You Know You Are A Gym/fitness Addict When ...
 

Feel free to add to the list ... Just some observations recently that are out-of-the-norm, but any card-carrying gym rat would appreciate ... :D

(1) When you purchase memberships at different gyms because you like the equipment for chest and back at one gym, and the equipment/machines for legs and cardio at another.

(2) "Dude, that's alot of pills to take in one day." "Ummm, that's just with breakfast bro."

(3) Your desk and kitchen begin to resemble a strange mix of pharmacy and health food store.

(4) The other gym regulars have a nickname for you.

Anyone else? Let's have some fun with it ...

(5) You pass on the a few beers at the bar with friends so that you can go home to get in a quick workout.

(6) You spend your tax refund on new workout equipment.

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7) People at your office start asking you for workout and nutrition advice.

8) People start asking you "what is that and what is it for?", pointing to your weight vest or ab wheel.

9) You lie about having another "engagement" when all you really want to do is go work out.

10) family members and friends tell you to "go for a run or something" when you are moody or depressed

11) You schdule vacations to fall on your rest days so you don't miss days

12) A forced rest day causes you great anxiety and you feel like a blimp because you didn't work out that day.

LMAO ... #10 ... Yeah, that's so true.

"Yo, go lift or something. You are miserable."

People at the gym--whom you don't directly know--start asking the person in charge for your phone number if you miss a single day, to see if you're still alive. :D

Ha ha ha - I had to go at night for a week in the winter and when I went in the following Monday morning, the receptionist started giving me heck - Where were YOU, missy! Made me feel special though... :D

When more than half of your laundry is running/exercise clothes.

When you buy shoes only from the kids/men section - because you consider every women shoes as foot killers.

When your #1 skin care product is BodyGlide.

When your dining room look like a sporting goods/running gear store.

When in the middle of a reception you notice that you are checking people's feet if they are under/over or normal pronators.

When your kids wish you a GREAT RUN for Mother's Day:-))

Amen to that one! Between a sweat towel, a shower towel, t-shirt, shorts and socks for the gym I'm never done washing gym clothes!

Infact I need to remember to buy more towels over the next few days as I keep running out and having to tumble dry some!

Very true, I now need to invest in more workout clothes.

But another one is...
When you have a morning and an evening workout routine.

you bring you own food to family events and get togethers with friends

Every summer, every BBQ ... LOL ... me and my private cooler ...

Good one.

* when '30 grams of the good stuff' means dextrose, and that roll of quarters in your gym bag is a stash for the Sweet Tart machine because your kid keeps raiding your gymbag for Smarties.

* your family keeps asking when they are going to meet those friends you keep talking about. You know, Dan and Lyle?

* there are more miles on your exercise bike or your pedometer than your car.

* hearing the words 'ripped', 'cut', or 'shredded' no longer sends you running for a needle, band-aids, or scotch tape.

* you find yourself debating the relative merits of Nair vs wax with a bunch of your guy friends

* you're an expert at the one-footed cursing dance that comes from pulling the 50 lb plate off the bar without seeing the little 10 in front of it.

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* You spend your lunch break shopping at the sporting goods store *
(I just bought new workout shoes and a medicine ball for this evenings workout... :)

LOL! I guess I have finally arrived as a "fitness addict." I have or do more than half the things on this list.

'Bout time!

Forgot a couple...

- You've got different pairs of shoes for running, weight training, walking, yoga, tennis and all your other fitness programs
- Your Mom comes to you for advice on training and has you review her fitness program to ensure she is on "the right track"

your significant other can tell you've been lifting because one of the bars/machines always leaves 'tracks' on your shoulders.

-You don't bother with pedicures because you need your callouses for running!
-You sport black toenails year round

You start to LIKE the muscle soreness (it's a "good sore" vs. a "bad sore")

LOL, I get that from the standing calf machine :)



Oh yeah! :D I got l-glut for it after my first LBWO my calves had serious DOMS in that I was squeeling like a piggy walking up stairs, but I still love feeling a little DOMS, especially when I'm not expecting it.... like reaching over to do something and feeling lats and traps or something :D

I want a t-shirt with this:-)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

... and different exercise CLOTHES too for all these:-)))

Your mate complains that you are too hard to make a good pillow any longer.

How about when you two year daughter old asks "workout night tonight?"
Your five year old daughter asks you to spot her on the preacher bench with an empty olympic curling bar!
Jag

When you supplements and protein cost more than gasoline for the week!
Jag

when you get giddy about your supps arriving in the mail...

Ditto that legwarmers!

When 90% of the emails you receive at work are notifications of posts made on fitness message boards.

Okay, I hesitated on this one, but it is true for me:

The shower controls in my master bathroom are a little unfamilar to me, but I know the ones in the locker room like the back of my hand!!

J.

D'oh, why didn't I think of saying that!

Since I joined a gym I don't think I've had one shower in my house...... :eek:

gas money?! LOL. My supp bills are like a car payment. LOL

when your toddler starts counting and always stops at the highest # of reps you do. :D (Been through this with two of my kids already...)