let's say you're in the gym..
 

smallish gym, it's a gym your company has, so everyone there's a coworker to some extent. on the second floor there's basically some basic fitness machines. six treadmills, some stationary bikes, some stair machines, and some rowing machines. let's say you are planning on using the rowing machine.

in this gym it's pretty much middle aged men with the occasional hot female. the rowing machines happen to be located DIRECTLY behind the treadmill where a good looking female in spandex is running. quite a view you'd have.

are you a creep for using the rowing machine?

i didn't use the rowing machine for fear of being perceived as creepy :/

was the gym busy or were you two the only people there?

Who the hell uses the rowing machine? Are you training for the Head of the Charles or something?

gym was kinda people. i ended up using a treadmill, so there were 4 of us on the treadmills. two stationary bikers at the time. bottom floor had several doing weights

could you not use an adjacent rowing machine

that way you could still enjoy the view, and not seem quite as creepy ... you know ... cause you're on an angle and shit, mystery style

**this post assuming rowing machines are parallel to each other behind the runners**

either rowing machine would be either directly behind her, or only offset by like two and a half feet, since the treadmills are pretty wide

thats tough. If it was busy, i'd be cool with someone rowing behind me, but i would be weirded out if no one else was in the area around the treadmills and some guy was rowing right behind me.

i feel bad for hot women at gyms like that, i'd feel so self conscious and it would kill the motivation to go there but you'd have to to stay in shape and remain hot

then again they are hot women and get whatever they want in life, yeah go on the rowing machine

i do whenever i go to the gym

20 minutes of rowing at pace at a decent resistance is an awesome cardio workout and makes a nice change from the bike or treadmill cause you utilize your upper body a lot more

when i used to go to the gym all the time i would be in that situation a lot. usually i was so eager to get my laps/rounds/reps in i didnt give a fuck.

i'm kind of insensitive to the whole "she might think you're a creep" thing. i think a lot of girls need to get over the illusion that every dude is plotting to grope their crotch at every moment

from what i could tell she had a caboose worth watching. like, a liiiittle too big, so there'd be a lot to watch. i figured i was better off not putting myself in the position to stare :o

the more i think about it j ... this is just silly

this is your HEALTH we are talking about here man, this is no time to be bashful ...

i personally never think that (some guy made a comment about me as the life drawing model in his class to my roommate and even that surprised me) though it would make me self conscious having someone rowing a foot away from my ass at ass height.

but it's not an illusion

especially at the gym. what kind of people go to the gym? fat losers, neandrathals, health nuts, all some of the creepiest people ever

and i don't know bout you but sweating and excersizing makes me horny

man, you're right!! i oughtta just seize these things

Prrffft who cares what people think. If you need to use the damn rowing machine use the damn rowing machine. If you don't then don't. I mean if you think it as an obstacle that people find it creepy then don't use it. But that's an individual choice if you put that to priority over your physical fitness or perversion.

well to be clear, if it were a regular gym i'd likely treat it a lot differently than a gym where peoples' impression of you professionally can have serious impacts

yeah. i admit it would be awkward if not creepy

hey now, mate if you wanna go seizing things you're on your own ... i am not responsible for what you may decide to grab a hold of ...

i'm just saying

i guess at the gym it'd be more of a problem.

i guess i'm alluding to girls i know in my day-to-day life, like relatively unattractive women who're affraid to enter a non-downtown business bldg in broad daylight in fear of creepy horny dudes. maybe i'm being insensitive, but i know a lot of girls who flatter themselves throughthis

man i'm rambling. waaaay too much caffeine

Well if people are going to be stupid and make judgements and hinder you professionally then you shouldn't do it. Cause from the sounds of it you take value in your carreer. You have to weigh negatives and positives 'sall.

Good luck, I guess.

haha one of the other life drawing models (who students call 'bird lady' due to her tiny legs, large upper body and super big sharp nose) made the school cover the entire upper level mezanine (that overlooked the life drawing sessions) because she thought the 'business students would go up there and watch her while classes were in session'. Everyone who works there got this 'ugh, i don't think so' look on their face but no one had the guts to tell her.

if you didn't know how to use the rowing machine properly, you'd look pretty much like an idiot.
otherwise, I don't think it would make a difference.

anyhow there's just one caboose i want to watch and it's not that one

whatcolor is a one caboose kinda guy.

our work gym is kind of lame, you are lucky and looking at hot people sweating is one of the perks of the gym sometimes

No, the guy who designed the gym layout is the real creep.

Was Chairman Mao a gym-going regular?

guys this whole thread is just wHATcOLOR's subtle attempt at asking us if a raging boner in any way impedes a rowing machine workout