Women's gyms that allow men?

I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

<lauraj814@yahoo.com> schreef:

> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men?

Only gay men.

> I prefer a women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive.

How about the wanted attention?

> However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

Thats nice to hear.

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In news:1169287504.788674.285020@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com,
lauraj814@yahoo.com <lauraj814@yahoo.com> typed:
> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer
> a women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally
> female, just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now
> and then.

How would it be a women's gym if it allowed men???

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the opportunity in every difficulty." Sir Winston Churchill

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:

> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I receive.
> However, I do not want an environment that is totally female, just
> mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

Ah, i see - you want a women's gym that also admits well-behaved, hot sexy
men. I don't know of any of those off the top of my head. But if you find
one, let us know - they might also have a guy's gym that only admits sexy
slutty women, which would be worth knowing about.

tom

--
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lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
This issue went through the courts a few years ago and the verdict was
that women-only gyms are ok. Odds are that any gym that bills itself as
for women will bar all men. You are better off looking for a gym with
an older clientele where you will not be subject to the attention you
do not want. I think you are asking a lot.

lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>
Find a pink gym like I go to. This is mostly made up of rich
suburbanites. The few guys there are older. Mostly rich housewives. The
downside - expensive.

Dnia 2007-01-20 lauraj814@yahoo.com napisa³(a):
> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

Your perfect gym doesn't exist. You tried, but your goal is
unattainable, so you do not have to workout. As a side effect of the
above, you'll receive less of this dreaded unwanted attention. Win
win situation, pure and simple.

Oh, if getting fatter doesn't work well enough try getting older.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Dnia 2007-01-20 lauraj814@yahoo.com napisa³(a):
>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>
>Your perfect gym doesn't exist. You tried, but your goal is
>unattainable, so you do not have to workout. As a side effect of the
>above, you'll receive less of this dreaded unwanted attention. Win
>win situation, pure and simple.
>
>Oh, if getting fatter doesn't work well enough try getting older.

It's refreshing to see you progressing from bright-eyed newbie to
cynical prick like us old regulars. But Curt will be disappointed.

JohnR-Nomythfitness.com wrote:
> lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I
>> prefer a women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted
>> attention I receive. However, I do not want an environment that is
>> totally female, just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym
>> every now and then.
> This issue went through the courts a few years ago and the verdict was
> that women-only gyms are ok. Odds are that any gym that bills itself
> as for women will bar all men. You are better off looking for a gym
> with an older clientele where you will not be subject to the
> attention you do not want. I think you are asking a lot.

But then she wont want to approach any geriatric men

Dnia 2007-01-20 JMW napisa³(a):
> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>Your perfect gym doesn't exist. You tried, but your goal is
>>unattainable, so you do not have to workout. As a side effect of the
>>above, you'll receive less of this dreaded unwanted attention. Win
>>win situation, pure and simple.
>>
>>Oh, if getting fatter doesn't work well enough try getting older.
>
> It's refreshing to see you progressing from bright-eyed newbie to
> cynical prick like us old regulars. But Curt will be disappointed.

True words, I won't argue with most of it. But I'll start to worry
when I'll behave prickly to people who actually seek help without first
trying being kind.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

On Jan 20, 4:21 am, "JohnR-Nomythfitness.com" <jrowla...@triad.rr.com>
wrote:
>This issue went through the courts a few years ago and the verdict was
> that women-only gyms are ok. Odds are that any gym that bills itself as
> for women will bar all men.

I dont understand how this could go thru the courts and not be labelled
as discriminatory.
Do you see gyms advertising 'men only'? Of course not, women would be
picketing it in no time.
Men have to make them into 'clubs' with a gym as an extra to get under
the radar.
Google 'womens gyms' and you get lots of links, google 'mens gyms' and
you get retail outlets for shorts!
So just not right.


joanne

lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.


Heh, typical female logic: I want a "women's gym" with men in it
because I don't want men finding me attractive while I'm trying to make
myself attractive to men.

