Weird, strange, funny, and creepy characters at the gym
All of us are gym rats and a lot of us have been to several different gyms and come across a wide variety of interesting characters at different gyms. I have seen the funny, the disturbing, and well, the down right creepy at every gym i have been to there are just certain characters that stand out that just sometimes make me shake my head. I was hoping some of you can share some of your experiences and tell about "interesting" people at your gym or gyms you have been to. At my current gym I have a few that have even earned nicknames... one we call the "breather". He is a young guy around 19 or so. in decent shape but nothing to brag about. He does a couple sets then walks into the bathroom and stares at himself in the mirror in a humorously intense way almost as if he is having a stare down with himself and makes these deep strange and almost disturbing breathing sounds oblivious to the fact there are other people in the locker room getting weirded out. The funny part is he spends more time doing that than working out lol! Then we have "The creeper" This guy comes in like clockwork every day right at 1 or so and looks like that cartoon character "the critic" He comes in in a polo style shirt still tucked into his jeans and walks around sitting on different machines and just watches people! like he kinda looks like danny devito but creepier and more neardy. I don't ever recall him actually doing an exercise of any sort and cannot figure out why he is there other than to creep out on people. Then there is this old school guy that is probably about 50.. he is in complete denial that he is no longer the bodybuilder he probably once was. You can tell he was probably one of big dogs at the gym at one time but let himself go yet he still comes in an carries himself like he's "the man" lol! He wears the old school golds gym stringy tank tops and has all the bodybuilding gear you can think of as far as weightlifting equipment goes and he even wears a mouthpiece when he lifts (not very heavy weight) and growls and snorts. Then we have "the wolfman". This guy is about 40 and has so much body hair that I don't even want to get on the equipment he uses without sterilizing it first and checking for loose hairs that might have fallen off. And I could go on with a couple more but I think you all get the idea and I would love to hear about some of the characters at your gym. These are just some at my current gym but every gym I have been to have had strange characters as well...so strange that they earned themselves nicknames.
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Short shorts - Guy comes in every once in awhile always wearing disturbingly short white spandex shorts. It's like road kill you don't want to look but it's so gross you can't help it.
Well years ago, when I was 61.2 kilos (135lbs), there was a trio of little Southern American (Guatemala I believe) to be making fun of me because my arms were too small even compared to those of the girls next to me. Tried to walk it off for a week but I lost my cool, so I went up the to main bully and I asked him “what's up”, and that if he wanted to tell me the joke? Because it was a joke or he was talking mad shit about me. He was alone and scared maybe had thicker arms compared to mine but he stood at 1.2 M (4 feet) tall. Told him to stop that shit, or we would have to take it outside, his friend in the abs machine was just lurking.
Since then every now and then when we come across each other he looks at me, nods *Hi, and looks down to the floor.
Weird little guy.
Well this guy goes to my gym. Doesn't even lift. Just dances like this.
http://youtu.be/n30UKiF_JOA
just last week there was this guy in my gym wearing steel toecap boots and jeans on a crosstrainer I just thought wtf lol
There are a few at my gym, but they seem to vanish before they get too much notice.
There is this older guy at the gym who has to be a former wrestler. Short, stocky, cauliflower ears, etc. He comes to the gym every night in a full, old school, vinyl sweat suit. The ones that boxers and wrestlers use to loose weight. He then puts on a weight vest, ankle weights and wrist weights on. He then proceeds to basically walk around and do nothing that would cause him to sweat. It's all for some show. Mind you, this is a very nice athletic club and not some old school gym, so this guy sticks out like a sore thumb. Too each his own I suppose.....
Haha, the thought of the bloke strolling around the gym with a weight vest sweating it out made me chuckle! Much like you said though "each to his own"
The unabomber, works out in a dark hoodie and sweat pants with hood on at all times.
Forever bulker, mixing cup in hand at all times, looks like he will pop if you touch him. I have never seen him lift anything lol but he's always lurking
The beast, she's about 6ft no clue on weight but her body fat is insane gotta be 50% huge floppy gut. she wears these tiny shorts and a sports bra just letting it all hang out and spends her time in the olympic lifting area. Everytime the bar goes up her belly jiggles, who looks at themselves in the mirror sees that and says, "yep this works." I'm all about bettering yourself but put some damn clothes on.
