Funny Things You see at the Gym

[BamaCrazy]

I live in a small town that did not have a gym until recently. About 3 weeks ago a Crunch Fitness opened. You’ve seen them if you live in the South but there are some in Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, etc. My home gym is lacking so I joined up and show up at 5:30AM 4-5 days a week.

Anyway, here are the funniest things I’ve seen in the last 3 weeks.

1. A guy doing squats in Crocs. You know, those goofy looking rubber things.
2. A young girl who does TikTok dances in front of the mirror in between sets. Every day. I don’t think she’s filming herself so maybe it’s cardio? But she’s not very good at it and gets frustrated with herself.
3. A couple of young people who wear cloth masks to the gym everyday. Their workout partners do not so just a little nonsense.
4. A teenage boy who wears pink fuzzy house slippers to the gym. I’m guessing this place has no dress code and isn’t concerned with safety.
5. A couple of teenage girls letting the 5 pound plates fall off the end of the barbell while on the flat bench. This place doesn’t provide collars but still…
6. Obese people working out in tops that look like bras. Something is going to pop loose one day and the fun will really begin.
7. Most of the “trainers” are overweight. The training sessions are kind of pricey for this type of gym so they are not marketing this very well.

And this is just the first 3 weeks. lol. I cannot wait for the New Year’s resolution crowd to show up.

I am not knocking anyone for trying to get in shape so don’t take this post as such.

What have you all seen that makes you shake your head?

 

[craigdt]

Myself, usually.

 

[bigpoppachump2]

Myself, usually.

Beat me to it lol

 

[alecutheman]

There's a regular that always comes in wearing hammer and sickle logo clothing, basically communist merch, and all he ever does is neck "lifts" using a headstrap cable adaptor he brings from home.

Other than that he just walks the gym floor, from end to end repeatedly (cardio?) and even the single exercise he does makes no sense since the last thing he needs is a thicker neck, I'm sure the extra 60kg he's carrying on himself do enough for his sleep apnea.

 

[laclark89]

I live in a small town that did not have a gym until recently. About 3 weeks ago a Crunch Fitness opened. You’ve seen them if you live in the South but there are some in Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, etc. My home gym is lacking so I joined up and show up at 5:30AM 4-5 days a week.

Anyway, here are the funniest things I’ve seen in the last 3 weeks.

1. A guy doing squats in Crocs. You know, those goofy looking rubber things.
2. A young girl who does TikTok dances in front of the mirror in between sets. Every day. I don’t think she’s filming herself so maybe it’s cardio? But she’s not very good at it and gets frustrated with herself.
3. A couple of young people who wear cloth masks to the gym everyday. Their workout partners do not so just a little nonsense.
4. A teenage boy who wears pink fuzzy house slippers to the gym. I’m guessing this place has no dress code and isn’t concerned with safety.
5. A couple of teenage girls letting the 5 pound plates fall off the end of the barbell while on the flat bench. This place doesn’t provide collars but still…
6. Obese people working out in tops that look like bras. Something is going to pop loose one day and the fun will really begin.
7. Most of the “trainers” are overweight. The training sessions are kind of pricey for this type of gym so they are not marketing this very well.

And this is just the first 3 weeks. lol. I cannot wait for the New Year’s resolution crowd to show up.

I am not knocking anyone for trying to get in shape so don’t take this post as such.

What have you all seen that makes you shake your head?

I don’t know if I’ve seen any of this, and I am at a commercial type gym but a bad ass 1 in a good area?

Plus only hours I’ll go to the gym is between 2:45 and 6am not past 7am. When the serious people are out and the rift raft comes it.

Crocks with socks no , only bare foot or chuck Taylor’s on leg days.

 

[BamaCrazy]

I don’t know if I’ve seen any of this, and I am at a commercial type gym but a bad ass 1 in a good area?

Plus only hours I’ll go to the gym is between 2:45 and 6am not past 7am. When the serious people are out and the rift raft comes it.

Crocks with socks no , only bare foot or chuck Taylor’s on leg days.

There is a female who occasionally wears Chuck Taylor’s but she’s jacked so I cannot joke about that one because it’s working for her. Lol

 

[Rakusa]

There's a regular that always comes in wearing hammer and sickle logo clothing, basically communist merch, and all he ever does is neck "lifts" using a headstrap cable adaptor he brings from home.

Other than that he just walks the gym floor, from end to end repeatedly (cardio?) and even the single exercise he does makes no sense since the last thing he needs is a thicker neck, I'm sure the extra 60kg he's carrying on himself do enough for his sleep apnea.

does anyone of you train neck in the gym with such an attachment? Am I cringe for considering it? I mean a good neck slaps.

