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don't criticize someone's life choices/changes if it makes them happy.
Mar 29, 2016 7:20 AM
mortimis
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don't criticize someone's life choices/changes if it makes them happy.
snazzygabe12
Ive never seen or heard someone getting mocked at the gym
ThatCanadianViking
I have never seen a fat person get made fun of at a gym. I have also never been to a gym, but thats irrelevant.
SgtDuffman
This doesn't happen. Stop using it as an excuse. Trust me if anyone made fun of someone overweight at the gym they'd be banned permanently.
Volucris0814
I have never personally seen a overweight person get made fun of at the gym, only encouraged. As a person who is getting fat I need to go
Volucris0814
To the gym lol. See all the rest of you overweight people there. :). Hydrate or die.
docweird
Making fun of fat men at gym might not be healthy anyways: http://www.tunturisusi.com/maailmanvahvinmies/davidostlund.jpg
docweird
... could turn out he's this guy, or someone similar: http://www.straighttothebar.com/images/posts/071129_daveostlund.jpg :D
truff2dashuff
As a fat person, for me this is more about overcoming the fear of going to the gym than people actually ridiculing me.
Protean2648
Skinny or fat, if you ignore gym etiquette you bet your ass I'm making fun of you. Fuck out of the gym if you can't act like a normal bean
AlbinoAlligator
I don't make fun of anyone at the gym. I'm generally pissed for being there and am doing all that I can to finish and leave.
FapBrannigan
Is this something you have actually witnessed? Been a gym rat for a LONG time, and have never seen anything except encouragement
cuteandcuddly
I only make fun of fat people outside of a gym
ShoopDeDoop
Yeah, hilarious, right?
Andilee
Why is his sweat dirty? I'm over weight and I've never sweat dirt before when I work out . Is it just the shirt causing it?
Zak57TR
The contrast of the photo is too high.
amoralZombie
GREY. SHIRT. White is fine, black is great, grey makes you look like your armpits are two fountains and your back is a slow moving river.
IOIscar
Could be he was on the floor at some point. Resting or sit ups. I have ran until I got dizzy, and had to lay down.
DeathToSwans
Thought that at first but I think it's just the wet grey shirt. Grey goes weird when it's wet.
Andilee
Okay was worried like it was a health issues. My phone makes photos potatoes sometimes.
likestowastetime
Agreed. But fat or thin, I have seen people destroy exercise machines with sweat and nasty funk, then just leave them?! I carry Lysol wipes.
NeptuneKingOfTheSeas
You can be homeless and have a job.
GrimDarkRealities
Yes, but they could be going for a better one to afford accommodation, and the point remains.
iamdanman
If they don't have a degree, or some other type of reason, (I don't know I'm not a homeless person). They might not be able to.
GrimDarkRealities
Depends on the job really, many are done via apprenticeship learning, could be one of those jobs.
delecti
Making fun of a fat person is douchey no matter the circumstances. Judge all you want (judging is fun), but leave people the fuck alone.
MrMantastic
Idea: ban people from the gym if they act douchey like that.
Barkinsons
It really depends on the gym. The douchey guys usually end up in the same "martial arts" gym altogether
Thenameideserved
They.... do.
clamdriver
chocolate sweat
NicholasCageInNationalTreasure2
I downvoted this because this implies that the main thing wrong with homeless people is that they have no job. It's more systemic than that
geekoffury
To all the fat folks at the gym: FUCK YEAH, YOU CAN FUCKING DO IT!
AmericanDuck
The sad thing is this happened to me at a Jim and never went back to that gym because of that I tried once and now I don't want to try.
thegingerninja101
(as a fat male) I have never been made fun of at the gym but have had people yell at me from cars. Lovely people at the gym though.
vaginasmasherfawkye
Do people actually do this? Or is this just a fake Internet post.
Protean2648
Never seen it in 4+ years at any gym. Friendly jokes, very occasional overheard comments behind peoples' backs. Never to a face.