Spaz, this guy does some crazy shit on the chin up bar. I can't even describe it.
I do enjoy the other regulars, the couples I see daily. We have a good gym for the most part, but it only has 3 squat racks. :(
The funniest guy at my gym is the cop. He's a pretty big but short guy. Not as string as he looks, but he's definitely no stranger to gear. He'll make his rounds walk up and ask to jump in with whatever you're doing. Within 20 minutes, he's rambling about gear, saying he's never tried it , but wants to. Then he starts asking if you can get him anything. I always just respond " I heard that shit makes your dick stop working". He'll disappear for 5 weeks, and come back with the same routine, never remembering he already talked to you. Makes me wonder how many gyms he frequents.
We have all the other characters too. For the most part, I respect anybody out there trying to improve themselves
I hate that.....
Oh man where to start! We have the "whistler" the whistler is some chick who started about 2 years ago. She was pretty hefty at 1st but lost a ton of weight so I applaud her for that. About 6 months agoshe sstarted strength training and she whistles loud as hell on every set. Then there's "redneck" redneck is a transplant from alabama and actually cool as shit and jacked!. Problem is he's stuck in 1986 cutoff jeans and spaghetti shirts with hightop converse. He also has the best mullet I've ever seen and he wears Oakley's like Kenny powers from
eastbound and down the whole time he's
training...lol. Then we have "conan" conan is jacked
too I mean fuckin huge! He wears what looks like
wrestlers breifs and a small rope around his head to
keep his lovely long hair out of his face and wears these huge leather wrist wraps with 3 buckles...lol...theres a few more but i would have to write a hardback novel if I kept goin
There's a new guy at the gym, around 20 years old and I'm guessing around 35% body fat. I'm all for people changing their ways and getting into shape, but jesus this guy has got to go. In between sets, this guy will beat box, sing or whistle to whatever song is being played over the gym speakers. He rolls up his sleeves and flexes in the mirror (again this guy is 35% body fat, and the other day he was benching the 55 dumbbells), he also lifts up his shirt and looks at his "abs"--again 35% bf. On top of that he'll use multiple machines at a time, like superset bench with the hammer press machine with the incline hammer press machine. He also seems thinks that he's a professional shadow boxer.
To top it all off, the dude SMELLS LIKE SHIT. He's one of those people that will stink up a 20 foot radius and you have to get away. Some people man....
thats fucking hilarious, i have one of these at my gym, she sings and dances while she does the eliptical , me and my wife just crack up watching her, shes also one of those girls that wears no bra to the gym and has those things just bouncing all over the palce
I kinda envy these types of people because they are so comfortable and unselfconscious. They obviously don't give a flying fuck what anyone thinks of them.
But I don't envy them enough to to emulate them.
TronWell, as ridiculous and hilarious as she may look....she is definetly burning some calories!
The Flat bench Hog:
Last night was chest day.
I walk to find a much older guy on the flat bench.
No matter, I will use the smith machine, for flat, incline and decline, then move onto dips.
16 sets later im done, the Hog was still hogging the flat bench.
I turned to BIG NICK, ( 1 of the trainers at my gym)
Hey nick, how long is that guy going to be on that bench.
Nick laughed, "Listen bro, hes been on it 1 hour before you walked in, and he will be on it another hour after your gone.
Im like, WTF???? Are you joking?
No joke, when he comes in, hes on the bench for like 3 hours at a time.
He weighs like 145lbs, and benches like 40k total, his age is around 55 yrs old.
I can cope with almost anyone, but this guy freaks me out!
I wish he would join another gym!!
The one that gets me is the one who has depleted all there food now the bodys woking on breaking down muscle for fuel u can smell him it's a distinct ammonia smell and u watch him float around and people scatter away its sad the guys got no body fat looks like a cutt up Ethiopian cut up bean pole you want to slap him around and tell him eat somthing but u know he has to be insane u can just tell a weirdo
There's gotta be at least one MMA wannabe in every gym. The silliest one at my gym shadowboxes with himself in the mirror for a while, then starts jabbing, ducking, bobbing and weaving all over the gym. He makes random circuits in between the weight machines, and all through the cardio area.
