You know your gym is a social club & not a health club when......

[LauraMax]

when......

--your hair is below shoulder length but you don't wear a pony tail (aren't these women afraid they'll get their hair stuck in a machine? Jeez!)
--you have to put on mascara & lip gloss before you go
--you wear a tiny bra top & bike shorts, whether you have the body for them or not
--your jaw muscle is more sore the next day than your biceps
--you're there for over 3 hours & you can't remember what actual exercises you did

Anyone have anything to add?

 

[allwildgirl]

- you're on a first name basis with the server at the juice bar but you have no idea who any of the trainers or instructors are
- you wear your biggest bling to the gym

 

[delfin]

How about ...you don't bother bringing a towel to wipe your sweat off the machines!

 

[red_mct]

- you walk in smelling like you just had a shower
- you carry your Blackberry around to capture phone numbers
- you can actually read the newspaper and chat on the phone while doing "cardio"

Marie

 

[kathryn]

Women wear cleavage-enhancing workout wear, makeup, and thongs over flesh-colored tights. (I'm describing to a T a woman who used to work out in the same school weight roomm I did. Though interestingly enough, she used the squat rack rather than hanging out with a bunch of her friends sharing the 5# weights).

 

[Rogue]

--- you throw a hissy fit when someone actually wants to use the piece of equipment you have been sitting on while jabbering away for the past ten minutes.

--- you actually get upset when you break a sweat because now your hair will be scraggly and your makeup will run.

--- you don't understand why all the best built guys are so busy pumping iron and not paying enough attention to your trite antics.

 

[ldy_solana]

>
>--- you actually get upset when you break a sweat because now
>your hair will be scraggly and your makeup will run.
>
>--- you don't understand why all the best built guys are so
>busy pumping iron and not paying enough attention to your
>trite antics.

hey look on your own paper LOL j/k i was just about to post a similar response.

kassia



When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey

 

[LauraMax]

LOL Marie! I can't believe I forgot about the cell phone thing--it is one of my pet peeves! (my cell stays in my car when I'm at the gym) There is nothing worse than sweating my a$$ off on the elliptical while someone next to me is chatting away......or trying to do heavy squats & getting distracted by a phone ringing....

My club even has a rule against cell phones, which everyone ignores. x(

 

[red_mct]

I don't go to the gym very often for just these reasons. Last time I was there, the woman next to me was wearing an outfit that was circa 1988. I mean, I think it was THE Jane Fonda workout wear: red knee-length tights with metallic blue underpanty-looking-things over the top AND a flashdance-style torn t-shirt. I felt really bad but I couldn't look at her without laughing. Ridiculous! She thought she looked fab, though, so I guess more power to her!

Marie

 

[dreamyjeanie]

I see several of you have been to my gym. And I didn't realize the circa 1988 outfit would be offensive. I'll put it away for a few more years. I'm sure the leg warmers and the thong over the bikini type bottoms will be back in style soon, so I'll just hang on to them for now.


Jean

 

[Bubachick]

RE: You know your gym is a social club & not a health c...

#1 reading on the tredmill,and eliptical, for some reason it doesn't bother me when its the bike.

#2 chewing gum and acually blowing bubbles on the weight machines.

#3 This was said before, "talking" for 1 1/2 hrs and 15 min. of exercices, taking up valuable space in the gym.

#4 Abusing the stairmaster with teeny tiny baby steps, never allowing it to use full range of motion,and using the handles as an upper body hangout.

#5 Wearing more makeup than I do when I acually get to go out.

#6 Yep seen some pretty good out-fits too

All for now Brigitte

 

[LauraMax]

RE: You know your gym is a social club & not a health c...

LOL Brigitte! You know it's funny that reading on the cardio machines bothers some people. I have my own little book rack that hooks on to the machine, & I read books all the time when I do the arc trainer & bike. And I have the intensity level as high as it can go on the arc trainer......I can't even do this stuff w/o reading, it makes the torture go by so much faster......:+