Random thoughts from a gym member.....

[DisneyPhD]

Anyone else exercise at a gym regularly? We belong to a life time gym and it is a great place, but you go at the same time every day and see the same people. Some are very nice, some I don't know if they are nice or not but they stand out.

Any of these guys at your place?????

1st we have foot pumis lady, who spends about 20 min every day after being in the steam room rubbing the dead skin off her feet (now I should, but I don't have time for it.)

Bag ladies, 3 Asian women who put the plastic bags provided to put your wet swim suits in over their hair and go in the steam room daily.

Then there is 1980's lady that dresses every day in an outfit right from 1983, with accessories, even leg warmers one day.

My least favorite is sweaty smelly guy. This guy is there for hours on end, always on the machines that I like (and normally only women are on.) He smells like nothing I have ever smelled before, is covered with hair and drips everywhere he walks. The machine he is one is all wet when he lives. It is disgusting. In fact I avoid him at all cost, and have moved machines just to get away from him. When chatting with other women I am not the only one. We all can't stand to be near him. I know this is a gym........ but please.

Of course there is naked lady. She is naked when I walk into the locker room, and often still is when I come back from working out........ All I need to say about her. Of course I haven't seen her lately, so either she isn't at the gym as much, or put her clothes on and she isn't standing out in the crowd anymore.

Then there is the "hair twins." 2 young women in their teens or early 20's that come in every Sunday to spend a few hours fixing their hair in the locker room. They don't work out (if they spent half the time working out instead of on their hair they would look a lot better.) They clam it is because they clean the house on Saturday and don't want to mess up the bathroom again. They spend about 2 hours in the locker room. They have very long thick hair. They bring everything with them too 3 brushs per twin. I know they don't work out, because they talk about it. Every Sunday.

Any funny people at your gym????????

 

[DaisyD]

I work out 3-4 days a week for 2 hours each time. I don't think I've ever seen anyone like you are talking about! LOL! Everyone is always nice and considerate. Of course after I work out I just grab my stuff from the locker and leave. I shower as soon as I get home because I'm not into public showers.

 

[Anewman]

Last gym I was at we had this weird guy that would spend more time taking notes about other members...


JUST KIDDING OF COURSE.

 

[goodeats]

I go to the gym every morning before work. The gym is on-site so I get ready there too. I've found that people are creatures of habit and everybody has the same routine every day.

There's the older gentlemen who really don't seem to be doing much working out just chatting.

There's the 'grunter' doing weights incorrectly.

There's the 'stretcher' who seems to stretch for 20 solid minutes. I would go nuts.

Then in the locker room there's OCD lady. She wipes down every surface before touching anything. This is a very nice gym, so I think she's just paranoid. She also always leaves her towel in the locker while she showers, so when she gets out of the shower she runs to the locker dripping wet to get her towel! I can't understand it! I guess she's afraid of having her towel touch the tile? I just drape mine over the door. I'm still alive!

 

[sugarpie]

Makes me want to join a gym. Sounds much more entertaining than working out at home.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Last gym I was at we had this weird guy that would spend more time taking notes about other members...


JUST KIDDING OF COURSE.

It is just mental notes. Random things I notice. Hey that guy is there everyday. I don't know what someone would say about me. Short girl with the WDW shirts? Na, I got some new work out clothes. Chick who is here a lot but isn't losing any weight, maybe??????


Really I would guess they think I am the women with the super cute 2 year old who waves and talks to every staff member she runs into.

 

[DisneyPhD]

I go to the gym every morning before work. The gym is on-site so I get ready there too. I've found that people are creatures of habit and everybody has the same routine every day.

There's the older gentlemen who really don't seem to be doing much working out just chatting.

There's the 'grunter' doing weights incorrectly.

There's the 'stretcher' who seems to stretch for 20 solid minutes. I would go nuts.

Then in the locker room there's OCD lady. She wipes down every surface before touching anything. This is a very nice gym, so I think she's just paranoid. She also always leaves her towel in the locker while she showers, so when she gets out of the shower she runs to the locker dripping wet to get her towel! I can't understand it! I guess she's afraid of having her towel touch the tile? I just drape mine over the door. I'm still alive!

See, that is what I am talking about.

 

[paintnolish]

Oh my...my gym has a major grunter! His face turns bright red and his veins bulge out. If that happens, I really think you need to take it down a notch! He even grunts and exhales loudly while doing sit ups. You can make eye contact with a total stranger while this guy is doing this and it is hard for both of you to not laugh! The worst part is, and my sister pointed this out, that is sometimes sounds kind of sexual ( I say constipated!).
I have also seen Mr Sweaty. It gorsses me out to watch it fall like rain all over the treadmill. Ugh. His shirt is absolutely wet.
Women in full makeup and done hair make me laugh, too. Now, let me tell ya', this is 8 a.m., so I doubt they just came from work or something.

 

[Pop Daddy]

I have names for people I see at the gym all the time "crazy lady", "fat boy", "lesbians in love", "shy girl" , "cheif" and "winston Churchill" I dont even want to know what some name me

 

[DisneyPhD]

I have names for people I see at the gym all the time "crazy lady", "fat boy", "lesbians in love", "shy girl" , "cheif" and "winston Churchill" I dont even want to know what some name me

My guess is the guy who is always hitting on the girls.

 

[Pop Daddy]

My guess is the guy who is always hitting on the girls.

lol, nahh, IRL Im shy

 

[DisneyPhD]

lol, nahh, IRL Im shy

LOL, as long as you aren't shy and cute and carry a bunny you are good in my book!

