Strange encounters at the gym

A guy reading the paper on the stationary bike, doing 20 rpm. 

The same guy weaing sunglasses, sitting on the leg-press machine, with legs extended half way, reading a magazine. 

According to the other guys, that said guy spends 45 min in the shower!

- A 20-something guy taking the elevator (2-story building) to the weight room, lifting for 10 minutes (bench press only) and taking the elevator down.

- After swimming a mom-type who was watching her kids in the program pool asked me how many laps I swam. I told her and her reactions was "you must not smoke"

Valet Parking sign in front of the Gym.

I saw a guy eyeing me up and down in the shower.  DOH!!!!    Maybe I shouldn't have said that.    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm    Never did see him again, thank you very much.

I used to work out at my former Gym in the late morning, between 9-11, after the morning rush and before the lunch crowd.  This is also when the rather attractive Spanish-speaking lady cleans the men's locker room.  One Wednesday I was alone in the locker room and had just come out of the sauna.  She usually announces her presence, but since I had my headphones on I couldn't hear her.  I opened the sauna door and there she was.  I expected her to turn away in emabarrassment, but she didn't.  Our eyes locked, and I never thought this would happen to me...

Heh.  Totally kidding.  But I have seen:

People curling in the squat rack (why must everyone do this?)

Guys who come in and work arms 5 days a week and never anything else.

Chicks who come in looking like they are going on a date and after 2 hours of "working out" still look like they are going on a date.

A really lanky guy yelling at an empty olympic bar to psyche himself up for the 45lb press (???)

A lady who would curse uncontrollably whenever she would struggle with a weight.

Dudes who insist on wearing spandex (we all know it has it's place, but it is not in the weight room)

I'm sure I'll think of more...

I watched a pair of these (female) that were on the elliptical trainers.  They were dressed so ridiulously that the had to stop every few seconds to adjust something or there would have been a whole lot of flesh wagging around.  I appreciate a scantily clad female form as much as the next guy, but not when it is sweaty, digging thong out of but-crack & flopping all over.  I would have moved, but I had to wait 10 minutes to get the treadmill I was on, and these two were right in front of me.  Even the other women were giving them strange looks..

You???

i'm always surprised when people notice! 

2 regulars at my Y:

1- "Way too fast treadmill lady". Gets on the treadmill, sets it to it's highest speed and holds on for dear life while her legs flail wildly underneath her. Goes until she's just about to pass out. That's the only way she runs. Never outside, never less than full speed.

2- "No one else can use these weights while I'm here guy". Walks into the weight room, gathers "his" specific dumbells and bars, sets them up around "his" bench. A good number of each, as he increases weights with each set. Places a towel over the bench when using machines to discourage anyone else from using it. Berates anyone who attempts to use one of "his" weights or bench when he goes to use a machine. Berates anyone who tries to change the weights on, or use one of "his" machines when he is lifting free weights.