What Not To DO At The Gym

I’ve been wanting to talk about this blog for a while and wish I wrote it earlier on because some of you might have done some of these common and uncommon mistakes while going to the gym. In this blog I will be talking about the things that frustrate me while I’m casually working out at the gym. Some are quite funny and some are just annoying.

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Now I do not know where to start so I’ll just talk about the funny things I’ve seen in the past year or so at the Lifestyles on Dougall where I workout. Now ladies, as much as you love your Starbucks coffee or whatever Frappuccino they sell over there, it shouldn’t be with you while you’re walking on the treadmill because you’re defeating the purpose of walking on the treadmill and losing calories. To add to that, if you’re only going to the gym to walk or jog on the treadmill, why did you get a membership in the first place? I mean you can just walk outside… at least you’ll be going somewhere. Moving on to roid ragging Joe who gets a fit at the smallest little things and thinks the whole gym belongs to him. For example, I was warming up in front of roid ragging Joe one day and was blocking half of  his mirror space, not knowing he was self-conscious about is body, as a result he got angry and started an argument that ended with him finishing his set and leaving the gym in tears. Just kidding but he was angry and did leave the gym, don’t be that guy. Then we have talking Tommy who only goes to the gym to make conversation with others and only workouts for ten minutes, don’t be that guy! Now on to the next character, this one is precious and dearest to my heart, I call this person bouncing Betty. The reason for that nickname is very simple, he is in his little corner for an hour bouncing up and down doing biceps curls, what is he doing you might ask? That question remains to be answered…  Personally I think he’s developing a breakthrough workout technique that still hasn’t landed in the mainstream fitness world. Finally when you think something might be too heavy, chances are it is too heavy. For example little Jimmy thought he could squat 275 pounds by himself without a spot, he thought wrong and fell embarrassingly on his behind. Moral of the story is don’t workout harder, workout smarter. One last thing because I was mostly talking about males in the gym, ladies please you’re going to work out and not go out, all that makeup isn’t necessary.  

I could go on and on but I’m in a rush because these are my last minute blogs, do not procrastinate like me! I apologize for not posting this one earlier on in my blogs but I hope it gives you a sense of what to avoid while working out at the gym. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you” Fred DeVito