeks ago?) - by the 5 pound weights, lol. What exactly where they doing? It was a wtf moment when I saw the broken mirror. If you can't put 5 # down on the rack for dumb bells, time to reconsider what you are doing with your life!

*they have replaced the mirror thank goodness*

[mnmiz4me]

Mine's the giggle club. Three teenage girls that showed up after the first of the year. They do about 5 minutes on the treadmill at what I call the all I really want to do is pretend to workout while we gossip pace. Two of them aren't so bad but the one wears those mini shorts and has to pick them out of her ass every two minutes even when it was below freezing outside.They then proceed to sit on the lat pull down..Never really seen them do a lat pull down. They sit on a few other machines next. And since they worked out so hard they do 5 minutes on the eliptical complaining about having to exercise. They had cookies one day and would eat a few between working out. Maybe I'm just jealous..I want a cookie..

[phlpcoke8]

Sexy and beautiful girls that are exercising alone but I can't stare at the, too much because my girlfriend is always at my back

[xXJennyXx]

I'm training in my basement right now, but I used to work at the YMCA.

I worked there for 8 months and every single shift, this guy who everyone secretly called "Captain America" (because he wore army pants and a USA bandana every single workout) would come in and train for a few hours. He had the beefiest arms and widest lats I've ever seen, but I never saw him do one lower-body exercise in the whole 8 months. He had the funniest little chicken legs I have ever ever ever seen, and the teensiest wee butt.

Not so much funny as sad, but there was an older lady who would come in every day who clearly had a very bad eating disorder... I'm not sure but she may have also been homeless. We actually had to keep a log of how long she was in the gym for, because she would stay for 4+ hours if she had her way. The head office tried everything to help her, save ban her from the gym (the one time they tried that she made a huge scene). The odd thing was, all she did was crunches for the whole time, whether it was an hour, or 4.

[MyosinNActin]

Originally Posted by JVo

There's the guy who must have had Turrett's syndrome or something...he was on the treadmill, and every 30 seconds or so I'd hear him grunt loudly, or shout "c'mon" to himself (had my headphones on so I couldn't really tell exactly what he was shouting).

That actually made me laugh out loud ..my boyfriend was like "what are you laughing at" ..its just that i can picture that person in my head because ive seen it before and its really funny

[JVo]

Originally Posted by JVo

There's the woman who would run on the treadmill barefoot.

Oh yeah...it's all coming back to me now. This barefoot woman was actually walking on the treadmill AND knitting at the same time(?!). Talk about multi-tasking...

Note that I workout at the gym at work....where there are a lot of engineers...so that may account for some of the weird behaviors.

[cfaith]

There is this 70 year old pervert dressed in short shorts...of course his form is horrible with every exercise....but it is particularly disturbing when he does cable rows...does a really light weight and pulls it forward and lets it go with a jerking type motion with his hips gyrating...literally looks like he is humping the machine...all while watching me and my friend workout...nice.....

[HardcorSancez]

I can't help but stare at the naked women in the locker room doing things you shouldn't do naked.....in public.

I was getting dressed and a naked lady passed me....ok, seems normal right? Then she stands in front of one of the sinks and starts splashing water all over herself, dripping on the floor, getting all over the counter. Then she puts on shaving cream.......her legs, her armpits and her "flower" (thats what I call it). By this time I'm just standing there staring along with others. Then she throws her leg up on the counter, bends over and starts shaving away. All of this when we have private showers just feet away!

I wonder what I do that people think is funny and I think is normal.

By the way I sometimes grunt on the treadmill.......................sorry.

Thanks for starting this tread!

[kitebean]

Originally Posted by Miranda

5lb dumbells can be hardcore.
depends what you do with them

Originally Posted by Miranda

you reckon? how about you try some evil lat raise/rear delt stuff?
'heavy' is a relative term.

OK we are talking 5kg ! (Miranda is a tiny bit challenged) however:
I guess you and I are the only chicks hardcore enough to do these sheeez I can feel the burn just thinking about it

[dunkonu9]

I kind of talk to the weights and might make some noise while lifting.

We have one guy that screams while lifting and slams every weight down. He is pretty big and lifts heavy but it is the same yell and throw if it is 300 or 30. I honestly thought he was hurt the first time I heard it.

[gecko...]

The 'screamers' are hilarious Personally I make a little "humph" sound in the back of my throat when just squeezing out the last couple of reps before failure. . . but a full "argh!" or, my favourite - a big burly guy who says a high-pitched "YIKE!" with every lift, from start to finish. Made me jump the first time he did it

Main funny thing in the gym these days is the male 'fashion'. What the hell is up with the big hair, skinny jeans and tight wife beaters on 125lb 15 year olds? They look rediculous

[nurseerikam]

Ok, I just have to post about three of the people that I have worked out with and each time I am like WOAH!

1) We have a cat who jump ropes at 6 am and says he has to grunt, that it is just a habit- it got so bad the gym owner gave him the 6 am slot for 15 minutes only.

2) The chicks who think because they don't have three bellies think just a sports bra is ok. DUDE it isn't. My abs look better but I wear a shirt. (Oh yea, they should post an age limit on those things)

3) The scrotum hugging short wearing 65 year old. DUDE I DON"T WANNA SEE YOUR SCROTUM. I wanna workout! When you wear those (and your headband) I like have no choice but to look. Its like one of those horror movies where your hands are slited to see through but you don't wanna look!

[K-T]

There's one guy at my gym and he sets up this huge wooden box (like the ones that people jump up on and squat and jump down), except he jumps around like a maniac then runs around and throws balls against the walls and pretty much goes insane on everything. And he follows no routine at all, it's just random jumping ALL over the place. He has really long hair (always in his face) and is always soaked in sweat, isn't in good shape whatsoever.
I'm pretty sure he is on meth, I swear.
And he always comes and says hi to me, always so awkward.

[IowaGuy]

Saw a guy fall asleep on a piece of equipment in mid-afternoon.

Saw a guy walking on his hands around the track.

Saw a guy that looks homeless carrying all his belongings in a plastic bag while walking around the track.

[Fitness-Chic]

Saw a guy get panted...... funny as hell. I couldnt help but look...hahaha

[AFDestruction]

Work out at home now, but when I used to go to 24 there was a middle aged man who farted like a champ on every rep he squatted or leg pressed. Didn't even try to hide it. It was like his ass grunted for him throughout the workout. Hawwwwt!

[cfaith]

Originally Posted by AFDestruction

Work out at home now, but when I used to go to 24 there was a middle aged man who farted like a champ on every rep he squatted or leg pressed. Didn't even try to hide it. It was like his ass grunted for him throughout the workout. Hawwwwt!

OMG!~LOL! I think I would just die of laughter, there is no way I would be able to finish my workout with that!

[bigblockchevy]

The other morning when I was at the gym there was a gentleman on a stationary bike exercising had his mp3 player going and was singing LOUDLY!!!!!! so loud everyone that was walking by was staring at him, he was just a peddling away and singing with his eyes closed...... LOL

[bigblockchevy]

Originally Posted by AFDestruction

Work out at home now, but when I used to go to 24 there was a middle aged man who farted like a champ on every rep he squatted or leg pressed. Didn't even try to hide it. It was like his ass grunted for him throughout the workout. Hawwwwt!

ROTFLMMFAO!!!!

[ainedb]

There was a man who used to work out in the weights section in the last gym I went to using, and I kid you not, GARDENING GLOVES. You know, the heavy-duty brown leather type? I think he wore jeans too, which I find weird to see in the gym...