Improper Gym Etiquette

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My girlfriend was working out in the gym yesterday. Prior to my arrival, a guy comes up to her and introduces himself. She says hi and shakes his hand. She is in the middle of doing stiff-legged deadlifts, and he tells her that she’s doing them wrong. He says that she should be keeping her legs completely straight (I taught her how to do all her exercises and told her to keep a slight bend in her knees when doing them).

During her set, he just stands their staring at her and then leans toward her and says, “I’m a personal trainer.” He stares some more and begins to lean closer and says, “Well, I’m going to get going soon, so if you want to continue this later, how about you give me your number and we can get together.”

She proceeds to tell him no thanks and that she has a boyfriend who works out at the gym and that he’ll be here soon. He mistakes what she says and says, “What, you are with Jesus? Oh, are you a Christian?” She then repeats to him that she said she has a boyfriend and is not interested. He proceeds to talk to her during the middle of her sets and stands around for a few minutes. Finally, he goes back to doing his workout.

I arrived at the gym and she immediately jumped on me, kissed me and then proceeded to tell me the above. I started laughing (due to some of the “lines” he was using) and then tell her that I will take care of it if he bothers her again.

A few other guys (that I know) were working out near my girlfriend when this guy was hitting on her and they couldn’t believe what he was saying or that he didn’t get the hint. One of the guys told her that if the guy didn’t leave, he was going to knock him out.

Once the guy saw my girlfriend and I together, he seemed pissed off for the rest of the time he was in the gym and I found him watching me a few times while I was working out.

Most of the people know who I am in the gym because I’ve been training there for a long time and many ask me questions about training and/or nutrition. And they also know who my girlfriend is, but this guy hasn’t been in the gym for most of the summer, so he must not have known. Either way, his behavior was completely uncalled for in a gym setting.

If you are a guy (or a girl), and you are interested in someone at the gym, you do not interupt them during their workout, and you sure as hell should get the drift when the person tells you A) No, I’m not interested or B) I have a significant other.

I hope I see him again. This could be fun. Dumbass.

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well before someone else says it, ill go for it…KICK HIS ASS!!!

lol

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Nate,
I would ask questions of your(friends) as to why they did not tell him to back off.
But I understand how you feel it is just one of the drawbacks of dating a pretty girl :slight_smile:
Oh and yeah kick his ass!

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That’s total bullshit. One of the worst things I see in most gyms is guys who offer unsolicited advice to women. Your gf probably has better form than most guys in the gym since:

A. you showed her the right way to lift
B. women, given equal instruction, will execute better lifting technique than many men because most of them are not as preoccupied with using weights they can’t handle.

Add to that the pass he made at her and … Whew! I’d be pissed as well. Not that there’s anything wrong with him hitting on her in general, BEFORE he knew she had a boyfriend. But the way he did it, sucks.

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Be nice to the guy.

He’s your very own personal entertainment center! Who needs a tv when you have your own personalized comedic character?

LOL. WHAT A LOSER. I felt like puking just reading how dumb this fuck is. Kick his ass…and dont hold back.

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Sorry about that Nate… couldn’t resist.

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I don’t talk to anyone at all when I’m at the gym. I’ll notice girls but I’m not there to socialize. A lot of the other guys I know are the same way. Guys that are there hitting on chicks and bullshitting the whole time they’re in the gym drive me crazy.

Mr. Personal Trainer should do his job and leave non-clients like your GF alone. Just shows that he’s trolling the market and not being serious about his business or his own fitness.

What a fucking punk. Like P-dog said, Kick is everloving Ass and laugh at him like the joke that he is…

Interrupting during hte middle of a set??? What the fuck???

Sacreligious… thats what that is…

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Damn, he pulled out the, “I’m a personal trainer” line. Aboslutely pathetic.

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Some dipshit frat guy? I see it all the time. I say bang his girlfriend. or his sister. If he doesnt have either, bang his mom. put it in her ass and send him a picture.

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LOL!

This is her (she has red hair now). Yes, a pretty girl will always be hit on. Believe me, it happens all the time. But she does not like it, and she didn’t think it would happen at the gym.

Like I told someone else, I’m not going to turn this into a physical altercation unless he decides to do so first. Then I will defend and attack like a vicious dog! And no, I’m not against biting!

My friends told my girlfriend (before I was there) that if he said one more thing, they were going to step in. My girlfriend tried to handle the situation politely but said that she thought the guy was “creepy” and she wanted to be rude when he didn’t get the point at first. I told her that she should always handle it politely at first. If someone persists or doesn’t get the hint, by all means, feel free to be rude.

As for the guy, he is not a personal trainer. I have seen him in the gym many times prior, and he has never trained a client in the entire time I’ve seen him around. I believe he was using it as a pick-up line to make himself sound like he knew what he was talking about.

My girlfriend wasn’t going to take his advice because she knows that I always teach her the proper way to do things.

But I have found the situation amusing, and I will now have something to laugh at each time I see him.

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Okay, my rant on personal trainers who scam on girls.

I used to work out at Gold’s, who we all know have the best trainers around. :slight_smile: Anyway, it was fun to watch them. While in there for a workout, I saw one trainer train a woman. He had her on the assited pull up machine, but was doing most of the assisting. His hands were all over her. She left, and then came in a teenage guy who was overweight. He put the kid on the same machine, but didn’t get within arms’ reach of him.

Taking advantage of a professional relationship to essentially molest a person is wrong.

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Similar situation, roles reversed. When I was a Bally PT (okay, note the WAS), there was one day when the place was particularly empty. I just did some rounds re-racking the dumbells, and I noticed this rather fine-looking lady doing SLDLs. Well, she’s not using a lot of weight, which I have no problem with, but she’s got her knees LOCKED. As in board-straight. Well, I watch her finish her set (which probably gave her the creeps), then wandered over to give her a form tip. I could tell she was totally on the defensive, just from how she was glaring at me, but by the time I had finished, she finally relaxed. Basically, I told her she should give a try at bending the knees a bit, maybe going slightly pigeon-toed, and slowing the motion down a bit, gave her a little demo to help, then went about my business. No pressure, no sales pitch, no ulterior motives, wedding ring and “WWJD” bracelet in full display. Two days later she came up and thanked me. With her boyfriend. I had to laugh about that last point.

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I wear this shirt and never have any problems with people interupting my sets. You should get your girlfriend one.
It is a shame that he couldn’t take no for an answer. A real man would know better than to interupt a Vixen when training.

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IM: Where can I get that shirt? And, my, your forearms have grown nicely!

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Iron Maiden, they probably think the shirt’s his, and thus if you know him, they really don’t want to bother you. :slight_smile:

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That’s a kick ass shirt

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I have a similar shirt that says “don’t annoy the crazy person”. It’s the perfect shirt for the gym and nobody ever asks to work in.

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Ironmaiden,

Please please tell us if that shirt is available for purchase somewhere.

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Nate,

You should’ve broken his neck for that.

Or at least cut out his tongue so he can’t noise pollute.

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LOL!

Iron Maiden, I love the shirt.

I always wanted to have one made that said, “I’m Training. Don’t Fucking Talk to Me!” and have it printed on both sides. Maybe I can get one like that for my g/f.