men at the gym - grrrr

[smoknjilly]

doing shoulders with free weights yesterday in front of a mirror, and this puny guy comes and goes RIGHT in front of me. I was just about to speak my mind when he looked at me and I gave such a look he ran away before I had the chance to rant.

WTF!! I am sooo sick of this! I am not invisible!!

how do you all deal with this....

I want to put up a big sign that says "YES, WOMEN LIFT WEIGHTS TOO!!"

 

[Arioch]

What? No complaints about being oogled while you are at it? What kind of gym do you train at?

The answer is rather simple. Men in general are glandular driven morons. You should not need me to tell you this.

 

[smoknjilly]

i can ignore the oogling, and try to ignore the comments like "want me to help you lift all that weight" or "you know, I think, I may be able to see a bit of definition in your back" (from puny man who i could kick the shit out of) etcetc

But not when someone steps up in my space!!

 

[Gladiola]

Train in a retirement home/spa/tennis club like I do. Hardly anyone is in the free weight area, & those who are there are serious themselves - they want me to stay out of their way as much as I want them to stay out of my way.

 

[The Shadow]

this puny guy comes and goes RIGHT in front of me. I was just about to speak my mind when he looked at me and I gave such a look he ran away before I had the chance to rant.

I just wanted you to notice me - is that so wrong???

 

[Arioch]

Drop a weight on him. Simple, yet effective.

 

[esteveze]

 

[NY Muscle]

doing shoulders with free weights yesterday in front of a mirror, and this puny guy comes and goes RIGHT in front of me. I was just about to speak my mind when he looked at me and I gave such a look he ran away before I had the chance to rant.

WTF!! I am sooo sick of this! I am not invisible!!

how do you all deal with this....

I want to put up a big sign that says "YES, WOMEN LIFT WEIGHTS TOO!!"

Um welcome to the world of gyms..has NOTHING to do with you being a girl or him being a “puny guy”..its called poor gym etiquette and I see it all the time, and happens to EVERYBODY…its absolutely annoying…

 

[NY Muscle]

Also..there are ways of handling this politely and not feel uncomfortable or make the guy feel uncomfortable….last week this guy stuck his ass right in my fucking face while I was doing seated Arnold presses…I said “hey bro not for nothing, im sure you are proud of your ass but id rather stare at my delts than your ass” he laughed, I laughed and he goes “my bad bro, sorry” and he moved.

 

[CrystalChick]

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LOL happens to me all the time and I hate it
One day I got so mad... sheesh I yelled out in the middle of the gym "EXCUSE ME PLEASE"
I felt bad afterwards but I am pretty considerate of others at the gym.

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