Yahoo Lifestyle People Are Sharing The Most Unhinged Things They've Seen Other Members Do While Working Out At The Gym
Working out can be everything from an escape to a struggle, but it can also be one of the best places for people-watching. And because all sorts of ~characters~ have gym memberships, you never know what you might encounter when you go in for a sweat sesh. A Reddit user recently asked, "What's the strangest thing you have seen someone do at the gym?" Here are the most memorable (and hilarious!) responses:
1."The inner thigh machine was squeaky and this girl I knew hated the squeak. So instead of using a resistance band, she did something else. Something else was buying a watermelon and crushing it between her thighs. And then I was curious if I could do it because I work my legs a lot for dancing, and the inner thigh is one of my favorite machines. Two watermelons were cracked that day."
2."An older woman would get on the treadmill on her way to work at Cracker Barrel. How do I know she worked there? She always wore her apron. I always assumed she was training to get those biscuits out as quickly as possible."
3."There's a guy who shows up in a full Wolverine cosplay outfit to work out in. He also has Deadpool and Captain America outfits but usually wears the Wolverine one. And no, he's not jacked."
4."I have known multiple guys who work out in dress shoes. Like, full leather oxfords."
5."Some guy came in dressed in gym clothes, walked around with a steel bowl full of chicken and mayo, ate it, and then left."
6."Using a leg press…with their arms?"
7."A really old dude would be completely naked after a shower, prop his foot up on the sink counter, and blowdry his balls and pubes. He did it all the time."
8."He was just doing a normal leg routine. The strange thing is, that must be all he does. Waist up he looked like a lanky, 110-pound kid. Legs down, he looked like an absolutely jacked professional hockey player."
9."Dude at my YMCA gym comes in and does about 20 minutes of normal-looking calisthenics before busting out into some extremely vigorous Irish dancing all around the gym. Everyone just stopped what they were doing and watched with their mouths open. Turns out he works there."
10."Some dude kept coming over between sets and taking weights off my bar instead of off the rack next to him, then acted annoyed when I asked him to stop."
11."I once watched a woman use the elevator to beat one flight of stairs and then hop onto the StairMaster."
12."I saw a guy working out with a personal trainer and during his resting period, he would chug from a two-liter bottle of Coke."
13."Two girls were using a barbell as a microphone for makeshift karaoke. They carried the bar everywhere while annoyed gymgoers wanted to use it."
14."An eccentric older lady in my neighborhood would regularly be doing a circuit at my gym wearing a fur hat and a short fur coat."
15."I watched some guy crouched on the floor using the treadmill with just his arms."
16."I saw bite marks on the pad of a machine right before I was about to start using it. I picked up my things and went to a similar machine instead."
17."A guy with a towel draped over his head was neighing like a horse during spin class."
18."I watched a guy running hard on the treadmill stop after about 5-10 minutes and immediately go outside to rip a cigarette. He hopped back on the treadmill, repeated this for two more sets, and left. Training lungs until failure, I guess."
19."There's an older dude I see sometimes that kinda interpretive dances with the elliptical machine. He never gets on and uses it. He hops on one side and does a couple of pumps, hops off and pushes a couple of rotations with his hand, hops on backward, then hops off and kinda dances. He keeps going at it for 30 minutes or so, randomly using the machine in every way except how it was intended. The dude is definitely marching to the beat of his own drum."
20."At my local gym, the 'instructor' has zero fitness-related qualifications and just mooches around trying to chat female members up."
21."Pay every month for it and never go."
22."Work out with no phone. Wiiiiild."
What's the strangest thing you've ever seen at a gym? Share your story in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
