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 2009-09-02 5:20 PM in reply to: #2385806 |
Elite  3091    Spokane, WA |  Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gymzionvier - 2009-09-02 4:23 PM I tend to keep my head down at the gym, go in do my thing, get out. But what gets me is that I rarely ever see anyone stretching. I can't be the only one that starts my routines with some basic stretching can I? (Am I 'that guy' to other people?) I've seen some woman do some stretching, but is it taboo for guys to stretch? I swear I'm the only one that has ever stretched before getting into the pool as well. I guess I must be 'that guy that always stretches' to the people watchers at the gym. Or maybe there's a "stretching area" in the gym that I've yet to ever find and am the only weirdo that doesn't use it. I've heard "Never stretch a cold muscle". So, yeah, if I saw you do that in the gym I'd probably come over and give you that little pointer. Edited by zed707 2009-09-02 5:22 PM |
| 2009-09-02 5:58 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
| New user 25 Crystal Lake | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym The New Years Resolution people reminded me of the (morbidly) obese people that come back to the gym to lose those "few" pounds. I support them for trying to find the healthy way of living, but please refrain from wearing the spandex, oops, I mean jogging pants that used to fit 10 years ago. My gym has the elliptical trainers in front of the treadmills where many of these people migrate to. So while running all you see is cottage cheese go up and down. I think I lose vision during the months of January and February! I think I just made myself puke a little in my mouth. |
| 2009-09-02 6:09 PM in reply to: #2385806 |
Extreme Veteran 3177 | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym zionvier - 2009-09-02 2:23 PM I tend to keep my head down at the gym, go in do my thing, get out. But what gets me is that I rarely ever see anyone stretching. I can't be the only one that starts my routines with some basic stretching can I? (Am I 'that guy' to other people?) I've seen some woman do some stretching, but is it taboo for guys to stretch? I swear I'm the only one that has ever stretched before getting into the pool as well. I guess I must be 'that guy that always stretches' to the people watchers at the gym. Or maybe there's a "stretching area" in the gym that I've yet to ever find and am the only weirdo that doesn't use it. Before doing any workout = no stretching for me. After a good 10-15 minutes of warm up activity = moderate stretching. after my workout is finished = 15+ minutes of stretching. What I also used to enjoy were the "I'm doing cross training" guys. They would throw a towel on a treadmill, go downstairs and do some weight work and then, 15 minutes later, run upstairs and expect their machine to still be open when the gym is packed. Then when it isnt they proceed to fume and yell at people for taking their machines. There was also this lady at the gym (I actually think she was the head manager) who used to walk around the gym to and from the office in yoga pants, a tank top and 5-6 inch spikey heels. |
| 2009-09-02 6:28 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
Master 2404 Redlands, CA | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym I could go on and on in the gym, and really there are alot of people there I don't like. Seriously dislike like: I write this in disgust as the gym seems to bring out the worst in me, some of the characters at my local gym are pure scum. |
| 2009-09-02 6:34 PM in reply to: #2385979 |
Master 2404 Redlands, CA | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym I almost forgot the comfortably naked guys. The people who are near your locker and have no qualms about getting within inches of you naked. The only time I lost it was one of these stood next to me when I was sitting. Maybe I'm weird or a homophobe but I don't like naked men within 5 feet of me. |
| 2009-09-02 7:03 PM in reply to: #2385947 |
Extreme Veteran 483 Pacific NW | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym freunddj - 2009-09-02 3:58 PM The New Years Resolution people reminded me of the (morbidly) obese people that come back to the gym to lose those "few" pounds. I support them for trying to find the healthy way of living, but please refrain from wearing the spandex, oops, I mean jogging pants that used to fit 10 years ago. My gym has the elliptical trainers in front of the treadmills where many of these people migrate to. So while running all you see is cottage cheese go up and down. I think I lose vision during the months of January and February! I think I just made myself puke a little in my mouth. I was this person, and sorry if I disgusted you. Sorry, but anyone overweight who is trying to change their life around, regardless of what they are wearing and regardless of the time of year, gets kuddos from me. It's comments like these that make people too intimidated to step into the gym in the first place. Edited to add my own weird story: there is a gal that insists on bringing her 7 year old son into the adults-only section of the women's locker room, and then gets pizzed off when we get naked in front of him. There are even signs posted that no boys over 4 years old, and even then they are not allowed in the adults-only section. I'm torn between bending over naked to make sure they leave, or hiding in a towel b/c I don't want a 7 year old boy looking at me. Edited by sdbryant 2009-09-02 7:12 PM |
