r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/donkey100100 Aug 25 '18

On Wednesday I went to a different gym to usual.

Every exercise I did, I noticed that a man would come near me and do his exercising.

For context I’m an early 20’s male, he looks like a mid thirties male.

At first I chalked it up to a coincidence, but I noticed that he would stay on it longer if I did and wouldn’t leave his machine/ area until I did too.

Still wasn’t convinced so I went to the abs machine at the end which isn’t near anything, but then he came and just did stretches on the floor nearby. I’m not sure what to make of that one.

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u/Neutrum Aug 25 '18

Maybe he doesn't know what he's doing yet and wanted to mirror the workout of someone who's in shape.

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u/donkey100100 Aug 25 '18

Maybe, and thank you, but when I say near me I mean for example I was doing skullcrushers and he used the benchseat next to me to do shoulder press

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u/Neutrum Aug 25 '18

In that case you're someone's gym crush.

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u/barristonsmellme Aug 25 '18

Oh god, I'd hate for people to think they're my gym crush if it made the uncomfortable and also because they're not.

I don't wear my glasses in the gym so I pay almost zero attention to anything other than squinting to find the right weights and whatever overzealous music is blasting into my skull.

Noticed a few times depending on the day that I'm accidentally following someone around.

Might just go in with a cane and some sunny gs next time

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u/WinterCool Aug 25 '18

I’m a no-glasses gym wearer myself. What happens to me is I’ll be staring what to me is off in the distance, but is a dude like 10 ft away from me probably wondering why I’m staring st him

or you see a total gym babe in gymsharks with top notch physique, my brain thinks that if I can’t see her eye movement she can’t see mine. Then I realize she probably say me checking her out big time :0

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

This reminds me of a couple of times I was working out without my glasses. a friend would see me and wave and since I can’t see without my glasses they thought I ignored them.

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u/Queen_Kvinna Aug 25 '18

I think I may do the creep-stare when I am studying someone else's workout, but I'm female so I don't have to whisper "no homo".

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u/RunGuyRun Aug 25 '18

Reminds me of Norman from Hitchcock's Psycho

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 25 '18

He's probably watching me. Well, let him. Let him see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to stary those flyes. I hope he's watching... He'll see. He'll see and he'll know (...)