 

[laclark89]

I agree if you look into anyone serious on a leg day brings special shoes for it, being chucks or any type is flat soles or special squat shoes. I’m not super strong so a friend got me into squatting bare foot or flat sole shoe with a 10ibs plate under my heels.


Do you guys know what irritates me the most ? I know it’s not right but still. I always get a feeling of aggression when someone asks me how much sets I have left just to bug me and I offer if they wana work in with me and disagree. Then stfu. Or women inappropriately dressed or wear outfits that are custom to tighten up or exaggerate body parts on purpose and then flaunt it in front of u. It’s gross and I can get that at home. That’s the last reason I’m at the gym. That’s y if I go it’s super early. They like to be seen when the gym is a little more full. Kinda sad.

 

[laclark89]

does anyone of you train neck in the gym with such an attachment? Am I cringe for considering it? I mean a good neck slaps.

If you are serious and want to build a crazy neck. Look up foot ball neck rolls/ neck exercises. I have one of the caps with weight and chains the name totally slipped my mind but I own one. I boxed and played football and did them all. The only sports that it’s really necessary.

Look up Mike Tyson neck exercises videos. Tell me that’s good for u? He blames those on his bad neck problems and me as well having done all that stuff and now have 2 herniated cervical discs. Now I just stretch.

Let the high intensity work and shrugs rows ect build ur neck on its own enless u have a pencil neck.

 

[laclark89]

U can train Neck at home for under $100 get this cap and chain to go with it , a few small weight plates and a foam pad to roll it neck on.

does anyone of you train neck in the gym with such an attachment? Am I cringe for considering it? I mean a good neck slaps.

 

[craigdt]

I will not stand by and let all the Croc bad-mouthing go by unchallenged!

Crocs are my non-leg day favorite foot wear.
They are also stylish, comfortable, and appropriate for almost every occasion.

#endcrochate

 

[Grey Spartan]

I will not stand by and let all the Croc bad-mouthing go by unchallenged!

Crocs are my non-leg day favorite foot wear.
They are also stylish, comfortable, and appropriate for almost every occasion.

#endcrochate

LMAO!!!!!

 

[Rakusa]

yeah there was some hype for crocs in the gym on social media, any idea who started it?

 

[craigdt]

yeah there was some hype for crocs in the gym on social media, any idea who started it?

Man, I've been wearing crocs 24/7 for 21 years.

I don't need some TikTok moron to tell me something that I already know is cool

 

[sushak]

I don’t know if I’ve seen any of this, and I am at a commercial type gym but a bad ass 1 in a good area?

Plus only hours I’ll go to the gym is between 2:45 and 6am not past 7am. When the serious people are out and the rift raft comes it.

Crocks with socks no , only bare foot or chuck Taylor’s on leg days.

It's riff raff lol

 

[craigdt]

It's riff raff lol

Riff raff is in nice towns.

Rift raft is for towns like where I live. Storage units outnumber gyms by 100:1

 

[BabaJagga]

So there is this one young "rapper" that practise "gangsta walk" in threadmill while makin videos of himself. Its quite hillarious to see but i get it. Social media fame is must

 

[SalsaCat]

I've been pleasantly surprised to see mostly good behavior at my gym. Usually nothing much more irritating that walkers in the running lane when I'm trying to do some interval work (and I just dodge them). But I do try to go early in the mornings, when it's less crowded to avoid the resolutioners and the people entirely without any sense of gym etiquette at all.

Sometimes there are people filming each other, clearly just trying to get a good shot for social media. This week's humorous incident in that vein was a pair of late teens girls filming each other swinging their legs back & forth while holding themselves up on the dip bars of a power tower. While it did look fun, I don't think there was much ab work in that move. (I try not to be too judgemental, since I assume that being there doing anything is likely better than people being home sitting on the couch.)

The ones that completely baffle me are the guys that work out in thick fleece long-sleeved hoodies in the middle of summer when it's 100F outside - sometimes going as far as keeping the hoods UP the whole time! I sweat more just thinking about that :O

 

[Liter O' Test]

1. A guy doing squats in Crocs.
2. A young girl who does TikTok dances
3. A couple of young people who wear cloth masks
4. A teenage boy who wears pink fuzzy house slippers to the gym.
6. Obese people working out in tops that look like bras.
7. Most of the “trainers” are overweight.

average american gym

the only weird thing about my gym is one guy who is in there everyday for 3 hours. doing all the science exercises with no intensity with a fried CNS, no pump ever.

another werid thing is I'm the 2nd biggest guy at the gym and this girl declined my date offer.

does anyone of you train neck in the gym with such an attachment? Am I cringe for considering it? I mean a good neck slaps.

it would be cool but i cannot bring myself to use this at the gym, i use random items at my house and string them all on the chain like a retard.

 

[blastncruiser]

People who have 15 types of dumbbells in their area as if they are the only one in the gym.