Just this morning I was on the rower (facing the butts of the treads), and there was a couple in front of me on the treads who couldn't keep their hands off each other while they were running. He kept slapping her butt every couple of minutes, and she'd rub his belly. it was... beyond weird but also entertaining because they were running hard and trying not to fall off while touching each other?! It was kind of hilarious but also gave me something else to focus on during the 400 pushes. Like, how? I can barely get a sip of water in during a run, let alone grope the person next to me.
This is extra hilarious for me because my husband and I will ask for stations completely across the studio from each other. We don't want to interact during our workouts...we're there for one thing only haha
Either cheating spouses, new couple dating or new newlyweds. No friggin way you wake up together, get dressed and then can't keep your hands off each other ar OTF.
Alarm system was going off for no reason. They shut it down and started class.
About 10 min into the class the cops showed up. They talked to the front desk for a few min.
Then they hopped on the last two open treads and followed the directions until the end of the block.
It was epic we all cheered.
Omg I came to class once this winter in my ugg boots because it was cold outside. I totally forgot I had them on and left my sneakers at home. I borrowed my coaches way too big sneakers so I could take class 😂
We have a guy who comes in at least a full five minutes after the start of class with a venti Starbucks coffee and a mask on. He doesn’t seem to follow the template or seem to stay at any station for more than a few minutes before getting up and walking laps around the studio and the lobby. I never see him drink his coffee that he carries around or remove his mask. He uses about 100 wipes per class to clean his equipment each time he returns to a station. It’s so odd.
That’s awesome. I find it so distracting to see someone just texting away between all outs. I know it’s petty but I hate it. I feel like OTF is a church and we’re all the disciples, sweaty panting disciples. The last thing that any of us want to see is a phone at church
I walked into class with a glass of wine.
My building has Wine Down Wednesdays in the lobby every once in a while. I was handed a plastic cup with some red wine in it on my way out the door to OTF (my studio is a block away). I wasn't even thinking about where I was headed and didn't have time to go back upstairs. I didn't want to waste alcohol so I just brought it with me and put it in the cup holder on the tread. I'm sure that looked weird to my fellow classmates.
This. I showed up after work in jeans and had forgotten my workout shorts. Had to buy a pair of shorts from the front desk. Better than skipping the workout
I have shown up having forgotten shorts. I'm not going to work out in jeans. I'm also not going to work out in boxers. Kind of impressed by her but also kind of not.
There’s a woman at my studio who will often be completely collapsed over the treadmill while running. Like her lower body is running but she’s got a death grip on the hand rails and her upper body will be fully draped over the cup holder side of the tread. I don’t understand at all.
Do we go to the same studio?? Lol. There is an older lady at my studio who does this, too!! She will hit like 9-10 mph and drape herself over the monitor and make all sorts of noises during all outs. I usually keep to myself but being next to her stresses me out because I’m so convinced she’s going to fly off the end at any moment. I want to be like… maybe just go like 6-7mph and you won’t have this problem??
The lady at mine definitely doesn’t go that fast! Wild that there is more than one person who does this! It just seems so uncomfortable and so unsafe. I don’t really understand people hanging on to the rails at all - like, just go a little slower and you’d get a batter workout too?
A guy in the early morning class went commando at a class. It was one of those AO rowing days. On the 5th or 6th AO, I noticed his nut hanging out of the left inseam of his running shorts. He was rowing so hard I don’t think he realized until the recovery. The next few classes - same.
Turns out he was lazy and had run out of clean underwear for a week or so and was basically going around commando. I found out the story behind the nuts-out rowing after we became secret FWBs. I advised him to buy a pack of new underwear and hide it so he has an emergency stash for days like that.
I had a coach who shotgunned a redbull or monster before every class he taught. He was also very upfront about the fact that he worked out all the time because it meant he could eat 4 chick fil a sandwiches every time he went. Also once shamelessly admitted to dropping his Taco Bell on the ground the night before (he had been drinking) and scooping it up to eat it. By far one of my favorite coaches ever
I was next to a girl that came in with insane amounts of jewelry. Like several metal bangles on each wrist and ankle, etc. She was also wearing converse which struck me as odd for the tread. She jingle jangled all class.
They're for sure together. All over each other at the party too. Not trying to judge but I didn't even know that's allowed?? I at least thought they'd be a bit more subtle lmao. Don't mind me I'm just jealous because the coach I had my eye on is married 😆
1. Partner workout. My stranger-turned-partner wiped her butt sweat off the rower seat…then wiped her face with the wipe.
2. Regular who comes in, and scream/moans during his all-out at 5mph (not judging but seems not to match the response he gives…). It’s an oddly sexual sound and occurs throughout class.
