| At the gym...
Posted: 5/28/2009 4:20:15 AM | You'd think will all the guys on here complaining about women being fat they'd be nicer when you'd actually go to the gym... not true.
It pisses me off nearly every time I go to my gym (which is 6x a week now) there is at least one guy who gives me a mean look for using the weight room. WTF! Are only skinny people allowed to use the gym? Is fat-phobia that deeply ingrained that someone can't work out in peace?
One guy was so bold as to make me feel like I was in the 50s trying to INTEGRATE the place... I sat down at a machine and he came from across the room to say (in a very arrogant tone) he was using it and between reps... so I move to another machine... he said he was using that one too. Um, wow. And another. After the third I told him to get bent and that he doesn't own the place, I pay the same dues.
I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. In fact I'm more inobtrusive, not grunting exaggeratedly or dropping weights (pet peeves).
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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:33:10 AM | Screw them! He was probably full of steroids and getting annoyed that his manhood was shrinking
Or maybe you were lifting more weight than he was lol! | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:34:03 AM | I'm sorry. That sucks. Is this supposed to be a thread that helps you boost your self-esteem and have everyone agree that everyone at gyms are jerks and that you should "keep up the good work?? You just ran into an a$$hole, that's all. Doesn't mean people at gyms hate fat people lol. However it's hard for me to believe that everyone around you is an unprovoked a$$hole and you're completely innocent. Maybe it's because you're a beam of sunshine.
These rant threads are so pointless. All they allow us to do is for us to nod our head, agree with you and move on. I call them self-esteem booster threads. If you want that, call up your gf's and complain to them about it. If you want actual advice, ask a question please. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:38:35 AM | Find a better gym. I go as well. I work out with all the guys who can't find sox that match. We are not exactly the lycra set but we go and thats what counts. Some gyms have a gym culture thats all about buff and tough. Others have more open attitudes. Then again a jerk is a jerk.
From the guys whose sox don't match.....be well. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:39:47 AM | I was quietly minding my business. And yes I know how to use good form. And yes, I wasn't being noisy or rude. And yes, it was unprovoked ***hole-ism. Not saying it was every person in the gym, but at least this one 'regular' and no one came to help out when I was getting bullied either. Millertime, it only takes one person to piss in your cheerios. And I didn't say 'people' I said it was unilaterally a guy. The women there are kind or mind their own business like myself. So get the story straight before you try to criticize.
Yeah, this is a chain of gyms that body builders use. But its funny, the HUGE rippled guys are nicer to me than the average looking schmuck who harassed me.
Re: poster who said I was lifting more. Yeah, guys get soooooo pissed when you can lift as much or more than them. Their faces do this bunching up thing that is hilarious. I don't have very good upper body strength, but very powerful legs, so usually on a leg press or squat machine I can get on without adjusting the weight slider.
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LOL @ Chill, 'F*ck face' is right. Territorial pissing. That is classic. You made them wipe down their seat?! Wow. You're my hero. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:47:57 AM | "Get BENT!! "  A girl after my own heart. That's perfect.
Some guys give you that "mean" look because they think it's sexy. It's like they're trying to be fierce. Like they think they are super models. It's a posing face, you know that.. look at me I'm so F&CKable look. I call it F&Ck Face Glances.
The other guy that was territorial pissing... I used to get that all the time. I used to bust balls though. I'd make them wipe down their machines and remove the weights.
"Just following the rules"... but the next guy I would just flirt with not ask him to do a thing...then I'd glance over at the pissa and give him an attitudinal smirk. I used to piss him off every time. He just didn't know who he was f&cKen trying to boss around. I'm a bytch like that. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 5:25:43 AM | | steves got it right here, you need to find a new gym, it sounds like the one you are using dont give you the respect and freedom you deserve in the gym, I encountered a similar problem with people smirking at me because I'm skinny, my new gym is perfect, everyone keeps themselves to themselves :-D | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 5:40:06 AM | | What makes you think it was about your weight? From my experience guys who regularly lift weight at gyms are major****eads with huge egos. These guys are probably douchebags to every newbie that comes in, including you. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 6:12:27 AM | it could one of those gyms with meat heads all over it . sometimes we all feel a bit unsecured though. so maybe you are blowing things outa proportions. I sometimes see guys/girls at the gym doing an exercise in a wrong way and I go and talk to them tellin them whats right. but other guys would just give them a funny look and not tell them cause its not really their business.
and about that guy coming in sayin he was using the machines, ya some guys do circut training and they hog 3 or 4 machines at a time. if it was the only machine in the place ask him to join in. he shouldn't and couldn't mind.
in all and all I hear ya some ppl think they own the place just cause they trained there for a week. forget about it | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 6:44:02 AM | I have to agree with itsmillertime6227. OP this sounds like a pointless beech session. Maybe you should post it in your blogs instead of here.
