gym pet peeves

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  • KevDaniel
    KevDaniel Posts: 449 Member
    This seems vaguely familiar...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/751520-top-5-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves&page=12#posts-11154010
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/650092-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/500757-gym-pet-peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/733302-pet-peeves-at-the-gym?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
  • kganc001
    kganc001 Posts: 317
    OP: I have the SAME peeves at the gym!! I'm still in college and the majority of college students are SO inconsiderate!! You need to add "not re-racking weights"!! The people at my gym take the barbells to the other side of the room or upstairs and leave them there. It shouldn't be a scavenger hunt for the 10 lb dumbbells.... Jerks.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    This seems vaguely familiar...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/751520-top-5-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves&page=12#posts-11154010
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/650092-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/500757-gym-pet-peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/733302-pet-peeves-at-the-gym?hl=+gym+pet+peeves

    HOLY **** A THREAD ABOUT A TOPIC THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP???? CALL THE MOTHER ****ING MODERATORS!!!! WE DON'T NEED THIS THREAD TAKING UP MORE OF OUR BANDWITH!!!
  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
    My pet peeve about people in the gym, is people in the gym with pet peeves about people in the gym.:love:
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    so i've kept quiet long enough about these things, i just keep them in my mind and shoot hate glares, but i don't think i'm alone. i just left the gym, and these are all fresh in my mind. enjoy... comment... share.

    #1) people who choose the machine directly next to you.
    if the gym is busy, i can understand. but i was literally the only person in this cardio room, and there are at least seven treadmills. why must you hop on the treadmill right next to me? this also leads me to number two.

    #2) people who stare at you while you're working out.
    i'm over here, dripping sweat, panting while i run. do you think my peripheral vision can't pick up the fact that you are staring at me? WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME???

    #3) people who keep checking your workout status.
    you don't need to know how many calories i've burned, how much of an incline i'm running at, how many mets (whatever they are) i've attained, etc. keep your eyes on your own machine please!

    #4) PEOPLE WHO DON'T WIPE DOWN THE EQUIPMENT THEY JUST USED.
    this should really be number one. i think it's the most disgusting thing. if you hopped on the elliptical for three minutes and were like, "nah, i don't wanna work out today" and left, that's one thing. the guy over here sweating buckets needs to wipe down what he's touched after he's done. EW! and any machine that requires me to sit on it, i don't care to sit on your swamp-*kitten*. please have some common sense!

    #5) people who change the channel on the TVs in front of everyone without asking.
    self-explanatory.

    #6) people who wear excessive amounts of make-up to the gym.
    really? and i love when it's the same women who hop on the treadmill for five minutes, walk super slow, then leave.

    #7) people who are too sick to even be out of the house, let alone at the gym.
    i just watched you sneeze all over that magazine you're reading. and i don't think an intense cardio workout is going to make that hacking cough any better!

    #8) people (usually men) who make beastly noises after lifting.
    first of all, you just scared the **** out of me. second of all, stop it. third of all (this only happened once), i checked out the weight you lifted after i supressed my heartbeat, and you were benching 75lbs. what?

    #9) getting hit on at the gym.
    stop it. i'm sweaty, i smell bad, i'm not wearing make-up, and i can barely even breathe because i'm running too fast. you're lucky, because if i had the breath to spare, i would have told you where i was going to shove my foot.

    #10) people who bring energy drinks/coffees onto machines with them.
    what? that cupholder is for a water bottle, or a gatorade, or anything really except for a hugely large iced coffee with one million creams in it. and it's not for your 42oz big gulp from 7-11 either. or your giant can of monster. just stop it, because i just smelled a combo of your breath plus your sweat. you stank, and you're putting all the calories you're trying to burn right back into your body with that drink.

    i don't know if people will interpret this as whining or whatever, but i felt i had to get it off my chest. anyone share these problems? :)

    11 - People who do not concentrate on their own work out and then post *kitten* about others in the gym.

    OP focus on your work outs..maybe you will see better results...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    My pet peeve about people in the gym, is people in the gym with pet peeves about people in the gym.:love:

    bahahahahaha amen brother!
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    The gnarly neanderthals in the weights room who do one rep at the heaviest possible weight, walk around the cardio room, stare at the women there, then at a mirror for 10 minutes then repeat this process.

