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Characters at the Gym
First let me start out by saying I am loving reading all your workout/running goals for 2012! It’s so awesome to see how many of you are going to run your first 5K, half or full marathon and how many of you are going for PR’s! I am so excited to see what you do this year!
As I’ve mentioned before, I have a gym in my building which is pretty awesome. It’s really convenient to be able to walk downstairs early in the morning or late at night and not have to worry about actually getting to the gym. While I’m not complaining, I will tell you there are some serious characters at my gym. Every time I think I’ve seen the weirdest thing at my gym, someone does something even weirder that has me running upstairs to PartyDog, “O M G have you seen so and so…” They are pretty entertaining to me so I figured I would share with you some of my favorites.
1. The guys who sits and drinks Starbucks coffee for hours.
This character comes to the gym every time dressed in fancy gym wear, has on sunglasses and brings his yoga mat. He walks in, lays down his yoga mat in the middle of the gym and sits there playing on his phone and drinking his venti Starbucks cup-for at least an hour. Does he get up? Nope. Does he workout? Nope. When he’s done playing games on his phone and drinking his Starbucks, he rolls his mat up and leaves.
2. The guys who lifts weights barefoot.
To be honest, this guy really bugs me. I personally think it’s not only disgusting that he does this but really rude to the rest of us at the gym. Anyway, this guy takes his shoes off before he lifts at each and every machine. And I watch, each and every time as he does it. Keep your shoes on man or get some Vibrams or something.
3. The guy who hops on the treadmill while it’s on.
The first time I walked into the gym and saw an empty treadmill on as high as it could go (it was going so fast you could hear it outside of the gym doors) I thought someone forgot to turn it off. That was until I saw a guy running at top speed from the weight area and hopping on the treadmill for 1 minute and then hopping off to run back to the weight area. The first time he did it I was completely shocked, and thought “wait what just happened.” Five minutes later he did the same thing. I guess he’s doing intervals? It’s really dangerous to try and hop on the treadmill when it’s going at like speed 12 but I guess that’s why he needs the running start? Do I even need to tell you this guy is my favorite? This is pure entertainment each and every time.
4. The couple who stands still on the treadmill.
OK so they don’t stand perfectly still but the treadmill is on at .4 speed. Literally at .4, I’ve watched to see where they put it. .4 speed in case you have no idea is taking 1 step about every 10 seconds. They do this and talk or watch TV the entire time. And because they don’t sweat, or even take more than 12 steps total their workout they wear their clothes from work. By work clothes I mean dress clothes and shoes.
And of course we can’t forget about the Fan Lady but you all know I can’t even begin to talk about her…
That’s all the nonsense I have for now! Don’t forget to enter the Drymax socks giveaway!
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen at your gym?
27 Comments to Characters at the Gym
Oh my god, those are all too hilarious! How do you even keep a straight face??
I just started using the gym in my building (love it!) so I haven’t had a chance to encounter too many weirdos. But on Tuesday there was a guy who had the tv on Fox News on full volume and who stole the exercise mat I was using. Not so much weird as inconsiderate.
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 9:34 am
HAHA he stole your mat???
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The man running to the treadmill would crack me up. That is so ridiculous and so dangerous but maybe thats how he likes it.
At my old gym there was a man who would hog all of the swim lanes. He would hang out on the side of the pool on a towel and just lay there until he saw someone walking towards the last open pool lane. Then he’d run ahead and dive into the lane right in front of you. The first time it happened to me I thought it must have been a fluke but after the fourth or fifth I started to wonder. It was so annoying.
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 9:34 am
I am seriously DYING at your story. I love this. Cracking up.
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Oh my gosh! They need to make a tv show about the characters in your gym! They sound crazy! What is up with Starbucks guy? The gym is NOT where I would want to go to drink my coffee and chill!
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:08 am
EXACTLY! He drives me nuts…
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Cracking up. Me and Louie = #4
Drinking coffee is exhausting.
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:08 am
It is you and Louie isn’t it??
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HAHAHAHAHA! Those are awesome. I can tell you about the lady that comes in and gets on the machine next to me even when others are open. Then every 2-3 minutes she turns to me and tells me that I am beautiful and God made me that way. Or that I’m blessed as one of God’s children…or any of that stuff…
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:08 am
AHA! That is great. What on earth??
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This. Is. AWESOME! There are some weird things at the gym but I think these really take the cake. Man these made my day
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:50 am
Weird right??
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Ah I love this post! I frequently went to the gym in my office building and there was a mega creeper. He would stare at me, like STARE. He was lifting weights while I was on the treadmill, and went over to an open treadmill and started doing stretches on it, so he could face me and stare while stretching. I’ve also caught him staring and he still keeps staring. I even went to the gym just to drop off my stuff in the locker rooms to run outside… and I saw him staring at me in the 2 minutes I was walking out the door. I haven’t been back since. Partly because of my schedule and partly because of this guy.
At my old gym from when I used to live in the city (Xsport in Old Town), there was this guy who always wore a super skin tight UA turtleneck and baggy basketball shorts to lift weights. He would always walk around and talk to the ladies inbetween sets. AND when he was lifting weights, he was screaming, like for real shouting, when he was getting in his sets, and then SLAMMING the weights on the ground when he was done. It was very dramatic and I always picked a treadmill on the other side of the gym while he was there.
I could go on and on about the characters at the gym. Love this post!!
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:19 pm
girl, YOU STILL GOT IT!
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The treadmill guy would be fun to watch!
I can’t think of any characters at the gym…other than myself. OMG. I wonder if people blog about me?
When I’m on the bike or eliptical I’m often dancing along to my ipod. If you practice there’s quite a lot you can dance with: arms, head & neck, shoulders, back rolls (not back fat rolls), and sometimes you can sneak in some hip rolls too!
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Kelsey Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:18 pm
It honestly pains me that we do not live next door to each other. I am 100% certain we are twins.
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Wtf seriously he just sits on a mat and drinks Starbucks? People walk in work clothes? This place sounds like a zoo!!!
And I was totally hoping you’d mention fan lady! hahaha
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Kelsey Reply:
June 1st, 2012 at 9:26 am
Admission is free as long as you’re with me..
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OMG..seriously..the guy drinks coffee and thinks he worked out?
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Kelsey Reply:
June 1st, 2012 at 9:25 am
YES!
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This post had me cracking. Up. I thought I had weirdo characters at my gym (stiletto-lady, girl who ellipticals only with one leg at a time, guy who grunts in a really sexually perverse way every time he does squats). But yours really take the cake. Especially the couple who go to STAND ON THE TREADMILL. Weirdos.
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Kelsey Reply:
June 1st, 2012 at 9:25 am
I need to hear about this girl who does the elliptical 1 leg at a time…
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I have to tell you I shared this on my board, the women were totally loving it and one grabbed it to share on her FB. My favorite post yet. The comments are truly enjoyable. I want to know about the one legged elliptical chick, too.
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Kelsey Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Aren’t the comments awesome??
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Ugh, just ugh to the treadmill standers. Last gym I belonged to had one of those, but he always smelled really sweaty even though he never moved!
He would always take the treadmill right in front of the tv and just stare (I shouldn’t really be using the past tense, since he’s probably still doing it three years later). He’d pretend to shuffle along for a while, but eventually just stop and stand. My favorite day was when a guy interrupted me running to ask if he could have my treadmill to watch the tv (that I was watching), but didn’t bother standing guy.
p.s. he did the same thing at the weight machines, except sitting–must not have cable.
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Kelsey Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:07 pm
This seriously cracked me up.
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