Please, as a courtesy to the ladies that are sharing your space, take the damn weights off the Smith machine when you’re done!!!! Damn, y’all.
Also, whoever took one of the ten pound dumbells and stashed it somewhere for an entire 30 minutes… WTF? I was the only chick in that area. I’m pretty sure you were just messing with me. Douchenozzle.
Saw “this guy” hanging out:
I’ll be glad when the New Years rush is over. Saw a lady on her phone going 1.5 on the treadmill. Don’t hurt yourself now. I’ll leave her appearance to your imagination.
But seriously, my workout is going well. Up to doing two iterations of my circuits instead of just one! Feeling nice and sore now.
Any creepers at your gym hanging out by that leg machine thing (thigh abductor or whatever it’s called)? I love gym rants, Bronan has great stuff on favorite gym guys.
Hahaha, nah. I’m not using the machines anymore, save the pull-up machine. I did notice a group of 3 folks doing some cross-fit type exercises over in that area where the peeping toms usually hang out, maybe they scared them off!
I want you to give me one full unassisted pullup there darlin.
Don’t make me go all Private Pile on ya… tee hee
I’ve never been able to do an unassisted pull-up… But the Army didn’t really focus on that like some other branches do. One day I’ll be able to do it!
Oh man, I had to quit using the thigh abductor at my last gym because guys would just stake out the machine to watch girls use it. No shame, not even attempting to look like they were doing something else.
That’s terrible!
I mean, you can get a perfectly good, yet completely unobtrusive, view of the entire ano-genitalia region if you stand over by the water fountain. No need to be rude.
And shame? What is this thing you call . . . shame?
Ha! Apparently shame goes out the window when you have a good crotch shot
Tell them that your crotch is flattered, but a little shy. Unless they have some advice on pinching excersises, she would like to work out alone.
Haha!
Have you tried looking back at them, eyebrows raised, saying “what?” If they persist, move your head towards their line of sight and say “what?” a little louder. If they have the audacity to reply “just watching”, tell them that it’s distracting you. Sooner or later they are going to feel silly, and move on (one would hope…)
You would hope…
You’re ceding ground in the battle of Awkward, lady! Isn’t that supposed to be your home turf? Pruning the flock of gawkers, with style, that is an art worth honing.
(But yeah, I would have changed gym, too.)
I like your suggestion better than my husbands. He told me to start making noises like I’m giving birth whilst using the machine.
HAHA!! I like his idea!
I was actually going to do a gym post today, maybe I will save it for another day… I think all gym’s regardless of where you live have the same types of people.
My gym put the thigh abductor machine in the corner, facing the wall, because the upper body work out guys were getting too excited and it was uncomfortable for everyone to watch all the knuckle dragging, play pushing, loud talking, and sleeve rolling that would happen.
That would still be weird. Like you’re banished to the corner for doing something dirty. Hehehe.
No, you’re just practicing instead of performing. Best done without an audience.
hahaha– you crack me up! I have seen one funny thing that said: friends don’t friends never have leg day. Or something. Guys are ridiculous.
Keep up the good work!!!
woot woot! congrats on being able to repeat your circuit. I am doing better with my kettlebell clean and press as well.
“Douchenozzle”
This made me giggle-snort.
I have way too many douche descriptors. But that one is my favorite.
Smith machine causes more injuries than any other piece of equipment in the gym. These are often permanently-debilitating lower back injuries.
If you can’t lift the weight using a regular safety/squat rack, you are using too much weight.
Not really using it for weights… I can’t do 10 full push-ups yet, so instead of doing “girl push-ups”, I’m using the bar to do inclined push-ups. The Smith machine is easily adjustable so I can put the bar lower if they start to get too easy.
Why not just consider removing the weights as part of your exercise? I know it’s good gym etiquiette to put them back after you’ve used them, but I wouldn’t complain about something that if I do it- is good for me anyway. Who cares if you are cleaning up after someone else when it’s you getting the benefit physically?
That’s how I’d look at anyway. (Unless the weight plates were more than about 25 – 30kg each – that’s about as heavy as I could safely lift/shift. I don’t think the plates get bigger than 20kg at my gym….)