I think women should work their brains more than their bodies.

On 20 Jan 2007 02:05:04 -0800, lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:

>I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

Wow. No hypocrisy there.

lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:

> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

ROFL.

Okay, seriously, I don't have to be snarky because everyone else will
be, so let's just take this piece by piece.

Do you have any gyms that are within easy distance of you that have
equipment you like? Have you considered trying THAT gym? If there is
more than one reasonable choice, how about you try out each of them.
Chances are they'll mostly be filled with humans with bodies that need
exercise, just like you.

As for the unwanted attention, try a couple tried and true tricks. Wear
headphones and don't make eye contact. Wear baggier clothes - a t-shirt
instead of just a workout bra, for example. Show up regularly and get
some friends - perhaps some of the "unwanted attention" are people
attempting to meet you and will form a core group you work out with
regularly.

I know a bunch of people who are intimidated by the big bulky sweaty
guys in the weight room. But not me - they're my workout buds. They're
good guys to have on your side.

FWIW, the women's gyms I've seen have had pitiful equipment. I much
prefer a gym with serious lifters because it'll have serious equipment.

Dally

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:23:02 +0000 (UTC), Andrzej Rosa
<bakters@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dnia 2007-01-20 lauraj814@yahoo.com napisa³(a):
>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>
>Your perfect gym doesn't exist. You tried, but your goal is
>unattainable, so you do not have to workout. As a side effect of the
>above, you'll receive less of this dreaded unwanted attention. Win
>win situation, pure and simple.
>
>Oh, if getting fatter doesn't work well enough try getting older.

As those of us who have observed a significant number of years speed
past can testify, there is no particular effort or qualification to
achieve "getting older". Despite whatsoever one does, if one survives
each successive day, one *will* eventually get old.

There is however a degree of skill involved, as there are any number
of sometimes lethal obstacles on life's circuitous route, which will
need to be successfully navigated with each successive year, if the
dubious joy of aging is to be experienced to its ultimate conclusion.

Of course the "ultimate conclusion" is that at the end of life's
journey, one fucking dies, which is a somewhat meaningless reward or
conclusion for the successful but ofttimes difficult navigation of our
allotted "three score and ten."

HAGW! ;o)

"Dally" <Dally@whoever.com> wrote in message
news:51fl9qF1k30d0U1@mid.individual.net...
> lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>
> ROFL.
>
> Okay, seriously, I don't have to be snarky because everyone else will be,
> so let's just take this piece by piece.
>
> Do you have any gyms that are within easy distance of you that have
> equipment you like? Have you considered trying THAT gym? If there is
> more than one reasonable choice, how about you try out each of them.
> Chances are they'll mostly be filled with humans with bodies that need
> exercise, just like you.
>
> As for the unwanted attention, try a couple tried and true tricks. Wear
> headphones and don't make eye contact.

Oh, how I wish more people could take this hint.

> Wear baggier clothes - a t-shirt instead of just a workout bra, for
> example. Show up regularly and get some friends - perhaps some of the
> "unwanted attention" are people attempting to meet you and will form a
> core group you work out with regularly.

Here's another one: Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie. If somebody bothers you to whom
you do not wish to talk, turn your back on them and point to the text on
your back. If you don't mind talking to the person in question, remain
facing them :-D

>
> I know a bunch of people who are intimidated by the big bulky sweaty guys
> in the weight room. But not me - they're my workout buds. They're good
> guys to have on your side.

Back in the day, I could say the same thing. When I started lifting 30
years ago at my college gym, I was the only woman in the room. The guys were
perfectly pleasant to deal with in the gym. We'd spot each other as
appropriate and otherwise leave each other alone. Outside the gym, though,
I was fair game. If I ran into one of these guys at the library or the
cafeteria, they'd be a lot friendlier than I might have preferred.

