What's the funniest thing you saw in the gym????

[FitFossil]

A "new guy" came in today. New shoes, new socks, new weight belt, gloves, etc. The only thing that looked old was his gut. He even wore one of those special bench press shirts that are used in competition! He spent a lot of time adjusting his socks, getting them perfectly even, the tops folded over just so. They were pulled up high like knee socks.

He only stayed in the area with the machines. He put his towel and water bottle on one machine and then went to the leg extension where he sat for a long time staring into space before doing a few reps. He then moved to another machine, but not the one where he'd parked all his stuff. He did a few reps on that and then sat for a long time again staring into space. Then he left the gym. (He was still wearing the weight belt.)

 

[Y_lifter]

We all have probably seen or at least heard the famous Treadmill rear ejection.
I see it coming a lot when someone is going 5mph or more and suddenly drops the walkman.
Naturally their instinct is to simply Stop, bend over and pick it up.

Surprise, surprise, surprise

When you hear that walkman fall, that's your queue for a 1 second warning to make sure you get a good view of what comes next...

 

[rockn2dmax]

But shit they are more receptive and tend to get less pissed when you talk to them than the skinny pricks.

I'm pissed off at that skinny prick... b/c he has given us skinny guys a bad name!!!
I on the other hand am VERY willing to take advice, and seek it from whom ever looks huge in the gym that day... (yes I'm one of those annoying guys that will bug you in the middle of your work out to ask about correct deadlift form... but fuck, we all start somewhere!)

Funniest thing I see, is these damn frat fucks in the gym who go there to socialize w/ all there frat bro's about how much they drank the night before!!!

(not that drinking a couple beers is bad... but then they wonder why they can't lose their guts!)

These are the guys that will ALWAYS, and I mean, ALWAYS sacrifice form for more weight, lifting is always a contest of who can lift the most weight w/ a the shittiest form!!!

 

[FitFossil]

Today I saw an anorexic chic wearing a lifting belt. She was doing squats with the 2 1/2 lb dumbells. She wasn't just a little anorexic, she looked like that skeleton everyone had in biology class - picture that wearing spandex! Strange thing is she actually could find a lifting belt that small.

 

[steven is]

I shouldnt be laughing about this cause the young woman that did this got a little bruised bodywise and ego as well,but anyway it will teach her never to stick her towel on top of the grasp handles on the treadmill,she looked pretty hot as hot as ive ever seen in my gym,but it was a natual looking bod.But man when youve got the treadmill cranked up faster than a vege juicer for gods sake dont let your towel drop and trip you ass over your feet,a faint scream as she went down,and the funniest thing was someone says ,,are you all right,damm she was almost concussed but dont you hate it when someone says that.

 

[makedah]

Fit Fossil, you have the FUNNIEST gym!!!!

I've only belonged to a gym for a few days now. Nothing funny yet, but boy do these folks have HORRENDOUS form!!!! One guy was bench pressing and arching his back so hard with each rep he was almost doing yoga-style backbends! Makes me glad I read a decent amount about lifting, lifted at home and hung out here before I took my self to a gym!

 

[makedah]

One time I saw a guy on a stairmaster in a three piece suit. No kidding he had on leather dress shoes slacks,jacket,shirt, and tie. He had propped his briefcase up against the base of the machine. Also he was wearing tinted glass. The best part was that it was at about 11:30 at night.

Hilarious!!!! That guy was either stone cold crazy or putting you all on...

 

[epimetheus]

Fit Fossil, you have the FUNNIEST gym!!!!

I've only belonged to a gym for a few days now. Nothing funny yet, but boy do these folks have HORRENDOUS form!!!! One guy was bench pressing and arching his back so hard with each rep he was almost doing yoga-style backbends! Makes me glad I read a decent amount about lifting, lifted at home and hung out here before I took my self to a gym!

Maybe he was powerlifting.

 

[spatts]

Maybe he was powerlifting.

You SOOOOOOO get karma for that...

 

[makedah]

Powerlifting?

Maybe. I've read some about arching the back with the bench press, but that sounds more controlled and calculated than what this guy was doing. He was sure flexible, though!