Protean2648
It's just another excuse for why special snowflake fatties for special reasons cannot benefit from a healthy training regimen.
maugriman
This post is pointless. People hanging out at Gym's making fun of fat people cant read
stupidgerman
Why would you make fun of a fat person in the gym? At least he is trying and does something.
JCDillards
Live and let live
MightyNorseman
As a fat guy, there is no way I'm going to the gym. Too scared of being made fun of.. 2 decades of bullying was more than enough.
busybee
I started going to the gym about a year ago, and have never encountered such behavior. I have found that 'gymtimidation' is much more 1/2
busybee
self-inflicted than external. Not to say it doesn't happen on occasion. I used to just reminded myself that everyone is there to work on 2/3
busybee
themselves, not to worry about anyone else. Also I go to the YMCA, so it may be a different atmosphere, although we have our share of bros.
wofulunicycle
The word "gymtimidation" is so fucking stupid. My gym has that plastered everywhere and they set off an alarm when people grunt too loudly
wofulunicycle
or drop a weight (accidental or not). Not only is the alarm more obnoxious than the person breaking their rules, but they use public shame
wofulunicycle
which is fucking hypocritical. Nobody likes a meathead but it's gone way too far. They kicked a guy out for drinking from a gallon water jug
unclestankstank
I have been lifting for 11 years and I've never seen or heard anyone making fun of anyone at the gym.
flatdeer
You must not go to gyms in southern California.
TheManWithNoNameZappBrannigan
I recently started going to the gym. At 335lbs. I got alot of stars
TheManWithNoNameZappBrannigan
Stares*** fuck this autocorrect and fuck this app.
Mycologics
I started lifting last year and I've had nothing but support. Helping me out with my posture and form and giving me food tips etc.
bloxman
What gym do you go to?
Playaaa
The home kind
keyonne
Its happened to me personally twice. Usually younger high school kids.
FahrenDesalier
2 guys at a gym would regularly follow me around and talk to each other about how easy it was to stay thin. I stopped going there.
denigreur
Lucky. I've spent a couple of years in the gym and i've seen it plenty of time. It really depends in the demographics of your gym.
CatsAndUkes
I'll take this a step further and say most people I've dealt with are willing to help/give tips and advice if they see you struggling
littlegoblin
not openly
DrKriegersFailedExperiment
Happened to me before
icekraze
Fat girl here. Been pointed at, laughed at, and eye rolled. Frustrating and demoralizing. Admittedly no buffer zone at the when it has 1/2
icekraze
Happened but it was during peak hours and only one or two open machines. It is frustrating and makes me not want to go back when it happens.
smaug777000
I've seen staring, but most of the time it's just a person "in the zone" not realizing that they're staring
ApplesdaKitty
yeah the focus being on the workout and not aware whee the eyes are pointed.
Jtrupert3
I really wish more people would understand this. It happens to me all the time
cheesywonton
I have never heard of it either.. I think it's just an excuse people use to get out of going to the gym
justacap
Do you even lift, bro?
IAmAGoodPerson
Forreal. I've been going for a year. I'm not to big. No one says anything about me. But I see others talking shit and mocking.
Fefeaage
Well they're not going to say it to your face are they?
IAmAGoodPerson
Isn't that point of this thread? Are you agreeing or disagreeing?
Fefeaage
He's saying they don't talk about him and I'm saying how does he know that.
unclestankstank
I guess not because I see posts bitching about this like it's the norm all over the place.
verifiedshitlord
I think it comes from a victim complex. People want to feel persecuted and receive sympathy for it without actually going through it.
justacap
Maybe you gym with only the bestest of people (someone has to get lucky). Or, perhaps you're not around when the fat folk are?
unclestankstank
Nah there's plenty of out of fat people around. Everybody goes about their own business. I think this is just people being self-conscious.
mortimis
I would disagree. Maybe it's cultural, but I see a lot people openly mock those who are overweight. (I'm not fat, just wanting to muscle up)
unclestankstank
*plenty of fat people around
Snowblind176
Times friends of mine and acquaintances in the gym did this, especially after New Years. It's infuriating to hear, especially from "friends"
themostawesomejohnever
That's how you become an ex friend. Or "that guy I use to know".