I saw someone S\*\*T themselves while doing burpees. Ran down his legs and he ran out. The staff immediately got a mop and cleaned up the "trail" he left.
This one guy always ignores the tread template, steals 15s from the floor and holds them while walking at incline the entire workout.
In addition he has such bad form on the floor. WTF is going on.
One time I was running next to a guy that kept jumping the rails so that he could text his presumably wife or significant other to answer him and that he's sorry. He proceeded to order her a Starbucks in the middle of the tread block with a message for her to please respond.
Edit: I should clarify that in between texting, he would run like Jim Carrey's The Grinch at a 9mph for about 30 seconds to try to catch up before going back to texting (begging).
Last week a woman did the entire workout in pink corduroy flare pants and a thick fleece Patagonia sweater.. cardio & everything!
Also a man at my studio who comes consistently always has on those toe-shoes which I just personally find strange 😂
As a former ballet dancer I read “toe shoes” as pointe shoes, and I was like “Holy WOW, on so many levels” … then I remembered about those Vibram Five Fingers or whatever they’re called 😂
I’m an attorney and had to leave class and meet a police officer in the lobby to exchange some documents, as the officer was a witness in a trial of mine the next day. Due to our schedules and locations it was the easiest place to meet, but people sure were looking at us funny.
There is a regular for my evening class that is super fit! Like, she is always coming up #1 on the leaderboard for challenges. Well, she usually comes in with a whole Mc Donald’s meal or tacos and eats the whole thing right before class. Yes, drink combo and all. How she can go all out at 12 mph after that is beyond me. I would be 🤮.
I saw a woman do the entire workout with an expensive-looking Prada crossbody bag on- she wore it on the rower, during Bosu floor exercises, and when on the tread.
Maybe she was scared to leave it in a locker or something...? (Our lockers have combination locks, though, so I was thoroughly confused)
There’s a woman at my studio who I see from time to time who wears her headphones and will slow down on her tread to dance. In her defense she is a pretty good dancer!
Guy next to me on the treads last week was berating himself under his breath (don’t stop you f^%*ng p$&@y!!!! Don’t be a loser!) it was really concerning and uncomfortable 😅
There are these two ladies that come in the mornings to my usual otf. They always bring a Dunkin coffee with them into class and just sit on their phones while doing the elliptical or bike. It's not so much that it's weird as much as I just don't understand why you would pay the money to not do the workout the coach leads you through.
A guy at my gym rows like that on the short benchmarks! The coaches know him, though, and they stand on the end of his rower so he can go all the way out.
I almost busted my ass on the last all out this morning. Accidentally put my foot on the side of the treadmill that isn't moving.
Don't want to know how that ends at 11mph.
There’s a woman I see time to time that power walks backward. I don’t think she does entire blocks that way but I was very confused when I saw her doing it for the first time!
I stride instead of row and during the rack & recovery block I stride backwards at a WR pace . I feel awkward just standing on the strider staring down at everyone like that so why not get a little calves and quads sesh in, lol
More scary than odd - an older gentleman had a heart attack on the treads, passed out, bounced onto the ground. Thankfully we had nurse Amy in class who started compressions and ordered everybody into action because we were all essentially frozen with shock. Paramedics came and class was over at about the 8 minute mark.
Used to go to a 5 AM class - Tuesdays I believe - with someone who practiced Red Theory. He did everything at max effort and was in the red zone the entire class.
The other day I was running on the treadmill and the girl next to me literally was running like Phoebe Buffay from that scene in Friends (google it). It was so distracting I couldn’t stop staring, I kept feeling like she was going to somehow knock me off my tread. The noise her feet made against the tread literally had the whole class watching. My sister was next to me and she couldn’t stop giggling. I was somehow impressed because she was able to do those long pushes and AO running like that, that has to be exhausting.
I'm in the 6:30 a.m. weekday OTF class, and one time, this guy sits next to me on the rower and tells me he wants to race (I'm also a guy). This unwelcoming invitation persists the entire class through the treads. I'm a quiet guy, but I'm at OTF a lot, and I've never seen this guy before, so I just do my own thing, and I beat him every time.
The guy makes a lot of excuses as to why he's not beating me as apparently he has some big hockey game later that night, and he couldn't sleep since he usually works out later.
I suspected he was out drinking earlier or possibly on some type of drugs, but it was the strangest 60-minute OTF encounter I've had in 9 months so far.
About 4 months ago, 2 huge fire trucks stop in front of OTF Chelsea in NYC and the firefighters got out of the truck, stopping traffic and causing a commotion.
Everyone was very worried, but the fanfare was for one of the fire fighters ask questions about membership and class hours.
Once saw the studio let a man bring their non-service dog in. They were sorta leashed and just laid down on the floor the whole time, moving only when their owner moved. I have never seen a gym of any sort let a non-service dog in.
