Weirdness at the Gym (Page 4)

I'll pass on that search, this one of those cases where I would rather just not know.

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You realize this guy was peeing in the pool (not to worry, it's a Parts Per Million-thing), AND has a prostate problem, right?

Imagine someone cannon-balling in your midst, with 60° water.

The COLD PLUNGE has been one of our more popular ammenities. This 60 degree small pool is designed to create the ultimate recovery and revitalization environment, which stimulates blood circulation and rapidly cools the body. The cold water numbs the nerves around the joint, thereby reducing pain and relieving inflammation and muscle spasms: an ideal environment to treat some types of arthritis, injuries and athletic recovery.

...still laughing...that's all too good, esp the guy puking.....

I can relate to #1. One time the spin instructor recognized a lady she had seen outside smoking a cigarette before class. When she saw her come in and sit on a bike, she looked at her and said, "You really aren't coming in MY class after smoking that cigarette!"..."You won't survive!"... and she proceeded to do her best to kill all of us. It was brutal.

You had me at "young orca."  hahaha

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There's a lady at my gym that wears of of 2 outfits, her bright orange full jump suit or her purple full jump suit. I can't look directly at her without the fear of going blind.

There was a guy using the vibrams 5 on the treadmill, I thought that was kind of weird. A few days later he was back to flat soled walking shoes, which of course he was using to run with.

The girls that jack the treadmill incline up to 15 and then hold on to the handles while walking also strike me as a little odd. I mean, if you gotta hold on then maybe the incline is too much?

Wow! I don't remember meeting you. ;-) That's me. I do calf raises, squats, extensions, leg press - nothing! One set of push-ups and I get instantly bigger. Thanks Dad!

How about the 85 year old men who stand butt naked in the locker room staring at them selves in the mirror for 15 mins.

That is one of my favorites....it's even better when they get off of the machine after 7 minutes and do some other random unplanned workout.

Oh, and let's not forget the lip-synchers. Every now and then you catch a glympse of air-drums being played from someone on a treadmill.

God I love people-watching at the gym.

The best is the stuff that the old men do in the locker room when completely naked, then blow dry the junk.

LMFAO...*wiping tears* Who knew there were so many naked old guys lurking in gym locker rooms??

x2 on the girls on a 84 degree incline (exaggeration added for effect) and holding on for dear life. Lean into, get up on your toes...goodness, they wouldn't want to break a sweat.

I just love watching the women primp and preen before going out onto the gym floor and then doing their very best not to sweat or mess their hair. I chuckle as I walk by with my tight a$$ and muscle-y calves looking like I just went 10 rounds with Ali.......

Edited by dermoski 2009-09-01 6:20 PM

Back in the early days of my gym, there was a musclehead bodybuilder guy that used to spit on the mirror before every set.  So one day, one of my male friends (who also was into bodybuilding at the time) goes up to spitting dude and says "Hey, don't be spitting on the mirror like that.  Do you do that in your own house?"  Spitting dude just ignores him...my friend is like WTF.   So the guy gets ready for his next set...spits on the mirror, and walks away to get a drink from the water fountain.  My friend grabs the guy's towel and wipes down the mirror with it!!!  When the guy returns, he does his set and goes to grab his towel to wipe his face and got a face full of HIS OWN SPIT!  HA!  Don't think he ever spit on the mirrors again after that. 

wow, I can't believe the collection we've garned.

Gets me to thinking.  Ya know there's a book out called "Humor in the Courtroom" that basically was a bunch of court reporters (like me) who submitted outtakes from bizzare and funny sh&t that would happen during testimony.

I'm thinking this is beginning to be book worthy. 

>>>>>>>I have to say though, really, how many times have I read about guys witnessing other dudes blow drying their junk in the locker room? 

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT??????!!!!!

Love this thread.  I belong to a really nice up scale gym, but even here weirdness persists.
1) Group of big dudes wear shirts cut up so there is just a thin piece of material covering their nipples.  C'mon, do any ladies out there think this is remotely sexy?  They also carry HUGE jugs of water with them around the gym.   I keeping worrying that one of them is going to start seizing from hyponatremia.

2) Now this one is gross.  There is a big screen TV with leather chairs, and the old guys just love to sit in their and watch golf naked.  You just cannot believe it.  I swear one day I saw this one old guy get up and I saw his boys basically stick to the seat as he got up.  I know I should not be looking, but it was morbid curiosity, like a car wreck.

3)I am also not one to give advice to others as others have mentioned, but I feel so sorry for the poor folks wondering around the gym with the deer in the headlight look.  Not quite sure what to do.  Jumping on any old machine then moving on to something completely different, no rhyme or reason.  You know they won't last long and won't see any results.

4) I love the posts about guys picking up girls at the gym.  I have one friend whose whole social life is at the gym.  He is the stereotypical gym rat.  I was telling him I was in training for a triathlon and he responded that he was in training for Vegas.  I asked what that meant and he said he was going to vegas in a month so he was training to look good at the pool.  We all have our goals.
I trained with him and his crew once.  The strange thing is they do just one body part everyday.  When I went with them they did 1 full hour of every shoulder exercise you can imagine.  This seems ridiculous although they do have big shoulders.
I also think it so funny that they love to talk about cardio.  "Lets do cardio", "I have been doing a lot of cardio", "Rocked the cardio this morning".  I soon found out that "cardio" to gym rats is 30 minutes on the treadmill at a fairly low speed.
The funniest thing about my friend is how he has mastered the "pick up" at the gym.  He is stalker like and very dedicated.  He will scope out his victim months in advance.  Pass by her multiple times ignoring her completely.  Then he will place a towel on a bench near where she is working out, and casually ask "is this your towel?"  Which is the ice "breaker to "I have seen you around here" and then to "where do you hang out?"  Sounds crazy but man does it work.  You should see his girlfriends.

5) Recently I went to LA fitness in Seattle while there on business.  The gym is on the 2nd floor and there is an escalator going up to the gym.  I am running up the stairs next to the escalator and realize I am the only one on the stairs and there is a line of people on the escalator.   I can just see these guys going up the escalator and then getting on the stair stepper.  Hypocrisy at its finest.

These are hilarious!  I have read everyone of these things.  I don't go to the gym much, which now I guess is a good thing.  However, I think I might take up yoga.

Can we laugh at ourselves?   I would like to read a thread about those weird thiathletes!

My favorite: Guys who swing free weights around (arching their backs as they do curls, etc), then -- for what they think is that extra touch of manliness -- THROW the weights back onto the rack or the floor. Right, we're all totally fooled, you're sooooo manly, no one suspects you aren't strong enough to actually hold the thing without dropping it. 

Also, the "Excuse me, that's my locker" routine if you took the locker someone wanted. Interestingly, no one's ever had a comeback for "Well, if you want everyone to know it's yours, you should put your name on it." 

My wife and I were at our company gym, which is pretty small, and there's this guy working out in front of the mirror with two medium sized dumbbells wearing headphones. After a few minutes of normalish working out, he suddenly breaks out into this full-on dance routine, complete with poses, while he still has the dumbells in his hands! We were literally laughing out loud at this guy. We moved to the complete other side of the gym because we were afraid of what would happen if he lost control of a dumbell while he was bust'n a move...

2x.  They are there. 

I used to belong to a gym that had Tanning beds right next to the work out area. I would be doing my machine and free weight reps and these (Parden my french) really overweight women would walk right by the Cardo and free weight equipment and go right to the tanning beds. I knew the owner and he and I just laughed about it. I swore if I could come up with a tanning spray that claimed to melt fat and tan I would make a Mint!!!! Just package it as Deionized water.. LOL