Gym Idiots !

[[old] Atorrante]

For the contrary, what a kick to have a sweet, aromatic lady sweeting her workout besides you.

[[old] Xavier]

... or to add a third dimension, The Guy Who's Just Bathed In Deoderant.<br><br>

[[old] jus gray]

Thanks, some awesome posts there especialy DIESELS.<br><br>I think this type of person is more common then we think in gyms around the world...lol<br><br>Gotta agree that the aged ladies wearing hot pants and crop tops can be so of putting when there letting it all hang out while thinking they look cool.<br><br>I love the guy who gets on a machine after myself and leaves the weight the same and you see it straining the life out of them.<br><br>The sterioded men in gyms are a number one joke because ok they can lift heavy weights but it`s very rare that the same person will get on a treadmill or rower and do the same amount of cardio and me myself think it`s what`s going on inside your body that counts and to do what you can naturaly.<br><br>Also a guy the other day got on a bike behind me rowing he must have put a gallon of aftershave on and stank the gym out and I had not long started my row either, lucky for me the air con was on, he must of been after the hot pants chicks...lol<br><br>All the best.

[[old] DIESEL]

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'><span class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></span> </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->For the contrary, what a kick to have a sweet, aromatic lady sweeting her workout besides you. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><br><br>I hear you!! Or when you get the nubile young hottie with a great butt who gets on the elliptical directly in front of your erg.... can't complain about that . I think they like the human air conditioner action

[[old] Ash]

Lol, the guy who does his weights, and does them properly, but them slips some extra 20's on when he's finished to scare the next person!<br><br>Yes o.k, it's me, and we share our gym with several other boat clubs, so i want to scare them!<br><br>This is a true story:<br><br>I was running in a big fancy gym for 30 minutes, nothing taxing, just a nice gentle jog at 12.0 kph. Guy with overcompetiveness syndrome stands on the treadmill next to me adjusting sweat band. He has a sly glance over at my monitor, which I catch, and he catches me catching him. It's on! He sets his speed to 12.1 kph. Somehow I don't think this is a coincidence. I test my theory by raising my speed to 12.5 kph 18 minutes into the run. 4 minutes later he slyly takes his up to 13 kph. 2 minutes later I slyly raise mine to 13.2, which he responds to immediately with a very unsubtle bout of button bashing to get himself ticking over at 14 kph. It procedes like this for another minute until I have to raise my speed to 15.1 kph. I thought I had him beat, as he was looking in bad shape, but he moves to respond for the final 2 minutes with a push at 15.2 kph. As he does this he tries to wipe his brow at the same time, and accidentally places a foot an inch too far forward treading on the front end of the machine and losing his balance. He tries to catch himself, but fails; first falling to his knees, and then landing flat on his face before finally being flung backwards and wrapping himself around an exercise bike with a rather attractive (and surprised) young lady who had abandoned her magazine to watch us racing each other. On seeing this my legs buckled with laughter and i shortly followed his trajectory into an parrallel machine with a slightly less attractive (but equally surprised) person with a beer gut perched upon its seat.<br><br>Me and my training partner then untangled ourselves from the bikes, made our apologies and promptly left the gym never to return!

[[old] Jon Goodall]

Ash,<br><br>That's is class!!!!!! <br><br>Jon<br>

[[old] FrancoisA]

Manuel,<br><br>It must be a suffocating experience, but at least you can move elsewhere in the gym!<br>Last summer I participated in a 10 K race that was held on the narrow trails of a public park. There was this tall guy in front of me that must have had a very stressful day (the race was held at 6:00 PM on a weekday) because his smell was just unbearable. The problem was that he was exactly my speed, and ended up 2 meters in front of me for almost the whole duration of the race: 39 agonizing, air-gasping minutes!<br><br>Cheers,

[[old] jschmidt63]

for me today at the gym was:<br><br>"yeah that rowing machine looks good but its too hard"<br><br><br>som other guy says:<br><br>"well I dont row much but today I decided too and rowed a 2k, my best so far, but my elbow hurts, think I will lay off the rowing for a while and do the threadmill"<br><br>I told him:<br><br>"dont forget, use your legs, arms straight, drive with legs, then arms at the end of stroke"<br><br>his reply:<br><br>"ahh, yeah maybe, maybe next time...."<br><br><br><br><br><br>well at least I am sure to have the rowing machines free at our gym

[[old] giniajim]

<!--QuoteBegin-GeorgeD+Dec 20 2004, 03:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'><span class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></span> (GeorgeD @ Dec 20 2004, 03:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <br>People who say, 'dont you get bored' - yeh I get up at 5:30 in the morning to do something boring 6 days a week<br><br>- George <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><br> I don't use gyms much, but at home, I have my C2 in front of a TV in the basement. I find that watching sports, esp football, or the news, or a comedy (Sienfeld is good) is pretty good.

