Day 8: Gym Rodents

[susandennis]

Ok, so you gym people must be aware of the guy who is kind of hanging out exercising a little who really wants to talk to somebody?  Anybody?  He started with me.  Then he tried the large black dude.  Then he settled on the little Asian guy who was nicer than me and the black dude.  The guy talked his ear off and finally he left and the guy tried me again.  Nope.  And then the black guy.  Nope.  Then he proceeded to get onto a couple of the machines and bang around and gunt and generally make "HEY LOOK AT ME" noises.  We didn't. 

This is the first time I've seen him and I'd kind of like to make it the last. 

But, otherwise... did 20 minutes at 2.5.  And then the exercises. 

I need work on the area from just below my waist to just below my boobs.  I'm adding it to the Jerome list.

Comments

[phornax.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, every gym has at least one "look at me, Ma" guy (or gal) lurking about. Sorry, it was only a matter of time before you met one. Best to have earphones coming out of your ears to feign an "unapproachable" look. :^)

There is actually a litany of interesting gym types besides the one you mention:

1. The Socialite, who spends more time in the juice bar than anywhere else.
   
2. The Locker Jockey, who likes spending time in front of the mirror naked.
   
3. The Grunter, who absolutely cannot do a single lift on any exercise without making a totally disgusting grunt.
   
4. The Helpful Hannah, who comes around unbidden and unqualified to offer unsolicited advice on the exercise you're doing [badly].
   
5. The Hog, who reserves a place on a machine and won't abide sharing until they're done.
   
6. The Clean Freak, who notices every exercise bike you forget to wipe off after you're done sweating on it.
   
7. The Chatty Cathy, who likes talking to himself or herself while exercising.
   
8. The Dressy Bessy, who always has perfect exercise ensembles and never breaks a sweat.

[legalmoose]

Amen to the earphones thing. This is where one of those cheap little MP3 players without a ton of memory (i.e., iPod shuffle or the like) comes in handy.

[susandennis]

Oh yeah! I've got ear phones (not buds) and I turn the volume up PLUS with that fool today, I made a big deal out of taking the earphones off in order to hear and putting them right back on. One word answers to his questions. And then totally eye contact avoidance.

[susandennis]

Holy crap! Your gym is crowded!!! I'm thinking a lot of these people maybe belong to the chain gym a few blocks closer to downtown. Hopefully.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I wonder if #2 is a primarily (or even exclusively?) male phenomenon.

[susandennis]

You can kiss that hip worry buh bye. Not even a minor twinge in the passed 3 days. And the thigh pain is from those squat things he made me do. It's way better now anyway.

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

I've become a master at not making eye contact. Our resident gym dude will take up as much of anyone's time as he can get and the only way out is to become very busy with whatever you're doing when he's near.

And to rsc no I can assure you that #2 occurs quite often in the ladies change room too. And it's often not the ones with the good bodies that like to get naked!

We have quite a few male and female grunters, the female one sounds more like she's having sex, it's kinda weird because she's not working out THAT hard!