Gym Etiquette?!
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keithcw_the_first wrote: »I also saw a guy in a full-face ski mask once. I don't know if that's an etiquette violation. It's definitely a "Hey everybody - look at me!"
And it wasn't one of those altitude trainers either. It was a ski mask.
Maybe he was training for bank robbery0 -
LolBroScience wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »I also saw a guy in a full-face ski mask once. I don't know if that's an etiquette violation. It's definitely a "Hey everybody - look at me!"
And it wasn't one of those altitude trainers either. It was a ski mask.
Maybe he was training for bank robbery
You have to pre-measure potential drag caused by the material to make sure you get your timing right, especially if you plan on cutting it close.
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LolBroScience wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »I also saw a guy in a full-face ski mask once. I don't know if that's an etiquette violation. It's definitely a "Hey everybody - look at me!"
And it wasn't one of those altitude trainers either. It was a ski mask.
Maybe he was training for bank robbery
So this was a functional strength situation?0 -
I think I go to the most boring gym on earth. No loud sound effects, nobody staring at each other, nobody leaving sweat puddles on the equipment. Nobody hogging equipment.0
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keithcw_the_first wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »I also saw a guy in a full-face ski mask once. I don't know if that's an etiquette violation. It's definitely a "Hey everybody - look at me!"
And it wasn't one of those altitude trainers either. It was a ski mask.
Maybe he was training for bank robbery
So this was a functional strength situation?
Yea, needs to make sure the mask fits properly and will not impair his field of vision as he is pulling off the heist0 -
keithcw_the_first wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »Is it rude to say things like "YEAH!" or "GET IT!" when you're doing rows? Repeatedly, with almost every rep?
I'm asking on behalf of the dude next to me the other day.
if that is his way of pushing himself to max effort why would you complain. It's like grunting during weight training. Sometimes some lifters just do it.
I would complain because it's annoying as hell. Breathe, grunt, fine. I don't want to hear this guy *kitten* the barbell.
Ok so are you going to say something to the guy or not? That his way of pushing to max effort. Have you ever spotted someone on a max lift? I am there but I am encouraging them to get it up
. Sometimes I scream if you don't I ma let it fall on you so get it. Not too many things bother me in the gym. I stay with ear buds in and people still talk to me during my workouts.
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yopeeps025 wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »Is it rude to say things like "YEAH!" or "GET IT!" when you're doing rows? Repeatedly, with almost every rep?
I'm asking on behalf of the dude next to me the other day.
if that is his way of pushing himself to max effort why would you complain. It's like grunting during weight training. Sometimes some lifters just do it.
I would complain because it's annoying as hell. Breathe, grunt, fine. I don't want to hear this guy *kitten* the barbell.
Ok so are you going to say something to the guy or not? That his way of pushing to max effort. Have you ever spotted someone on a max lift? I am there but I am encouraging them to get it up. Sometimes I scream if you don't I ma let it fall on you so get it. Not too many things bother me in the gym. I stay with ear buds in and people still talk to me during my workouts.
Well this all occurred in the past so, no. I'm not going to track him down and ask him if he remembers that one time he was making rough love to the barbell.
I'm with you on the max effort. Sometime you do what you have to, and that may or may not include some energetically delivered encouragement.
So maybe this guy is doing max effort lifts every time I see him, for multiple reps, for multiple exercises. It's not directly impeding me so I'll let him be but I'll definitely make a note of it every time and think, "That dude sucks."0 -
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I think I go to the most boring gym on earth. No loud sound effects, nobody staring at each other, nobody leaving sweat puddles on the equipment. Nobody hogging equipment.
Just because you don't see if means it does not happen.
One time around my profile pic one when trying to lose weight during 12 hours a week exercising. One month straight this one woman would always do the same workout. I wasn't not really staring at her but I would always look. I later found out that I was not the only one seeing the progress. I took a hint well she wiggle her butt a little during the bend straight over hamstring stretch. She knew I was looking. She was also looking. Nothing really happened after one encounter when she approach when I was on the elliptical to say.
her: "I see you in here everyday. Whatever you are doing it is working."
"me: I was lost for words and all I said was thank you with I see the gains you are making too. When you see someone workout everyday, you can almost tell what there goals are so I knew she was cutting weight. IDK from where but she was.
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JenAndSome wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »keithcw_the_first wrote: »Is it rude to say things like "YEAH!" or "GET IT!" when you're doing rows? Repeatedly, with almost every rep?