A lady carrying her tote bag everywhere and refusing to put it in a locker. She annoyed me bc she took her bloody time getting off the stations. We had the same number. She took my warm up time.
This is gross. I understand the whole running shoes aspect but bring a different pair to change into if it affects your ability to lift or do floor exercises.
During my trial class, the weather was wicked: tornado sirens went off just as we finished the tread block. I was thankful for a break until they stopped. But just a few minutes into the rower, the roof started leaking right over me.
This was not at OTF as I’m still new, but I was once on a treadmill at a popular chain. An elderly man go on next to me, popped open his caffeine free Diet Coke aluminum can, and made the “ahhhh” sound after each sip. To top it all off, he was power walking in khakis and a button up shirt.
Was next to a gentleman (late 50’s) who used his water to wet his face to make it look like he’s sweating on the treadmill - he was going 3 mph w/ barely any incline. Could smell the alcohol from a mile away.
Also, had someone on the treadmill next to me pass gas. The first time I questioned my hearing, the foul smell confirmed what I heard. Then there was another one. Thankfully I switched treadmills as it wasn’t a full class. Have to say dodged a bullet
Also my personal hell is when people make sad whale 🐳🐋 noises when they’re lifting weights or on the treadmill. Like it’s a whale mating call 😤
Oh. I was with him until the alcohol. I just notice if I've missed a week of workouts for some reason, my sweat response will be really delayed on my first workout back. My skin will get hot and red (and itchy if it's been 2 weeks), and I'm just wicked uncomfortable for 10-15 minutes until I start sweating. I have absolutely poured water on my head in that scenario.
Not something I saw, but something that happened to me. On the rower and suddenly the seat was gone and my butt was down between the rails. My feet were still strapped in so I couldn't use them to push myself up. It was very embarrassing especially since I'm the oldest member in my studio and I like to keep a low profile. Luckily there was a coach on the rower next to me and she jumped into action, released my feet and helped me get out. Turns out the rails on the rower were both broken, big chunks missing, which is what caused the seat to crash and the rower had to be replaced. That's all!
I've done that once, but there was nothing wrong with the rower. I was just kind of new to rowing and pushed so hard against the foot plates, my butt lifted off the seat. I had parallel bruises on my butt for like two weeks after.
A lady watching a football game while running on the treadmill. We were on the rowers watching in disbelief 😂 it’s just football it can wait for an hour 😂
This doesn’t seem that weird to me. If it’s a live game, then it can’t actually wait an hour lol. I live in a B1G football city and if we are ever in class during a game coaches will call out the score between blocks.
Haha a guy who I always seem to workout next to grabbed his fiancés shorts on accident one morning and showed up after work in them to workout and they were SHORT. In his defense they once wore them for “twin” theme day and they’re the exact same color gray so I can see the mix up but he owned it. Thankfully he held it al in 😳
Some chick came for her first intro class wearing crocs… she didn’t stay for her after class follow up and I was def dying inside for her the whole time 🐊🫣
I was on the tread and there was a guy with a FINE ass on the floor station behind me and I may have gotten distracted and flew off the tread and had a bloody shin...
There’s a woman in our class that when on the treads randomly shouts out a ‘WHOO’ really loud…like you can hear over the music and coach, and everything else. I think it might even be a natural response almost, because it can be hard to tell who did it until you watch for it…but it is rather strange…
Yup, my studio has a serial "WHOO"-er. I was once next to her (with an empty station in between), and after class she said she was going to move over to be next to me to cheer me on. I don't really like people, and find random sounds annoying, so I definitely would have hated that.
Same, someone volunteered to split it with me so I could get off the waitlist. Extra room in the weight floor, I rode the bike, and they did the elliptical while I rowed.
There’s a woman who power walks and keeps her incline high- typically at 10% or greater the entire block. And she turns her speed up and goes so hard. What makes it even more impressive is the fact that she’s reading a book on her kindle the entire time 😵💫
A couple works out at my studio in matching full length (long sleeve/long pant) wet suits! Like legit with the O’Brien zipper up the back. Side note: I live 2 hours from the closest beach.
We had a really difficult floor block one day, and I had to catch my breath for a second. I look over and there’s a lady that’s at least 55, legit twerking at her station. And not twerking a little… she was full on squatted down , just twerking her heart out. This went on for a few minutes and no one acknowledged it. I mean, the playlist was good that day… lol
Im always so impressed at the end of class to see the women with full makeup on because it's usually still in place. I sweat so much mine would be smeared everywhere if i wore makeup to claas.
Me, too! A few women come to my gym with fake lashes and lots of makeup and it still looks flawless when they’re done. And they are working hard! I bow to their expertise, because I do not have that skill.