    I'd also like to know what those grunt type noises they make mean when a non-lifter enters the weights room to lift.
  • Brianna72994
    Brianna72994 Posts: 887
    My gym has machines in a circle for circuit training. You do one machine for one minute then switch. I HATE it when people choose the machine directly next to mine. Sometimes I like to spend an extra minute on a certain machine and I can't when you're right behind me, waiting for that machine. So frustrating!

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is a time limit on these things. You're supposed to switch to the next machine, so I don't think you can be really mad if people are waiting on you to be done.. that's your fault not theirs.

    There's not necessarily a time limit. I go to a very small gym so those are the only machines they have, other than the treadmills, bikes, and ellipticals. So people use those machines without even circuit training. Sometimes I do like to spend an extra minute on the machines because I don't feel like I worked hard enough. So it gets kinda annoying when people pressure me to move. Especially when there's about 12 machines in the whole circuit, and they could have chosen ANY other machine
  • sangeyvang
    sangeyvang Posts: 182
    I agree. I hate when people don't wipe the machines after. I went on the elliptical and my hands felt SO sticky, so now I wipe the machines before and after. And I also don't like it when girls come in and they just stand there and talk. OR they are on their cell phones talking all loud.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    sounds like OP needs to get her own personal gym, that way she wont have to share space with others. problems solved :wink:

    besides that, some of these are just goofy. if you have time to look at someone's makeup and ascertain whether or not she's wearing too much or just enough makeup at the gym then you either need to be working harder, going to help spot that dude BPing pounds, or cleaning machines
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    The gnarly neanderthals in the weights room who do one rep at the heaviest possible weight, walk around the cardio room, stare at the women there, then at a mirror for 10 minutes then repeat this process.

    I'd also like to know what those grunt type noises they make mean when a non-lifter enters the weights room to lift.

    whats wrong with doing a one rep max????
  • musicmint
    musicmint Posts: 469
    this. what animal does this????


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    I dont understand what the problem is in this pic
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    this. what animal does this????


    2013-03-18_06-33-28_579_zps13ddcb70.jpg

    I dont understand what the problem is in this pic

    tiny little weight is racked behind multiple large weights. it just makes no sense. why would someone do this?!?!??!?!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    The gnarly neanderthals in the weights room who do one rep at the heaviest possible weight, walk around the cardio room, stare at the women there, then at a mirror for 10 minutes then repeat this process.

    I'd also like to know what those grunt type noises they make mean when a non-lifter enters the weights room to lift.

    you go to the weight room?
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    The only thing that has ever really bothered me is people yelling about politics across the cardio room, and the poor people who work at the gym vacuuming and stirring up dust that triggers my asthma. Grunting amuses me, and if someone stares, I say "hello."
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Next time I see you at the gym with my monster ill make sure to look hot with makeup and hop on the treadmill next to you so I can constantly look at your stats and stare at you for sweating so much.

    That is all.

    Oh yeah, also I like to watch food network while I exercise. Hope you'll like it too. If not.... *shrug*
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    I go on one treadmill out of the like, 20 in my gym. Just one. If there is someone on the one next to it, I smile politely if they look at me and focus on my own ****. It's the best treadmill there. It's not noisy and everything works the way it should. If they have a problem with me being on the one right next to them, they are welcome to move to any other treadmill. :)
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    Next time I see you at the gym with my monster ill make sure to look hot with makeup and hop on the treadmill next to you so I can constantly look at your stats and stare at you for sweating so much.

    That is all.

    Oh yeah, also I like to watch food network while I exercise. Hope you'll like it too. If not.... *shrug*

    Me too! Our machines have individual TVs though, so if someone has a problem with me watching it, I'd have to wonder why they're watching the TV on someone else's machine! lol
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    Number one: people who are more busy judging people than working out.

