it's time to start another strange people/tales of the gym thread

[jeangenie]

Actually the gay guys at my gym (probably 70%) are not only the biggest and cutest, but best behaved too. What cracks me up are these out of shape straight guys who need to prove a point to the gay guys who've been lifting for years. (Kinda like Phem's point about guys who need to prove they can lift more than women to prove their whatever-the-hell-it-is-they-need-to-prove). Anyway this one guy (let me just say black socks, white sneakers) was staring down these 2 big gay guys doing squats and proceeded to attempt the same weight immediately after they were done WITHOUT a spotter. I could barely watch. He starts up through his rep, gets barely halfway into the move and then rips this enormous fart for his finishing move before dropping the bar and looking like hes about to go into cardiac. Cleared out the entire free weigh area. Me and the girl working out next to me had to stop our set and clear the area we were cracking up so hard. Priceless.

Also gross was the medicine ball that someone decided to stick a huge used bandaid to. MMMmmmmm.

 

[poohbear]

I must say those were pretty disgusting. I must request that we try to avoid using the 3 letter word that begins with F** that describes a person's disposition, which I'm sure they'd rather not be in.

Anyhow, there's this gym that had windows (one way mirrors) installed the wrong way. People can see in, but you can't see out the window. The cardio equipment lined the front of the window. One day a disgruntled employee stood outside and watch the women do their cardio. He then took out a shotgun and shot two women dead. He walks in, shoots and kills one of the workers, then proceeded to blow his brains out.

On a different note: there's this guy........... ummm there's this guy. Handsome and buff as he can be... and a pilot, as well. I walk into one of the lifting area and smell this horrible stench. I look around, but noone was in there except him. Ok, I just continue on to the bench press. He's leaning against the power rack like he's about ready to rip one out. The smell travels 20 feet to where I was. I open several windows, complaining of the heat. It's freakin' nearly snowing outside I thought he knew better not to down a protein shake before a workout.

I was doing deads (regular) one night. A man in his 50s come in sporting a big leather belt over his oversized belly. He commented on my lifts and told stories of when he use to powerlift. I added more weight and did another set. He asks if he can jump in and work in with me. I said, "what do you want to start with?" "This is fine." "Are you sure? you just go here." "Young lady, I was lifting this weight before you were even born" He adjusts his belt, grabs the bar and... and... and struggles to get it up, but he does. Then he realized that he had to return the weight. He tried straightening up after releasing the bar, but couldn't. He hobbled out to the lockers and haven't seen him to this day. It was only 245lbs, but why do men think they have to show us women up?

 

[jazziemel]

Well in my Gym I have an issue with the instructors, it seems all the aerobic, and spin class instructors are huge, I mean fat with flabby stomachs and two of them have the biggest asses I have ever seen in my life, you can actually use there butts as props to tie your laces or set a bowl of fruit on, how can I be motivated looking at that.

It is this girl that swears she is all that, she wears the exact same outfit everytime she comes in the gym, not every week everyday.

Another girl walks around with a sports bra and tights, no shirt, but her stomach is and sides are all fat with stretch marks, does she have a mirror in her house.

We have alot of bad bodies walking around with nothing covering them up!!!!! I hate that

 

[Phemomena]

cute funny story

there were these two guys (read newbies) doing preacher curls beside me today while i was working shoulders... when the one finishes his set he started complaining that his 'lower arm was feeling just as much as his upper arm, was he doing something wrong?'

"no" his friend says "when you work your biceps you work your foreceps too..."

foreceps... awww.. lmao... i had to drop my weights and proceed over to the other side of the gym as not to laugh at them directly in front of 'em ... hehe

he said foreceps... lol ...

 

[ann]

Ok Phem.....gotta admit, having a shitty day today ( think the heat is frying my brain ), but read your post, and had a good laugh Too funny---hey, I did shoulders today also. Now if we just lived closer, we could of done em together

 

[Phemomena]

nah, i'm a wimp... you'd laugh at me... (actually i'm babying my right shoulder right now... i was getting a decent db overhead press set of 6 on with the 50s a couple weeks ago...)

now i'm working with the 35s

 

[tripleV]

ok that is soooo funny - FORCEPS!!!
i'm glad you could *retain* your laughter, i probably would have done one of those *spraying* laughs!

ann...are you a torontonian too?

 

[ann]

No Torontorian (sp?) Triple V......just nestled in the deep south--Ala. What about you? Now I gotta come kill you of course , after telling you that But its a slow night on the boards and nobody is going to read this--hahaha . And Phemomena--sorry about the shoulder. But you would of been showing my ass with those 50's You go girl!!!

 

[tripleV]

close to Toronto sort of. I am in Ottawa...blah! The Nation's capital.
I would love to be down South. You is lucky girl.

I must agree Phem would wipe the floor with my fat ass with those 50's. hehe

 

[ann]

You girls are too far away---damn---would be so fun to have some other girls to work out with, with the same goals and such.......boo hoo......and by the way, I am a mirror hog myself. I continually yell at everyone to get out of my view, if they are blocking me Hell, I am paying good money to watch myself flex and grunt