[[old] giniajim]

<!--QuoteBegin-GeorgeD+Dec 20 2004, 03:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'><span class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></span> (GeorgeD @ Dec 20 2004, 03:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <br>People who say, 'dont you get bored' - yeh I get up at 5:30 in the morning to do something boring 6 days a week<br><br>- George <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><br> I don't use gyms much, but at home, I have my C2 in front of a TV in the basement. I find that watching sports, esp football, or the news, or a comedy (Sienfeld is good) is pretty good.

[[old] TheHagueDragon]

Ash,<br><br>they made a movie of this guy <br><a href='http://www.pkrun.nl/cms/variousitems/loopband.mpg' target='_blank'>Runtrainer</a><br><br><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'><span class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></span> </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think this type of person is more common then we think in gyms around the world...lol<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><br>And Jus, in Holland we have these guys and girls also.

[[old] Daren C]

- the showoff arse who thinks he's better than me just because he can lift more, or row faster, or run faster, or... or... I'm still giving 100%, so f**k off, you bloody poser!<br><br>

[[old] Pete Marston]

Ash - I saw someone do similar in my gym, except he tried to stop himself falling by grabbing onto the rail at the front of the treadmill. I sat there on the erg watching, wondering how long he would hold on with the belt 'sandpapering' away all the skin from his legs as it continued to spin around. A good few seconds before he realised it was best to let go. That's got to be embarassing. But surely noone noticed he thought, so tried to get straight back on. Of course the belt was still going around, so one foot on, back flat on his face and off the back. I had to try so hard not to laugh, even when he turned around and I saw the blood steaming off his shins.

[[old] Byron Drachman]

When I used to go to the gym a lot, I tried hard not to be the jerk described in many of these posts. I confess that a few times I got sucked into competing with someone on the next machine but it was usually very friendly—none of the “mine is bigger than yours stuff.” Sometimes I would arrange to do intervals with students on the crew team so I would have a very good workout. They had their own facilities, but sometimes you could find one of them at the gym. Whenever one of the crew coaches would be around, I would always ask what I should be working on as far as technique goes. <br><br>Now if the topic is acting like a fool while rowing, I have a neighbor who is very, very competitive in everything he does. He was a state champion at wrestling, and is an instructor for the state police. He does a serious workout every day, and each year there is a competition where the cops do chin-ups, push-ups, etc. He wins all the time. One day I was rolling past his house on my beloved <a href='http://www.math.msu.edu/~drachman/cycle/irishmail.html' target='_blank'>Irish Mail</a>, and I suspect he was thinking I think I’ll show this geezer with the white beard what fitness is all about. He asked if we could go for a ride together and if he could borrow my wife’s Irish Mail. So we did a ride. On the way home there is a hill that starts at the bottom of the street and ends at my neighbor’s house. Sure enough, he said “Race you to the top of the hill!!” Well, I’m sure he can do a gazillion push-ups, chin-ups, etc. and he has a sculptured body, however the race was a little unfair. He was probably just using his arms, whereas the technique for riding an Irish Mail isn’t the same as rowing, it is similar, and you can bring your abs, back, and legs into it even if the seat doesn’t slide. Anyway, he was about half way up the hill when I got to the top. Yes, that was mean of me and I behaved badly, but it was so much fun.<br><br>The neighbor couldn’t leave it at that. He asks to go on more rides, and each time it is the same thing: We have to race up the hill. What I’m doing now is even meaner. I pull in behind him and sit on his wheel, like a bike sprint finish, and just nudge past him at the finish. He now thinks he is almost beating me, and next time it will happen. He doesn’t realize I am toying with him. If I were a decent person, I would let him beat me so this would end. I just can’t bring myself to do it. “The devil makes me do it.” So I confess I’m like the idiot in the gym. Would you let this guy win?<br><br>Byron<br>

[[old] jus gray]

Nice one Byron keep toying with him mate, one day let him just lose then another time leave him at the bottom just to confuse him, bet his face is a classic wondering how come he`s done so bad.<br><br>Have fun.<br>