In recent years, in public gyms, I get these weenies who come up to me and
essplain that I'm doing something wrong or shouldn't be doing it at all,
that I'm lifting too heavy, that I'm squatting too low, blah blah blah.
When I used to go to a commercial gym, I used to carry around copies of
articles on the proper squat form and deadlift form to give to fucktards
like this when they'd bother me.

>
> FWIW, the women's gyms I've seen have had pitiful equipment. I much
> prefer a gym with serious lifters because it'll have serious equipment.

Personally, I work out at home as much as possible, with my own benches and
standard weights (and my BF to spot me as needed :-) But there's always
the gym at the nearby hospital ($4 per visit for non-members) if I want to
play with the big toys.

ep

>
> Dally
>

lauraj814 wrote:

> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms
> that allow men? I prefer a women's gym over a
> coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment
> that is totally female, just mainly female. <snip>

Define unwanted attention.

Regardless, your seeming requirements will, I'm guessing, prove rather
unattainable. One scenario that may meet your perferences might be a
key gym. A private gym or workout area which you and friends would
create and where you would also be able to invite specific people to
workout while barring undesirables.

Good luck with that.

Alternatively, you could simply purchase a membership to any facility
already in existence. While putting aside the coin necessary for your
gym contract, well, you could also buy an iPod which can prove useful
as a conversation squelcher.

And: Williams, have you no imagination?

--
Curt

Edna Pearl wrote:
[...]

> <snip> Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
> back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie.

[...]

http://www.shutupnlift.com/

Although those items seem much more like conversation starters than
squelchers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/MFW/not.jpg

Here's your text on a t-shirt, ep. This guy, however, probably doesn't
need a Sharpie or that t-shirt to discourage unnecessary gab.

Available online @:

http://animal-gear.com/

--
Curt

John Williams wrote:
[...]

> It's refreshing to see you progressing from
> bright-eyed newbie to cynical prick like us
> old regulars. But Curt will be disappointed.

Not disappointed at all, John. Your behavior varies little and
therefore inspires low expectations.

Hth.

--
Curt

"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169338339.872643.56120@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> Edna Pearl wrote:
> [...]
>
>> <snip> Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
>> back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie.
>
> [...]
>
> http://www.shutupnlift.com/
>
> Although those items seem much more like conversation starters than
> squelchers.
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/MFW/not.jpg
>
> Here's your text on a t-shirt, ep. This guy, however, probably doesn't
> need a Sharpie or that t-shirt to discourage unnecessary gab.
>
> Available online @:
>
> http://animal-gear.com/

Indeed, I got the idea for the text from someone here giving a link to such
a shirt sold by Animalpak. The problem with this ready-made shirt for us
women, however, is that the text would be on our tits. I have generally
found it a bad policy to wear text on my tits in gyms. Hence the idea of
writing said text on my back. In large print. ;-)

ep

Edna Pearl wrote:
[...]

re http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/MFW/not.jpg

> Indeed, I got the idea for the text from someone here giving a link to such
> a shirt sold by Animalpak. The problem with this ready-made shirt for us
> women, however, is that the text would be on our tits. I have generally
> found it a bad policy to wear text on my tits in gyms. Hence the idea of
> writing said text on my back. In large print. ;-)

I imagine the large print would keep all but the most nearsighted of
perverts at a distance.

Speaking of perverts...

<beavis>

Huh huh huh, she said

</beavis>

Never mind.

> ep

--
Curt

On Jan 20, 4:31 pm, "Edna Pearl" <edna_pe...@yahoo.BiteMeSpammer.com>
wrote:
> The problem with this ready-made shirt for us
> women, however, is that the text would be on our tits. I have generally
> found it a bad policy to wear text on my tits in gyms. Hence the idea of
> writing said text on my back. In large print. ;-)

But thats the only place men are staring at when they face you or talk
to you (dazed deer in headlights look) hence they wouldnt see it nor
comprehend it on your back (ok unless it was across your ass as their
other main focal point for staring! I like some of the tshirts here
too: http://www.lazybonesfitness.com/index.html



joanne

Curt wrote:
> lauraj814 wrote:
>
l81> > I am wondering...are there any women's gyms
l81> > that allow men? I prefer a women's gym over a
l81> > coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
l81> > receive. However, I do not want an environment
l81> > that is totally female, just mainly female. <snip>
>
CJ> Define unwanted attention.

