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I am always amazed, amused etc by other folks at the gym...
William81
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I try to hit the gym at least 3 days each week. My days and times there change with my schedule depending on what is going on. Today, I watched two young men dancing and rapping during their workout doing a video the whole time… Interjections of " I gonna lift this weight B&)wh"….. " I'm wearing my MF 1000 dollar kicks while I am rocking my weights…" They were awful and as it was only them and me there at the time I had to leave a little early as I could not keep my laughter to myself for much longer….
Last week, there was a young lady dressed in some pretty fancy workout gear talking on phone the whole time she was there. She went on and on about how she have been there for over an hour and it was just killing her. She never left leg press machine where she was seated and maybe did two light sets…..
The other ones that kill me, do a set on one of the machines, then grab their phones and seem to get lost in whatever they are looking at and do nothing for 5 minutes plus. They finally come out of their stupor and seem to become aware of where they are again and do another set… This is not just young folks but old farts like me too.. (except I leave my phone over in my locker)
Finally, the ones with their earbuds in listening to all sorts of music while working out… Forgetting that when they are singing at the top of their voices, the rest of us can hear them………. A few were not bad, but most are just hilarious…
I guess I must be doing it wrong… I do about an hour of various weights, stretches, etc on 16 to 20 different stations and then I get the heck out of there… People are interesting and a little weird at times !!
that is why there are mirrors there, to see what you are doing to others……..
Yes, I left out those folks too… They can not lift a weight unless they can see themselves in the mirrors….
I know what I look like, it is not a pretty sight either….😲
I see the same things at my gym .There are several regulars that are usually there when I am that have an insane workout. They do things I didn't think people could do.
A LITTLE weird??
In some cased, or even should do !!
What's a gym? …………………………..🙃
I work out at the YMCA. Good gym.
They discourage use of Iphones and very few pwople ever use theirphones in there, Gott Sei Dank. It is a good place to work out, I guess I am lucky. If I had to listen to rap usic I would have to find a new gym.
I hear you, the gym can be a real freak show at times.
I have sarcastic names for some of the regulars, and often have a good time laughing at them as I am sure they do of me.
The gym most convenient to me does try my patience (really lack thereof) with their obsolete sound system blaring obnoxious bass, which overpowers my earbuds and triggers every nerve ending.
I have asked them to turn it off because really, force feeding people your lack of taste in music is cruel and unusual punishment.
The gym I use is part of the YMCA also. They have a satellite site which allows me 24/7 usage and is far less crowded. It does unfortunately offer a little less oversight and staffing to deal with little issues. The Site used to be a private gym with a large area where a Rehab center used to be. Great set up with all the equipment I like to use..
The other site is for the Silver Sneakers types looking for classes and social activities.. I am not there yet..
Our local Y does not offer the silver slippers memberships. My options are a couple of gyms geared towards extreme weightlifter types or planet fitness. Disagree with PFs wokeness but for me it is the only good choice without a 30 minute each way drive .
I find it funny how many people walk around acting like they are working out. I guess they are on the fitness by osmosis plan.
Here's my old gym
And it smells a whole lot better!!!
I work out every day in my basement. After walking 2 miles in my basement I do weight training on my weight machine.
Joe
I bought a nice tread mill and a stationery bike some years ago. They make a nice static display down in my basement.
You remind me of my wife's "mint" condition stationary recumbent bicycle in her book/office room.
Dang!!!......I hope she doesn't read this!!🥴😎
This is why I have a home gym.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Does the gym have handicap parking?
Hopefully all gyms do.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Good. I don't like to walk very far.
I had to stop going to the gym a couple of years ago. The ladies (?) there wouldn't quit fawning over me and it became too much when they started to touch me. I'll have to rely on felling trees and splitting firewood from now on.
Was that those silver sneakers gals?
Jim, Those silver sneaker gals would always ask me to a home cooked dinner. The younger girls were the big problem with their hands-on approach. I have my standards (as low as they are).
Just Thursday we had 2 gals in yoga pants in the YMCA. Good God.
"Good God" bad or "Good God" good?
Yoga pants usually good,until Bertha Butt one of the Butt sisters shows up. Some things are hard to unsee!
He really kinda left us hangin' with that, didn't he?
Good God good.
pulsarnc, Jimmy's claim to fame. Berthas never appealed to me.