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getting funny looks in the gym....

circusgirl

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Got some funny looks doing floor press today. Of the "WTF is she doing???" variety. I don't care, if it helps me improve, I'm doing it.

Anyone else here train in a regular free weights gym have the BBers wondering what they're up to? (BTW, my bench max is crap, so they probably think I'm a clueless newbie, well then, I am, really...)
 
Welcome to the club.

Every day another jerk off comes up to me and asks me whats the box for on box squats , what the boards are for on board presses, they wont let me bring in chains and I cant wait until I get my bands and bring them in.

Point is, in a commercial gym 2 types of people will come up to you.

Type 1 "what the hell are you doing with that?"
Type 2 '" do you mind telling me what that helps and maybe show me how to do it?"

Commercial GYM's suck
 
natural-mike said:
Welcome to the club.

Every day another jerk off comes up to me and asks me whats the box for on box squats , what the boards are for on board presses, they wont let me bring in chains and I cant wait until I get my bands and bring them in.

Point is, in a commercial gym 2 types of people will come up to you.

Type 1 "what the hell are you doing with that?"
Type 2 '" do you mind telling me what that helps and maybe show me how to do it?"

Commercial GYM's suck
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I dunno...I don't mind the type 2's, but more often than not, people just watch what we're doing.

Most of the time, we work out in Hannibal's garage, so I forget what it's like to have other people around.
 
I had my own gym for a while so that was not a problem. That is no longer the case so I sought out the most hardcore place I could find. Lots of powerlifters and strongman competitors where I train now, so I don't get too much of that.

However, I used to train at a YMCA, and it was a constant battle with idiots wanting to harrass re: bands, chains, boards, boxes, and what-not. I quickly gained a reputation as someone who could move some serious weight, and the wonderers were soon replaced by awed kids who wanted to know the secret. . . until they heard it.

They all wanted to train like a bodybuilder, look like a bodybuilder, but be as strong as a powerlifter. When I would explain what is necessary to become insanely strong, they would look at me, listen intently, and then go right back to doing the latest Flex magazine workout of the month. Often times spending 2 hours or more in the gym while I was often in and out in less than 45 minutes and never longer than one hour.

So while I am fortunate enough not to have to deal with that situation right now, I can certainly feel your pain as I have dealt with it in the past, myself.

B.
 
The way I think of it is that it's as if an alien, an actual martian, has come into their gym and started bench pressing -- and all they can do is stare, because they just realized life does exist on another planet.
 
Most of the time, we work out in Hannibal's garage, so I forget what it's like to have other people around.
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Hey, Project:

What about when a red-headed dork thinking he's a badass comes into Hannibal's garage and does stupid stuff, then what do you think/do? J/K


Luckily, I worked full-time for about 2 years before starting college full-time (went to JUCO at nights while working) so I had the money to buy a rack, weights, reverse hyper, etc. and the savings to buy bands, equipment, and have a garage gym of my own. So I can train westside without any fuckers messing with me now.

But, when I trained in commercial gyms I never had the balls to incorporate much of WSB into my training. Most of the time I did an Ed Coan type workout or just went in and did whatever I felt like doing that day-- it was instinctive training with a adhered to schedule (i.e. I did each bodypart twice a week, once light, once heavy, but I never knew what I was going to do until I moved to the next station). Fuck, I didn't even start really concentrating on strengthening my posterior chain until about a year ago when i f'd up my lower back. What a loser<--- me.
 
circusgirl said:
Got some funny looks doing floor press today. Of the "WTF is she doing???" variety. I don't care, if it helps me improve, I'm doing it.

Anyone else here train in a regular free weights gym have the BBers wondering what they're up to? (BTW, my bench max is crap, so they probably think I'm a clueless newbie, well then, I am, really...)
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i get stared at all the time in the gym...probably cuz im just teeny tiny and lift more than most of the men in there. i've even had free weights thrown at me! i put it down to "one inch penis syndrome" giggles
 
Spatts, Princess is Canadian, probably thinking in centimeters. He he.

Real men are not intimidated by strong women. Unfortunately there is a sad dearth of real men in this world.

B.
 
i get stared at all the time in the gym...probably cuz im just teeny tiny and lift more than most of the men in there. i've even had free weights thrown at me! i put it down to "one inch penis syndrome" giggles
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Um...you've had free weights thrown at you? What the hell did you do when that happened? Unless you are a joker, that is a potentially fatal situation. If some numbnut discussed a 25 lb plate and it hit me in the temple I would probably die or suffer a severe concussion (believe me, I've had many and it is not a comfy thing). I cannot believe that shit. If I ever saw anyone throwing free wieghts at anyone else, unless it was a mutual thing, I would throw down right there. Even if were Tank Abbott or Tito Ortiz, I would start scrapping with thier sorry asses immediately if I saw them throwing weights at someone, especially a female, and a small one at that (I don't think anyone with half a brain would mess with a woman like spatts). Did you call the cops on these guys who threw the weights at you, or what? This has nothing to do with dick size, this is a pure stupidity thing that has potentially fatal consequences. Jesus Christ, either I need a reality check or I need to start the beatings ASAP.
 
I'm usually stared at. Since most everyone has seen me train (at 5am), its not so bad anymore, but for a while, nobody had seen a deadlift before. And they'd be staring at all the things i keep pulling out of my gym bag.

