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Women's Rights & Issues

obamanut2012

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7. Your post made me think about this a bit more

Reply to enough (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 10:42 AM

Feb 2012

And, it IS mainly older men (and, I mean older) who do this, although some of the younger guys have seem irritated about having to wait to use the hack or sled. The women are usually the ones who "dress up" for the gym. My mother said they look at her, too, and she is your age.

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Doing weights at the gym [View all] obamanut2012 Feb 2012 OP

Are you grunting? marybourg Feb 2012 #1

NO obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #2

Probably because they're pushing marybourg Feb 2012 #3

Peacocks. JoeyT Feb 2012 #9

I used to belong to a gym that specifically forbade that activity. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #10

They're one of the main ones I was thinking of. JoeyT Feb 2012 #11

Fortunately, that does not happen at my gym. murielm99 Feb 2012 #4

At my gym (a suburban eastcoast Y) this is entirely a matter of generation. enough Feb 2012 #5

Your post made me think about this a bit more obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #7

I'd have an issue with this on principle justiceischeap Feb 2012 #6

I feel like I don't even know you anymore obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #8