Thought some of you might get a kick out of this paper that I wrote for my resistance training fundamentals class. Our assignment was to hang out in the gym for an hour and write a paper on the different types of training techniques we observed. I categorized my observations into personality types. Feel free to add to the list! :lol:

Christina

People Watching At The Gym

1. The Navy Seals in Training – These are the people who hold their breath throughout the entire set. You sit there watching them turn purple as you empathetically gasp for air.

2. The World’s Strongest Man Hopefuls - These are the guys who think if they lift heavy enough they’ll end up on ESPN in a few months.

3. The Slackers - These are the people who know proper technique but they don’t actually apply it. Their number one goal is to get in and get out of the gym as quickly as possible.

4. The Race Horses – These are the people who can complete one set of 12 repetitions in .0000000000289 of a second.

5. The Wilt Chamerberlains - These are the Danny Devitos of the world who have a warped sense of stature. They adjust the machine’s seat and pads according to how tall they THINK they are.

6. The Personal Trainer Wannabes - These are the know-it-alls who give advice from last month’s "Muscle & Fiction" magazine.

7. The Ben Franklins – These are the people who invent free weight exercises as they go along. You stare at them wondering, “What the *%#! are they doing?”

8. The Peres Brothers – Separated from the family at birth, these are the individuals who have the uncanny ability to perform circus acts on stability equipment.

9. The Girly Girls - These are the women who come into the gym wearing the latest trends in fitness fashion. They only lift pink dumbbells because they think they’ll end up looking like Mr. Olympia if they lift anything heavier than three pounds.

10. The Jaw Flappers – These are the people who join a gym primarily for social reasons. The only muscles you’ll ever see them exercising are those found in the jaw and tongue.