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howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/19, 11:27 PM alright ladies, i want to know if this happens to any of the rest of us... i've been lifting for about a year now, although i've been an athlete my entire life so i have a considerable amount of strength and a very athletic build. lately i've been getting asked the funniest questions at the gym about why i'm lifting as hard as i do, and i swear it's because i'm a woman. here are some examples of things i've been asked: "are you training to enter the navy seals?" "do you play a professional sport?" "why are you working so hard?" my response: "i just like to lift heavy, it's kind of a hobby." his response: "no one lifts like that for no reason.":laugh::laugh: "what are you supersetting for?" i don't know why i think this is so funny, it's actually quite flattering, but i've never seen these guys ask any of their male counterparts in the freeweight area why they're there lifting heavy. don't they know that women can workout hard too? am i alone here or has anyone else been asked questions like this by the guys at the gym? -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
vivavegas02 Posts: 96 Joined: 2004/03/18	2004/04/20, 01:07 AM Hi, I haven't been asked that since I do low weights, more reps.. But guys do like to flirt.. so maybe that is their way.. :)
JMLcmt Posts: 78 Joined: 2003/10/21	2004/04/20, 01:29 PM YES! WE ARE FLIRTING WITH YOU!:big_smile: -------------- We must take care of our bodies, its where we live.
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/20, 01:40 PM well woohoo! don't i feel like hot stuff:love::love: -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/04/20, 03:52 PM Gosh, the old men are the only ones who used to ask me questions (I am pretty ugly when I am lifting) 'How much weight is that?' "Are you in training for something?", but the funniest comment I got was a guy who sat and watched my do a set of upright rows. he asked if I was a bodyguard and said he didn't ever want to meet me in a dark alley... I must be uglier than i think! -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/20, 05:24 PM I'll be first to admit if a guy says that, they're flirtin'. We try to make conversations...but we often fail. Let me try to shed some light on the situation: As one of my favorite comics of all time said: You know why dogs are men's best friend? BEcause we want something stupider than we are...They're the animal that goes for the fake throw Every Time. And girls would need something to be smarter than, but they have us men. Of course thats not saying much...thats like saying you're smarter than an animal that every time it takes off its underwear, it grabs it with its toes, flips it up into the air and tries to catch it with its hand. :laugh: (of course he delivered it much better...Bill Engvall...great man) So needless to say, they were trying to compliment you...but possibly falling quite short. Hell, i'd say somethin to good lookin girls in the gym if i could get out somethin other than a 'hi' with a smile when i accidentally catch their eyes. But then again im not too talkative in the gym cause its there for liftin. Now if i saw ya outside of the gym...i'd still only be able to squeak out a hi hehehe
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/20, 09:06 PM LOL asimmer!! i think that's the greatest thing i've ever heard! and don't be silly, you're not ugly at all. i'd do anything to look like you do (and i'm trying, believe me). that's some funny stuff though...are you a bodyguard...:laugh: and tex, you never fail when it comes to making me laugh. i don't talk much either when i'm at the gym, but if you squeaked out a hi in the parking lot i'd ask you to go get a postworkout shake with me! when you come back to texas you should be the cool little brother that i never had:big_smile: -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
jcannuck Posts: 210 Joined: 2004/01/31	2004/04/20, 09:57 PM We should just make a rule that only woman may initate conversation in a gym, and only if she is interrested in that "post workout shake" (no pun intended),that way there is no confusion!
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/20, 10:07 PM haha, where in texas are ya from?
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/20, 10:23 PM i'm in ft. worth right now, but i'm taking a job in houston next month. gotta love being close to the beach, even if it's just galveston! -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/21, 12:20 AM cool, i live in dallas. But i shall be living in lubbock next year (texas tech)
skeys Posts: 75 Joined: 2004/02/23	2004/04/21, 01:23 AM Good luck in Lubbock next year and get ready for the wind and dirt blowing. I dont know anywhere else where the sky turns brown from the dirt blowing in the air. Then if it rains it really muds after the wind. I am hope that i can be in Amarillo next fall and move away from the dirt storms. But I LOVE TEXAS!!!:love: GO RED RAIDERS!!
