tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post1085350585774933659..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: First Time at the Gym? How Not To Make an Ass of YourselfCrabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-66598630394588029322016-06-10T13:52:42.366-04:002016-06-10T13:52:42.366-04:00First time in the gym is like first time doing any...First time in the gym is like first time doing any sport. It takes time. I have been swimming and playing hockey since college, but gym was a new experience. You are not on a team but you are close up with others. Even fit women have body issues in the gym. We are all here to tone up. You'll be in clingy gym clothes that show your shape. If you need a sports bra, put it on when changing. I could not believe how many women were keeping on their normal bras. On that subject, I was surprised at the prudery in the gym, and how few women shower down before starting their gym session. Rachel's advice is important. get rid of the smells before you start, for other's sake and for your own. Strip. Naked. Shower. Naked. With soap. Period. Or any other time of the month. Getting nude with other women will leave your body issues in the locker with your clothes. My husband assures me that the men all shower naked and with much more on show than us ladies, especially those of us who have traditional, sensible bushes to cover our intimacy. I bring fresh underwear for gym and after. Showering afterwards is refreshing and hygienic. I wish they had relaxing baths - an old sports club I went to once had them, and all the ladies there just went naked to the bath house and relaxed in a soap and salt bath while reading a book or talking. We often continued talking in the nude after drying off. If you see a lady staying in the nude for a few minutes longer than you think is decent after a shower, she's letting her skin breath, not showing off her sexuality. Same with creaming up and apply perfume while nude - should not be a problem in a ladies room. We are all women in there, so get used to female nudity and relax. Lucky you - if you took a sauna in Germany, like I did once, you would be completely naked for three hours in front of both women and men in a mixed sauna and pool spa and nudity is compulsory for all. And do wipe down the gym equipment with your handtowel. Don't move other people's gym bags. Give other users some peace and quiet. Listen to some music. Relax. Learn to live with the mirrors - my swim showers have one on the corridor so I have gotten used to my shape, hanging breasts, stretch marks, white bikini marks, and overgrown or trimmed pubes, full frontal naked, bared to my own eyes three times a week. A mirror in lycra is easy after that. You will only lose weight and look better after the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-28576155440217989582016-03-04T05:10:41.577-05:002016-03-04T05:10:41.577-05:00I actually don't think that they look that chi...I actually don't think that they look that childish, and they support my feet well, <a href="http://www.bodybeautifulgym.com/online-shop/category/12-otomix-shoes.html" rel="nofollow">John</a><br />jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835847777966515522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-2122076726809272252016-02-23T17:34:17.271-05:002016-02-23T17:34:17.271-05:00Great article. Its near comical. While I haven&#...Great article. Its near comical. While I haven't been to the gym in years the same old issues never change. Get rid of your smell before you start. While you may not be aware of it, those closet to you are holding their breathe when they should be breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.<br /><br />Wipe that bloody equipment, there is nothing more gross than seeing you left overs on a machine that someone got off. Yuk. And you can always know a newbie with the clanging of the equipment, it like echos. Thanks for the advice. I thought it a wonderful post. I also used the link in a post I wrote. <br /><br />Rachel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042617069519982959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-41594336056408978422015-11-09T16:43:39.178-05:002015-11-09T16:43:39.178-05:00I took a weight training class when I was in colle...I took a weight training class when I was in college for PE but that was years ago. I may not be a true novice, but I definitely will be insanely and embarrassingly weak as well as rusty on how to do things! I want to go to the gym so that I can be stronger and keep my body healthy so I can keep up with my nieces and nephews and future kids but I'm far from being there. The fear of making a fool of myself because I'm so weak is a big one so thanks for those words of encouragement. I sure hope that what you say is true of every gym and not just yours! <a href="http://www.thegymnautilus.com/strength_training.