A girl, lifting at the gym, or not.
Posted on | November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
Lately at the gym I’ve seen these two girls walking around like they own the place, strutting off their “skinny fat” bodies that they’re “working” so hard to obtain. At first, I kind of felt bad for them, but after last week…
I am not one to put others down, seriously, I’ll laugh at the funniest of stories, but I’m pursuing a career in physical education and get excited to walk into a gym to see a crowd of people, even if they’re only doing half productive exercises. At least they are active… but there IS a limit.
So back to last week, last week when my bf and I were about half way through our work out, I looked over to find that one of the girls was doing two arm curls on the cable cross over. She looked like she was working really hard by the look of her body positioning and the grunting. Then my mouth dropped… there was NO WEIGHT on the bar. None… she was working so hard to pull up a cable and bar that weights roughly… nothing, with two hands.
So then I ask myself- Does she really believe she is working out? Or is she just there to look like she’s working out? I mean, they both come to the gym face painted and hair done but I still gave them both the benefit of the doubt. I am just completely amazed….
Are people really oblivous to the point that they do not know that weight lifting without weights is… pointless…
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December 31st, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
I go to a gym on a college campus and see a lot of this kind of thing there. Granted, I’m a beginner to weight lifting, but damnit I can lift more than the freakin’ bar! hahaha…I don’t know, I think a lot of those chicks do just come to look like they’re working out without really trying. It’s an image thing. I see a mix of serious exercisers and silly people like this at my gym. I’m fat, but at least I’m trying to bust my ass when I’m there. I think, though, that some of these college girls just show up to try and pick up guys, and vice/versa. But hey, I just tell myself that I’m there for me, and try to ignore those people.