 

[FluffyPumpkin78]

I haven't really noticed anything or anyone too weird yet, but there is this one man I see everyday. I'm not sure if is recovering from a stroke or has a neurological disorder (MS, CP or something) but he is in a motorized wheelchair and has trouble speaking. He works out on an Arc Trainer machine for 20 minutes or so, and lifts weights. He actually motivates me to go, even when I am not feeling it. I think if he can go, considering his limted physical capabilities, then I can get my fat butt to the gym!

He is such my inspiration and doesn't even know it!

 

[NewJersey]

I go about 4-5 times a week, and tonight when I was running on the treadmill, a guy next to me SMELLED AWFUL. It was disgusting...it smelled like dirty socks, BO, bad breath, and sweaty clothes. I got off the treadmill and did crunches instead.

 

[Miss Park Avenue]

Of course there is naked lady. She is naked when I walk into the locker room, and often still is when I come back from working out........ All I need to say about her.

Oh man, I had that at the Ballys I used to go to. She was naked when I walked in, naked when I came back (after 45 minutes on a treadmill followed by an hour on the weights) I go in the steamroom for 20 minutes or so, then shower, come out....she's still naked. I wanted to ask if she forgot her locker combination or something. I changed into my regular clothes, walked passed the naked lady and left.

I have to say that I have no problem with nakedness in the locker room. I can go in the steam room or sauna and shower and I don't need a private changing room or anything, but I don't stand around naked for the heck of it. I find that most women don't really make eye contact with others so there is not much to feel self conscience about.

I go to a community center now where it seems the average age of the women there are 80+. I was in the sauna where they posted rules that you had to wear a bathing suit. I thought that was insane, saunas are so HOT and the thought of going in there with a suit seems like torture to me. But I wore one in there and I walked in and there had to be three other 80 year old bare naked women in there. One woman came in, dropped her towell and started rubbing (lotion I guess...I didn't watch) all over as she chatted with us! OK! So I guess the bathing suit sign is a suggestion, not the rule. So go in there now with just a towell and keep it around me and not worry so much anymore.

And the only cardio machine I can do is the treadmill or that reclining bike. I HATE everything else. I see women twice my age on the stair climbers or elipticle (sp??) machines all morning and I try it and last maybe 2 minutes. I think I push myself to make 2 minutes because I don't want to humiliate myself. But, when I think about it, 2 minutes is pretty pathetic. So if anyone is taking notes on me I must be "women who thinks she's getting a full workout after two minutes"

 

[Anewman]

Ok the wife wanted me to post one.

How about the guy that wears shorts and sits with his legs open so you can see his boys.

But she says that is me, which I think is an unfair label since it only happened once.

 

[fan_of_small_world]

Mr. Grunter in annoying, but I really can't stand Mr. Clangs-the-dumbells-together-really-loudly.

Mr./Ms. Sits-Between (as in, sits-on-the-machine-between-sets-so-you-can't-work-in) bugs the heck out of me too. I just ask to work in, and they're usually nice. There was one woman, though, who was just sitting chatting on her cell for quite a while without even doing anything. DH, who had been waiting to use that machine, finally asked her if he could use it and she snapped at him!

If I actually *went* to the gym more often, I'd probably have more to add. Gotta work on that!

 

[Jimbo]

We've got a guy that will spend upwards of 20 minutes on a single machine. It wouldn't be a problem if he didn't use machines that I use, but he does. Usually when somebody is on a machine for a really long time it's because they're chatting, not exercising. And I have no problems asking them to let me use it. But this guy's not goofing off, he just keeps doing set after set on it.

Oh, and he's a grunter too. But I guess if I did 20 minutes worth of reps on a single machine I'd grunt too.

 

[Poohnatic]

LOL, as long as you aren't shy and cute and carry a bunny you are good in my book!

Back in the day, I was at the gym 5+ days a week. Ours was a recreation center with pools and the whole magillah. My dad would work out for 2 hours every day, so we girls would take advantage of the pool.

We also had naked lady. I think every gym has one.

There was powder lady, who seemed to powder herself with about half a container of Johnson's baby powder EVERY day. As a person with Sahara dry skin, I just can't imagine needing that much powder.

We also had the signs indicating you needed suits in the steam and sauna. It seemed like it was a guideline.

Not in the locker room, but in the pool. There were three lanes designated in the indoor pool for lap swimmers. Slow, Average and Fast. I typically spent my time in the Average lane, due to my asthma, it was a rare day when I could be in that fast lane. Well, there was one lady who should have really been in the slow lane and had an interesting swimming style. Pool rules were that if someone was slower than you, you could pass them in your lane.

I would dread when I saw that red bathing cap upon walking into the pool, because I knew I was in trouble. She had a habit of SCRATCHING anyone who passed her. She hated being passed! Never mind that I was a solid mid speed swimmer doing about a mile a day, the fact that I would pass her just meant that my leg would get a gouge. It wasn't just me, either. Anyone who passed her got this treatment.


Suzanne

 

[SandraVB79]

LOL, as long as you aren't shy and cute and carry a bunny you are good in my book!

In our gym we have the "heilige drievuldigheid", which in English would be the "holy Threesome" or however it is called. (Can someone enlighten me here?)
It are three women who are ALWAYS there. I went in the evening, they were there. My mom went in the morning or afternoon, they were also there. They are always doing the steps during hours and hours, machines next to ecah other and are talking loudly about everybody else at the gym. It's awful!

There is Mr old and wearing white socks until right under his knees. I think he must be at least 90, is tanning bed tanned, and wears ugly long white socks.

We also have naked lady