Some Rules for Gym Noobs.
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Since we use rubber plates (not bumper), it gets chalk marks on it from handling. I'll give them a quick wipe just so the Y staff doesn't get their panties in a bunch and ban chalk. Sounds silly but I do it just so the gym stays cleaner0
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You look insane for 47 lol ..... and I don't because i've not noticed anyone else doing it. Just the seats.0
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JeffseekingV wrote: »I always ask myself if I could really get motived if I had my own gym. Props to those that do it
I'd very much like to have my own gym. The equipment I want, and membership would be very limited, prices fairly low, so I'd have to start with a decent pile of money so I could slowly turn it into a small one.0 -
JeffseekingV wrote: »Since we use rubber plates (not bumper), it gets chalk marks on it from handling. I'll give them a quick wipe just so the Y staff doesn't get their panties in a bunch and ban chalk. Sounds silly but I do it just so the gym stays cleaner
^^when I lift in gyms I wipe the chalk off - but that's because I am not sure if they allow it and so am being sneaky lol.0 -
My gym is a hippy gym no chalk is there =/0
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I've found using liquid chalk stays on your hands and doesn't transfer to much else, but it's expensive.0
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alexkeithwatson wrote: »You look insane for 47 lol ..... and I don't because i've not noticed anyone else doing it. Just the seats.
:flowerforyou:
Yeah - I have never noticed anyone doing it so have never done it myself to be honest- then again, I don't really sweat much - and its just my hands or shoulders touching the bar. I wear long pants or socks for deads so I don't leave skin on the bar.0 -
JeffseekingV wrote: »I've found using liquid chalk stays on your hands and doesn't transfer to much else, but it's expensive.
I also don't like it that much. I tried it and it helps - but it makes my hands feel odd and the chalk helps much better with my callouses.
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JeffseekingV wrote: »I always ask myself if I could really get motived if I had my own gym. Props to those that do it
I'd very much like to have my own gym. The equipment I want, and membership would be very limited, prices fairly low, so I'd have to start with a decent pile of money so I could slowly turn it into a small one.
I am cheap and so my set up was not very spendy. Then again, I can use a cheapy power cage as my squats are no where neat the max safe load.
Although, that reminds me, I need to get some more j hooks as the pins set for squats are bending.0 -
Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.
#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.
Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.
I shall step down off my soap box now.
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WOW. Just WOW.
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I'd want some of the silly stuff, like a prowler, cambered squat bar, safety squat bar, monolift (because it looks cool), 20 foot bouldering wall, conan wheel. Maybe a tv for showing re-runs of Tosh.0 while I'm working out.
You know, the normal stuff that no one needs.
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I'd want some of the silly stuff, like a prowler, cambered squat bar, safety squat bar, monolift (because it looks cool), 20 foot bouldering wall, conan wheel. Maybe a tv for showing re-runs of Tosh.0 while I'm working out.
You know, the normal stuff that no one needs.
lol. Last month, I did get a calf raise machine (it was from a used gym equipment place and in really good nick and only $125), mainly as a joke (albeit a useful one) as a certain person who shall not be named *cough*SideSteel*cough* keeps taking the piss about the size (or lack thereof) of my calves.
Actually was going there to get a cable machine when I saw it. Cable machine was a sweet deal and now my dining room comprises about 75% lifting shiz - with the dining table crammed against the wall lol.
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I'd want some of the silly stuff, like a prowler, cambered squat bar, safety squat bar, monolift (because it looks cool), 20 foot bouldering wall, conan wheel. Maybe a tv for showing re-runs of Tosh.0 while I'm working out.
You know, the normal stuff that no one needs.
lol. Last month, I did get a calf raise machine (it was from a used gym equipment place and in really good nick and only $125), mainly as a joke (albeit a useful one) as a certain person who shall not be named *cough*SideSteel*cough* keeps taking the piss about the size (or lack thereof) of my calves.
Actually was going there to get a cable machine when I saw it. Cable machine was a sweet deal and now my dining room comprises about 75% lifting shiz - with the dining table crammed against the wall lol.
... just eat on the bench. In between sets.
HAHAHA, I'd hate to have to clean that up. lol.
I'm a bit envious, out here used gym equipment is on parity with retail pricing. As for the calf raise, how else they gon' get swole? Do you have a trap bar for shrugs too? You could do a shrug, curl, calf raise cycle.0 -
DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.
#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.
Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.
I shall step down off my soap box now.
WOW. Just WOW.
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Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.
Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.
At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
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WOW. Just WOW.
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Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.
Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.