Any attention from you. But that's a given, isn't it?


CJ> Alternatively, you could simply purchase a membership to any
facility
CJ> already in existence. While putting aside the coin necessary for
your
CJ> gym contract, well, you could also buy an iPod which can prove
useful
CJ> as a conversation squelcher.

But how does that protect them from the prying eyes of perverts like, I
don't know, you? I'm sure you've never been deterred by someone
listening to their tunes. "Hi, I'm Curt. I'd like to have a 32 inch
waist again. By the way, would you like to be wife attempt number 5?"
>
> And: Williams, have you no imagination?

And Curt, no, you have none either.
>
> --
> Curt

<lauraj814@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1169287504.788674.285020@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

This thread inspires a new category. "Dumbest question of the month"

A women's gym that allows men seems to be a contradiction in terms - or
maybe I am not understanding it. (or maybe we have ourselves a real live
bimbo finally)

Curt <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
> lauraj814 wrote:
>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms
>> that allow men? I prefer a women's gym over a
>> coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment
>> that is totally female, just mainly female. <snip>
>
> Define unwanted attention.
>
> Regardless, your seeming requirements will, I'm guessing, prove rather
> unattainable. One scenario that may meet your perferences might be a
> key gym. A private gym or workout area which you and friends would
> create and where you would also be able to invite specific people to
> workout while barring undesirables.
>
> Good luck with that.
>
> Alternatively, you could simply purchase a membership to any facility
> already in existence. While putting aside the coin necessary for your
> gym contract, well, you could also buy an iPod which can prove useful
> as a conversation squelcher.
>
> And: Williams, have you no imagination?

Hey Curt!

That was a good troll but you shouldn't follow up to yourself!

(how do I know? The voices in my head tell me stuff like that)

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:46:05 -0600, "Edna Pearl"
<edna_pearl@yahoo.BiteMeSpammer.com> wrote:

>"Dally" <Dally@whoever.com> wrote in message
>news:51fl9qF1k30d0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>>
>> ROFL.
>>
>> Okay, seriously, I don't have to be snarky because everyone else will be,
>> so let's just take this piece by piece.
>>
>> Do you have any gyms that are within easy distance of you that have
>> equipment you like? Have you considered trying THAT gym? If there is
>> more than one reasonable choice, how about you try out each of them.
>> Chances are they'll mostly be filled with humans with bodies that need
>> exercise, just like you.
>>
>> As for the unwanted attention, try a couple tried and true tricks. Wear
>> headphones and don't make eye contact.
>
>Oh, how I wish more people could take this hint.
>
>> Wear baggier clothes - a t-shirt instead of just a workout bra, for
>> example. Show up regularly and get some friends - perhaps some of the
>> "unwanted attention" are people attempting to meet you and will form a
>> core group you work out with regularly.
>
>Here's another one: Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
>back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie. If somebody bothers you to whom
>you do not wish to talk, turn your back on them and point to the text on
>your back. If you don't mind talking to the person in question, remain
>facing them :-D
>
>>
>> I know a bunch of people who are intimidated by the big bulky sweaty guys
>> in the weight room. But not me - they're my workout buds. They're good
>> guys to have on your side.
>
>Back in the day, I could say the same thing. When I started lifting 30
>years ago at my college gym, I was the only woman in the room. The guys were
>perfectly pleasant to deal with in the gym. We'd spot each other as
>appropriate and otherwise leave each other alone. Outside the gym, though,
>I was fair game. If I ran into one of these guys at the library or the
>cafeteria, they'd be a lot friendlier than I might have preferred.
>
>In recent years, in public gyms, I get these weenies who come up to me and
>essplain that I'm doing something wrong or shouldn't be doing it at all,
>that I'm lifting too heavy, that I'm squatting too low, blah blah blah.
>When I used to go to a commercial gym, I used to carry around copies of
>articles on the proper squat form and deadlift form to give to fucktards
>like this when they'd bother me.
>
>>
>> FWIW, the women's gyms I've seen have had pitiful equipment. I much
>> prefer a gym with serious lifters because it'll have serious equipment.
>
>Personally, I work out at home as much as possible, with my own benches and
>standard weights (and my BF to spot me as needed :-) But there's always
>the gym at the nearby hospital ($4 per visit for non-members) if I want to
>play with the big toys.
>
>ep