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.thegymnautilus.com/strength_training.html</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672096587144268697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-20958119239227902842014-08-11T10:08:01.323-04:002014-08-11T10:08:01.323-04:00Hi, I'm from Aus and I'm getting ready to ...Hi, I'm from Aus and I'm getting ready to join a gym. I've found a 24 hr one because of how shy I get around people because of my body. I'm terrified of looking stupid and this has helped a lot. Who knew regular gym goers got warm and fuzzy from newbies. It makes me feel a lot less intimidated by those with great bodies. I've got 22kg to lose so I hope I can stick this out and egg to my goal. :)Kimmi Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-89123351436038314732014-07-06T19:28:32.640-04:002014-07-06T19:28:32.640-04:00I also prefer a mostly or fully nude locker and sh...I also prefer a mostly or fully nude locker and shower room. I swim regularly so I have to get naked to change and shower before and after swimming. It is so much easier to simply take off my bra and panties or swimsuit and go naked to the shower room, let my body breath, and dry off nude before dressing. I got over the shyness thing when I did a semester in Europe. First time in a shower room I froze when I saw five fully nude women in the open shower room. I knew simply had to strip down naked and not be odd woman out. The nudity was liberating for me, and I have gone nude ever since, but I do not like to be the only nude, just as I did not want to be the only prude. Get used to being au naturel. You will be as naked as those very courageous actresses in the Take That Waltz shower scene - everything on show and be proud of it and relax - we are all women. And yes, sometimes I talk away to my nude friends in the shower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-22886995153143175942014-05-05T12:00:41.082-04:002014-05-05T12:00:41.082-04:00ha ha im a gym bunny and im constantly looking in ...ha ha im a gym bunny and im constantly looking in the mirror at the big girls that sidle to the bk of the class fantasizing abwt all the encouagement i can give...it is a sort of fuzzy feeling i get through the whole of a kettle class without realizing iv exercised coz it takes up all my thoughts for an hour....ironicly i dnt usually end up saying anything since i feel its bad manners to force yr opinions on to some poor stranger who may be in a rush to get home and see too her kids, too polite to tell u that they dnt share yr enthusiasm for the gym they just want to lose a bit of weight! funny enough they always come bk without my intervesion as big people have usually got to the point of sheer determination that gives them the guts to join in the first place! the ones that dnt come bk are the young thin pretty girls that think coz they are thin the will fly through the class....the giggle for the first half then after spotting thier red sweaty face in the mirror decide to leave in the middle of the class disrupting the class as they do so! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-85705679998334225492014-01-29T11:39:39.765-05:002014-01-29T11:39:39.765-05:00Now let's see where this comment will land...
...Now let's see where this comment will land...<br />Leah, I am in complete agreement with you and I am delighted you posted this comment. I left a whole bunch of them a few days ago but they all showed clustered at the end, making me seem like a lunatic, who was writing random things, out of context.<br /> <br />I've always been extremely shy regarding nakedness and I had to change in and out of a swim suit twice and sometimes three times a day, for decades. Though I had no self image issues. I practically take a shower in my swim suit even NOW!!! So yeah, the "me thinks...." comments baffled me too and pretty much said so. dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-6914753949697817202014-01-29T00:36:47.697-05:002014-01-29T00:36:47.697-05:00It's not about being straight or gay. It's...It's not about being straight or gay. It's about being naked; vulnerability. A lot of people just don't have the confidence to bare it all. I know this is a really old post and you may not read this, but honestly...I have not been comfortable being nude in women's locker rooms since I was a child in elementary school. Truth is, people (kids, especially) can be brutal about one another's bodies, nude or not. If one hates what one looks like naked, why on earth would one put it on display? Just my two cents. You seem to believe that gay people are the only ones who don't mind nudity, which is a little strange. All of us shy ladies WISH we could be that bold.Lea H. Stretchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418064373082510801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-80308571295315636962014-01-26T13:32:47.001-05:002014-01-26T13:32:47.