| 2009-09-02 7:20 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
Pro 4482 NJ | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym I travel alot for work and find more weirdness at hotel gyms. I guess people figure they probably won't see anyone there again. When I'm in Europe hotel gyms are far and few between, but I was in Zurich a few weeks ago and the hotel had a terrific gym. I decided to scope it out before changing into my workout clothes and did a quick tour. Found myself face to face with a naked man walking out of the coed sauna towards the men's locker room. He didn't even have a towel to sit on. Decided to go for a run outside instead. |
| 2009-09-02 7:38 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
Veteran 1097 Elizabethtown, KY | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym This thread's growing tired . . . IMO |
| 2009-09-02 9:00 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
Expert 1690 | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym How do these guys wipe their a**? I had a friend who does the bodybuilding shows and I had to ask him this question, he kind of smiled and then promptly said you rotate from the hips as apposed to reaching around. I about lost it. there is a gal that insists on bringing her 7 year old son into the adults-only section of the women's locker room, and then gets pizzed off when we get naked in front of him. There are even signs posted that no boys over 4 years old, and even then they are not allowed in the adults-only section. I'm torn between bending over naked to make sure they leave, or hiding in a towel b/c I don't want a 7 year old boy looking at me. Either way this will probably be the highlight of his life for quite a few years. |
| 2009-09-02 9:28 PM in reply to: #2386211 |
Master 2404 Redlands, CA | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym mkarr0110 - 2009-09-02 7:00 PM How do these guys wipe their a**? I had a friend who does the bodybuilding shows and I had to ask him this question, he kind of smiled and then promptly said you rotate from the hips as apposed to reaching around. I about lost it. there is a gal that insists on bringing her 7 year old son into the adults-only section of the women's locker room, and then gets pizzed off when we get naked in front of him. There are even signs posted that no boys over 4 years old, and even then they are not allowed in the adults-only section. I'm torn between bending over naked to make sure they leave, or hiding in a towel b/c I don't want a 7 year old boy looking at me. Either way this will probably be the highlight of his life for quite a few years. I wish my mom took me in the women's locker room at 7! |
| 2009-09-03 8:01 AM in reply to: #2382482 |
Expert 828 | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym The only odd thing recently was a little old lady of about 75 who harrassed me repeatedly while I was swimming in the only lap lane. It was a time of morning with water aerobics and lap swim marked on the schedule. I showed up so they put the lane lines up and it condensed their aerobic area (10 people in the whole pool so it is not like they had no room)....So she asks me repeatedly at the end of each hundred or two hundred yd set, "Why do you have to swim now?" Just come at 10 when we are done." I politely tell her I work and cannot come later. She asked me this repeatedly and recited all the times lap swim was open that would not interfere with her 3 day a week water aerobic class. I eventually just ignored her. Then she decides to get in the lap lane to "swim laps". It was about 3 min. per length, right in the middle of the lane. I decided that 'smooth' was out the window. Every time I got close to her I would thrash and kick as much water around as I could....she was soaked. I was smiling....she eventually got kicked out of the class for harrassing other lap swimmers in subsequent sessions... |
| 2009-09-03 9:45 AM in reply to: #2382482 |
Master 4119 Toronto Bronze member | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym Flip flops on the treadmill. Not running but doing that super incline walking ... Despite the fact that the gym has a sign not to do this ... i thought it was a given. But my gym has a strange crowd. |