CPatricoo
New years is such a hard time though. Everyone shows up and you know tons are going to leave.
werdCAsquared
Agree. It's like walking your dog outside all winter and then the first day above 50 degrees EVERYONE is outside.
Tamaska
I make fun of the muscle freaks that take it way to seriously :/
thelonepig
Equally uncool.
LabiaProlapse
Then you've had the pleasure of training at a nice gym. I had a weird experience - I went from a "crossfit" gym to a "brodudelift" gym 1/2
Thenameideserved
I think it is more a case of that you went to a shitty gym. I've been to several and never experienced it.
LabiaProlapse
Quite possibly, but my point kinda was that the people I least expected to be douchy were and the ones I expected to be, were not.
Thenameideserved
Kool, my bad. I misunderstood then :)
LabiaProlapse
No worries, you were right in saying that I went to a shitty gym
LabiaProlapse
And the people at the crossfit gym were the shittiest assholes I've met, but the huge dudes at the other gym have been the nicest people!
JamesJabberwocky
Similar experience. Since crossfit is (luckily) rare in germany, I immediately went to a bodybiulding gym. Nicest fucking people.
WizBang
Yeah. As someone who lifts I often make it a point to say hello to people I don't normally see there, or who are heavy. I feel that the 1/2
Cassandralala
As a heavy-ish girl at the gym, it always makes my day when someone says hi, or tells me that I'm doing a good job.
WizBang
Like tinker bell said, you need happy thoughts in order to fly.
WizBang
issue is self induced. People @ the gym are cool if your cool to them. I do make fun of ppl dropping 200+ weights that makes all head turn.
mountainofpuppies
They're causing undue wear on the weights and being inconsiderate...
Vectorman2
Only thing gets bad looks or comments at the gym from me are assholes who feel like sitting on a machine texting/chatting for 20 minutes
WizBang
Yeah. I wait 3 minutes between sets max, but I air drum and write down in my work out journal.
Vectorman2
It's easy to tell when people are taking a breather vs. killing time or chatting up their friends, that's what pisses me off!
parishe13
3 and 1/2 years for me, and I haven't either. Always encourage never discourage.
JamesJabberwocky
3 years. Only heard support towards fat people. never a single bad word.We just lift and care about our own business.
HonestToGosh
Same
Snowblind176
Is this a joke? Are the others saying they've never experienced this joking? This is very real. In my 6 years lifting I can't count how many
Canofminus
times I farted while lifting and walked away hoping someone else would get blamed.
JamesJabberwocky
Switch gyms, dude
MorgothsORing
He's probably serious. I've been lifting seriously for about 15 years and I've never seen it happen.
Snowblind176
Serious question: have you been lifting at regular public gyms? Or power-lifting / some other specialized gym where average people don't go?
MorgothsORing
Just regular public gyms. I've never wanted to spend the extra money for specialized gyms.
Schmedes
I've worked out at either the YMCA or Anytime Fitness for years. Never seen this because I don't really pay attention to other people.
Vectorman2
What gym? I've been a member of a ton over the past 15 years and never seen anything like this
Snowblind176
Where we are supposed to be happy for others that they are sharing a common goal of getting healthy with us..
Snowblind176
Sadly, military gyms
Vectorman2
Makes sense that you would have more of a 'bro' culture there, almost never see that in the public/chain gyms
fayseman
Well one time I was wearing a red and white workout outfit and had a lot of back sweat and some dick was taking pics... Made me feel bad
YoloSwagginsAndTheKnightsOfTheRoundTable
But everyone is sweaty at the gym. I've been going consistently for 2 years. Everyone is usually pretty nice. Did almost see a fight yesterd
Schmedes
I've had it look like I was taking a picture when I was on my phone and panicked. Might just be recording his weights on there.
WhatHappensInImgurStaysInImgur
That's mean of them :( sweating a lot at the gym is something to be proud of! It means you had a kickass workout
YoloSwagginsAndTheKnightsOfTheRoundTable
Dude was definitely on something though screaming at random people.
