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trihard

What is the most disgusting thing you have seen another person do at the gym? (or what is the most disgusting thing you have done?)

Another Person: Today a friend and I went for a swim followed by stretching. Right as we finished stretching one of the cleaning crew came by and said, "Are you using this mat?" we both said, "No." at which time she began to MOP it. Three minutes later we saw her using the same mop to clean the bathroom floors.

Me: Two years ago when I first started going to the gym I would sweat like a beast on cardio equipment and then do a long stretching routine on the mats. By the end of my stretching the mat was SOAKED... I just left the puddle without wiping it down with disinfectant or anything. It took almost an entire year before I realized, "Wow... that is seriously disgusting." I felt bad for anyone who used it after me so I corrected my behavior.

Posted Jan 24, 2011, 2:29 PM UTC

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mb7472•

After doing a work out when under the weather, I threw up into a bin next to a leg press. While hunched over the bin I let out a massive fart.

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[deleted]•

ahhhh, relief. I'm with you on this one, I booted and farted after a heinous leg circuit with a trainer, years ago. Went right back to lifting after wiping my face off. I think the other people missed the fart over the sound of my retching.

Here's a brofistbump for bros in barf =3 E=

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Mad_Physicist•

I see a cat brofisting a robot.

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americanboners•

Wait, I upvoted... but now I'm worried about what kind of fisting you meant.

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4dts•

upvoted because its awesome either way!

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jpreston2005•

booted? is that how people say vomit nowadays?

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abeswastaken•

What i've seen: a friend shit his pant during squats.

What i've done: shit my pants during squats.

There's nothing funnier than watching someone run to the locker room with rubber legs.

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Falufalump•

You were that friend weren't you?

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abeswastaken•

Naw, i was the guy who made fun of our buddy mercilessly, then suffered the swift slap of karma.

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Falufalump•

The swift, brown and possibly wet slap of karma.

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[deleted]•

Probably a misquote of Mark Rippetoe, but I'll try my best.

It's important not to deadlift while you need to shit, or shit while you need to deadlift. The key to this is planning.

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babyimrealBodybuilding•

When I first started dead I had to check my pans every other work out just to make sure I didn't shart everywhere. That "open wide" position that you get into seems to numb out the shit/fart/shart nerve

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ispringer•

Where you on the GOMAD diet? Cuz' yeah, it'll happen more than once drinking that much milk.

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sempuki•

you need to take a shit before you get to the gym -- talk about "fully loaded"

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[deleted]•

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Falufalump•

Why would you choose the gym to clip your nails?! WTF.

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BaconCat•

In fairness, they were renting out the squat rack as a Korean nail salon.

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Falufalump•

Oh! Are they still in business? I could sure use my nails getting did!

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brodies•

this large bald man with an acne-covered head boxed me in to my window seat on the D.C metro and began clipping his unkempt nails . . . .

What. The. Effing. Eff?! New rule: if I can't bring my coffee on the Metro, old guys with acne-covered heads can't clip their nails on the Metro.

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AllowishusDevedander•

This is a little different than just a standard gym story, but it's somewhat relevant and it's pretty funny, as well.

I was a competitive swimmer growing up, and I swam for my first couple of years of college. The showers in the locker room were set up where there were 4 or 5 metal pillars, each with 4 or 5 spouts pointing in different directions on the outside of the pillars. When I was a freshman, there was a guy who would sometimes very covertly get his dick out (most guys left their swimsuits on while showering) and he would pee on the leg of the guy next to him. Of course he would make sure that someone was watching first so they could have a laugh about it later. The target of the piss rarely knew it was happening, with all of the hot water already in the mix. I made sure to never shower next to that guy.

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ReplaceSelect•

Why do all swim teams have that one guy? Eww.

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[deleted]•

This. I had a teammate in high school that purposely wore this disgusting old ratty suit with a hole in the crotch for like a month so he could flash unsuspecting teammates while doing dryland/stretching/in between sets.

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silverhydra*\(-_-) Hail Hydra •

Farting vigorously; can't really think of anything else.

If I need to fart between sets of leg exercise, I'll just nonchalantly head over to sections of the gym where nobody ever enters. It looks like I'm just pacing for my next set, but I'm usually crop dusting at this time.

I have yet to have anybody catch me farting during this time, luckily they don't smell much either :)

As for other people, I saw some guys who circlejerking their egos after drawing blood from their calluses during deadlifts not wipe their blood off the barbell. Needless to say they got a shitstorm in regards to possible infection and the stupidity of not cleaning your wounds when you get chalk in them.

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[deleted]•

I try to fart discretely at the gym, but as a rule, the moment I let something stinky out, all of a sudden three people decide they want to punch the heavy bag, or use whatever piece of normally-unused equipment I am farting near. It's uncanny. Kind of like how on all four occasions that I've accidentally left porn on my PC in the seven years I've been with my wife, she's decided she needs something on my computer and has discovered the offending file. Literally every single time, she thinks I'm mad for porn :(

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luisbg•

aren't you?