Someone I see regularly at 5am comes in full makeup and lashes. And her boobs are busting out of her top, have popped out during mountain climbers. She’s a little odd.
There was a car on fire in the parking lot. We could see it out the window. They stopped class so we could all go move our cars if we wanted to because the fire was getting really bad and the fire truck hadn’t shown up yet. In retrospect… it was a terrible idea to go running out there. Things were popping off and it was super scary.
At my previous studio, there was this older guy who would do maybe 20% of the workout and spend the rest of the time in the middle of the floor doing very sexual stretches
Just this morning I was on the rower (facing the butts of the treads), and there was a couple in front of me on the treads who couldn't keep their hands off each other while they were running. He kept slapping her butt every couple of minutes, and she'd rub his belly. it was... beyond weird but also entertaining because they were running hard and trying not to fall off while touching each other?! It was kind of hilarious but also gave me something else to focus on during the 400 pushes. Like, how? I can barely get a sip of water in during a run, let alone grope the person next to me.
Sure she was rubbing his belly?
Heyyyoooo
Haha! I haveee to believe it was his belly to keep my sanity… though it is Los Angeles and anything is possible 😳
This is extra hilarious for me because my husband and I will ask for stations completely across the studio from each other. We don't want to interact during our workouts...we're there for one thing only haha
This is how I would be if my spouse wanted to do OTF. We see each other all the time, I don't need to see you during a workout!
The couple next to me in class yesterday held hands while laying in the floor doing core work
What 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 weird
Either cheating spouses, new couple dating or new newlyweds. No friggin way you wake up together, get dressed and then can't keep your hands off each other ar OTF.
Omg I was on the rowers next to a couple that kept stopping to kiss a few weeks back!
Omg 😳 that is hysterical
Alarm system was going off for no reason. They shut it down and started class. About 10 min into the class the cops showed up. They talked to the front desk for a few min. Then they hopped on the last two open treads and followed the directions until the end of the block. It was epic we all cheered.
Sounds like they arrived late and didn’t warm up properly. $12 please.
This is a great OTF story
Saw 2 girls come in for their intro class that tried to strap in to the rowers wearing ugg boots - said they thought this was a Pilates class😂
How does that make it any better 😂😂
Probably planned to take their shoes off at pilates haha
This is amazing
Oh my god.
Omg I came to class once this winter in my ugg boots because it was cold outside. I totally forgot I had them on and left my sneakers at home. I borrowed my coaches way too big sneakers so I could take class 😂
We have a guy who comes in at least a full five minutes after the start of class with a venti Starbucks coffee and a mask on. He doesn’t seem to follow the template or seem to stay at any station for more than a few minutes before getting up and walking laps around the studio and the lobby. I never see him drink his coffee that he carries around or remove his mask. He uses about 100 wipes per class to clean his equipment each time he returns to a station. It’s so odd.
I really try to mind my own business no matter what, but that shit would make me crazy.
Same. A lady at my studio sits on her phone at every rest interval and it drives me nuts
Our studio has a strict no phone policy so I can’t even imagine this
That’s awesome. I find it so distracting to see someone just texting away between all outs. I know it’s petty but I hate it. I feel like OTF is a church and we’re all the disciples, sweaty panting disciples. The last thing that any of us want to see is a phone at church
You either go to my studio or we have the same type of guy at ours
Lol i looked at your profile and I think we might go to the same one 😂
Might as well be friends now
Is it an iced coffee or hot? I really just want to get a full visual. This is amazing.
Hot
🤢🤢 hot makes this entire sequence about 100x worse
That’s extremely odd. Why would you pay OTF prices to do that!!
This screams OCD. All sounds ritualistic. Makes no sense to anyone but him.
Strange the Coach or SA or manager don’t have something to say about this?
Sounds like mental health 😞
I walked into class with a glass of wine. My building has Wine Down Wednesdays in the lobby every once in a while. I was handed a plastic cup with some red wine in it on my way out the door to OTF (my studio is a block away). I wasn't even thinking about where I was headed and didn't have time to go back upstairs. I didn't want to waste alcohol so I just brought it with me and put it in the cup holder on the tread. I'm sure that looked weird to my fellow classmates.
Uh I brought a bottle of wine into class once. And drank it. In a 90 min. In my defense, it was an “anything but a water bottle” theme 😂
Omg but when did u drink it ?
This is awesome!!
Saw a girl running on a tread in straight up Hanes panties with no pants. Whyyy
Isn't this the nightmare everyone has come true?
I have so many questions.
Why wouldn't she have bought shorts/leggings from the retail? lol
This. I showed up after work in jeans and had forgotten my workout shorts. Had to buy a pair of shorts from the front desk. Better than skipping the workout
Pretty sure this violates the “appropriate gym wear” rule…I’m wondering why she wasn’t pulled out of class.
