Anxiety said:

Something tells me I don't blame you...what the hell gym do you go to??? I have a lovely story about bally's when I did live in Chicago.

mostbeautifulgrlntheworld said:

i go to quads, which used to be a perfectly mellow little lunkhead gym on the far end of my neighborhood where people pretty much just did their thing and knew what they were doing. lately, the trixies have been discovering my gym (i blame 'time out chicago' for giving it a good write-up), so that's been a treat.

This a very amusing thread!

Anxiety said at some point to someone "You don't know the idiots who this", or something like this.

Well look 'ere.
I always thought the tread-mill thing was for strange people who for some reason don't go running proper.
I moved to a different country and was introduced to 1 of these machines. I didn't have enough of the language down to explain a no, so not wanting to appear rude I went along with it. To my surprise I found some very practical differences in favour of the treadmill over street running.
Still, it is at times somewhat boring, and once with my mind a-wandering I tried to keep jogging with my eyes closed, checking my orientation minus sight.
I ended up takin' a very short flight, landed on my bum, and with a speed and skill that only the extremely embarrassed can muster, I was almost instantly back on the treadmill, treadmilling along.
I think I was surrounded by treadmillers, they were most annoyed, but only a few knew what had caused the dreadful crashing sound.

I suppose I'm 1 of them crazy people who are very conspicuous at the gym.
Forgive me.

uPtoWnNY said:

grunting should be allowed! Even computers do it from time to time.
But the rest of your observations r cool

PurpleJedi said:

Maybe he had a bluetooth and was talking to a buddy at another gym, motivating one another.....

uPtoWnNY said:

Sounds like and S/M thing, esp if on "high" heat.

xplnyrslf said:

Anxiety said:

Ok so my story about Bally's Total Fitness when I lived in Chi. So I had my membership for awhile, but then decided to get a personal trainer for some sessions. Well that did not work out all that well, because after about the third session, I had to cut him and my membership loose because I could not take him spending his time trying to get me to go out with him and not do his job of being my trainer. Fuckin sleeze ball. Yet I have to say that is a thing with Bally's that I personally noticed, people go there and try to pick people up and not work out which is what they are supposed to be doing.

mostbeautifulgrlntheworld said:

Maybe that was part of the training regiment. Sex does burn calories.

I had to dig this back up b/c another annoying MF got on the treadmill right next to me w/ a WHOLE ROW of empty treadmills just waiting for him Then he had to stretch like a ballerina - leg all up, tilting his head back *almost* in my personal space Then when he starts running, he's doing all kinds of hand motions like he's turning the ropes for double dutch or something!!

THEN the bitch starts singing ALOUD!! I mean really, WTF is it w/ these people??? I mouth the words but NO sound comes out EVER, not even a whisper!!

Unbelievable bastids!

CalhounSq said:

Ha!, singin'in the gym. you must be somehow attracting these buggers

CalhounSq said:

Man, you get the loonies out there. Nothing crazy has happened to me recently, except I was seconds away from fainting right after I got off of the treadmill the other day. I had to hurry up and drink my Crystal Light and sit down. I would've been embarrassed if I had fainted in there. I just got too hot, and I pass out when I get too hot. They'd probably keep a close watch on me too had I fainted.....and I'd hate to have them eyeball me while I work out.

That's why I workout in the comfort of my own home... to many nut jobs at the goddamn gym.

I remember this thread and I LOVE it.

And it is also re-confirms every reason why I will never set foot in a gym. Freaks.

Since I do a lot of weight lifting, my gym horror experiences usually revolve around the meat heads that either have to do 1000 sets of the EXACT exercise that I have to do....try to lift 10 times the weight they can actually lift...or worse (as actually happened to me) having some idiot position himself right in front of me (I was on a flat bench doing dumbbell shoulder presses) with his ass nearly touching my nose as he did bent over rows.....just so he could get a full look at himself in the mirror.....then he looks at me like I'M the nutbag because I got pissed and cursed him out....WTF, over???

....now on the elliptical/treadmill....the person I hate the most when there are zillions of machines open is the serial sweater....the one who literally FLINGS sweat as they run.....showering you with their salty goodness..... sometimes the urge to toss my water bottle on their treadmill belt to make them take a header crosses my mind..... but I don't....

reneGade20 said:

Gross

onenitealone said:

I should soon go back to the gym, reading this thread has made me somewhat self-concious in advance.

Hey you fellas, I'm still (u don't remember do you?) not smoking. How about you Renegade, did you bite the bullet and look withinand stop smokin'.

Has anybody here ever embarassed themselves at the gym or are we all only the victims of embarassing people?

thedribbler said:

I'm still in the one to two a day range....I was doing good until I got shipped from where I was to Baghdad....and I took over a platoon that is WAYYYYY more work than my last platoon.....so my stress level has gone up a tad.....I know, I know...NO EXCUSES!!! I'm still striving to be done with this habit before I leave here.....

I have embarassed myself more than once....my foot slipped off the elliptical and I pretty much killed myself....I've taken that unexplained slow stride on the treadmill in interval mode and wiped out....tried to lift too much on the bench when the finest, most beautiful woman in the place just happens to be walking by....so I've gotten the "tsk tsk tsk, poor soul" look....

CalhounSq said:

omg what was he singing?

I don't go to the gym any more. It's too distracting and I hate paying people dues/covers/fees (I barely like paying to get into nightclubs, so... lol)

And besides, all I use is the treadmill 98% of the time, so I find it more sensible to go running outside.

thedribbler said:

a year or so ago i got really pissy with someone because he kept asking to cut in while i was using one of the machines. and at first, okay, it was genuinely annoying because i had JUST started using the machine and he's all like "are you using this?" DUH

but then i let him cut in, then i stood patiently waiting for him then did my second set and he came BACK, and he was all "i need to cut in again" and i got a little pissy and said "how long do you need to use this machine???" then i realized he was doing circuits and that was actually the right way to do things and i was just being a big ignorant pissy asshole. oopsies

statuesqque said:

Lucky you, I don't have room for equipment in my little apartment & fuck a floor exercise

AnckSuNamun said:

2 times!!!

"salty goodness"

thedribbler said:

I've dropped my IPod while on the treadmill twice (noise, had to stop to get it, everyone looks)... I've got my hands caught in the earplug cord & flung the shit a few times... & sometimes I walk in between the machines when I get off it & I always manage to bang my shoulder every other time... But at least I don't purposely disturb others

reneGade20 said:

COLD!!

Christopher said:

Dude, I have no clue. It better have been some inspirational gospel or something the way he was carrying on - I'd hate to see all that effort for BeyondSuede!

CalhounSq said:

I know what you mean; when I was in an apartment I had to rearrange the furniture every time I wanted to workout, so I started doing the videos and dvds.

CalhounSq said:

so much salty-ness that it feels like I'm running in a ....

CalhounSq said:

haha! i get distracted when yer on the treadmill and the person next to you is constantly messin with there ipod.i dunno why that even bothers me cause its so stupid im like didnt u get your playlist ready before u came up in this bitch!?

Christopher said:

So you *always* have Olivia Newton John's 'Physical' at the ready for your workout??