If you go to the gym most every day and at about the same time, you will see the same basic crowd of people each time.   Some of these fellow gym members are people that you talk to and get to know, while others are just faces that you might nod hello to but not ever interact with further.

Either way, if you don’t ever learn someone’s name, it’s often expedient to give them a nickname to help identify them when talking with your workout partner.  I admit that John and I have a large collection of nicknames that we have assigned to our fellow gym rats.  This gives us a shorthand when mentioning someone during our workout.

I’m going to share some of these nicknames with you here.  These are just for fun and not meant to be mean.  We rarely share these nicknames with others but just use them between ourselves.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Plastic girl: a very pretty girl who works out very hard, is in great shape, and happens to have gigantic fake breasts.

Retro Stu: the fellow whose workout clothes are all from the 80’s.  String tank tops and tight coach’s shorts…and the pony tail out the back of the hat completes the look.

Mean mugger: the guy who always scowls at the rest of the gym if they happen to look anywhere toward his hot girlfriend.

Droopy Dog is always negative, and “Gigantor” is just huge.

Because of the large Latino population at our gym, we have Ricky Ricardo, Cuban tattoo guy, and G.I Juan (who often wears those camouflage shorts.)  All are huge and handsome, so no disrespect is intended.

All of this is just in fun and serves to aid in conversations as we comment on those around us.  It also helps to add an element of fun to the proceedings.  I wonder if others use this same technique?  Hmmmm…would we be “Italian Tank” and “Flattop guy?”  Or “Friendly guy” and “Surly guy?”   Makes you wonder?  Do you have gym nicknames in YOUR gym?