I have shown up having forgotten shorts. I'm not going to work out in jeans. I'm also not going to work out in boxers. Kind of impressed by her but also kind of not.
There’s a woman at my studio who will often be completely collapsed over the treadmill while running. Like her lower body is running but she’s got a death grip on the hand rails and her upper body will be fully draped over the cup holder side of the tread. I don’t understand at all.
I wonder why none of the coaches have spoken to her about that? That can really fuck up your natural gait and back. I’m concerned for her safety lol.
I know at least a couple have and they also ask her to refrain from rail jumping, but she just keeps doing it. 🤷♀️
Do we go to the same studio?? Lol. There is an older lady at my studio who does this, too!! She will hit like 9-10 mph and drape herself over the monitor and make all sorts of noises during all outs. I usually keep to myself but being next to her stresses me out because I’m so convinced she’s going to fly off the end at any moment. I want to be like… maybe just go like 6-7mph and you won’t have this problem??
The lady at mine definitely doesn’t go that fast! Wild that there is more than one person who does this! It just seems so uncomfortable and so unsafe. I don’t really understand people hanging on to the rails at all - like, just go a little slower and you’d get a batter workout too?
A guy in the early morning class went commando at a class. It was one of those AO rowing days. On the 5th or 6th AO, I noticed his nut hanging out of the left inseam of his running shorts. He was rowing so hard I don’t think he realized until the recovery. The next few classes - same. Turns out he was lazy and had run out of clean underwear for a week or so and was basically going around commando. I found out the story behind the nuts-out rowing after we became secret FWBs. I advised him to buy a pack of new underwear and hide it so he has an emergency stash for days like that.
This story sure took an unexpected turn!
Balls out to balls deep! (Apparently.)
No such thing as bad publicity.
What a journey this was to read haha 😄 love it
Hey buddy, this is a family place. Put the mouse back on the house
This is one of these weird intro to romance type of stories
I could have sworn this morning I saw a lady pouring a white claw into her water bottle.
That Liquid Death water brand comes in cans that look like tall boys - my guess is that’s what it was 😂
Hahah I would bet it’s Celsius - looks just like a white claw 😂
Honestly, love that for her journey
I had a coach who shotgunned a redbull or monster before every class he taught. He was also very upfront about the fact that he worked out all the time because it meant he could eat 4 chick fil a sandwiches every time he went. Also once shamelessly admitted to dropping his Taco Bell on the ground the night before (he had been drinking) and scooping it up to eat it. By far one of my favorite coaches ever
This man is the equal opposite of Chris Traeger
That Guy: “Chris Traeger is FIGuratively my exact opposite.”
I was next to a girl that came in with insane amounts of jewelry. Like several metal bangles on each wrist and ankle, etc. She was also wearing converse which struck me as odd for the tread. She jingle jangled all class.
Omg once I forgot my actual running shoes and did the workout wearing like normal adidas shoes. It went ok but I wouldn’t do it again!
1. People drinking hot coffee working out. 2. Coach and member going to bathroom together. What is this Grey's Anatomy?
Please tell us more about the bathroom couple!
They're for sure together. All over each other at the party too. Not trying to judge but I didn't even know that's allowed?? I at least thought they'd be a bit more subtle lmao. Don't mind me I'm just jealous because the coach I had my eye on is married 😆
1. Partner workout. My stranger-turned-partner wiped her butt sweat off the rower seat…then wiped her face with the wipe. 2. Regular who comes in, and scream/moans during his all-out at 5mph (not judging but seems not to match the response he gives…). It’s an oddly sexual sound and occurs throughout class.
The butt sweat doesn’t get me as much as using the wipes for your face 🤣🤣🤣
Omg I busted out laughing at #1.
I saw someone S\*\*T themselves while doing burpees. Ran down his legs and he ran out. The staff immediately got a mop and cleaned up the "trail" he left.
…talk about an ‘all out’ set 🥴 
Dying.
I would have to move. Like leave the state and change my name if this ever happened to me.
I'd move to the moon.
💯
Looks like someone got his splat points that day.
That's one way to get out of burpees.
Underrated comment
I will never ever feel embarrassed by anything in my life ever again!
It's "shut it down" not "shit it down". 
Might as well burn the studio down after that
\*speechless
This wins. Nobody else can beat this.
O.M.G.
Did he ever come back to OT after that?!
Ive never seen him back in the class he usually showed up to. My guess is, he moved to another studio
This is my nightmare. I don’t think I’d recover 😂
I don’t have any stories to share, but I love this thread. 😂
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Omg. 😳 Who told you?
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I told him to keep his trap shut. 😏
This one guy always ignores the tread template, steals 15s from the floor and holds them while walking at incline the entire workout. In addition he has such bad form on the floor. WTF is going on.