Do you go to a small or large gym? I found when I was in a small gym
I made a number of friends and probably talked too much. In the large
gym I go too now nobody talks to each other. I tend not to talk to
the women at all. They kind of scare me with their weird exercises
and next to no weights I don't understand why they workout so much
different then the guys. .

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:31:33 -0600, "Edna Pearl" <edna_pearl@yahoo.BiteMeSpammer.com> wrote:

>"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1169338339.872643.56120@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Edna Pearl wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>> <snip> Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
>>> back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> http://www.shutupnlift.com/
>>
>> Although those items seem much more like conversation starters than
>> squelchers.
>>
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/MFW/not.jpg
>>
>> Here's your text on a t-shirt, ep. This guy, however, probably doesn't
>> need a Sharpie or that t-shirt to discourage unnecessary gab.
>>
>> Available online @:
>>
>> http://animal-gear.com/
>
>Indeed, I got the idea for the text from someone here giving a link to such
>a shirt sold by Animalpak. The problem with this ready-made shirt for us
>women, however, is that the text would be on our tits. I have generally
>found it a bad policy to wear text on my tits in gyms.

Especially if it's in Braille.

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:39:56 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>
><lauraj814@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1169287504.788674.285020@v45g2000cwv.googleg roups.com...
>>I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>
>This thread inspires a new category. "Dumbest question of the month"
>
>A women's gym that allows men seems to be a contradiction in terms - or
>maybe I am not understanding it. (or maybe we have ourselves a real live
>bimbo finally)
>

Or the denizens have simply overlooked the probability that this is
just a "troll", enjoying the unexpected results of what "trolls" seek
to do!

HAGS! ;o)

"Charles" <jrh@msn.com> wrote in message
news:r296r2944hb8giepur4kqvsm3tldn713ib@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:39:56 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>
>><lauraj814@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1169287504.788674.285020@v45g2000cwv.google groups.com...
>>>I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>>
>>This thread inspires a new category. "Dumbest question of the month"
>>
>>A women's gym that allows men seems to be a contradiction in terms - or
>>maybe I am not understanding it. (or maybe we have ourselves a real live
>>bimbo finally)
>>
>
> Or the denizens have simply overlooked the probability that this is
> just a "troll", enjoying the unexpected results of what "trolls" seek
> to do!
>
> HAGS! ;o)

OMG!! A troll??? Are you sure??? I can't believe how unsuspecting people
going about their day to day business could be duped in such a fashion!

>

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:40:46 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>
>"Charles" <jrh@msn.com> wrote in message
>news:r296r2944hb8giepur4kqvsm3tldn713ib@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:39:56 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>><lauraj814@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1169287504.788674.285020@v45g2000cwv.googl egroups.com...
>>>>I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>>>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>>>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>>>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>>>
>>>This thread inspires a new category. "Dumbest question of the month"
>>>
>>>A women's gym that allows men seems to be a contradiction in terms - or
>>>maybe I am not understanding it. (or maybe we have ourselves a real live
>>>bimbo finally)
>>>
>>
>> Or the denizens have simply overlooked the probability that this is
>> just a "troll", enjoying the unexpected results of what "trolls" seek
>> to do!
>>
>> HAGS! ;o)
>
>OMG!! A troll??? Are you sure??? I can't believe how unsuspecting people
>going about their day to day business could be duped in such a fashion!
>

I can't be "sure", and given that the group expert on all things
"trollish" is on holiday (I think), then we won't know for "sure"
until he returns to active duty, and has carried out his usual
'in-depth' investigation.