At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
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^^^^ THIS! I suppose they would be better off on the couch with a bag of chips?0 -
After deads or squats etc... my cardio is reduced down to basically walking on the treadmill in an effort to reduce doms for the next two days.0
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hahahahaha @ #11 seriouslllllyyyyyyyyyyy0
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DirtyForWeeks wrote: »No farting. Come on people, I know you feel it coming. Just hold it or go to the bathroom.
baw ha ha ha ha ha
yeah no.
that's just not how this works.
that's not how ANY of this works.
I Unfriend You!
-tapes more pictures to wall-
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In case I wasn't clear their youngin, if someone's a noob and they step over my barbell when I'm deadlifting, or doing pendlays, it might hit their underbits, on porpoise.SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »
Oh really? Please explain because I would love to hear how i'm "wrong"? I'm all ears so go on.SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »TO THE OP:
I hope you understand that taking the time to write ALL of those said "rules" out on MFP is a clear and blatant waste of time. Chances are, people will do what they please, even if you don't agree with it.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's just reality. It happens at every gym. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you workout in your own home where your rules will not be broken.
considering several gym new goers replied to the thread you are already wrong….
I'd say 3/4 of gym goers adhere to most of these rules. It's the few regulars and newbies that ruin it for the rest.
lol says you. All the "noobs" (btw 12 year old boys going through puberty use that word) i've come across have been perfectly fine. I think you guys are being too judgmental and not focusing on your workout. You're also forgetting you and everyone on this post (*COUGH OP*) were newbies at one point so chill and give people a break.
I think you mean Purpose. Porpoise is an animal. Just saying
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MiracleArmyGirl wrote: »SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »
Oh really? Please explain because I would love to hear how i'm "wrong"? I'm all ears so go on.SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »TO THE OP:
I hope you understand that taking the time to write ALL of those said "rules" out on MFP is a clear and blatant waste of time. Chances are, people will do what they please, even if you don't agree with it.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's just reality. It happens at every gym. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you workout in your own home where your rules will not be broken.
considering several gym new goers replied to the thread you are already wrong….
I'd say 3/4 of gym goers adhere to most of these rules. It's the few regulars and newbies that ruin it for the rest.
lol says you. All the "noobs" (btw 12 year old boys going through puberty use that word) i've come across have been perfectly fine. I think you guys are being too judgmental and not focusing on your workout. You're also forgetting you and everyone on this post (*COUGH OP*) were newbies at one point so chill and give people a break.
@SunshineGoodVibes you are very intelligent for a 19 year old. very articulate. cool
Aww thanks. I try 0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »
DO NOT take selfies in the locker room where people are trying to change.
People seriously need to be told this????? I guess they do if someone felt the need to say it. SMH.0 -
I do.I actually have a legit question as I have seen this mentioned a couple of times. Who wipes down weights after they use them?
I never police chalk up- not even off the bar- mostly because- we use chalk at the gym- there is an open bowl of it- it's free serve.
Last week I did watch a guy make a really good effort to clean his blood off the bar- he barked his shins something fierce doing sumo pulls- so it was pretty effed up. I was (not impressed) I respected shall I say the fact that he cleaned up- that's a cleanliness courtesy issue- so it was nice to see it done.0 -
I do.I actually have a legit question as I have seen this mentioned a couple of times. Who wipes down weights after they use them?
I never police chalk up- not even off the bar- mostly because- we use chalk at the gym- there is an open bowl of it- it's free serve.
Last week I did watch a guy make a really good effort to clean his blood off the bar- he barked his shins something fierce doing sumo pulls- so it was pretty effed up. I was (not impressed) I respected shall I say the fact that he cleaned up- that's a cleanliness courtesy issue- so it was nice to see it done.
I honestly have never seen anyone wipe down a barbell after squatting or benching. Nor DBs for that matter tbh.
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Iron_Miss_Canada wrote: »I'm going to be posting this list of rules in my gym next time I'm there, like a regular Martin Luther.
Had to tell a dude to eff off because he stepped over my barbell while I was mid pull in a deadlift. If it were lighter I would have pulled it faster to tap him in the wedding tackle.
What is it with people doing that? I've been tempted to do the exact same thing when people step over mine
never have had that happen..
I have had some morons stand directly behind me talking whenI am trying to pull 375….Every time I see a post complaining about grunting or dropping weights, it makes me glad I go to a gym that allows heavy weights. Grunting and dropping happens when you're pushing your limits, which a lot of us like to do when lifting.
Oh yeah im a grunter when doing squats...cant help it and not going to stop...besides dont think most people can hear me cause we have ipods in our ears0 -
bearylou1990 wrote: »DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.
#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.
Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.
I shall step down off my soap box now.