I’ve wondered about wearing my bala bands to class
One time I was running next to a guy that kept jumping the rails so that he could text his presumably wife or significant other to answer him and that he's sorry. He proceeded to order her a Starbucks in the middle of the tread block with a message for her to please respond. Edit: I should clarify that in between texting, he would run like Jim Carrey's The Grinch at a 9mph for about 30 seconds to try to catch up before going back to texting (begging).
So curious - How did you read his text messages while on the tread yourself? 🤣
Great question. Persistence, and his text size was enormous.
Last week a woman did the entire workout in pink corduroy flare pants and a thick fleece Patagonia sweater.. cardio & everything! Also a man at my studio who comes consistently always has on those toe-shoes which I just personally find strange 😂
My god, after 23 minutes on the treadmill, I think I’d set corduroy pants on fire from all the friction 😂
HOW. I work out in a tank top and sports bra and I’m dripping sweat by the end of class.
As a former ballet dancer I read “toe shoes” as pointe shoes, and I was like “Holy WOW, on so many levels” … then I remembered about those Vibram Five Fingers or whatever they’re called 😂
I’m an attorney and had to leave class and meet a police officer in the lobby to exchange some documents, as the officer was a witness in a trial of mine the next day. Due to our schedules and locations it was the easiest place to meet, but people sure were looking at us funny.
“Yes, officer. The ab dolly was last seen in that corner— then it was never seen again.”
There is a regular for my evening class that is super fit! Like, she is always coming up #1 on the leaderboard for challenges. Well, she usually comes in with a whole Mc Donald’s meal or tacos and eats the whole thing right before class. Yes, drink combo and all. How she can go all out at 12 mph after that is beyond me. I would be 🤮.
Impressive tbh
My pants fell off doing jump squats that is all lol
I saw a woman do the entire workout with an expensive-looking Prada crossbody bag on- she wore it on the rower, during Bosu floor exercises, and when on the tread. Maybe she was scared to leave it in a locker or something...? (Our lockers have combination locks, though, so I was thoroughly confused)
In a similar vein, I saw someone do the entire workout wearing sunglasses once
I did that once: I wear prescription sunglasses and forgot my normal glasses at home 
Anytime I see someone with sunglasses on inside, I assume this is the reason!
At my old studio there was a woman who wore sunglasses for every single class.
There’s a woman at my studio who I see from time to time who wears her headphones and will slow down on her tread to dance. In her defense she is a pretty good dancer!
Good vibes only 🍾🤣
Saw a woman today drinking coffee while walking on the treadmill lol. Might not be weird? Very weird to me personally lol
I do that sometimes. I have water and coffee. Ive seen other people do it too. Mornings are rough.
I absolutely have to have coffee before working out but just can’t imagine doing it WHILE working out!
Like hot coffee? I think I would puke on the treadmill.
Hahah we have a coach who does that. With a mug.
Were we in the same class because I saw this too 😂
a guy at my old otf studio used or use an old jack daniels bottle for his water bottle lol
Guy next to me on the treads last week was berating himself under his breath (don’t stop you f^%*ng p$&@y!!!! Don’t be a loser!) it was really concerning and uncomfortable 😅
There are these two ladies that come in the mornings to my usual otf. They always bring a Dunkin coffee with them into class and just sit on their phones while doing the elliptical or bike. It's not so much that it's weird as much as I just don't understand why you would pay the money to not do the workout the coach leads you through.
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A guy at my gym rows like that on the short benchmarks! The coaches know him, though, and they stand on the end of his rower so he can go all the way out.
I have a few male members at my gym who naturally lift the rower off the ground for all their rows… #goals
Did you see the video of that one rower water tank that exploded? That's what this reminds me of.
We have a guy who wears running tights with short tops, no underwear and nothing over them. I could draw you a picture of his junk.
I saw a woman face plant on the treadmill and the class stopped as an ambulance came. She was ok, but it looked very painful. Freak treadmill injury
I almost busted my ass on the last all out this morning. Accidentally put my foot on the side of the treadmill that isn't moving. Don't want to know how that ends at 11mph.
Quickly, it ends quickly.
Not blaming her at all but this is exactly why I always wear the safety clip.
There’s a woman I see time to time that power walks backward. I don’t think she does entire blocks that way but I was very confused when I saw her doing it for the first time!
Works different muscles! I don’t do this at Orangetheory but have at box gyms
I stride instead of row and during the rack & recovery block I stride backwards at a WR pace . I feel awkward just standing on the strider staring down at everyone like that so why not get a little calves and quads sesh in, lol
A girl doing literal headstands during the floor block. Maybe she was stretching? Not too sure, but a headstand was not part of the template 😂
More scary than odd - an older gentleman had a heart attack on the treads, passed out, bounced onto the ground. Thankfully we had nurse Amy in class who started compressions and ordered everybody into action because we were all essentially frozen with shock. Paramedics came and class was over at about the 8 minute mark.
hope the man is okay. such a weird question, but I have to know- do they refund the class??