He gives everyone who is startled and looks at him a serious, meaningful nod while they usually just stare in disbelief.
TronOmg!! Bro! I am so glad you brought this to the forum! EVERY gym has these "mma " guys that usually come in all tap out clothes and shadow box and all that good stuff. Like...if you guys are mma fighters why don't you have an mma gym to train at?? Anybody that is actually really good at mma doesn't go around wearing all the mma logos and putting on a huge front. If your good you're humble about it and quiet about it because you are content and confident in yourself and don't feel the need to let everyone know. I trained on an mma team for about 6 months more so for the strength and conditioning and I never talk about it or go around bragging because I have nothing to brag about! Lol! I'm no good at it! When you turn pro and actually compete you can call yourself an mma fighter.
I see this older gent dance without a partner....like ballroom dancing....He will finish a set then dance his way to the water fountain. He also brings his gym clothing in an old suitcase...1930s style. He changes at the gym.
Got batman at my gym, dude wears black batman trainers, black combats, big batman buckle belt, big black batman hoodie, topped off with a black batman hat.
All thats not too bad, it's the laminated cartoon character cards he stares out before every set I find weird, I'm guessing their pics of batmans arch enemies! Lmao.
At least hes got his fat arse in the gym, so props for that, but the rest of his character is a bit off, time to grow up he aint no kid.
lmfao, Robb did you leave out the part where you work and train in a mental institution. we're all a little weird but that guy there is shot out bro...
Now That is funny!!!
This thread is too much. I mainly workout at home buy I do use multiple gyms when I get bored or want to use some certain machines to change things up. This thread is exactly why I mostly workout at home. So I use this gym a few weeks ago and I walk in the locker room and one after another there are naked old guys hanging chatting in the nude. One guy is shaving nude with his package up on the counter! WTF! No fucking way I said and I turn around to leave and then there is another mofo bent over with his used coffee filter all out. These must be the same old petiphiles that use the sauna together cause I never seen them in the weight room.
One gym I used to go too there was this old dude we called the Cropduster cause he would fart (or shit himself) and walk through the cardio area. Did it every opportunity he could! I did get kick out of it when I was in the weight room and could see this guy chuckle to himself when he got to the end of his trots and everybody's expressions would be like WTF happened in here. lol
Oh man!
were do I start. My gym is the most weird weird place. I moved out of the Big city to the suburbs, I joined the local gym, only to find myself training next to strange guys and women that look like elephants.
Guy 1 ) Mr Skin+Bone 6ft tall but weighs like 150 lbs, weird thing is hes been lifting for 3 years now
Guy 2) The stalker, Hes relatively new he eyeballs you , then follows you, then checks up on you, then the week after will copy your exact routine!
Guy 3 ) The old guy with a limp ( aka Limpy) walks around the gym, finds anyone whos training hard, then Alerts the whole gym that someone is "Getting into it"" ???? You get a little embarrassed because he thinks by pointing a finger at you, and letting the whole gym know your pushing hard, hes doing you some kind of favour!
Lady 1) HUGE!! sweats her guts out on the treadmill, yet 6 months on still looks the same!
I keep asking myself when someones going to teach her about nutrition!
Lady 2) Sexy as Hell!! but, if you even say Good morning just out of politeness, she rolls her eyes like shes way too good, personally, I don't like girls like that.
And the list goes on and on>>
Funny in all seriousness most of the people at my gym are serious, several pro's female & male. But of course this 1 guy I laughed so hard first few times watching him bench. This dude us not even a half rep maybe the 1/4 rep king.
I was pissed he was on the good wide grip flat bench. He had 205lb on and of course I sized this cat up. He was pretty big roughly 6'4" maybe 245lb. I was like well he is after $ so I grabbed the bench across from him. I was feeling strong so I warmed up with the 45lb bar. I immediately threw on 2 25lb plates done 12 reps. Jumping up I'm like I'm going to grow today n popped 2 45lb plates on as well. This guy just still sitting there. I run 8 reps off & I'm like wtf so he lays back un racks the 205 and has 6" of travel. I busted out laughing at 8 pumps and 6" of travel he was pissed. I grabbed 2 more 45lb plates done 8 reps. He was pissed because I was laughing so he goes up to 315lb and un racks that his travel was cut in half. He was moving 3" I honestly had to stop and leave the bench section I was laughing so hard. This big ass dude wouldn't put 205 to his chest why in the hell would you pick up 315lb and move 3"?
