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12 Types Of People To Avoid At The Gym

Sprang Break.

Amanda Stephens
Feb 01, 2016
University of Oklahoma
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12 Types Of People To Avoid At The Gym
Gold's Gym

The break is over. The gym is packed. Yeah, you guessed it. Everyone is getting ready for...

... and although I personally find it great that the majority of my school’s population is now urgently invested in their personal physical fitness, there are particular people I always seem to encounter at the gym whose presence seems to immediately fuel my fire. These people include:


1) The Treadmill Peaker

You are seriously going to adjust your speed by 0.2 so that you're running faster? Nice. Good for you.


2) The Friend Group That Gets in Everyone’s Way

This lovely group of people takes up way more space than necessary, and then proceeds to glare at anyone who kindly asks them to GTFO.

3) The Girl With the Fresh Face of Makeup

Her hair is perfect. Her makeup is perfect. Even her outfit is perfect. Oh, and she’s also chewing a fresh piece of gum because #athletic.

4) The Guy Checking Himself Out in the Mirror

HA you’re a tool.

5) The Person Who Invades Your Personal Space

The whole row of treadmills is open, yet this person insists on using the one right next to you. Why? WHY?!!!


6) The Runner Who Breathes Too Hard

When I can hear you breathing over the music coming through my headphones at full volume, it is a problem.


7) The Runner Who Isn’t Breathing

This type of person bewilders me, and I always find myself staring at them. I guess I just don’t want to miss witnessing someone pass out.


8) The Person Who’s Just Doing It All Wrong

Tip: In order to correctly execute a plank, your stomach must first leave the floor. You are welcome.


9) The Gym Creeper

Guys, stalking girls down by waiting for them to come out of the bathroom at the gym isn’t cute. It isn’t smooth. It’s creepy.


10) The Person who Isn’t Wearing Enough Clothes


Guys, I don’t want to see your nipples. Girls, I REALLY don’t want to see your nipples. So just dress appropriately for your body, please and thank you.


11) The Random Old Guy

Maybe a professor? Maybe somebody’s grandfather? I really don’t know, but he tends to get in the way by doing every exercise at an absurdly slow pace.


12) Anyone Who Takes A “Workout Selfie”

You are the worst kind of person.

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