gym peeve...

[strongchick]

okay...letting off steam here...rant follows:

I am so glad I'm moving...while I like my gym and the layout and the equipment...the people, in particular, the men...are getting on my nerves.

I wear headphones...but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

I always have to get "helpful hints"...don't get me wrong....I'm always willing to take advice so I can get better....but geez...

upright rows really won't make my traps big and manly...but of course...I have to hear about a new exercise from a male gym rat...so of course...my traps "won't get big". The exercise he recommended requires such a light weight to avoid rotator cuff injury that it is much less effective than upright rows...for me. Of course I stated as such...and humored him (he smokes by the way, Lord)...but geez..trying to get away from him I forgot to do my side laterals! AND MAYBE I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT I WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH TRAPS!?!

I'm getting too old to feel like I must be polite...and I'm sick of dealing with the preconceived notion that of course I couldn't possibly want to be muscular...I just "don't know what I'm doing and NEED unsolicited advice"...I could see if my bodyfat and muscle size weren't changing significantly over the past year...but they have...

...so now I have to listen to the experts THAT WEREN'T AROUND WHEN I WAS A FAT ASS!

<insert really offensive swear noun here>.

And if they are so smart...why do they always comment on my upper body when it is obvious that my lower body is lagging? Because they want to ADVISE me with their EXPERTISE on muscle building...of which they have NONE when it comes to female anatomy and estrogen related fat. And none of them could stomach my leg workout...so they avoid me when I'm doing legs...cuz they'd have to take plates off to work in

To all those men out there that waited til a year later to give me such great advice...(I needed it last year)...go advise those idiot males who pick up 50 lb dumbbells and throw them up in what is supposed to be "curls". And if you want to hit on me....just ask me out...quit the pretense.

 

[Little Girl]

LOL. I liked that!!!!!!!
LG

 

[Phemomena]

my own little rant

i was in the gym yesterday... leg day... just got on the leg press and the guy on the hack squat (who SAW me sit down) asked me if i was almost done... He seemed a little grumpy when i proceeded to tell him that i had about 8 or 9 sets to go (i go all out with both legs for weight, then finish off with single legs and light weight for reps).

well he went away to another part of the gym, and into my second set two girls (you know the ones that put the 25s on and sit and chat...but hey... at least they aint sitting on their asses in front of the tv eating icecream like i was today ) came by and asked me if i was almost done... i told them the same thing i told the guy and they said they'd wait... so they sat and waited while i finished my sets...

i went on with my workout... (quad extensions.... always a killer)... as i'm finishing my second set at 150 the same guy comes over to me fumming mad

idiotguy "Did i speak to you about working in on that machine before those girls????"

me not even looking at him, stretching my screaming quads "yup, i told them the same thing i told you, but they wanted to wait, i don't control what people do"

idiotguy in pissed-off, but strangely whinny voice "but i wanted that machine, i was first"

I thought buddy was going to throw a temper tantrum... i was trying not to laugh...

then he has the nerve to ask me if i'm done with my extensions...

me "whatever buddy" i pick up my towel (not wiping down the machine... and went to the EXACT SAME machine right beside the one i'm working on to continue my workout...

he frustrated me enough to make sure that my last two sets were dooseys (2 *10 at 165 OUCH) ... i'll have to make sure that going down stairs is not required over the next few days...

oh well... these guys wouldn't have opened their ignorant mouths had we been male, guess they're jealous that their gals don't look like us

 

[Captain_insano]

I hate it when people don't bring a towel and then they peel there fat, sweaty, hairy back off the bench and i am left to deal with it.

 

[madmitch]

Don't think for one second that it is only guy's that do this. I was in the gym one day waiting for this guy to finish with the flat bench.

He finishes his set of dumbell fly's and say's there you go mate. When all of a sudden this girl comes running from the other side of the gym and says "we asked for that bench first".

Now what pissed me off the most was her and boyfriend where not even finished doing their incline benchpresses (2 or 3 more sets to do each) and here they are hogging another peice of equipment that I wanted to use. Damn, I would have been finished my sets before they were even ready to use it, but no she wouldn't hear of it.

F**king B*****ds.