    Sounds like there's a market for a gym for special judgey people.
  • Alphastate
    Alphastate Posts: 295 Member
    Another pet peeve...people who probably break these pet peeves because they have no gym etiquette. If you aren't paying attention to your surroundings, you may be part of the problem...i.e. dude who looks at his abs after every set.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Number one: people who are more busy judging people than working out.

    Sounds like there's a market for a gym for special judgey people.

    .... Planet fitness.....


    *runs*
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Number one: people who are more busy judging people than working out.

    Sounds like there's a market for a gym for special judgey people.

    Ohohohoh I know I know pick me pick me....

    We will call it "Peevers Gym - where all the pissed off people go"

    how does that sound?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    This seems vaguely familiar...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/751520-top-5-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves&page=12#posts-11154010
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/650092-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/500757-gym-pet-peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/733302-pet-peeves-at-the-gym?hl=+gym+pet+peeves

    HOLY **** A THREAD ABOUT A TOPIC THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP???? CALL THE MOTHER ****ING MODERATORS!!!! WE DON'T NEED THIS THREAD TAKING UP MORE OF OUR BANDWITH!!!

    hahahahahaha

    nice, I like your style...
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I pay my money like everyone else. I just sit on the bench slowly doing my curls watching you on the treadmill. Until a staff person comes tells my not to ogle, I'm gonna keep ogling. . and grunting whist sipping my late. I think I'll start texting and do the crossword puzzle on the elliptical too. Right next to you.

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    My gym has machines in a circle for circuit training. You do one machine for one minute then switch. I HATE it when people choose the machine directly next to mine. Sometimes I like to spend an extra minute on a certain machine and I can't when you're right behind me, waiting for that machine. So frustrating!

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is a time limit on these things. You're supposed to switch to the next machine, so I don't think you can be really mad if people are waiting on you to be done.. that's your fault not theirs.

    machines in a circle....machine circle jerk? WTF..????
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    This seems vaguely familiar...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/751520-top-5-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves&page=12#posts-11154010
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/650092-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/500757-gym-pet-peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/733302-pet-peeves-at-the-gym?hl=+gym+pet+peeves

    HOLY **** A THREAD ABOUT A TOPIC THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP???? CALL THE MOTHER ****ING MODERATORS!!!! WE DON'T NEED THIS THREAD TAKING UP MORE OF OUR BANDWITH!!!

    hahahahahaha

    nice, I like your style...

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  • KevDaniel
    KevDaniel Posts: 449 Member
    This seems vaguely familiar...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/751520-top-5-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves&page=12#posts-11154010
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/650092-gym-pet-peeves?hl=+gym+pet+peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/500757-gym-pet-peeves
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/733302-pet-peeves-at-the-gym?hl=+gym+pet+peeves

    HOLY **** A THREAD ABOUT A TOPIC THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP???? CALL THE MOTHER ****ING MODERATORS!!!! WE DON'T NEED THIS THREAD TAKING UP MORE OF OUR BANDWITH!!!

    I agree!! Glad you got my back..:bigsmile:

    Not only a repeat topic but 50 friggin pages plus in search results.
  • BajaDreamin333
    BajaDreamin333 Posts: 267 Member
    I think I love you....you nailed them all. I could go on, but I'm laughing too hard. Thanks for venting and bringing some humor to this wild ride that is fitness!
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    okkkkkkkkkkkkk then.

    that's a lot of judgement.

    I just go...lift all the things, and go home.

    Maybe if you work harder you wont be paying attention so much to what others are doing.
  • xxDearyen
    xxDearyen Posts: 20
    I think everyone else in this thread has already addressed my sentiments on OP's comment (ie. It's ridiculous). So instead, I'm going to digress to a only slightly related topic.

    My workouts used to be almost entirely cardio. I was moody, annoyed and exhausted almost all the time. A lot of what OP listed also annoyed me. Now that I'm training with weights, I couldn't be happier and believe the list OP has written could not be any more trivial. I feel like OP's cardio workout is having negative effects on her mental health, as it seems like most of her complaints come from that side of the gym (If you have ever gone to BB forums and seen what they complain about, their comments greatly differ).

    Maybe re-evaluate your workout? It might help with your current condition-- the one that makes you sound like a complete and utter cow.

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