One day a woman i train with sees the bar i'm using for deadlifts and says, "is that CHALK on the bar?"
I said, "yeah, why?"
she said, "you are SO anal- marking the bar where your hands are supposed to go??"
She thought the chalk was my hand placement guide. ugh.
gabrielle
 
:lmao: Hand placement...

Latinus, I got the image that maybe someone eas tossing a DB at POD...rather than hading it to her, or something like that. I'd like to hear more about that too. That's messed up. I wouldn't expect anyone to do that to me, irrespective of size, just out of common decency. For the record, I think POD is alot bigger than me. ;)
 
benchmonster said:
Spatts, Princess is Canadian, probably thinking in centimeters. He he.

Real men are not intimidated by strong women. Unfortunately there is a sad dearth of real men in this world.

B.
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millimeters my sweets, millimeters :)
 
spatts said:
:lmao: Hand placement...

Latinus, I got the image that maybe someone eas tossing a DB at POD...rather than hading it to her, or something like that. I'd like to hear more about that too. That's messed up. I wouldn't expect anyone to do that to me, irrespective of size, just out of common decency. For the record, I think POD is alot bigger than me. ;)
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5'1. 130lbs. i don't know how big you are spatts. the guy swung a 30 pounder into my abs by "accident" so he said.......welcome to my world
 
Damn this is an intimidating thread....so many strong woman. Just wanted to point out that we don't use the metric system in the States...it's not millimeters :bawling:
 
Funny Looks...

Last week I was squatting very heavy. I finished a heavy set of triples and began posing and flexing in the mirror. It was at that point that I realized that everyone in the gym had stopped training and they were staring at me. My first thought was that the oil I had applied prior to training was uneven in its' application (very tacky). However, to my great shock, the hot pink speedo that I wear while training had "ridden up" and my ass cheeks were fully exposed. Needless to say, I was thoroughly embarrased. From this point forward, I will never squat heavy without taping my hot, pink speedos first. The shame... :D
 
strange looks

The worst looks/behavior comes from other females!! At least in my neck of the woods.
Needless to say I'm a big girl (check out www.firejock.com click on the little maltese cross in the bottom corner, that's me in the back double bi pose 5'9", 175) I've had 'ladies' remind me about the location of the men's room, or sneer and walk off in a huff. True, I'm a far cry from a fairy princess (hence the name duchess... I had to work to become roalty!!) but I'm far from the roughest looking chick in the gym. It's been the story of my life though. By the time I was 14, I had grown to my present hight and weighed 192lbs. Oh well, as they say," if it was easy everybody would be a champ."
Duchess

www.firejock.com :D
 
I'm the only female at my gym who deadlifts, so I'm getting used to the stares. The worse part is when people keep peeking their heads around the corner to see who's making all that noise. It gets a little distracting.
 
Re: strange looks

Duchess said:
The worst looks/behavior comes from other females!! At least in my neck of the woods.
Needless to say I'm a big girl (check out www.firejock.com click on the little maltese cross in the bottom corner, that's me in the back double bi pose 5'9", 175) I've had 'ladies' remind me about the location of the men's room, or sneer and walk off in a huff. True, I'm a far cry from a fairy princess (hence the name duchess... I had to work to become roalty!!) but I'm far from the roughest looking chick in the gym. It's been the story of my life though. By the time I was 14, I had grown to my present hight and weighed 192lbs. Oh well, as they say," if it was easy everybody would be a champ."
Duchess

www.firejock.com :D
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damn.....you have a beautiful taper...:)
 
You can only imagine the looks i get doing pull throughs in a GAY gym.
The other day doing speed squats my briefs blew ,ripping clean open ( good thing i had shorts on over them.)You could probably hear it accross the gym. A set later a guy says " let me know if you need a spotter ". OoooKkk i'll keep that it mind.
 
LMFAO

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Speaking of pull-throughs...

I was doing pull-throughs today. and an older gent (60+) saw me. By the shocked and nervous look he gave me, you'd think I was doing something obscene! Hey buddy, I'm just thrusting back and forth with my hands between my legs... :p As it turns out, he had to use the machine right in front of me, so everytime I pulled (and thrusted) I had to look up right at him. (I ended up looking at the floor, the ceiling, etc.) THAT was awkward!

I'm sure that people have several reasons for staring at me in the gym. (For one, I tend to wear these two Wheel of Fortune t-shirts a co-worker gave me!) So, I don't know if they're looking at me just because I'm dragging an aerobic step and lifts into the squat cage!

Duchess - DAYUM, girl! :D
 
spatts said:
What is it with pull throughs? We get the same thing if we do them in a "fitness center."
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hey Spatts, just looked at your pics in the gallery...very nice but you can't possibly weigh 170 in those pics (i thought that's what you said your weight was). i just seen the preview ones, are they pre-contest?
POD:)
 
You wouldn't be the first to tell me I don't look like I weigh what I do.
 
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spatts said:
Nope, actually I'm closer to about 180 in most of those. I hold all my fat in my arse and hammies. Notice I don't show my hamies much!! I also tend to maintain a lean back and some abs at high body fat, so I tend to take alot of back pics. ;) Clever marketing, you know. :D

You wouldn't be the first to tell me I don't look like I weigh what I do. Believe me, I wish I weighed less, but I'm dense. The new avatar was taken yesterday, and I weighed in at 190 this morning. Just heavy.
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damn.....you are very tall, right? well you hold your weight very well, awesome pics. i would show you mine but can't post em:(
 
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