Imago said:

Imago said:

Oh what the fuck is that shit?

Imago said:

a new org sensation, i have a feeling....

Imago said:

Anxiety said:

that is creepy as hell

DanceWme said:

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Or a couple of Tame poems to Prince.

Imago said:

u better stop before she comes after u

DanceWme said:

like sucking meat off a chicken bone....then eating the damned bone too.

Imago said:

i hope y'all meet one day

Imago said:

i hope y'all meet one day

DanceWme said:

DanceWme said:

like sucking meat off a chicken bone....then eating the damned bone too.

Imago said:

"I don't even know what to say here, other than...U always know that no matter how kind Imago comes across...around the corner is something discusting...which does no justice to the gay men out there that have some privacy and class." -- Tame, 5/16/09

errant said:

I love your signature.

Never heard of "working in" (thank God!), but I'm really not a fan of any gym interaction

First off: IMAGO, SHUT THE HELL UP.

Secondly:

I will admit it: I don't understand the whole "working in" concept.

I understand that if I'm taking forever on a certain machine and someone else really needs to use the machine for whatever reason, I should be courteous and share with them by letting them take turns. THAT I understand.

Now, if there's an identical machine just a few feet away that nobody's using, I do *NOT* understand why someone would ask me to work in. Go use the machine nobody is using! Right?

I mean, is there some social component that I'm missing about the whole "working in" phenomena - is it like being at a cotillion and having someone cut in to dance with my partner? Is it some kind of social ice-breaker ritual?

EXAMPLE:

So today, I wanted to do my little hand weight exercises, but someone was using one of the two hand weights I wanted. So I waited for the person to finish. No problem. When he put the weight back on the rack and I reached for it, ANOTHER guy came up to me and said "can we work in with you?"

Now, wait. WHAT?!?

How can you ask to work in when I haven't even begun to work OUT yet? And with free weights, how the hell do you know I'm going to be doing the same thing you and your buddy are doing? And there's another free weight area on the other side of the room. I got to this weight first. WHY can't you guys go over there and find what you need?

But I did my best to take the high road: I just smiled and said "you know what, I'm not much of a worker-inner, so why don't you just take the weights and I'll mozy along."



And so I went to the other weight area, found exactly what I needed, and finished my workout.

Were these people just lazy bullies? Was I out of line for thinking they were rude? Is there a code of honor regarding working in that has some weird social component, like freemasons or something? Is there a written code of working in that I can access online somewhere? I need schooled.

If you go to a gym, do you care when people ask you to work in? Is there a point where you say no?

I just want people to leave me alone. I look ridiculous enough at the gym without having to figure out other people's weirdness.

I don't mind someone working in with me if we're at the same level. But I hate it when smaller dudes ask to work in with me. That means I have to take the weights off, then put them back on again. Pain in the ass.

I'm so glad I don't go to the gym. I'd never get all the etiquette down.

Or make it our of the sauna.

uPtoWnNY said:

that makes no sense. they should just wait, or go do something else. dozens of weight machines and other free weights, but the ones YOU have are the only ones they can use? please. go run a lap.

johnart said:

hehehe

Cinnie said:

Talk about etiquette and "working in/out equipment"! Lawd.

johnart said:

I'm sayin'

have we not had an "equipment" pun on this thread yet? damn

johnart said:

hehehe