Hear Ye! Hear Ye! I read on DailyMuscle’s facebook that The Biggest Loser ASIA would be happening soon! Recruitment for contestants would be happening sometime in July/August. BUT apparently to qualify, one would need to have about 100lbs to lose 
I really wanna give it a go though.
I don’t mingle around when I’m working out at the gym. I find that very counter-productive because you lose focus of what you’re suppose to do and that just takes away your attention span. When CK hits the gym with me, I work away from him. And that means if we are on treadmills, I will take the treadmill behind him or the furthest from him. I think I get distracted very easily so it’s best I workout further from people that I know. CK still refuses to touch weights and I don’t know how to convince him otherwise but hopefully he’ll get his bum moving one day and start doing some weights and not just walk on the treadmill at 6.0 speed and incline of 15. Maybe I should consider getting him PT sessions for his birthday but I would also run the risk of him NOT using it at all like how he doesn’t really go to the gym that often. Oh well.
Anyway, today’s topic is on random observations. This would be centred around the gym that I work out most often and I won’t say where 
1) D – We introduced ourselves one day at the shower and she commented how I looked great and that I’ve made good progress. She is under a trainer as well and so far she’s lost about 7kgs. I see her pretty much every other day at the gym and she works really hard on the stepper (Level 15 ok!). She sweats so much that it’s not even funny – it looks like someone’s thrown a bucket of water over her. She’s usually on the stepper for an hour when not training and the stepper would be DRENCHED with sweat all over. Now, I have no problems with people sweating but how do they continue working out for 1 hour on the same machine with sweat pouring at all angles and not consider wiping themselves every now and then?? It’s almost disgusting and I can’t stand not wiping myself.
If a flu breakout were to happen, the gym’s gonna be the first place for a mass breakout. There’s also no disinfectant spray at the gym for some reason. It’s the same for the gym where I workout during office hours – the treadmills electronic panels have sweat ‘sprays’ all over and the sides are all covered with sweat. The guys who run on the treadmill just don’t wipe themselves and with them bouncing on the treadmill at speed 13, that’s like a dog shaking excess water off every now and then.
2) Olga – I don’t know her real name but since I saw her the first few times, she somehow comes across to me as ‘Olga’. I’m not sure why the affiliation with ‘Olga’ but she just looks like one. I think she’s Italian. I think she’s about 40ish with jet black hair. Her workout outfit from Adidas is all black and she has a distinct top which is bareback. She also speaks with a heavy accent which I can’t make out where it comes from. She too is under PT. We exchange smiles every now and then. Regardless of her shape and size, let me just say that she wears the MOST SEXIEST and EXPENSIVE lingerie ever. I may not know my Victoria Secret’s that well but trust me when I say it’s the sexiest and expensive. And it’s all black! She also wears this dominatrix-style-killer heels which is also Black. After gym, her clothes would also be black. Maybe the only thing missing is a whip? *whiplash*
3) There’s one trainer that I don’t really like even though he has not done anything to me OK so this might be a scorpion trait but you know how when someone gives you bad/shit vibes you kinda back off from them? He has this persona that he’s the best, drop dead handsome and the greatest dude in the gym. puhlease! Have you checked the mirror yet kiddo?
4) Today at the gym near my house, 2 ladies were observing 1 male trainer doing stretching exercise on this other lady. The 2 ladies (rather old) were gawking so openly and were commenting rather loudly something along the lines of “How can she let him touch her like that?”. Dude, it’s stretching exercises, not fondling!! Sheesh. And these 2 ladies were gawking for a good 20 mins. Maybe they secretly wanted to be “touched” that way as well. Hahahaha. Anyway I notice very often that stretching exercises done by a male trainer on a female customer often gets the most looks/comments from other women. People new to gym are usually not aware how important stretching is and they fail to see that point but are very good at jumping to stupid conclusions. Although, I would have to say that there are women out there (so far the ones I know are in their early-late 40s) who are more interested in the massage/stretching part than the workout. I heard a lady groan and moan very loudly once while the trainer was stretching her and sure doesn’t sound like she was in pain Haha.
5) Today, a lady (possibly late 20s) walked past me in the shower and proceeded to slap my bum and said I have a cute bum. Taken aback, I smiled and muttered a thanks and tried walking away. She then proceeded to say ‘I MEANT IT’. Okkayyyy … like how am I supposed to react? I don’t know if I should take it as a compliment or … nevermind. Lucky thing she didn’t grope my butt as I might have done a face slamming thingamajig on her as a ‘natural reflex’.
6) Color-coordinated auntie — she has the quirkiest color combo ever. One day she’ll be in hot pink (full attire), and another time in striking yellow. She even has matching shoes and water bottle. She looks rather old but I’d give it to her for trying to live a colourful life.
7) Let’s talk about the males at the gym. Couple of funky characters. There’s one guy who regularly works out at the gym. Man, he loves the mirror so much. He would smile so often at himself at the mirror and adjust his hair ever so often. Nothing wrong with that but I thought it was just weird to do it like every 10 minutes!
8) There’s another guy who threw (yes he threw) his dumbell up in the air and caught it with his other hand and he did that like 20x interchanging with each hand. I wonder who taught him that exercise.
Ok I think that pretty much covers it. Although I work out seriously at the gym, I do my random observations every now and then I have no intention of being mean but I thought these are observations which I see pretty often.
My advice is, go early, wear a cap and good walking shoes and a bottle of water. It was good fun, good to be away from the hustle and bustle of city life and smell the greenery for once. We covered close to 5km in 1.5 hours. We walked most of the way and you still sweat through your shirt during such walks. Blame the humidity.