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86611886852635301402014-01-26T13:29:56.857-05:002014-01-26T13:29:56.857-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-48792075454546531042014-01-26T13:20:09.087-05:002014-01-26T13:20:09.087-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-89721896443992846452014-01-26T13:18:00.339-05:002014-01-26T13:18:00.339-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-68483715227626252892014-01-26T12:50:44.376-05:002014-01-26T12:50:44.376-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-56944539826934876222014-01-26T12:49:25.880-05:002014-01-26T12:49:25.880-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-54607322443589997832014-01-26T10:43:29.449-05:002014-01-26T10:43:29.449-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-18204843082828164992013-05-18T17:01:00.111-04:002013-05-18T17:01:00.111-04:00I love this post! I am going to a guy tomorrow for...I love this post! I am going to a guy tomorrow for a 'tour and taster session'. I've always been fairly slim but a new job in an office that started 1 1/2 years ago has finally started to take it's tole. I was honestly worried about walking in there and being surrounded by beautiful skinny girls and hulking men and suddenly feeling so utterly small... I was looking for tips for a first time guy goer and hey presto! Thanks for the fantastic tips! Orange Afterglowhttp://www.orangeafterglow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-53883261694110739912013-03-01T15:44:47.775-05:002013-03-01T15:44:47.775-05:00It has been a while since the last comment..But th...It has been a while since the last comment..But there is one thing about my gym I find really irritating: it is the mirrors.<br /><br />I understand that some people find mirrors useful when they lift weights and do other exercises that require a proper posture etc. But what about the mirrors in front of the cardio machines?! Who needs them? Why would people want to look at themselves whilst running for 30-40 even 60 minutes? I find the mirrors awkward and wished my gym would remove them.It's not that I have a problem with my body I just don't see why they are necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-69283071746531849482012-08-02T08:40:19.863-04:002012-08-02T08:40:19.863-04:00Today is my first day at gym. I am going to the gy...Today is my first day at gym. I am going to the gym located within my company for employees' use only.<br />I loved this article. Some points are so funny and made me laugh so much. Thanks a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-54289001924067685212012-07-04T01:07:22.839-04:002012-07-04T01:07:22.839-04:00Ooooh, there is a gym right near my work.. I want ...Ooooh, there is a gym right near my work.. I want to join it so bad, I would go there every day, but I am not just shy, I am SUPER SHY. I am the most awkward and shy ever. I need a buddy to join with. BUT I HAVE NO BUDDIES WHO WANT TO WORK OUT.<br />I HAVE NO BUDDIES.<br />What do I do???jjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-21562632133160989132012-06-04T00:02:54.478-04:002012-06-04T00:02:54.478-04:00thanks for the advice. i'm headed tomorrow fo...thanks for the advice. i'm headed tomorrow for my first time.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686392346692121953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-42293715213558783412012-05-27T00:35:48.427-04:002012-05-27T00:35:48.427-04:00i joined the gym three weeks ago. afriend who is ...i joined the gym three weeks ago. afriend who is a gym junky suggested i join the gym. i have never been to a gym in my life. at 32 i needed to start somewhere. i started out going with my friend and have not yet been to the gym on my own. since reading this blog i feel i have the courage to go to the gym tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-85105629596567207552012-04-24T20:06:13.620-04:002012-04-24T20:06:13.620-04:00Hi politegurl,sure hope you have a great gym exper...Hi politegurl,sure hope you have a great gym experience. The gym NEEDS more politegurls, in my opinion! Best of luck!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23055507523159472202012-04-23T23:40:23.110-04:002012-04-23T23:40:23.110-04:00I'm new, fat, and black..so I'm a Lil inti...I'm new, fat, and black..so I'm a Lil intimidated about going my first time. Feels like everyone is staring and judging. But hopefully you guys are right, plus I'll have my boyfriend there with me so it shouldn't be to bad.politegurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07913901662180043142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-71958704250229261802012-02-16T09:38:13.027-05:002012-02-16T09:38:13.027-05:00Good for you Missy! GETTING yourself there is a m...Good for you Missy! GETTING yourself there is a major step even if you don't do anything more than find the locker room the first time. Bonus if you walk on a treadmill!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.com/noreply@blogger.com