People doing unusual workouts at the gym?

So, I just got back from my gym, and couldn't finish my stretching because of the following:

This guy walks up and first goes into a handstand where he does like 2 push-ups. Then he walks over to the balance board, balances for like 5 seconds before it flies over into the wall, making a loud crash.

He then proceeds to take up nearly the entire mat by doing like flying kicks across it (some sort of martial arts, I'm guessing).

I pictured having a foot going into my eye if I made a wrong move, so I left.

I mean, to each their own, but really, is it necessary to do flying kicks across a 12' x 15' mat at the gym?

Has anyone else seen anything else like this?

Re: People doing unusual workouts at the gym?

I hate it when people do stuff like this and I can't find a spot on the mat.

Re: People doing unusual workouts at the gym?

When I belonged to this gym in Jersey, I saw all kinds of weird stuff. There was one guy who would only do partial reps. So he'd do little tiny crunches, little tiny everything. It was odd. He looked good though, so I guess it worked for him! Then there was "the aerobics queen". The girl who would do like 3 intense cardio classes in a row, while wearing a full sweat suit (she'd be totally drenched too), then she'd go run on the treadmill. Never ever lifted weights though. And she always had "her spot" in the cardio classes. Me and a friend of mine used to try to get there early and steal her spot. She'd always manage to squeeze her way in though! Then at my other gym there was this asian woman who did all kinds of weird stretches and calisthenics on the mat and a kid who would rock out to his music while on the elliptical machine. He totally looked like he was on quaaludes