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[deleted]•

Not really, if porn wasn't all fat amateurs or misogynistic horror I would enjoy it more - if we could have more 80s porn minus all the body hair, I'd be down.

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trihardOP•

Needless to say they got a shitstorm in regards to possible infection and the stupidity of not cleaning your wounds when you get chalk in them.

That reminds me of this. The idea of someone doing that just leaves me quite speechless.

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Falufalump•

I've done the deadlift blood thing :(. Long socks are the answer and wipes are the answer.

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jwiddle•

farting on the elliptical is rough to get away from. Last week I had it real bad. People tend to look to the biggest slob which fortunately isn't me anymore. 6 months ago I would get a whiff of someone's fart and think GREAT ITS NOT MINE, BUT I'M GOING TO GET BLAMED FOR IT! I KNOW IT! THEY ALL THINK IT WAS ME!

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leonardohio•

Maybe this is only gross to me, but I saw a guy wipe down a machine (that looked pretty moist) and proceed to use the same towel to aggressively wipe down his face.

I rather keep my face towel separate.

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trihardOP•

Maybe this is only gross to me,

No.... that is massively disgusting... Although I've been so tired I've done it by accident. I felt totally grossed out afterward.

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millioneyed•

This put a little bile in my throat.

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luisbg•

wax off... wax on

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[deleted]•

Me: Dropped weight on my chest (when I was new to lifting) and threw up my lunch. Others: This huge lady drinking a mocha on the treadmill, and burping every five seconds while laughing on the phone. Made me want to quit lifting that day.

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[deleted]•

I knew I shouldn't have clicked this link. At least there were only three posts at the time.

*blinks and quietly closes link.

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TXBeagle•

Someone keeps wiping boogers on the wall by the urinal. I hope they get an STD in their nose.

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4dts•

lol nose aids

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grunte30•

curling in the squat rack...

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gatsby365•

this deserves more upvotes...

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get_it•

some guy on the treadmill during rush hour blew his nose into his hand, and then without even so much as a blink started playing with the speed and incline buttons. he then wiped his hand into his hair.

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ReplaceSelect•

Sweat cleans hand! It's probably better than a snot rocket in the gym.

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TFuTheMighty•

The first worst was a guy pissing in the shower, but he was pissing away from the drain, basically outa the shower area.
The second was being next to a dude that was vigorously scrubbing his ass with his hand I mean he was deep in the Marinas Trench.

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[deleted]•

The grossest thing I've seen at the gym (I don't think I've ever done anything gross at the gym other than not wipe off my mats when I first started...I just assumed someone else would do that...) is this woman who insists on wearing low-rise gym pants that don't fit. I mean, really don't fit. And a super tight short tank top so that when she runs (although I'm not sure if it can really be called running), her pants fall half way down her ass so you can see a huge view of crack.

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thegympervert•

I need to know where your gym is...

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abeswastaken•

IMMEDIATELY!

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anticornflake•

When I was in college there was this professor who would use the treadmill next to me at the gym from time to time. He would blow his nose into his sweat-soaked T-shirt over and over again. Made me gag every time...

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blackheartededitor•

It's not so much what I've seen another person do, but rather another person that I see. There's a guy at my Y who has elephantitis of the testicles, I swear to god his left nut is the size of a coconut. And he walks around in there naked all the time. It is truly the most horrid thing I have ever seen in person, and I see it probably once or twice a month.

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[deleted]•

He really should get that fixed. It's usually a pretty simple operation to drain the fluid.

Maybe you can print him some literature and present it to him next time you see those giant balls in your face?

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[deleted]•

Another Person: I walked by the shower stalls once in the early morning and saw a guy pissing in the shower; so hard that it was hitting the wall and rushing past his feet. He fucking moaned as he did it. Gave me the stare of death as I walked by.

Me: I had month long protein fart problem (made protein bars with twice the amount of whey needed). Its so embarrassing on cardio machines; a nightmare for you and the people around you.

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jameseyjamesey•

I've seen people hack loogies on the floor.

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linnrose•

i was good friends w/ the head of maintenance at the last gym i attended; he had multiple stories about turds in the shower.

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millioneyed•

Someone at my gym actually took the time to shit into a plastic bag and leave it under the sinks. In the women's changeroom. Someone drops one in a urinal at least once every few months.

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dhv1258•

snot rockets done indoors.... ew...

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TheGreatCthulhu^(;,;)^ Swimming, Marathon Swimming (Professor)•

We're having a very active discussion right now on /r/swimming about urinating in the pool.

In my own case, as a long distance OW swimmer, well, combining swimming, urination, defecation and vomiting comes to mind.

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