I used to go to the gym with two guys and we always did the same exercises. We were doing shoulders which is why we sat on those gym benches in front of the mirror, all next to each other, with dumbbells in our hands, doing our sets. We were just between sets, chatting for a moment when an elderly man approaches me, only to tell me that he wants that bench and that I am only chatting and not working out. I told him I was not done and only taking a break. He then turned around and muttered “women, uh” under his breath. It felt so strange because he would have never asked the guys that I was with to give up their bench.
