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What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen in the gym

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TinselTit · 21/12/2021 12:49

My husband was in the gym this morning and felt like he was being pranked.

There was a guy next to him literally dancing the Charleston in the gym between sets. When he had finished his session, he then stood in front of the mirror with his top off doing like wind up punches really fast and then tensing his muscles.

Is this normal behaviour or have you seen worse?! 🤣

OP posts:
silentpool · 24/12/2021 02:49

A woman blow-drying her pubes.

Chocaholic9 · 24/12/2021 03:36

@Suzanne999

Now I remember why I stopped going to the gym…..
I had the same thought!
KaycePollard · 24/12/2021 07:39

@LadyCampanulaTottington

Man on a treadmill wearing a weight vest with weights on his wrists and ankles. He put the treadmill on the fastest setting, jumped on and sprinted for 60 seconds. He jumped off again, waited a bit and then jumped back on again. If he fell he would have done some damage to himself.
This isn’t really so weirded. It’s just an extreme form of interval training I do it a lot - run for 20 seconds at 18kph then jump your legs to either side of the belt. Gasp, die, struggle to breathe, then jump back on at the start of the next minute. 10 times over 10 minutes. Gets you VERY fit. Far more effective than jogging at 9kph for an hour.
ToffeeNotCoffee · 24/12/2021 08:13

Puts my anecdote of:

A woman on a recumbent static bike reading a broadsheet newspaper.

In the shade !

Have I ever been anyone else's weirdo......

I used to freshen up after the using the public leisure centre gym using my wet wipes in the ladies changing room because I didn't have time to shower and dry off properly. It dawned on me to not wipe my bum crack in the communal area in case of any, um, residue. Of poo I might add.

(Someone once made a point of opening the shower curtain of a shower cubicle I was using to ascertain who was using it. Both of us female in a female changing area. I was a temp doing admin work, working at a members only sports club. I had got permission from the Manager to use the shower as I was not a member. This was to pre-empt any, 'dogs bum face' I was going to get from the members. Yep, I knew it, I thought. Nothing was said. It was quite telling that one person in the admin team was taken aback at the thought of somebody begrudging someone a shower. I couldn't help but think, 'how long have you worked in this snooty sports club ?

Niconacotaco · 24/12/2021 09:38

@CaptainCabinets if someone in your gym is drying their pubes with a hairdryer, nobody is looking at you exercising!

Monolithique · 24/12/2021 09:55

So many nekkid ppl in gyms

Shortpoet · 24/12/2021 10:05

To be fair the word gymnasium comes from the Greek for naked exercise.
Maybe they’re just taking it literally.

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 24/12/2021 12:21

@LadyCampanulaTottington

Man on a treadmill wearing a weight vest with weights on his wrists and ankles. He put the treadmill on the fastest setting, jumped on and sprinted for 60 seconds. He jumped off again, waited a bit and then jumped back on again. If he fell he would have done some damage to himself.
This isnt weird
AntennaReborn · 24/12/2021 13:39

I very often film myself doing just 1 rep 😊

That's because the whole point of my sport (powerlifting) is to complete one rep with the heaviest weight possible.

Videos help me and my coach make sure that my form is correct.

I also sometimes post these on Insta, where most of my followers practice the same sport and we like to watch each other's gym videos 🤷🏽‍♀️

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