TronYou guys are cracking me up hearing about all the characters at your gyms. Thanks guys for all the feedback!
Wierd, strange, funny and creepy at the gym
Yes, yes I think on a good day I can cover all those bases quite easily
I work at my gym part time, and get to see lots of interesting people.
The one that stands out is a screamer. The guy would only do machine exercise, and always put the pin at way too much weight. He would end up doin isometrics, cause he couldn't even move the weight a little bit.
He always wore headphones, and probably didn't realize how loud he was grunting with every isometric push.
The funniest part was one day when I walked into the locker room to do my shifts cleanup, I heard the high intensity screams coming from the crapper, lol. After 2 or 3 good yells, he flushes and busts open the doors and strolls out wearing his headphones.
Lmao!!!
TronI honestly think there are one of those guys at every gym lmao!!
There is the tall linky guy at my gym, I would call him an cameleon. He stares at himself non stop and maybe will do one rep and get back up to look in the mirror. He looks at him self with the raised(the rock) eye brow, like staring himself down. Then he does the wave and like break dances. Lmfao, dude get your ass out the gym and on a stage. What a clown. It's funny a.f., maybe he doesn't have a mirror in his house.
TronSounds like he may be related to "The breather" at my gym bro!
Nice post!! made my morning.
There are so many people that are so socially unaware, or might just not give a shit.
I have a nickname for 80% of the people that are at the gym on a regular, as it is easier to use that when you are talking to for lack of a better term well adjusted humans. Like I saw your buddy chicken legs quarter repin 135 on the smith rack. Yeah fuck that guy might as well not even Do legs.
There is this guy called the Grunter old meth head/excon that wears oversized headphones and all but shouts when he swings the shit out of 35 lbs dumbbells for curls or any other exercise for that matter. Thinks he's as hard as penitentiary steel when in reality he's softer than puppy shit.
I usually don't talk shit as I figure everyones entitled to be as strange as what suits their life, but one of my workout partners 6'5" 260 just couldn't take it any more and went to task on the guy telling him he needed to turn down his music so he could hear how loud he was yelling. Told him to shut up or go to a different gym. Super awkward moment but the guy shut up and I haven't seen him around lately so......
Another guy Might Mouse is a 5'2" with his high heels on brother, that is so hard it is painful. I have to cut him some slack because I can only but imagine what it must feel like to be that short and never be taken seriously. The way this guy carries himself such a douche. He is getting ready for a show and for his height he looks good (145 lbs max ) I think he does more posing than lifting and every time he lifts up his shirt and gets his flex straight he looks around to see whos watching and just mean mugs like he is the greatest of all time puffing up on guys that are 245+ (saying to himself I'd fuck him up flaring out his arms just looking for someone to bump into him you know the type) The sad part is most guys just look at him and laugh because he is such a tool which just causes him to be more of what he is horrible cycle.
Anyway thats my two cents trust me I could go on for hours.
TronThanks! I really like the term "well adjusted humans" you used. Haha!
Yeah I've got a guy in my gym that dances around too! It's some funny shit. He also does this head thing where he turns his head from side to side while he's doing his cardio. Kinda like "what was that" type of movements LOL. It's difficult to explain but it's hilarious.
Anonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3BBAVrEdjw
sad thing is i typed in guy dancing in gym and a shit ton popped up
your gym has to many weirdos bruv..id be busy to with all these fuktards floating about rather than get my shit done aswell
Glad I have a home gym. Watch out for the breather, he might be trying to keep himself from turning into the hulk, you don't want to see him angry, lol
TronHey! I never thought of that bro! lol! hmmmmm.... new nickname for him.. Bruce Banner???
haha I like it. next time just walk up to him and say fight it Bruce.