Ruhig
Most people are at their worst at they gym, sweaty and disheveled, and no one wants people taking pictures. Report them to the staff.
Ruhig
No gym wants to get a reputation for that kind of shit happening.
LivingDecomposition
He's talking about the picture...
mountainofpuppies
Go tell gym staff that someone's doing that... They'll get kicked out sooo quick
HeWhoPours
Fuck that person. My thought is vocally call them out. Even pieces of shit don't want to be pieces of shit out loud
popau
Yeah, but no one wants to bring attention to themselves when they're being made fun of. The hope is that someone else might speak up
whiskyinajar
I've been on both ends. Started at 350lbs...now at 175. Never been mocked or heard of anyone at my gym mock. *shrugs*
SirGentleman
How? As a fat dude, I need to know where to start.
whiskyinajar
Weightloss is net calories. Basically clean eating (look up Tosca Reno) and a lot of cardio.
sharK11
Shrugs aren't a very good exercise and really just a waste off time, stick with overhead presses and upright rows.
TheJerkWithaMouth
You made the joke before I could and you did it better than I could. I commend you.
sharK11
(;
Shamorza
I don't want to demonize you or anything but you just confessed you got rid of the equivalent of a person. Technically you're a murderer.
whiskyinajar
God, what have I done?!?! "Sobs
nightprowler08
WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIIIIM?! WHERE IS HE ?! TELL US!
dav3nasty
Well.. He didn't eat 'em
TheBiggestFloppiestDonkeyDick
It does happen. I'm a very thin guy, the kind of thin that people think it's ok to take the piss
TheBiggestFloppiestDonkeyDick
Was at the gym before trying to tone up, happy with progress. Guy laughed at me when he saw me with free weights. Totally derailed me.
Cassandralala
Those are the kinds of people who don't know how much of a struggle it can be to just walk into the gym. Been there.
LeaderBeans
Same story here when I started. Keep at it. After a while I had gained ~40 pounds. Nobody questions you after that.
derpisasderpdoes
Firstly, kudos with the name. Also I've had the same experience..from a couple of girls in the gym. Smashed the confidence immensely
ControlZee
Seriously? Who the hell DOES that?
Cassandralala
While those girls were laughing, there were a dozen more who looked at you and thought "Hey, he's doing a great job."
oeysps
get some resistance bands and do the thing at home. It's cheaper and you don't have to deal with other people
ninxi
No. NO! Never give in. Dealing with shitty people like that is part of the journey.
oeysps
lol i journey through people 8 hours/day. I don't need any more journey after that.
Vectorman2
Why did you care so much if you were happy with the progress?
MrBananaBeak
You act as if it's surprising that people have a reaction to being bullied.
Vectorman2
There's a difference between having a reaction and being totally derailed
Thenameideserved
That is the worst logic ever. Of course if people make fun of you it has an effect.
Vectorman2
Holy shit people took this the wrong way, im not justifying D-bags insults just asking why a smirk would totally derail accomplishments
Carlox
That's why fat people usually prefer to go when there's almost nobody there.
cheesywonton
Go to planet fitness... No gym-intimidation
RockMeSweetTonyDanza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbK3wWpWNto
sweepingzero
Gymtimidation?
UncomfortableTruths
Atta boy.
TheDirectionsWerentClearEnough
Or gym of any kind!
duhDuckie
That place's whole campaign is to make fun of people who are not fat.... I hate that place.
momentsofnicole
Love my black card. Hate the crowdedness by the free weights....
Thenameideserved
Isnt that the place where you cant make any noise at all before you get kicked out?
bootyman4000
My gf goes to a PF and told me about the "Lunk Alarm". I get not being a screaming maniac. But no grunting while lifting- it just happens.
Cassandralala
There's plenty of noise at my Planet Fitness, but everyone's really nice. I don't feel so intimidated when I walk in and people are friendly
busybee
Yeah, they suck. I go to the YMCA, so much better. Expensive, but better atmosphere.
Fefeaage
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