Today, I went to the new gym I recently signed up for and started exercising in the men-filled weights room, despite being intimidated by them and the strange looks they were giving me. Workout over, I left the room and saw in front of me a door marked, "Women's weights room." Oh. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to the gym after months of procrastinating. I walked straight into the glass wall next to the entrance instead of the door. A guy lifting near the front desk winced in sympathy. I still worked out, but I could see my face slowly swelling in the mirror. FML
Today, I went to the gym. I tried out a new machine where you do one-arm weightlifting. I took my time to get into a good position, then set the machine to the lowest weight possible. I couldn't even lift it an inch. A bunch of buff guys nearby saw me and burst out laughing. FML
Today, I’m a gym newbie and worked up the courage to go to the weights section. I loaded what I thought was a reasonable amount onto a bar and tried to lift it… except it didn’t move. At all. I pretended I was “just stretching,” then removed half the weights while hoping no one noticed. Someone definitely noticed and gave me an encouraging thumbs up. FML
Today, I went to my gym and tried a new workout machine that had just been installed. I set the weight too high and ended up stuck halfway through a lift, making weird struggling noises. Most people around me stopped and stared as I awkwardly dropped the weights. FML
Today, I walked into the gym in my new workout outfit and headed straight for the weight machines. After 10 minutes, a staff member tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Sir, this is a physical therapy clinic.” The gym was next door. FML
Today, I was at the gym. I'm 360 lbs and have finally decided it's time to change that. Some girl and her two bitch friends thought it'd be fun to follow me and belittle me at everything I did. When I mentioned it to the staff, they said that they were just "encouraging" me. FML
Today, I was denied membership to an all-women's gym. Why? Because "men are not permitted to join". I am and have always been female. FML
Today, while I was at the gym, I saw a guy walk into the girls locker room. I was walking nearby so I said, "Hey man, that's the wrong one." Turns out it was just a very masculine-looking woman, with a very masculine haircut. FML
Today, I went to the gym for the first time in months and couldn't figure out how to use any of the equipment. FML
Today, I was in the gym when I noticed three trainers who worked there staring at me. Thinking that they were checking me out, i turned the speed on the treadmill higher. Finally one of the trainers came over, and asked me to leave until I got a sports bra that actually worked. FML
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lolomg69 0
haha, if it makes you feel better I wouldda done the same... only I'm a guy
Poetry 0
don't know what sort of gyms you go to lol
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wDeemish 0
Not a big deal get over it ^^
linnrose 0
you did the right thing. stay away from the pink weights and don't let the gorillas intimidate you
duckie227 22
the only difference was on the tv 'the view' was playing and there were big comfy couches in the women's weight room. stay with the boys
element115 0
so were they laughing or calling u a perv
RedPillSucks 33
This would have been a more interesting FML if the genders were reversed. Imagine a guy going into the womens weight room and being intimidated by the weights the women were lifting. Or the weights he wanted were opposite the leg splitter machine and he's trying not to stare at the crotch shots.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
The real reason for weight-room segregation is pretty obvious to me: Ballsweat.
alexFYL 11
Errr, it's not gender segregation... there's the main room which the men use because they don't have a "mens only" room, and then there's a women's room for dainty stupid women who find it too scary to work out amongst men. Actually the only good thing about the women's room is that hardly anyone is ever in it since women are usually on the cardio equipment or in spinning class, so it's quiet and you have free reign over any machine. DOWNSIDE is that they have a piddly assortment of free weights, and all the machines suck ass. My trainer admitted to me they put the old, out of date and broken down equipment in the women's room. yeah, it showed. But there was a sweet wall-mounted TV in there.
HomeAl0ne 20
If it's any consolation OP, I once went to the gym and was assigned a locker between two massive weightlifters. When I went to change into my work clothes after my shower, I realised I had accidentally packed a pair of my girlfriends' knickers in my gym bag, not my own boxers. I had a choice between going commando, putting the sweaty workout pair back on, or slipping on lacy black undies while standing between about 500 lbs of muscle.
xNephilim 19
This is... EPIC. Made my day!
starberries 0
You can't just say that without telling us what you chose! PLEASE tell me it was the lacy black undies.
Jayrawrskie 0
op. Don't be too embarrassed..you got to see sexy men working out ;D I'd be happy in that situation xD
ShakesBeer 0
yet you wonder why people say women are stupid. sheesh.
ChristineAnn58 8
And men wonder why they are called intolerant baboons? You sexist ass. You're not very smart yourself buddy.