Christopher said:

OMG, you would fucking HATE me Chrissy Depends on which playlist I'm on but I always have to hit "skip" at least a few times during my workout

I was at the gym last night...about 11:00pm...and in walks a dudes whom I've never seen before. He was fit, tan, tinted hair...the whole "pretty boy" thing. He goes straight to the weights, picks up a pair of 10 or 15 lb dumbells, and pretends to be doing a serious workout while he adores himself in the mirror.



I was hoping that one of the muscleheads there would pick him up and throw him out the back door.

This morning acrobatic circus lady came in - she was 3 machines away from me & I could still smell that she doused herself in perfume before she got there Actually, the smell was a combo of perfume & farts, but maybe the former is the only crime she herself committed

But nothing compared to Machine Killer, my new name for a dude who works the ellipticals SO HARD one ends up broken every few weeks This dude (who's actually cute, btw, GREAT ass & legs) was on the noisiest machine & it sounded like someone rolling a metal trash can down a hill for half an hour I couldn't even hear my IPod w/ that shit going on The dude next to him just had to laugh b/c it was so incredibly annoying, I was thankful not to be right next to him w/ all that racket.

I worked out two days ago. I'm working on abs, alternating between different exercises. One that I do, is lay on a mat with my legs on a bench and use an exercise ball above my head to do situps. I turn my back and some guy takes the matt, although there's a whole stack two yards away!! I get another matt. Exercise, turn my back, and there goes the BAll!! Same weight ball, right there in the bin in plain view. To quote Prince: "I'm Workin Here!"

xplnyrslf said:

Its obvious that this individual was begging to have their existence terminated...of course, if you'd decided to ask them WTF, they would have looked at you as if YOU were the alien..... I love the levels of modern home training...

reneGade20 said:

reneGade20 said:

this should go into bartlett's

you know what? it's a shame it has to be this way, but i don't even deal with people's weird territorial issues at the gym anymore. when i want to use a machine and someone's hovering over it having a conversation or just sitting on it watching TV or talking on their damn cell phone or whatever, i just go to one of the other areas i need to hit and chalk it up to randomizing my routine for the day. i don't go to the gym to increase my stress, i go there to get rid of it. let other people have their pissing contests, i'm not interested. as long as i'm left alone, i'm happy.

Anxiety said:

nice!!!! I've incorporated that approach into every area of my life

statuesqque said:

i'm trying. "path of least resistance". and it's funny how the person giving you conflict will stop resisting too when they see you're not interested in engaging with them. human nature is

Anxiety said:

yes, it's a wonderful thing and I get that in my conflicts with people to. for me once I've said what I had to say, I'm done...making my point or winning the conflict isn't important to me. what’s surprising is the number of people who don’t’ really care for that about me. to me that's

Folks who don't wipe down the machines they use...

ThreadBare said:

eww... that's nasty I'd be like a crazy woman in there, arm with my bottle of lysol.

ThreadBare said:

Amen!

Anxiety said:

I agree to an extent....I randomize my workouts as a rule, so if someone is monopolizing a machine, bench or set of dumbbells...whatever....I move on to other things....its when they're socializing or they don't show the same consideration that I'll take issue....nothing like bar-fight style....but just enough exasperation and impatience showing that the message is conveyed....plus, I have the advantage of working out in an on base gym....which means that I can "insist" that they continue their socializing elsewhere....

reneGade20 said:

see, that's what i need...some RANK!

CalhounSq said:

thing I dont like @ the gym.. is when the gawking guys who stare @ u when u're working out or watch u on every machine you use, eventually build up confidence to come hit on you.. and as someone stated.. that aint the time for all that .. I'd rather an all-female gym..

That's why I have my own lil' gym in my house

Anxiety said:

It definitely helps.....especially since I'm two ranks below the highest enlisted rank....

JoeTyler said:

If I had ANY spare room in my house, I would have one as well.

Flowerz said:

Guilty as charged, but I don't hit on women at my gym. I admire them from a distance.

Years ago, I tried the "working-out-at-home" routine, but it didn't work. I find I push myself harder at the gym, because I see dudes I want to look like. I have to go the extra mile to get where they are physically.

uPtoWnNY said:

That's my case also.
I've purchased dumbells, sit-up machines, videos, etc. but after a few tries they all get sent to the closet.
At the gym, I see dudes pushing themselves to achieve that "look" and it makes me want to push myself as well.
...also helps to see what machines they use and how they use 'em.

Flowerz said:

Gee, I don't seem to have that problem Nobody's hitting on my skanked-out ass Seriously, I look like HELL @ the gym

I guess going in the middle of the night helps too... at least that's what I tell myself while no one is hitting on me

PurpleJedi said:

I just picked up a new thing from a girl on the machine next to me - when she's on the elliptical she doesn't hang on EVER. She keeps her arms close to her body w/ her hands together - maybe elementary to everyone else but she's working her core the whole time from the twisting motion & keeping balance. I don't think I can encorporate that on the elliptical (it's all I can do to stay on that thing for an hour) but I do it on the treadmill afterward.

I'm still trying to figure out the deal w/ going BACKWARD on the elliptical - does it work your butt/back of the thigh more? Seems like forward is more about front thigh & calf...

Today was payback - I got to be the annoying mf @ the gym!!

Not on purpose, but I know I got on my own nerves so I must have grated on someone elses

I had to stretch on the elliptical several times, my knee was just bugging me. Then I went to lean on the machine to stretch it & knocked a piece off the machine!! It wasn't real big, maybe 2x3, plastic casing thing. So of course it made HELLA noise when it crashed to the ground I picked it up, tried to put it back on the machine & the shit fell AGAIN!! I just swept that shit under the machine & kept going. I really was gonna tell them about it but some guy jumped on the treadmill before I could retrieve the piece

But I did get punished for my actions - circus lady worked out on the treadmill directly in front of me I mean really, who works out in a toxic blast of perfume, full makeup, big hoop earrings & baby hair @ 7am?? & she did all her nonsense too, even took off her vest just to twist it around & put it right back on - in my best Pauly looking @ the cat, "DA FUCKKKKK????"

CalhounSq said:

PurpleJedi said:

I stick mostly with the free weights, it gives me better results. Only time I use machines are for lat/tricep pulldowns, leg press and rows. On bench press, squats & dead lifts, I want the challenge of controlling the weight.

CalhounSq said:

at least she wasnt in jeans, coughing and shit.

Ok, So, this guy walks up whilst I am 46 minutes into my hour cardio.. pointing out that there is a 20 minute time on the cardio... ( MY gym has some 60 cardio machines of which at least 30 are treadmills like the one i was on!) Whataaaaa bitch!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

i hope u ignored his dumb ass...

CalhounSq said:

Using it backwards uses more of the hamstring and butt.

My only beef at the gym is when someone stands in the spot I always stand in the aerobics studio. There's this one muscle girl who I swear does this shit on purpose to me. That's why I accidentally on purpose sprayed hairspray in her face in the locker room one day.