WTF! Are only skinny people allowed to use the gym?
If this is your question, then my answer is... No. All shapes and sizes are welcome at the gym. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 6:51:12 AM | See I don't mind gay guys...but arrogant gays bug me. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 6:53:10 AM | | The guy above me is right...I guess you need to pick a gym that suite your type of person you are. Lots of women are intimidated in these "meat heads" gyms...I know some women would prefer "women only" fitness places such as "Curves". There are a few good "family" gyms as well, you can check them out. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 6:56:49 AM | It pisses me off nearly every time I go to my gym (which is 6x a week now) there is at least one guy who gives me a mean look for using the weight room. WTF! Are only skinny people allowed to use the gym? Is fat-phobia that deeply ingrained that someone can't work out in peace?
*Looks down at rack* yeah, I'm no guy but I'm responding.
Cutie, consider it may be a female thing, not a weight thing. I get looks for using the weight room too, and I suspect it might be more of a "no girls allowed" thing; that's how it feels to me anyway. Not that I care, I'm the type to go in there more when I don't feel welcome just to be annoying, but that's for another thread.
Maybe men feel weird grunting and dropping weights in there with women around where normally they do it to impress each other. Maybe you're interrupting a circle jerk, maybe they can't go on and on about how many women they've had with one present. Who knows. Next time a guy say he's using a machine and he's between reps, tell him to bring his labelmaker.
Yeah, this is a chain of gyms that body builders use. But its funny, the HUGE rippled guys are nicer to me than the average looking schmuck who harassed me.
Sounds like muscle envy. The ones who aren't building like they feel they should are probably crankier. Perhaps they feel the bigger dudes will get more attention. They could be "nice guys" too. That's worse. LOL | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:04:15 AM | Fat people in the gym annoy the hell out of me!
- 9 out 10 , they don't even know what they're doing... but act like they do....
- And they move in snail pace... ..... MOvvvveeee btch! we got sht to do! No wonder you became a whale in the first place.
- They smell...oh boy! they smell rotten azz. And usually use perfume to cover it....making it 10x worse...ewww
- They use "ab" machines, thinking they'll lose belly fat, making others wait in the process... HIT THE CARDIO FIRST FATSO! OR better yet! learn to DIET ! but oh noooo! all that exercise make them even more hungry.... pfft!
I mean I can go on and on and on..... they take up too much space, usually for no good reason. I've been going to gym 5x/ week for the last 8 years. I've never seen one transformed fatso. They come, bullsht for couple of months, then decide it's too much work and give up.
so maybe, that's why they gave you the look.... who knows... | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:09:41 AM | | The gym is a tough environment for those that want to go and get a simple workout. Kind of like going to the Jersey shore and trying to avoid the green headed flies. There seems to be so many of the prancing, primping, prima donnas that are there to expose their physiques to the world. You know, the meatheads that walk around without shirts, populate the weight room and seem to make the gym experience an unpleasant competition. If they can't impress you you become an annoyance to them. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:18:48 AM | I've worked out in several gyms in my time and I've had the opposite experience.
All the so called meat heads are always very helpful and encouraging. You ask them for a spot, they give you a spot. You ask them for adice, they talk your ear off giving you advice. You ask them how many more set, they either give you the go ahead to work in or tell you how many sets they got left. If you work out in a smaller gym, enough equipment to work on is pretty sparse. So for the most part everyone respects each other time and we practice patience.
Your experience does/did happen to me, but it came from the guys in there who are more socializing than working out. It's mostly the skinny guys that come in all**** for some reason. And in terms of any females (big and small types) that go into the free weight section, most of the guys give them a wide birth and seem more accomodating to any equipment they need. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:24:30 AM | I agree with CCC--except without the insults lol.
Bigger people do tend to not know what the heck they are doing (they rarely work out so how would they?), do move at slow pace, really should be doing cardio instead of in the weight room, and usually dissappear in a week only to be replaced by the next big person who gets in the way.
Hey, if you're going to go in there and bust your big booty, I'll respect that. I'll even give some workout/diet advice if they're really serious about dropping the lbs. But it's extremely frustrating when a big person is using a machine/weights that I want while they pretend to be working out--are more concerned with their texts messages/ipod and doing the workout completely wrong. It's even more frustrating when they try to talk to you...I'm not at the gym to chit chat. I'm there to work out. They are basically just wasting their own time and slowing everyone up around them. Not to paint all big people with the same brush but alot of them are big for a reason...they're lazy and it reflects in their workout.