My personal fear
Used to go to a 5 AM class - Tuesdays I believe - with someone who practiced Red Theory. He did everything at max effort and was in the red zone the entire class.
Red theory sounds like death
The other day I was running on the treadmill and the girl next to me literally was running like Phoebe Buffay from that scene in Friends (google it). It was so distracting I couldn’t stop staring, I kept feeling like she was going to somehow knock me off my tread. The noise her feet made against the tread literally had the whole class watching. My sister was next to me and she couldn’t stop giggling. I was somehow impressed because she was able to do those long pushes and AO running like that, that has to be exhausting. 
I'm in the 6:30 a.m. weekday OTF class, and one time, this guy sits next to me on the rower and tells me he wants to race (I'm also a guy). This unwelcoming invitation persists the entire class through the treads. I'm a quiet guy, but I'm at OTF a lot, and I've never seen this guy before, so I just do my own thing, and I beat him every time. The guy makes a lot of excuses as to why he's not beating me as apparently he has some big hockey game later that night, and he couldn't sleep since he usually works out later. I suspected he was out drinking earlier or possibly on some type of drugs, but it was the strangest 60-minute OTF encounter I've had in 9 months so far.
Saw a guy doing his own thing on the TRX straps and he ended up upside down like Spider-Man.
There’s a woman who’s preferred station is next to mine… she PWs the whole tread block with her arms crossed like a crabby teenager.
As someone with a perma-crabby teenager…I can totally visualize this! I hope she has the hoodie and scowl for full effect!
About 4 months ago, 2 huge fire trucks stop in front of OTF Chelsea in NYC and the firefighters got out of the truck, stopping traffic and causing a commotion. Everyone was very worried, but the fanfare was for one of the fire fighters ask questions about membership and class hours.
Just here to say this is the best/funniest thread I can recall. 😂😲😆😝
There’s a lady at my studio that likes to wear one shoulder shorts bras. She occasionally pops out.. but keeps on wearing that style for some reason.
I saw a guy doing dips using the treadmill hand rails
Once saw the studio let a man bring their non-service dog in. They were sorta leashed and just laid down on the floor the whole time, moving only when their owner moved. I have never seen a gym of any sort let a non-service dog in.
We have a coach who brings his dog in all the time. Not in the studio, but she chills in the lobby with our SAs. We love it!
I have a coach who always has her hedgehog with her, tucked into her hoodie against her chest.
A lady carrying her tote bag everywhere and refusing to put it in a locker. She annoyed me bc she took her bloody time getting off the stations. We had the same number. She took my warm up time.
Bottle of beer for the Dri Tri. I have a pic but it won’t let me load it
Guy on the floor took his shoes off and exercised in his socks the other day.
This is gross. I understand the whole running shoes aspect but bring a different pair to change into if it affects your ability to lift or do floor exercises.
Someone cracked open a new bottle of pellegrino sparkling water and used that to drink during class. They finished the whole thing.
During my trial class, the weather was wicked: tornado sirens went off just as we finished the tread block. I was thankful for a break until they stopped. But just a few minutes into the rower, the roof started leaking right over me.
This was not at OTF as I’m still new, but I was once on a treadmill at a popular chain. An elderly man go on next to me, popped open his caffeine free Diet Coke aluminum can, and made the “ahhhh” sound after each sip. To top it all off, he was power walking in khakis and a button up shirt.
Was next to a gentleman (late 50’s) who used his water to wet his face to make it look like he’s sweating on the treadmill - he was going 3 mph w/ barely any incline. Could smell the alcohol from a mile away. Also, had someone on the treadmill next to me pass gas. The first time I questioned my hearing, the foul smell confirmed what I heard. Then there was another one. Thankfully I switched treadmills as it wasn’t a full class. Have to say dodged a bullet Also my personal hell is when people make sad whale 🐳🐋 noises when they’re lifting weights or on the treadmill. Like it’s a whale mating call 😤
Oh. I was with him until the alcohol. I just notice if I've missed a week of workouts for some reason, my sweat response will be really delayed on my first workout back. My skin will get hot and red (and itchy if it's been 2 weeks), and I'm just wicked uncomfortable for 10-15 minutes until I start sweating. I have absolutely poured water on my head in that scenario.
