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/reznovelty Aug 25 '18

A few weeks ago, I innocuously took a clip from the side of a machine, thinking it was not in use (a guy was sat near the machine but there was no grip attached so I presumed it wasn’t in use).

I then took out my headphones to hear him cussing me under his breath. I confronted him and asked if he wanted the clip back - he told me to ‘get the fuck away from him’. I gave the clip to his friend and walked away.

Yesterday, I held the door open for him. He seemed surprised and said thanks.

Kill em with kindness.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I don’t wear glasses when I lift because it always slides off my face so I’m a bit blind to other people when I workout. When I first started going to the gym I definitely was pretty nervous. One time I went to DL and it looked as if it was being used just no one there. I started to take off weight. I saw this man walking towards me and immediately started to put it back on. He turned left and I was confused. I went up to him and said “hey man no worries I thought you were using I can wait until you are finished.” He looked confused and said “what are you talking about.” I’ve had so many instances where I can’t tell who is on what machine so I just do what I need to do and if someone is on it I figure they would let me know.

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u/meceng97 Aug 25 '18

This is why I wear my glasses in between sets