But to my unskilled eye, it does look a tad suspicious. What do you
think, although I am aware that "trolling" is not something with which
you are particularly familiar?!! ;o)

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:46:05 -0600, "Edna Pearl"
<edna_pearl@yahoo.BiteMeSpammer.com> wrote:

>"Dally" <Dally@whoever.com> wrote in message
>news:51fl9qF1k30d0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> lauraj814@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.
>>
>> ROFL.
>>
>> Okay, seriously, I don't have to be snarky because everyone else will be,
>> so let's just take this piece by piece.
>>
>> Do you have any gyms that are within easy distance of you that have
>> equipment you like? Have you considered trying THAT gym? If there is
>> more than one reasonable choice, how about you try out each of them.
>> Chances are they'll mostly be filled with humans with bodies that need
>> exercise, just like you.
>>
>> As for the unwanted attention, try a couple tried and true tricks. Wear
>> headphones and don't make eye contact.
>
>Oh, how I wish more people could take this hint.
>
>> Wear baggier clothes - a t-shirt instead of just a workout bra, for
>> example. Show up regularly and get some friends - perhaps some of the
>> "unwanted attention" are people attempting to meet you and will form a
>> core group you work out with regularly.
>
>Here's another one: Scrawl "I'm not here to talk" in big letters on the
>back of your baggy t-shirt with a Sharpie. If somebody bothers you to whom
>you do not wish to talk, turn your back on them and point to the text on
>your back. If you don't mind talking to the person in question, remain
>facing them :-D
>
>>
>> I know a bunch of people who are intimidated by the big bulky sweaty guys
>> in the weight room. But not me - they're my workout buds. They're good
>> guys to have on your side.
>
>Back in the day, I could say the same thing. When I started lifting 30
>years ago at my college gym, I was the only woman in the room. The guys were
>perfectly pleasant to deal with in the gym. We'd spot each other as
>appropriate and otherwise leave each other alone. Outside the gym, though,
>I was fair game. If I ran into one of these guys at the library or the
>cafeteria, they'd be a lot friendlier than I might have preferred.
>
>In recent years, in public gyms, I get these weenies who come up to me and
>essplain that I'm doing something wrong or shouldn't be doing it at all,
>that I'm lifting too heavy, that I'm squatting too low, blah blah blah.
>When I used to go to a commercial gym, I used to carry around copies of
>articles on the proper squat form and deadlift form to give to fucktards
>like this when they'd bother me.
>
>>
>> FWIW, the women's gyms I've seen have had pitiful equipment. I much
>> prefer a gym with serious lifters because it'll have serious equipment.
>
>Personally, I work out at home as much as possible, with my own benches and
>standard weights (and my BF to spot me as needed :-) But there's always
>the gym at the nearby hospital ($4 per visit for non-members) if I want to
>play with the big toys.
>

Sunday morning musings:

It appears to me that we have secured an admirable replacement for
Dally/Dolly/Dilly/Delenn/Wendy, that athlete/triathlete extraordinaire
who got frightened fartless by "Lucas Buck", in the form of recent
arrival Edna the Pearl.

Here is a 'girl' that's been around the block a few times, seen it and
done it all, and got the "baggy T-Shirt" (with "fuck off" on the back)
to prove it.

Not only an authority on all things to do with fitness and training,
with a bent to PC, Feminism, liberalism and 'feistyness', but an
absolute expert in dissuading ardent gym 'fanny rats' from approaching
her with a 'view to'!!

However, in my experience, the females who get the fellows in the gym
to fawn over them with tongues hanging out, are usually the good
looking younger ones with the 'essential bits' in 'interesting'
proportions in all the right places.

