Fitness Oddities
Every once in a while, you see something -- or someone -- at the gym who makes you want to run over and say, "What are you thinking?" You know what I'm talking about...bad form with too-heavy weights, slumping over and hanging on for dear life when you're on the treadmill, etc. Sometimes it's hard to keep my comments to myself, but hey, I've made my share of mistakes and probably still do. Besides, if the person wanted commentary, he or she would probably spring for a personal trainer.
I had to fight back the urge to scream yesterday, though, when I was out taking my walk on a beautiful morning. I heard the sound of a bicycle approaching and as it passed me, I saw the rider, who looked to be a guy in pretty decent shape. All of a sudden, I smelled a strange odor and sure enough, as he turned the corner, I saw that he had a lit cigarette hanging from his lips.
That's got to be the weirdest, most contradictory thing I've seen in a long time.
How about you? What's the oddest thing you've seen (or, fess up, done) when it comes to working out?
ooo ooo I got a good one. I once saw a woman eating while on the stat bike. A pastry. No joke. Okay, it might have been a bran muffin or something SLIGHTLY less offensive/ironic, but she was definitely eating an unidentified baked good from a brown wrapper WHILE exercising. And I do believe I detected some grease on the paper, so I'm going with a scone. I thought that was a doozy. I mean, eating at all in such a situation is outrageous, and then to be eating something unhealthy to boot!!
Posted by: Lily | September 05, 2008 at 07:01 PM
ooo ooo I got a good one. I once saw a woman eating while on the stat bike. A pastry. No joke. Okay, it might have been a bran muffin or something SLIGHTLY less offensive/ironic, but she was definitely eating an unidentified baked good from a brown wrapper WHILE exercising. And I do believe I detected some grease on the paper, so I'm going with a scone. I thought that was a doozy. I mean, eating at all in such a situation is outrageous, and then to be eating something unhealthy to boot!!
Posted by: Lily | September 05, 2008 at 07:07 PM
Oh, I have seen a man drinking a regular coke while on an exercise bike and an older woman drinking a slurpee on the elliptical. What is up with that?? Although not as odd as the woman lifting weights while fully dressed in regular clothes and heels.
Posted by: Allison | September 05, 2008 at 07:32 PM
Had to be the woman in yoga class, 9 months pregnant, who balanced in crow pose them jumped out into plank. I was amazed (in a good way though). I found myself gawking the entire class because she was so good, even with the beach ball tummy, which would thrown me off balance just standing still.
Posted by: Kara from Mama Sweat | September 06, 2008 at 06:01 AM
I've seen the smoker too; its hilarious. Saw it A LOT when I lived in the Netherlands because everyone there bikes for transportation and smokes like a chimney.
The pastry and slurpee? Weird!
Posted by: Sagan | September 07, 2008 at 07:44 AM
These are great! I love the image of the woman lifting weights in heels. And pastry on the treadmill?
Too funny!
Sagan, nice to see you back :-)
Posted by: Dara Chadwick | September 08, 2008 at 05:12 AM