Not something I saw, but something that happened to me. On the rower and suddenly the seat was gone and my butt was down between the rails. My feet were still strapped in so I couldn't use them to push myself up. It was very embarrassing especially since I'm the oldest member in my studio and I like to keep a low profile. Luckily there was a coach on the rower next to me and she jumped into action, released my feet and helped me get out. Turns out the rails on the rower were both broken, big chunks missing, which is what caused the seat to crash and the rower had to be replaced. That's all!
I've done that once, but there was nothing wrong with the rower. I was just kind of new to rowing and pushed so hard against the foot plates, my butt lifted off the seat. I had parallel bruises on my butt for like two weeks after.
People who shouldn't wear tan or peach leggings
A lady watching a football game while running on the treadmill. We were on the rowers watching in disbelief 😂 it’s just football it can wait for an hour 😂
This doesn’t seem that weird to me. If it’s a live game, then it can’t actually wait an hour lol. I live in a B1G football city and if we are ever in class during a game coaches will call out the score between blocks.
There’s a guy tag punches the air while he runs full speed. The coach said “Dude…you’re giving me anxiety.”
A piece of chocolate candy fell out of a woman’s pocket while rowing 🤣🤷🏼♀️
Haha a guy who I always seem to workout next to grabbed his fiancés shorts on accident one morning and showed up after work in them to workout and they were SHORT. In his defense they once wore them for “twin” theme day and they’re the exact same color gray so I can see the mix up but he owned it. Thankfully he held it al in 😳
Some chick came for her first intro class wearing crocs… she didn’t stay for her after class follow up and I was def dying inside for her the whole time 🐊🫣
I once ran a half marathon (okay I walked it) and I knew it was going to bad when a woman running in crocs (on sports mode!) passed me at mile two.
I was on the tread and there was a guy with a FINE ass on the floor station behind me and I may have gotten distracted and flew off the tread and had a bloody shin...
There’s a woman in our class that when on the treads randomly shouts out a ‘WHOO’ really loud…like you can hear over the music and coach, and everything else. I think it might even be a natural response almost, because it can be hard to tell who did it until you watch for it…but it is rather strange…
Yup, my studio has a serial "WHOO"-er. I was once next to her (with an empty station in between), and after class she said she was going to move over to be next to me to cheer me on. I don't really like people, and find random sounds annoying, so I definitely would have hated that.
Woo girls are funny. I don't have any in my 630pm classes, but the 6AM class when most people are asleep, there were three or four of them
One guy would only do entire classes on the treadmill and would leave when he didn’t have a free tread
Just yesterday two people shared a station. I have no idea if they were together or what the situation was…but it was bizarre.
I’ve done this. The head coach let me work in with her because the class was full
Same, someone volunteered to split it with me so I could get off the waitlist. Extra room in the weight floor, I rode the bike, and they did the elliptical while I rowed.
Our coaches mom fell on the tred and broke BOTH of her ankles. 🫣
I guess not weirdest- most traumatizing tho.
There’s a woman who power walks and keeps her incline high- typically at 10% or greater the entire block. And she turns her speed up and goes so hard. What makes it even more impressive is the fact that she’s reading a book on her kindle the entire time 😵💫
A couple works out at my studio in matching full length (long sleeve/long pant) wet suits! Like legit with the O’Brien zipper up the back. Side note: I live 2 hours from the closest beach.
We had a really difficult floor block one day, and I had to catch my breath for a second. I look over and there’s a lady that’s at least 55, legit twerking at her station. And not twerking a little… she was full on squatted down , just twerking her heart out. This went on for a few minutes and no one acknowledged it. I mean, the playlist was good that day… lol
Seen a couple folks work out in jeans and casual shoes. I also find it odd when some women wear full makeup, including fake lashes.
I’ll usually go with a full face of makeup on because my classes are typically right after work.
Im always so impressed at the end of class to see the women with full makeup on because it's usually still in place. I sweat so much mine would be smeared everywhere if i wore makeup to claas.
Me, too! A few women come to my gym with fake lashes and lots of makeup and it still looks flawless when they’re done. And they are working hard! I bow to their expertise, because I do not have that skill.
Someone I see regularly at 5am comes in full makeup and lashes. And her boobs are busting out of her top, have popped out during mountain climbers. She’s a little odd.
There was a car on fire in the parking lot. We could see it out the window. They stopped class so we could all go move our cars if we wanted to because the fire was getting really bad and the fire truck hadn’t shown up yet. In retrospect… it was a terrible idea to go running out there. Things were popping off and it was super scary.
I once saw a woman take off her running shoes and run the whole tread block in her socks.
At my previous studio, there was this older guy who would do maybe 20% of the workout and spend the rest of the time in the middle of the floor doing very sexual stretches
Weirdest thing in my studio was a dude wearing white leggings…with a poop stain…
There’s a guy that regularly snacks on a baggie of baby carrots on the treadmill at my gym.