Now, we've seen Dally/Dolly/Dilly/Delenn/Wendy in all her 'glory', and
not even her best friend would suggest that she is in any immediate
danger from the attentions of gym Lotharios.

We haven't yet seen Edna the Pearl so displayed, but by her own
description she is past the first flush of youth, of somewhat 'lumpy'
proportions and possessed of a surliness which would be off-putting
even if she were of more glamorous visage.

I suggest that both 'Dally/Dolly/Dilly/Delenn/Wendy' and 'Edna the
Pearl' are worrying un-necessarily, and I seek only to reassure them
that they should frequent the gym of their choice free of such
concerns.

Have a great Sunday ladies - I'm having a quiet and reflective Sabbath
(Christian)! ;o)

"joanne" <jgrrl2@yahoo.com> schreef:

>>This issue went through the courts a few years ago and the verdict was
>> that women-only gyms are ok. Odds are that any gym that bills itself as
>> for women will bar all men.

> I dont understand how this could go thru the courts and not be labelled
> as discriminatory.

Yes.

> Do you see gyms advertising 'men only'? Of course not, women would be
> picketing it in no time.

Yes.

> Men have to make them into 'clubs' with a gym as an extra to get under
> the radar.

We had "private gyms" in the early/mid eighties, a carry-over from the
seventies. Most "members" had a set of keys.

Those "members" were usually big, steroid consuming guys who drove a
Mercedes, which they used to collect their welfare checks each month. With
usually big gold chains around their big necks. With pit-bulls as a pet.

You get the idea.

They could also fix you up pretty easy with an Asian girl if you had the
desire.

OH, the good old days! I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

> Google 'womens gyms' and you get lots of links, google 'mens gyms' and
> you get retail outlets for shorts!
> So just not right.

You are okay.

Maybe you should post as "Joni" instead of "Joanne."
Its a lot more cute. Really, it is

--
Pete, The New & Improved Version

"Take your own advice: killfile. I took your advice on that subject BTW.
Your turn dude" -- Will Brink

"Problem is, I still see his/their posts 'cause
you respond to them, and that throws the balance of the universe of" -- Will
Brink

Dnia 2007-01-21 joanne napisa³(a):
>
>
> On Jan 20, 4:31 pm, "Edna Pearl" <edna_pe...@yahoo.BiteMeSpammer.com>
> wrote:
>> The problem with this ready-made shirt for us
>> women, however, is that the text would be on our tits. I have generally
>> found it a bad policy to wear text on my tits in gyms. Hence the idea of
>> writing said text on my back. In large print. ;-)
>
> But thats the only place men are staring at when they face you or talk
> to you (dazed deer in headlights look)

Oh, it very much depends on the quality of headlights.

Do you happen to have anything similar?
http://www.xlgirls.net/big-boobs/big...e/Linsey07.jpg

> hence they wouldnt see it nor
> comprehend it on your back (ok unless it was across your ass as their
> other main focal point for staring!

There are some guys who appreciate feet a lot, so do not lose all hope.

> I like some of the tshirts here
> too: http://www.lazybonesfitness.com/index.html

Me to. I like first from the left most.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R

"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> schreef:

>> I am wondering...are there any women's gyms that allow men? I prefer a
>> women's gym over a coed gym because of the unwanted attention I
>> receive. However, I do not want an environment that is totally female,
>> just mainly female. I do approach men at the gym every now and then.

> Heh, typical female logic: I want a "women's gym" with men in it
> because I don't want men finding me attractive while I'm trying to make
> myself attractive to men.

> I think women should work their brains more than their bodies.

Why?

So they can actually become intelligent?

--
Pete, The New & Improved Version

"Take your own advice: killfile. I took your advice on that subject BTW.
Your turn dude" -- Will Brink

"Problem is, I still see his/their posts 'cause
you respond to them, and that throws the balance of the universe of" -- Will
Brink