 

[Phemomena]

I am normally very polite and wipe down my machines when i'm done...(i normally sit on my towel as not to have to, and wipe anywhere the towel wasn't) but this guy was just being a bastard...

yes, i know it's not just males, it just ticks me off as a female that some males look at me like i don't belong in a gym.... (and this guy was DEFINATELY one of those) i guess it's just something i'll have to get used to... actually most of the women stare at me more than the guys, like i'm some freak of nature since i own (and use) straps (only for pull-ups, bad wrists)....

i hear you mitch... i mean if they wanted to use the freakin machine they should have waited for it like you were... if i need to use something that someone is on i'll either wait or use a nearby machine to pass the time, i don't take my ass across the gym and expect that the person will come tell me that they're done...

arrrgghhh, oh well...

oh... and there aint no hair (or fat) on my back

 

[Captain_insano]

oh... and there aint no hair (or fat) on my back

I know i have seen your physique on the chat board. Very nice BTW

 

[Phemomena]

awww... thanks... i have to get some good pics up... that one isn't that great... (and it doesn't show my back... i could be some strange ape-backed girl and you wouldn't know it j/k)

 

[FitFossil]

We have this one woman in our gym who is a real piece of work. She is also an aerobic instructor there, so she should have some idea of gym etiquette, but sadly she does not.

She will hog no fewer than 3 pieces of equipment simultaneously. She leaves her stuff, towels, water bottles, etc all over them, and then will go off to the restroom, talk to others, etc., all when the gym is packed!

She acts likes she's doing some kind of special super-set routine, but her physique is certainly nothing special. Actually she seems to have gotten fatter in the 4 years I've been going there. She thinks she's hot stuff though.

She gets snippy if someone asks to work in on something her towel or water bottle is sitting on! She'll even walk over to somebody else on something she hasn't used and tell them she was using it!

All the regulars are on to her. It's a treat to see her try this sh-t with unsuspecting newcomers. They figure her out pretty quickly though. It's funny seeing a grown woman acting like a 2 year old. Fortunately she hasn't been coming as often at the time I go.

 

[Phemomena]

lmao... you just reminded me of this funny (but stupid story)

when i first started working out it was in my condo basement... there was this girl who was aerobics instructor (we had a little aerobics room, nothing really classy) anyways this "instructor" would get on the stairmaster crank it up for about 25 seconds as high as it would go (leaning over on it so far that her head was supporting most of her body weight) get off, drink half a can of coke, fix her hair and make up (yes makeup) get back on a do the same thing over again... she'd do this for about half an hour and go through about 4 cans of coke... i'd just stare at her like what the ??@#()@& is she doing???

LMAO what a character she was... ditzy as anything too...


oh well... i'm off to the gym...

 

[Honest Ern]

You women whine too much! "I wasn't getting attention a year ago" Wah wah wah! Now you get it and you don't like it. Well deal with it. Some guys, most guys , especially the ones in the gym can be arrogant, pea-brain know-it-alls. Get used to it! Stop complaining. You just may grow to like one of these fitness gurus.

 

[strongchick]

You women whine too much! .

Well, HONESTLY, Honest Ern!!! <using voice of Peggy from King of the Hill tv show>

Can you blame me for feeling a little less than appreciative of male attention when I get it only if my booty fits a certain profile?

Plus...men in the gym are such territorial dogs...they piss a circle around equipment and then sweat all over it and I'm supposed to feel grateful to be ogled and 'advised'.

Hmph.

I'm going to enjoy blowing off guys for a little while...



wait...that last line didn't sound right....

 

[Imnotdutch]

You mean I can keep people off my equipment by pissing around it? I never thought of that.....normally I just fart alot. Anybody brave enough to deal with that can have the damn bench.

Well, HONESTLY, Honest Ern!!! <using voice of Peggy from King of the Hill tv show>

Can you blame me for feeling a little less than appreciative of male attention when I get it only if my booty fits a certain profile?

Plus...men in the gym are such territorial dogs...they piss a circle around equipment and then sweat all over it and I'm supposed to feel grateful to be ogled and 'advised'.

Hmph.

I'm going to enjoy blowing off guys for a little while...



wait...that last line didn't sound right....

 

[absolute hardgainer]

If you get unwanted attention from overly attentative males just because of your booty....
... act really happy and tell them you love all of their attention because you recently had a sex-change.

hardgainer (not always serious)

 

[Fennec]

LOL!!! Those last two... killed me!

