Guys at the Gym

[narcsarge]

Originally Posted by Daniel141

... Also, what is appropriate at the gym?

My personal opinion is it is ok to say hello and smile. Conversation with a lady shoud be if the lady starts a conversation. I am not talking about just a smile and hello, I mean she asks a question or makes a statement. Usually this involves training, how to perform certain exercises, maybe she needs a spot, some thing like that. Remember, the gym is where we all go to exercise and train. HIIT and great workouts require 100% concentration. Save the pick up lines for after the gym!

[mckittn]

You know what is funny is I will be at the gym and more guys come up to my boyfriend and ask him about his body than any other girl at the gym hahaha... funny

[Sophie]

Do you girls NOT like it when guys hit on you at the gym, or does it bother you?

I don't mind it per se. I'm just not used to it. The is the first gym I've been to other than the on at my college. As long as they don't interrupt me during a set, I'm fine with it.

It might explain why you are having trouble leaving the gym, because the guys that are not there to lift have the place scoped out.

I think it's more like they finish lifting and just wait for me. They are not scrawny guys. They definitely lift and are at least moderately serious about it. I also ge tcomments a lot when I'm waiting for my dad to come out of the locker room. Seems eery guy that comes out has to comment. not that I mind. LOL

The guys now seem more interested in watching me lift than lifting themselves. LOL. Maybe wearing a sports bra to the gym wasn't a good idea. I don't want to distract everyone.

[narcsarge]

Sophie, worry about your attire only if people start dropping weights on themselves! Then you know you have gone too far.

[Sophie]

Originally Posted by narcsarge

Sophie, worry about your attire only if people start dropping weights on themselves! Then you know you have gone too far.

LOL I'll keep that in mind!!

[sundaygirl]

At my gym, its mostley ladies trying to lose weight or young guys, so i dont tend to get hit upon. a smile and hello is as much as i get. sometimes they do stare when i venture into the weights room. but its just unusual at my gym for a lady to go in there.
Sophie you are young and beautiful men will want to chat you up take it as a compliment and enjoy it.( thats my advice anyway).
I know the uncertanty of out illness and we think that no way would a guy chat us up. but its not the case ok.

enjoy it and keep on training.

sunday

[ktinspired]

This is one of the main reasons why me and the ole man prefer to get in the gym early, by 5:30. The ppl in there that hour are serious about their workout. I hate going in the evening 6-7 o'clock thats when our gym turns to a meat market. No body really does much training.

[Sophie]

we don't go in the evenings, NO WAY!!! we usually leave around 10:30-noon and get done an hour later. most of the people lifting weights are serious about what they are doing. at least they look it physically.

[Cammo]

Originally Posted by ktinspired

This is one of the main reasons why me and the ole man prefer to get in the gym early, by 5:30. The ppl in there that hour are serious about their workout. I hate going in the evening 6-7 o'clock thats when our gym turns to a meat market. No body really does much training.

The main reason I try not to train around 6-7 is because I find it near impossible to. Like you mentioned - not much training gets done by the pervs but they still insist on hogging the weights & machines while yacking.
I'm sick of asking politely for weights that people aren't using & getting strange looks (almost as if they think I'm trying to cut in on the lady their chatting up ).

I get to the gym between 10-11am now. Much more civilised!

[jennyd]

Originally Posted by Cammo

The main reason I try not to train around 6-7 is because I find it near impossible to. Like you mentioned - not much training gets done by the pervs but they still insist on hogging the weights & machines while yacking.
I'm sick of asking politely for weights that people aren't using & getting strange looks (almost as if they think I'm trying to cut in on the lady their chatting up ).

I get to the gym between 10-11am now. Much more civilised!

That's the main reason why the gym annoys me...people just standing around talking alot, and it makes me feel uncomfortable to have to ask to use the equipment...even though that's what it's there for.

I don't get hit on much at all though. (I mostly work out at home anyway)...but even when I go to the gym I don't. I've been told that I don't have an approachable look....I think that's a nice way to say I look like a b!tch.
As$holes! (just kidding)

[BiggerGuns=LongerDrives]

Originally Posted by jennyd

. I've been told that I don't have an approachable look....I think that's a nice way to say I look like a b!tch.
As$holes! (just kidding)

LOL yeah that is what that sounds like.
Oh well at least you keep away the scaredy cats

[jennyd]

Originally Posted by BiggerGuns=LongerDrives

LOL yeah that is what that sounds like.
Oh well at least you keep away the scaredy cats

Yeah, I guess it does have it's benefits.
It's funny though, because after people actually know me, they tell me that I'm way nicer than they thought I'd be.

[Cammo]

Originally Posted by jennyd

Yeah, I guess it does have it's benefits.
It's funny though, because after people actually know me, they tell me that I'm way nicer than they thought I'd be.

It could be the tatoo on your forehead with lots of swearwords that puts people off!

[jennyd]

Originally Posted by Cammo

It could be the tatoo on your forehead with lots of swearwords that puts people off!

Are you saying I have a big forehead??? LMAO.

Actually, the swearwords are usually coming out of my mouth....unfortunately, I do have a tendency to talk like a truckdriver at times.
Not very attractive or feminine...I know. It's just a bad habit that I should probably try to break.

[TorontoMoFo]

Originally Posted by jennyd

Are you saying I have a big forehead??? LMAO.

Actually, the swearwords are usually coming out of my mouth....unfortunately, I do have a tendency to talk like a truckdriver at times.
Not very attractive or feminine...I know. It's just a bad habit that I should probably try to break.

fuk that. I appreciate people with dirty mouths.

Why? I dont know, but I think its because well I guess I feel more comfortable talking to people that swear as much as me.

fuk.

[goodgame]

this is kinda funny... here I am the opposite, I don't say anything to the girls, cause I dont want them to think I am hitting on them. This thread has made me paranoid that every girl in there will think I am hitting on them. lol

[Cammo]

Originally Posted by goodgame

this is kinda funny... here I am the opposite, I don't say anything to the girls, cause I dont want them to think I am hitting on them. This thread has made me paranoid that every girl in there will think I am hitting on them. lol

????????
Why would they? - you said you don't talk to them.

[goodgame]

I was meaning that is why I don't talk to them, I don't want them to think I am hitting on them... I am quite content with my wife, no need to shop around. lol... It's not like there are a ton of girls at my gym in the weight area anyways, so not that big of a deal.

[Shredder]

A few years back I just got fed up with never being able to find DB's or waiting around on clowns. I built my own gym and train with my wife. The intensity can go through the roof with the concentration I can muster without the crowd. When I want to superset or do progressive or drop sets I can line everything up or set uo two or three stations at once while setting the atmosphere as I like.