
These "Fitness Fails" Will Inspire You to Stay On The Couch Tonight
By Aimee LutkinNov. 7 2018, Updated 4:49 p.m. ET
Getting fit is the task that haunts many of our waking hours, either because we're trying to and it's horrible, or because we're avoiding thinking about how we should be getting fit. Any minute now. I'll get off the couch. And away from the computer. Really soon.
Jimmy Fallon asked everyone on Twitter for their fitness fails—those times when you really tried to move your body and ended face down in a bowl of potato chips instead:
It's Hashtags time! Tweet out your funny or embarrassing story about working out or dieting and tag it with #FitnessFail. Could be on the show!
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) January 17, 2018
And he kicked it off by putting his dad's beer drinking habits on blast: "My dad bought a treadmill to get in shape. We came home once and there was a beer in the cup holder."
My dad bought a treadmill to get in shape. We came home once and there was a beer in the cup holder. #FitnessFail
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) January 17, 2018
But people easily topped that story: "I took a Zumba class to get in shape for my wedding and complained to the instructor after six weeks of steady weight gain. Turns out Zumba was not to blame. I was pregnant."
I took a zumba class to get in shape for my wedding and complained to the instructor after 6 weeks of steady weight gain. Turns out zumba was not to blame. I was pregnant. #FitnessFail
— N. Ivanis (@IvanisNe) January 17, 2018
Sometimes when my Apple Watch tells me to get up and move around, I just stay on the couch and flail my arm for 1 minute ... #FitnessFail @jimmyfallon
— Chandler Williams (@soundofchandler) January 17, 2018
I couldn’t afford a personal trainer so I followed a lady and her trainer around the circuit. She asked”Are you copying me?” I answered,”Are you copying me?” #fitnessfail
— J. Long (@jeanneredden) January 17, 2018
One time I went to the gym.. that’s it. Just that one time. #FitnessFail
— Ashley Fullerton (@fromtheAshTree_) January 17, 2018
This one is...too horrible. Could this be real?
I farted on a treadmill at the Y. But it was a shart and it ran down my leg and got onto the belt then started flinging onto the elipticals behind me. And the people on them. #FitnessFail
— Duke Lacrosse (@henryjuliefan) January 17, 2018
Please, please, please let it not be real.
And apparently he wasn't the only one to have a s--ty time at the gym. Apparently poop fitness fails are way more common than we originally realized.
My cousin bragged about being on a diet once and buying diet supplements from a local vitamin shop. He found out after sitting on the toilet for a week straight that it was actually a laxative he had been taking. #FitnessFail
— Sean Paulausky (@spaulausky76) January 17, 2018
Why so much feces??? No really. WHY?!
After my friend is done with the machine he increases the weight so the next person thinks he's much stronger #FitnessFail
— Jitin (@tintin813_) January 17, 2018
My sister and I were getting all hyped and warmed up for this intense yoga class. People stated to fill the room with pillows and blankets. Turns out Yoga Nidra is just a meditation nap. We didn't move and laid on the floor the whole time. #FitnessFail
— alli cat (@cosmoallis) January 17, 2018
Resolved to start swimming laps. 1st day, 1st lap, the old man swimming ahead of me lost his trunks and they wrapped around my head. I haven't been back since. #FitnessFail
— Tyler Hughs (@TylerHughs) January 17, 2018
@jimmyfallon My sister bought a Nordic Trac. It sat there so long and lonely that her kids renamed it "Ignordic Trac". #FitnessFail
— debra weber (@debraweber5) January 17, 2018
A buddy told me he bought a gym membership just so he could take his kid to the daycare while he sat in the hot tub. #FitnessFail
— Matt Burns (@Burnsy381) January 17, 2018
My college roommate insisted on moving in a treadmill into our small on campus apartment. One day I came home from class to find this. #FitnessFail pic.twitter.com/W6GISguZV2
— Jessi Linville (@jessilinville) January 17, 2018
My parents were really excited about having a room for their in-home workout space when they first bought their house. It’s been 5 years, and they just moved all of the equipment out to put in a wet bar and a foosball table. #FitnessFail
— Maddie & Leo (@MissMaddieAdams) January 17, 2018
In high school my friend worked at Dairy Queen. She wnted to lose weight but didn't like the taste of slimfast, so she mixed it with ice cream every day at work. #fitnessfail
— Bobbi Knack (@BobbiKnack) January 17, 2018
Went to the gym for the first time in months. Started with legs. One squat and my shorts ripped. I never went back. #FitnessFail
— just abby (@abbyphil_95) January 17, 2018
Okay, this one might actually be worse than feces — even thought we truly didn't think that it could get much worse.
This unsettling sign is on the wall of the leg room in my gym. #FitnessFail pic.twitter.com/OxZrjniOTf
— Masamage 🕯️ (@masamage) January 17, 2018
This guy I saw doing “push ups” at the park 😂 #FitnessFail pic.twitter.com/BbTQGByoNB
— Amber 🐒 (@amberlynchrr5) January 17, 2018
I visited a health club & they took me on the tour, working me out on each machine. I was so dizzy at the end they had to call 911... #FitnessFail
— oorannob (@jvbt82hhs) January 17, 2018
These are all pretty terrible. But on the bright side, they set the bar really low for people who want to start getting in shape.
And then maybe one day you can backdoor brag about actually getting fit, like this guy who missed the whole point:
Didn’t have money for a gym, so I would run from one corner of the house to the other, not a #FitnessFail ended up losing 69lbs pic.twitter.com/QCVPOm5I0H
— Chuavo Huncho 🇩🇴 (@chuavohuncho) January 17, 2018
Cool story, bro. Congrats on getting hot.