who are these people
Uncategorized September 11th, 2008i go to the gym fairly regularly, and i enjoy it there. but there are some really funny and odd people i see going each week, and while they might view me as ridiculous when i show up, some of these guys are classic.
- mister-i’m-too-good-for-everyone: i see a guy like this nearly everyday. non-challantly walking around, chewing gum like they’re burning calories. they’ll sit down at a machine, do 9 reps on a machine, not going through an entire range of motion, and walk away as if he just put that machine into its place. later they’ll meander around, not being impatient by a machine, but you know in the back of your mind, they’re judging people for not being as good as they are. usually, they’re smaller / weaker than the people that actually know what they’re doing.
- miss-sweat-suit: i don’t quite get it, but they’re wearing sweat suits, cotton, polyester or otherwise, moving from one machine to another, in an effort to lose weight, or something. amusingly, they’re often carrying a bottle of water which negates the effects. awesome.
- mr-huge: uh, this guy usually sounds like he’s gonna blow out his colon when he’s lifting something big. he’s just giant, lifts 800 pounds at once, and needs 4 people just to help him lift the damn thing. but he looks awesome after lifting one weight one time. but hey, he’s bigger than me.
- miss-gatorade: this person is usually on the elliptical and is able to consume an entire bottle of gatorade before i’m done warming up. that’s 140+ calories you just drank. takes me almost 15 minutes of slow jogging to burn that many…and here you are, just eliminating your weight you burned. more awesome.
anyone got any other frequent gym offenders.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
The guy that doesn’t care that you and your buddy are working out on machine/bench/weights x, and he goes ‘hey, can I get a set in on this real quick?’ the proceeds to take forever, gets it all sweaty and nasty, then leaves, doesn’t say thanks, and he just totally threw off your rhythm.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
The chicks who work out in next to nothing just to get attention. I mean I get that you get hot and its a sweaty business working out, but wearing a tiny little sports bra and spandex screams CHECK ME OUT. Its rare you find a girl who actually should be wearing these clothes I might add. Also I hate the people who have a 5 minute routine before each rep on the machine. They pace around the machine, adjust the music, stretch a bit, shake out their limbs a bit, its like JUST DO THE REP ALREADY. Such a show at the gym.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
There’s also guy who does nothing but curls for an hour. And let’s not forget guy with terrible gas.
At my gym in particular I have my own favorites, and give them nicknames. Energizer Bunny does 3 workouts per day that each have about 1.5 hours of cardio and OCD shoe-tying. Skeletor is nothing but bones, but for some reason she’s always on the elliptical. Orange isn’t really a great nickname… but she looks fine in her orange shorts.