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Top 3 most embarrasing gym moments

Now, this subject may appeal to everyone! Since we are all gym go-ers, we probably all have our share of embarrassing moments in the gym.

My first moment, was on the bench press. You know, you are out there alone, no spotter, but you are all in the groove feeling strong, and want to bench heavy! So did I, and there I was, in my 3rd set, trying to get a triple with 100kg and the weight just fell on my chest like a rock. There was no movement whatsoever. I tried to see if anyone could help me, but since I was alone in the gym, I had to rock the weights left and right, trying to get the weights off the bar. (don't use collars if there is not a spotter).. I felt pretty dumb.

  Squats and farts are a common scenario. I don't want to go into the subject too deep, but there was this hot chick I liked, and she wanted to learn how to squat. She was a hot blonde, always wearing those thank tops with breast nearly falling out.. Hard nipples, spandex pants and cute socks like those girls from Eric Prydz.. You get the picture.
Anyway, I said it was crucial to to spot her, so I got behind her, like you see those dodgy tennis teachers always do..So got nice and deep, and all of a sudden she just let one Riiiiipp!!! Major fart alert!
Heck, it might have even been a wet one, because she dropped the bar to the back (empty luckily) and ran off. So no sence in dating that gal anymore. Dumber..

One memory that has always stuck with me, was when I was a little younger, and we were working the leg press hard, really hard! Drop sets, super sets with leg extensions etc. We kept banging and banging those presses. The heaviest weight on the machine was 260kg, which is actually fairly light, so we decided to hit the 260kg for 10, drop 20kg, hit it for 15, drop 20 and hit it for 20 and so on.. Well, I managed to go all the way down, and when I shaked myself out of the leg press, I passed out right in front of all the people that had gathered around to see us straining.. Dumberer.

And the last one, this one did not happen to me but I just have to tell, is about a real fanatic guy who didn't have a clue what he was doing. Well, he knew how to do flys, cable flys, but he decided to stand about 6 feet away from the cables to get that 'full stretch'... No sence in doing that ofcourse, but he felt like doing it, and in doing so he managed to pull the whole cable machine towards him and let it hit the back of his head! He actually had a concussion from it! Boy, the things people do in gyms. So always check if a cable machine is screwed to the ground if you decide to act a noob.. Dumbererer..

So please, if you have a funny story, by all means share it! :)

Theo