20 Types Of People You See At The Gym
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20 Types Of People You See At The Gym

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20 Types Of People You See At The Gym
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When I'm at home, I have a fairly solid gym schedule. I'm almost always there early in the morning, which means that I tend to see the same people every day. Because of this, I've noticed people tend to fall into groups. Here are 20 types of people that I always see at my gym.

1. The Weight Lifter

Do you even lift, bro? You know the person that lives and dies by the weights? The one that thinks they’re hot sh*t because they lift and lets everyone know it’s bulking season (even if they’re not that #swole)? Say hello to The Weight Lifter.

2. The Cardio Junkie

The person who can run for miles on end without taking a break (and sometimes even enjoys it). This is someone I’ll never be.

3. The One Trick Pony

They’ve got one gym routine and they stick to it. That is also how you eventually end up hating the gym.

4. The “Fitness Expert”

You know who I’m talking about—the person that thinks they know all things fitness and likes to offer their advice when you didn’t even ask for it.

5. The Bundler

You know those people that walk into the gym wearing a long sleeve shirt, pants, and a jacket and don’t take them off while they’re exercising? I sweat just looking at them. How are they not overheating?

6. The Unprepared

Jeans? Check. Footwear not meant for the gym? Double check.

7. The Gym Addict

The person who spends their life at the gym—every day, for hours on end because they either have nothing better to do or want to try and get way too #swole.

8. The Chit-Chatter

The only thing this social hour is missing is a drink! Why work out when you can catch up with all of your friends and block equipment for others?

9. The Gym Bros

Lift together, die together; am I right?

10. The Grumpy Grandparent

There’s always at least one grandparent at the gym that doesn’t understand your need to rest between reps. They stare over you instead of taking a lap around the gym and waiting a few minutes for you to finish.

11. The Tennis Mom

AKA “The Starbucks Mom.” We’ve got lots of these in the Bay Area. They dress for the gym on the daily, and on the rare occasion that they actually make it there, they never forget their Starbucks and monitor-sized iPad.

12. The Participant

At least they showed up, right?

13. The Kid

Shout out to the scrawny thirteen year olds who have yet to hit puberty but can’t wait to gain that muscle.

14. The Nosy Nancy

I think we’re all guilty of this one at some point. So what if I’m curious to know how many calories the guy next to me has burned or how fast the girl in front of me is running?

15. The Competitor

Don’t you love it when they not so subtly brag about how they can squat 30 pounds more than you?

16. The Selfie Taker

If you didn’t take a selfie, were you even at the gym???

17. The Hot Guy/Girl

The person you end up spending all of your time staring or glancing at instead of working out. Also the person that acts as a motivator to go to the gym more often because you might run into them again.

18. The Mirror-Obsessed

There’s no shame in checking yourself out every once in a while. You’ve worked hard! Go for it! Spend all of your time admiring your ass, though, and I’ll most likely question why you can’t do the same thing at home.

19. The Outfit Repeater

I saw you in that outfit yesterday and the day before. Don’t even pretend you do laundry every single day just to wear the same outfit to the gym. (But if you do, please tell me why?)

20. The Grunter/Moaner

Making those around them completely uncomfortable since the beginning of time.

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