This is why I go to a 24 hour gym so I can go late at night or early in the morning when it's pretty empty. This way I don't have to deal with idiots (fat or skinny) or people getting in the way of my work out.
Also Adm1 is right...the "meat heads," i prefer gym rats, live to workout. It's their passion. And they like to share their passion with others. They'll always give you pointers/advice if you're cordial with them.
And as far as everyone getting on to the guys that like to show off their bodies...it's a gym. That's part of it. Why get your body sculpted if you can't show it off? You're just showing your own nsecurites by complaining about it. That's like going to the beach and complaining about all the hot girls in bikinis. I guess they're all a bunch of sluts, huh? Just a bunch of little tramps running around trying to find someone to screw them. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:27:55 AM | Fat people in the gym annoy the hell out of me!
- 9 out 10 , they don't even know what they're doing... but act like they do....
- And they move in snail pace... ..... MOvvvveeee btch! we got sht to do! No wonder you became a whale in the first place.
- They smell...oh boy! they smell rotten azz. And usually use perfume to cover it....making it 10x worse...ewww
- They use "ab" machines, thinking they'll lose belly fat, making others wait in the process... HIT THE CARDIO FIRST FATSO! OR better yet! learn to DIET ! but oh noooo! all that exercise make them even more hungry.... pfft!
I mean I can go on and on and on..... they take up too much space, usually for no good reason. I've been going to gym 5x/ week for the last 8 years. I've never seen one transformed fatso. They come, bullsht for couple of months, then decide it's too much work and give up.
It sounds like you need a bottle & a nap! Seriously, if you feel this much aggression FIVE times a week for EIGHT years, here's a thought... DON'T GO TO THE GYM! You don't own the place any more than the guys busting on OP do. So, shut your mouths and resign yourselves to the fact that there are all different kinds of people in the world. The sooner you learn to deal with them, the better. 'Cuz right now, you're sounding pretty ignorant.
Further, I HAVE seen people transform themselves. However, it's much harder to do when some muscle head is dissing you throughout the process. People like you and the guys OP is talking about are the exact reasons that I installed a home gym. Being in shape doesn't automatically make you better than anyone else and it certainly doesn't give you the right to belittle ANYONE. So, either take it down a notch with the sarcastic & ignorant tirades OR get some therapy so that you can finally understand just how unhealthy you really are.
OP, I'm with the foxy chick from Massachusetts on this one... F*CK 'EM. Just consider the source and maybe feel a little bit sorry for them. They obviously can't see how ignorant they are OR they just don't care. Either way, it's sad.
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You look like an "athletic wannabe" in your pictures. So maybe you can open a Fat ONLY gym, and save us from the fatsos.
And... the ignorance continues, unaffected by the wise suggestion that perhaps something is amiss upstairs. No surprise there. As far as my pictures, at least I have the balls to post pictures on my profile. So, what's YOUR excuse? Maybe steroids have cause a bit of shrinkage in your testicular matter?? Ahhh, no worries my friend, just go have another drink and you'll feel better. We all know how healthy that is... | |
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| At the gym...
Posted: 5/28/2009 7:39:15 AM | Cuz right now, you're sounding pretty ignorant.
That I am. Year after year... Same crap, different fatso! bah!
2 days ago, there was this huge woman next to me on the treadmill. She kept using that machine for 60mins while there was a line of people waiting use cardio machines. With the huge sign that said 30min limit right in front of her ! .... She was walking in 1.5m pace...
Annoyed the hell out of ever single person in that line. Learn the gym etiquette or GTFO! .....
You look like an "athletic wannabe" in your pictures. So maybe you can open a Fat ONLY gym, and save us from the fatsos.
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Posted: 5/28/2009 7:52:18 AM | | Never mind the jerks, keep doing your thing, it's just great! You'll have the last laugh. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 8:03:19 AM | | Sounds like one shitty gym to me. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2009 8:04:54 AM | I'm a chubby gal but I've made friends out of the muscled dudes at the gym..
I just do my stuff and I do get 'nice' glances for at 5ft 2 and chubby, I can pull some weights.
We all talk now and they always compliment me about my weight loss and the regs even ask me how much loss this week ??
As for that ay-hole who hogs the machines, I agree OP, tell him where to shove off. He's only entitled to one machine at a time. You pay your cash like he does. He has no right to treat you that way.
If he continues I'm sure a word to admin might set him straight. | |
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