| 2009-09-03 10:01 AM in reply to: #2386052 |
Veteran 290 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym kcarroll - 2009-09-02 8:20 PM I travel alot for work and find more weirdness at hotel gyms. I guess people figure they probably won't see anyone there again. When I'm in Europe hotel gyms are far and few between, but I was in Zurich a few weeks ago and the hotel had a terrific gym. I decided to scope it out before changing into my workout clothes and did a quick tour. Found myself face to face with a naked man walking out of the coed sauna towards the men's locker room. He didn't even have a towel to sit on. Decided to go for a run outside instead. What is weird behavior to you is normal behavior to me. I find it weird when a sauna is not coed for example, and the big deal people make out of nudity is funny and disturbing at the same time. It's just a different attitude in Europe (I'm from Germany originally), seeing someone walking around naked in/from a sauna while I'm over there doesn't even register to me. The differences in societal norms are interesting.  |
| 2009-09-03 3:13 PM in reply to: #2382482 |
Extreme Veteran 451 Lake Effect Snow Country | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym I managed a gym/pool for a year in the mid 90s. We had it all! My oddest: 1. "repeated wearings woman" who wore the same unwashing gym attire for weeks. We finally had to say something because the stink from her locker was god awful. 2. "no undergarments tennis playing woman" who wore very short tennis shorts with nothing on underthem and would the sit on a lounger near the tennis courst with her legs open. We had to talk to her too. 3. "blunt force trauma woman" who actually had a lawyer call me regarding her 'severe injury' from knocking hands with another lap swimmer. She also had lipstick on her teeth everyday. 4. 'balding turtleneck man' was this guy who changed only his pants to workout and usually had a turtleneck on. He was doing a sort of Donald Trump swoopy thing with his hair and I think he was afraid to mess it up by changing his shirt. I'm not sure why he wore turtlenecks everyday. 5. 'tai chi man' which wouldn't be wierd except that he did it while walking around the indoor track and its was a little more like slow motion karate than tai chi. He also prefered his pants to be around his chest and wore a black tank top every day. Don't even get me started on the locker room and sauna behavior. Its amazing that you actually have to tell adults to keep their bits off of other people's stuff... |
| 2009-09-03 8:47 PM in reply to: #2386692 |
Veteran 121 | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym Rad-Onc PA - 2009-09-03 8:01 AM The only odd thing recently was a little old lady of about 75 who harrassed me repeatedly while I was swimming in the only lap lane. It was a time of morning with water aerobics and lap swim marked on the schedule. I showed up so they put the lane lines up and it condensed their aerobic area (10 people in the whole pool so it is not like they had no room)....So she asks me repeatedly at the end of each hundred or two hundred yd set, "Why do you have to swim now?" Just come at 10 when we are done." I politely tell her I work and cannot come later. She asked me this repeatedly and recited all the times lap swim was open that would not interfere with her 3 day a week water aerobic class. I eventually just ignored her. Then she decides to get in the lap lane to "swim laps". It was about 3 min. per length, right in the middle of the lane. I decided that 'smooth' was out the window. Every time I got close to her I would thrash and kick as much water around as I could....she was soaked. I was smiling....she eventually got kicked out of the class for harrassing other lap swimmers in subsequent sessions... I ran into her sister at the pool. She would swim laps (breast stroke), but would not put her face or hair in the water. I'm guessing when you slather on that much makeup, you aren't looking forward to a do-over. She would flip out when a swimmer in an adjacent lane splashed water on her. I was completely unprepared to be ripped for swimming 'too vigorously'. Uhhh, splashing does seem to accompany swimming. Perhaps we can have the Feds fund a study to search for a causal relationship... |
| 2009-09-03 9:10 PM in reply to: #2382700 |
Master 2158 | Subject: RE: Weirdness at the Gym Aikidoman - 2009-09-01 11:47 AMSome guy, after struggling through only a couple lengths in the pool, proceeded to stop me in my workout and informed me that I was CHEATING by using paddels during my workout.... Would it have been cheating to tell him that you could happily use them to do physical violence to his body? |
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