WOW. Just WOW.
Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.
Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.
At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
Well, I guess that's why I initially called it a pet peeve, because it's my own internal grievance. I think the point you missed in my grievance is not necessarily the people who use the treadmill, but is more the people who use it as a means of patting themselves on the back, and then *kitten* because they have made no progress. Maybe my point got masked in the other parts of my tirade, but I guess it made you feel better to choose the parts that suited your agenda.
This was pretty much the only point you made that I somewhat agree with. Aside from that, I pretty much disagree with just about every point you made.Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
What are you comparing this to.......sitting on the couch, sitting at a desk, sitting in a coma?...........okay, then maybe I'll concede being somewhat wrong.You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
Not exactly sure what point you were trying to make with the first sentence, but okay, thanks for sharing. As far as your second sentence, I guess that makes you better than me for not having such thoughts.......congratulations.Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
Once again, these are my internal grievances. I don't wear them on my shoulder for all to see. I'm not casting a judgmental scowl at them from across the gym. Why are they worrying about what I think? In the grand scheme, I am nobody to them, and in the end, they have no clue what I think.It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
I appreciate your stance, but "agree to disagree" will have to be how I sign off. I'll continue to have my grievances (internally), that don't affect me and don't affect anybody I see at the gym, and you can continue to think that I am some kind of bully for simply expressing my mind in an open forum.0 -
^^^^ THIS! I suppose they would be better off on the couch with a bag of chips?
As long as they walked back and forth to the store, uphill both ways, to buy those bag of chips.......yes. Make sure they are baked chips too.....
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jeremywm1977 wrote: »bearylou1990 wrote: »DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.
#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.
Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.
I shall step down off my soap box now.
WOW. Just WOW.
Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.
Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.
At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
Well, I guess that's why I initially called it a pet peeve, because it's my own internal grievance. I think the point you missed in my grievance is not necessarily the people who use the treadmill, but is more the people who use it as a means of patting themselves on the back, and then *kitten* because they have made no progress. Maybe my point got masked in the other parts of my tirade, but I guess it made you feel better to choose the parts that suited your agenda.
This was pretty much the only point you made that I somewhat agree with. Aside from that, I pretty much disagree with just about every point you made.Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.
What are you comparing this to.......sitting on the couch, sitting at a desk, sitting in a coma?...........okay, then maybe I'll concede being somewhat wrong.You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.
Not exactly sure what point you were trying to make with the first sentence, but okay, thanks for sharing. As far as your second sentence, I guess that makes you better than me for not having such thoughts.......congratulations.Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.
Once again, these are my internal grievances. I don't wear them on my shoulder for all to see. I'm not casting a judgmental scowl at them from across the gym. Why are they worrying about what I think? In the grand scheme, I am nobody to them, and in the end, they have no clue what I think.It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?
I appreciate your stance, but "agree to disagree" will have to be how I sign off. I'll continue to have my grievances (internally), that don't affect me and don't affect anybody I see at the gym, and you can continue to think that I am some kind of bully for simply expressing my mind in an open forum.
The person walking 2 mph has just as much of a right to be on that treadmill as somebody running at 7 mph. I have just as much of a right to push 135 lbs in a squat rack as somebody who pushes 500.
The only reason one should be annoyed is if they are on the treadmill for 2 hours during peak hours. Then that's just rude. This goes for everybody regardless of their fitness level.
If I'm not feeling cardio after my sets, I will hop on a treadmill and walk. And will give zero phucks if that annoys you.
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SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »
In case I wasn't clear their youngin, if someone's a noob and they step over my barbell when I'm deadlifting, or doing pendlays, it might hit their underbits, on porpoise.SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »
Oh really? Please explain because I would love to hear how i'm "wrong"? I'm all ears so go on.SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »TO THE OP:
I hope you understand that taking the time to write ALL of those said "rules" out on MFP is a clear and blatant waste of time. Chances are, people will do what they please, even if you don't agree with it.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's just reality. It happens at every gym. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you workout in your own home where your rules will not be broken.
considering several gym new goers replied to the thread you are already wrong….
I'd say 3/4 of gym goers adhere to most of these rules. It's the few regulars and newbies that ruin it for the rest.
lol says you. All the "noobs" (btw 12 year old boys going through puberty use that word) i've come across have been perfectly fine. I think you guys are being too judgmental and not focusing on your workout. You're also forgetting you and everyone on this post (*COUGH OP*) were newbies at one point so chill and give people a break.
I think you mean Purpose. Porpoise is an animal. Just saying
You missed "their" as well.
I peppered that nusse with plenty little things like that.
Flipper. Just saiyan.0
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