 

[smallmovesal]

haha you guys are funny

i posted a little while back that i was on the step mill and some older guy on the bike *right* beside me blew his nose into his hand and wiped it on his shoulder. then he looked around to see who notice, like i couldn't possibly have seen and heard him and did it again... sick!

another guy wanted in to do a set of hamstring curls, which was fine, except when he left there was a puddle of drool on the bench when i went to do my set. blech.

my biggest peeve is the guys who leave like 4 45 lb weights on either side of the leg press... OR when they have just left using it and *watch* me as my 110 lb ass has to go move them myself.

 

[keiko]

Hey, movin' those plates counts as an upper body day for me!

I'm currently fighting with my gym. The spinning classes are corralled in a medium sized room, glass-walled, off the cardio area. Should be fine--seen and not heard. But they open their doors, so we can all hear bad disco and shrieking chicks, barking orders over their head-sets.

I told the manager that this counts as a deal-breaker for me. I can't concentrate, quality of workouts suffers, etc. Keep the frickin' door shut. He's waffling, but I think I'm winning. There's a big sign on the spinning room door, reminign instructors.blah.blah. blah...

If they want to ride up and down hills so bad, why not go outdoors?

 

[strongchick]

try dj day at my gym....I'm trying to hoist major weight for legs and I have to hear Disco Dave pumpin' the sounds at ear bleedin' decibel levels. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't early nineties crap like "Bust a Move"....gag me!

Thank goodness it was a temporary 'perk'. I've gotta find a real gym.

 

[BigEasy]

I'm with Imnotdutch, just have a whey and egg protein shake before workout and NOBODY wants in on me.....or around me for that matter.

I stood waiting on my last machine, leg press, one morning while this guy talked biz on his cell phone for 10 minutes. I had walked away a couple of times but got mad and just let loose two times in about 30 seconds and he LEFT THE GYM!! On my way out the desk guy asked me if I pissed his cheerios because he said he would never come back if I was there! LOL

Now you know why I'm not allowed to have beans by my girls!

BE

 

[Little Girl]

My gym closed last week so I had to find an other gym. (and of course, I LOST MONEY! It was a very cool place) But it's not easy! I finally found a f***in weird place (in a basement!) where people never seen somebody in shape before. I won't stay there for a long time, I'm just waiting for somebody enough intelligent to open a REAL gym in our little 225 000 habs town.
I was doing my bench and a weirdo stood just beside me staring at me. I asked him if he needed something and he smiled. When I did my squat it was worse: the gym stoped for a while (just like in a movie!): all eyes were on me. They never seen a girl squating before??? I could understand that I'm new and they want to look a me a bit, but it's enough!!!!! Tonite, I'll do my deadlift and I'm scared to do it. You know, if I'm wearing those little training tops it's not for the men pleasure, no, it's for me! I like to see my muscles, I worked so hard for it, I worth it!

Little Girl
I was thinking about opening my own gym...til I looked to my bank account...naannn!!

 

[Phemomena]

When I did my squat it was worse: the gym stoped for a while (just like in a movie!): all eyes were on me. They never seen a girl squating before??? I could understand that I'm new and they want to look a me a bit, but it's enough!!!!!

I know how this feels, i work out in a gym that is in the mall (Eaton Centre for the Canadians out there)... its always filled with mall girls who just finished work and are there flapping around the 3lbs weights... and a lot of gay men... but they're alright, don't really bother anyone...

People are always looking at me funny too... i swear that some of them have never seen a female with muscle before... and when i get lifting heavy and i grunt or make any other noise... look out!

 

[absolute hardgainer]

I like grunting females...

hardgainer (roarrrrrr)

 

[wilson6]

equipment issues

I ask nicely once. After that, it's intimidation. When I'm training clients, they intimidate in numbers. I teach them to surround a piece of equipment, slowly close in and stare. Training mostly business professionals and attorneys, this is second nature to them. The morons and newbies yield pretty quickly, if not I come over and add pressure and I'm usually pretty pissed by then. The veteran trainees never hog the equipment, there is an element of respect that goes both ways. I move my clients quickly and they move quickly. Nothing burns my ass more than someone doing 10-12 sets of leg presses and hogging a machine for 40 minutes. If you can't get it done in 2-4 working sets, you ain't training properly. If you're in the gym to talk, go to the womens only place down the street.

