There’s this trainer at my gym. He’s about 6′2″, maybe 190 lbs. He’s a skinny dude, with arms the size of watermelons. His arms grew in about 3 months too, which tells me he’s on roids. The other day, he told me his favorite color was grey (I was wearing a grey sweater); the next, that his favorite color was purple (I was wearing purple pants). He’s been giving me cheesy pick up lines like this since I started working out at this gym in September.

He also tells me all the time, that despite the fact that I am female, I still do male exercises. I don’t know if he thinks he’s winning any points by telling me this, but it pisses me off. What are female exercises? Why do men get their own exercises? Once this winter, there was a big storm, and maybe a dozen people made it to the gym that night, myself included. This trainer thought he would commend me for my efforts, and followed it up with “Women usually can’t handle the snow and can’t drive very well.”

That’s a pretty big generalization, and completely inaccurate. Just because I was the only woman there doesn’t mean that the rest were afraid of the g.d. snow. I’m always outnumbered 12-1 by the men at the gym. Because the men there are extremely old-fashioned and unrefined. This guy really thinks he’s complimenting me by putting down my gender and grouping me into his. He looks like a freaking ape too.

Last night’s conversation with him:

Him: What are you working on?

Me: It’s my full body day.

Him: And tomorrow?

Me: I’m just doing cardio tomorrow.

Him: Good, cause I’m taking you for dinner.

Has that line ever worked???