Men in Zumba Class
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This is going to sound really awful, but I can't help it. I get a little weirded out by the middle aged men who have been coming to the zumba class I take. There's this one guy in particular who always ends up next to me, and is just an uncoordinated goof, and he always ends up way too close to me and in my personal space. I know this is discriminatory, but if it was a woman it wouldn't bug me as much. But as it is, I stepped on his feet a few times today and instead of the "whoops, sorry!" I would've given to a woman, I just sort of glared at him and hoped that he would get the point that he should move over. I don't think at all that he's trying to get anywhere with me, and he seems like a nice guy ,but still I dread seeing him in class. And now today there was this other guy who took the spot right in front of me, and holy shit, the body odor was horrific, and it was very obviously him b/c I only got a whiff when we did a song where people had to dance backing up with our arms up.
I'm not sure what the point of my post is, other than to vent, and say that I think that women have much better zumba etiquette. At least the classes I've gone to where I have women surrounding me, it's evident that everyone put on some deoderant. I've been in classes with uncoordinated goofball women too, who I dread seeing, but they just seem fewer and farther between. Am I just a total bitch or have others felt this way? Can anyone back me up? Or will this thread go down in flames? |
Anonymous
| OP you are making a big deal out of nothing. If someone you don't like ends up next to you, then move. Stop being a drama queen. |
Anonymous
How am I being a drama queen? I am just venting. You act as though I'm complaining to the instructor or making a federal case. I don't say a word to anyone in the class, I just came here to vent, but I guess that's just too dramatic for some people. |
Anonymous
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I'm just a fat person trying to lose weight and get in shape.... just like you.
Chill out. |
Anonymous
| What kind of zumba class are you taking that you end up stepping on people's feet? |
Anonymous
| Isn't Zumba like sexy salsa aerobics? I just think it's kind of gay for a dude to go to one. Unless he's actually gay. |
Anonymous
| I sometimes wonder if someone should teach a gym etiquette class geared toward new gym-goers. I've noticed some very awkward older guys in classes and in the gym in general. I've seen guys wearing gabardine work pants on the treadmill, which just looks uncomfortable. I've avoided entire rows of cardio machines to avoid being next to "smelly man" who wore the same increasingly nasty t-shirt several days in a row. I've wished that guys would NOT wear bike shorts with nothing over them, while not biking - I don't know where to look! So i'm with you, OP. |
Anonymous
| I'm taking a zumba class at a summer community center that skews older (like 60's) and there is one older guy in it. He's not coordinated but he works at it and doesn't bother anyone, in fact the older ladies are gaga over him. I think you just need to find a place in the class where you are comfortable. |
Anonymous
| Yes, OP, you're a bitch. So is 9:12. Find a new class if it bothers you that much. |
Anonymous
Yes, because homosexuality is all about dancing. 
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Anonymous
| All the men I see in zumba are foreign. Only American men think dancing is gay. |
zumbamama
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OP, get to class early and get a spot in front. You'll have the most space in the front row, and the front row is often has the most coordinated people that know each step by heart...so they're unlikely to run into you.
If it remains a problem, I'd tell the instructor. I make everybody extend their arms to establish enough personal space for everyone before we start moving. Or I'll move everyone up a few feet if the back rows start to get too crowded. I have a few men in each of my classes. Some are gay, some come with their wives and some are straight, single and just like Latin dancing. The creator of Zumba is a man, and he's quite the ladies man. Wyclef and Pitbul also like to Zumba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbZpHHid54&feature=share |
Anonymous
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Hey, I'm going to play armchair shrink here for a minute and guess that it may be something unspoken of in your post that might be bugging you: having what we assume to be a comfortable women-only space while working out, and suddenly having that space violated with male presence.
I won't lie. It bugs the hell out of me. And frankly I don't care if it's all in my head and my problem. Once I realized what it was, I sought out women-only space. |
Anonymous
| When I belonged to Results the Gym at U Street (now gone....sniff sniff) they actually created a small women-only workout space with free weights and machines. |
Anonymous
If you're this upset, buy a g-damn Zumba video and exercise at home. Or deal with the "public" and shut the hell up. |