women just staring!!!

[sierra]

Ok ladies I have to vent! I, as most of all the real BBW on this board like to push themselves to the max when they are at the gym sweating and adding plates to each set. Do any of the other women there ,yea to work out but, mostly there to be social look at you like you should not be doing all that weight? I was squating 200 last night and I mean all these women just look like WTF. Sometimes I don't know if I should tell them what or you looking at or just ignore them. It does not bother me all the time but when it does........

 

[poohbear]

So WHAT!!

Take it as a compliment. Women love to stare at other women in awe. Getting upset for something you don't even know the reason for is absolutely ridiculous.

There are some gyms that cater to the fluff, but most of the ones I've visited are pretty serious about the goals. Sometimes too serious.

 

[tripleV]

i'd stare too!!!

and if others stare at me, like pooh said, i take it as a compliment and get an xtra pump!

but i hope you do you feel better for venting now.

 

[Sassy69]

Definitely take it as a compliment. But if they give you that look like "Gawd, I just want to tone - I don't want to look like a man" -- you can always give them the look back "Then what are you doing here girlfriend? Go lift perfume samples at Macy's then."

But seriously -- I think that's just feminine nature. We dont' get dressed up or work our asses off to look our best for guys -- we do it so we can compare ourselves to other women.

Whenever I see a girl putting the 2 1/2 lb plates on the leg press (LMFAO ROTF!) I tell them to "Rack 'em up ladies -- Your body is a wondrous thing - see what it can do!"

Wait! Better yet! Ask if you can work in with them! On your set, you leave the 2 1/2's on and rack up some more 45's and pound out your set. They'll either not want to take the plates off or just leave. HAHAHAHAHA!

 

[poohbear]

Whenever I see a girl putting the 2 1/2 lb plates on the leg press (LMFAO ROTF!) I tell them to "Rack 'em up ladies -- Your body is a wondrous thing - see what it can do!"

That's too funny not to respond

 

[Sassy69]

Pooh -- no joke that actually happened. These two girls were in the gym - I'd never seen either of them but it looked like one was sort of showing the other what to do. So they put the 2 1/2 lb weights on the sled of the leg press and started doing reps. So I'm trying to time my next 3-4 sets so I can jump on the leg press next.

Well, I've NEVER seen anyone both putting anythign less than the 25's on the leg press. So I said exactly that "Rack 'em up ladies -- your body is a resiliant thing - see what it can do!". The first girl says "I've never been in a gym before." The other girl gives me this look like daggers and says " We're doing high reps, not weight". I was like - why bother??? Your ass weighs more than 5 lbs and you managed to push that up a flight of stairs to get here -- you can probably handle at least the 25s....

It was truly everything I could do to not laugh in her face. I think the girl just didnt' want to look stupid in front of her friend. At least the other admitted to not having a clue.

 

[sierra]

Thanks Ladies I needed the responses, I wish I had more girls going to the gym with an attitude like ours!! I hate to be rude but they will be the ones that will not come back for awhile and I will still be there and I guess they will still be big and out of shape looking like WTF!

 

[FitFossil]

Sometimes they're staring in awe (like all those years ago when I saw a woman doing pullups and told myself "someday that will be me...", with some it's jealously (they've seen your body get better and better while theirs stays the same), and others are just plain clueless.

This is bad to say, but it seems like only 10% of the people in my gym actually put in a consistent effort. The other 90% are just going through the motions. Obviously I don't belong to a hard core gym, but this is the 5 AM crowd for pete's sake! They could get a better workout sleepwalking.

 

[karde]

LOL, those socialite women at the gym bug me. There is one girl who goes to the bathroom to touch up her makeup in the middle of a workout. What's up with that?

 

[Phemomena]

hehe... i don't feel like i've gotten a good workout unless i made some girl curling the 5lb dbs stare at me

(not that i care less... it motivates me to show them just what i'm capable of... at least they know i work damn hard for my body)