Patience is for those who have time to waste.

W6

 

[Imnotdutch]

Aw man that old guy is grim......I dont understand what is wrong with people like that. I woulda had to walk away.....or mebbe I woulda pointed at him and started laughing as loud as I could. Then when I was asked what was up I woulda told em......goodbye skunky old man.

If people leave leave bodily fluids on a bench I want to use I just insist they clean it up. But then I'm a 210lb powerlifter so it is prob easier for me that you

Alot of guys dont rack their weights because they like to show everybody how much they were lifting. Oh and they like to see women struggling to remove the weight. I bet they feel really tough watching you moving their weights. But if they are only leaving 8 plates on the leg press they really have nothing to show off about.

Alot of gyms are full of seriously screwed up people.....

haha you guys are funny

i posted a little while back that i was on the step mill and some older guy on the bike *right* beside me blew his nose into his hand and wiped it on his shoulder. then he looked around to see who notice, like i couldn't possibly have seen and heard him and did it again... sick!

another guy wanted in to do a set of hamstring curls, which was fine, except when he left there was a puddle of drool on the bench when i went to do my set. blech.

my biggest peeve is the guys who leave like 4 45 lb weights on either side of the leg press... OR when they have just left using it and *watch* me as my 110 lb ass has to go move them myself.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Hey LGirl,
This is Wannabe from Meso. Is the gym that closed the one where you got alot of encouragement? If it is that sucks.

My gym closed last week so I had to find an other gym. (and of course, I LOST MONEY! It was a very cool place) But it's not easy! I finally found a f***in weird place (in a basement!) where people never seen somebody in shape before. I won't stay there for a long time, I'm just waiting for somebody enough intelligent to open a REAL gym in our little 225 000 habs town.
I was doing my bench and a weirdo stood just beside me staring at me. I asked him if he needed something and he smiled. When I did my squat it was worse: the gym stoped for a while (just like in a movie!): all eyes were on me. They never seen a girl squating before??? I could understand that I'm new and they want to look a me a bit, but it's enough!!!!! Tonite, I'll do my deadlift and I'm scared to do it. You know, if I'm wearing those little training tops it's not for the men pleasure, no, it's for me! I like to see my muscles, I worked so hard for it, I worth it!

Little Girl
I was thinking about opening my own gym...til I looked to my bank account...naannn!!

 

[Little Girl]

Hey Wannabe! You're not supposed to be here!LOL Yea! My pretty nice gym where I had alot of encouragment and support closed! I was supposed to be the personnal trainer there It was a gym where men understand that a woman could lift heavy even if she's not lesbian or a freak. They were treating me like an athlete and when they were looking at me it wasn't to look to my ass, it was because they were impressed by my lifting or my muscles. I was their equal. I guess it will need some time and at that new gym things will come like they were. That sucks big time!

 

[Imnotdutch]

lol busted! I only come here because this is one of the few places that I can get sane advice of womens cycles....for other people not me. I'm not a woman....I checked. Did I just use "women" and "sane" in the same sentence??

You mean women can lift heavy and not be lesbians?? You just destroyed my favourite dream....oh well.

Its a shame about your gym. The good ones are hard to find. Mebbe you could persuade hubby to let you buy a power rack and a couple of benches. Do some personal training on the side and it would soon be paid for.

Well I've seen your pics.....I cant blame other men for looking.......maybe all the guys you were lifting with were gay hehehe But seriously, if I saw you squatting 270lb (thats about right isnt it?) my jaw would prob hit the ground. That would have me impressed.....and I wouldnt look at your ass in case you decided to beat the s**t outta me.

Later...

Hey Wannabe! You're not supposed to be here!LOL Yea! My pretty nice gym where I had alot of encouragment and support closed! I was supposed to be the personnal trainer there It was a gym where men understand that a woman could lift heavy even if she's not lesbian or a freak. They were treating me like an athlete and when they were looking at me it wasn't to look to my ass, it was because they were impressed by my lifting or my muscles. I was their equal. I guess it will need some time and at that new gym things will come like they were. That sucks big time!