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/04/21, 07:45 AM About two years ago there was this hot girl at the gym. She was getting ready to use the seated calve raise machine but there was a 100lb plate on it. I sat and watched her trying to get it off. She couldn't budge the thing. She looked over at me with a look that said "Please help" I turned and looked the other way. I didnt want her to think that I was trying to pick her up. -------------- My gym dues are not paid with money.
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2004/04/21, 10:24 AM lol @ Hec I had an old guy come over and tell me that I should be careful, I would loose all that beautiful "feminity" if I kept lifting like that - get all bulky and man-like. After gagging, I increased the weights on my next set :angry: and stopped shaving my legs:laugh::laugh:(kidding)
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/04/21, 10:40 AM hec, ya jerk, move those 100lbs for the poor girls. I like moving the 100lb plates myself after some a-hole has assumed, without asking, that i need help (I am just full of contradictions, aren't I?). Oh, and you guessed it, 20 just for not moving the 100lb plate for a damsel in distress:angry: -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/04/21, 10:53 AM Actually one of the skinny little front desk guys ran over and helped her. They both struggled to get the plate off and then she shunned him. OK excuse me I have to go push now. -------------- My gym dues are not paid with money.
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/21, 11:56 AM oh hec you are too funny! now here's an idea...to save hec from having to make the tough call on helping the poor girl who can't move the 100lb plate or letting the skinny front desk boy come to the rescue, maybe every gym should have one of us women on hand that can move the 100lb plates by ourselves. that way, when we go to offer assistance, they won't feel like they're getting hit on and the plate will get moved. everyone wins! good idea, yes? and another funny story...a few months back i was loading up the sled to do leg presses, and after i got 10 45s on i had a guy ask me if i was sure i could lift that much (i have really skinny legs). i kinda laughed, put 4 more plates on, and pressed it 8 times right in front of him. oh the joy of shocking the hell out of people! -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
	2004/04/21, 01:15 PM How old , Lana???? 45??? These old cracks must be ruthlessly suppressed. Geezers rule ============ Quoting from I_Am-azon: lol @ Hec I had an old guy come over and tell me that I should be careful, I would loose all that beautiful "feminity" if I kept lifting like that - get all bulky and man-like. After gagging, I increased the weights on my next set :angry: and stopped shaving my legs:laugh::laugh:(kidding) ============= -------------- A problem ceases to be such when you can laugh about it. Charlie
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/04/21, 03:19 PM Having been referred to this post by Hec for posting a similar issue elsewhere, I must contribute :big_smile: I am definitely not comfortable lifting a 100 lb plate off a machine, and have been that damsel in distress. HowdieKat I WISH we had some women that could assist, but they're not at my gym. < one day though... I have a dream... :dumbbell::big_smile::dumbbell: > Personally I don't care if you're hitting on me or not, I simply need some assistance picking up after the 'posers' so I can finish my split in the hour I have. Need help, get help, thank for help, see ya 'round. It's not a matter of pleasing or pissing off, it's helping your fellow (wo)man.
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/04/21, 03:29 PM I want to clarify so that everyone does not think that I am a jerk. If she would have asked me for help I would have gladly helped her. She gave me a look that said "I am a beautiful woman you should be over here lifting this for me" So I turned my back on her. I have no regrets. I stand by my decision. I know asimmer, get down and give you 20! -------------- My gym dues are not paid with money.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/04/21, 05:19 PM We know you aren't a jerk, hec, dfly wouldn't have married you if you were!!! Ladies - get those muscles so you can move the hundreds!!!! -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/21, 09:39 PM hec's no jerk that's for sure, but bhardy hit on something - the guys who don't rack their weights when they're finished with their sets so everyone who comes along after them can see how much they were lifting. when i go to use the bench that no one has been on for 25 minutes and i have to move 6 45s to load my comparatively measly 2 35s, i don't think "hey, who was the hoss here pressing 315 before me," i think "hey, who was the a$$ hole who used this last and didn't rack their weights.":angry: i shall step off of my soap box now... -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.