I'm asking on behalf of the dude next to me the other day.
if that is his way of pushing himself to max effort why would you complain. It's like grunting during weight training. Sometimes some lifters just do it.
I would complain because it's annoying as hell. Breathe, grunt, fine. I don't want to hear this guy *kitten* the barbell.
I had an older guy next to me doing calf raises while I was benching yesterday morning. He seemed to be very into by the noises he was making. It seemed like a disproportionate amount of what can only be described as moaning for what he was doing. I had earbuds in and could still hear him.
There is a guy in my gym who makes full-on sex noises when he runs. There are no words. I can hear him, with earbuds in, even from the other end of the room.
One day, he got on the treadmill next to me. At first I didn't realize it was him, because he started out at a walk. As soon as the O noise started, I had to stop and leave. I couldn't keep a straight face.
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yopeeps025 wrote: »I think I go to the most boring gym on earth. No loud sound effects, nobody staring at each other, nobody leaving sweat puddles on the equipment. Nobody hogging equipment.
Just because you don't see if means it does not happen.
One time around my profile pic one when trying to lose weight during 12 hours a week exercising. One month straight this one woman would always do the same workout. I wasn't not really staring at her but I would always look. I later found out that I was not the only one seeing the progress. I took a hint well she wiggle her butt a little during the bend straight over hamstring stretch. She knew I was looking. She was also looking. Nothing really happened after one encounter when she approach when I was on the elliptical to say.
her: "I see you in here everyday. Whatever you are doing it is working."
"me: I was lost for words and all I said was thank you with I see the gains you are making too. When you see someone workout everyday, you can almost tell what there goals are so I knew she was cutting weight. IDK from where but she was.
I was thinking more of the "inappropriate" staring that people seem to complain about rather than mutual appreciation. But I also think that people tend to find what they are looking for, for the most part. By that, I mean that I don't really watch people for extended periods of time at the gym. I might look around or glance at the same people a few times to figure out what exercises they are doing or if they're getting close to being done with certain equipment but I'm not ogling them. But if somebody is out to catch oglers, they are going to look at me and think "that woman keeps looking at those guys, what a creeper." So if you look for offense, you'll find it whether it is truly offensive behavior or not.0 -
motzey2000 wrote: »I wouldn't mess with her. I complained once about someone who wouldn't get off the treadmill when her time was up. They asked her to get off. She moved over to another machine and I was getting up to speed, she turned off my machine. I stumbled off, luckily not hurting myself. She was banned from the gym.
Holy smokes, what a psycho0 -
I recently encountered two of the selfie takers. I couldn't even get to the locker room because they were too busy posing in the mirrors along the hallway leading to the locker room door. Took a few minutes for them to realize there were a few of us trying to get by, then they dashed inside the locker room and immediately started posing in the mirror right inside the door, once again blocking the way. In the hour I was there, they didn't touch a single weight or piece of equipment, they just went from one mirror to another, getting in everyone's way. I'm pretty new to this gym (I'll still kinda waiting for someone to ask me what I'm doing there. I feel out of place), I'm paying close attention to this thread so i don't become one of those problem people!0
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I guess I'm just entirely too laid back or none of this bothers me when I'm in the gym. Sometimes I'm that person on the bench on Facebook but it's because I'm in between sets. If someone asks me if they can slide in, no problem. If someone's using a machine I need or is in the middle of killing it on the squat rack, I'll use another piece of equipment.
Otherwise, I don't care if someone doesn't wipe off the machine (I'll do it... it's no big deal), if someone talks loudly on the treadmill next to me (I'll just turn my music up a bit more), or if people take selfies (go on with yourself. I'm not mad at it). If someone next to me dropping weight on the floor and startling me a bit is the worst thing that happens to me that day, then I'm having a damn good day.
Just my two cents since we're sharing opinions.... granted... I can see how other people can get annoyed, but as for me....nah.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
You're just moving the problem to benches or squat racks, not really addressing it.LolBroScience wrote: »Use a barbell instead
I would use free weights/barbells at the heart beat instead of machines. A lot more challenging.
For me, lately, more and more folks want to be up close to the weight rack and mirror and do bicep curls. It's always bicep curls close to mirror. what's up with that? Anyone experiencing this at their gym?
Yeah, way too much. Like, take a few steps back so I can walk past your and/or get my own dumbbell.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »TerraThomas1 wrote: »Since the topic is Gym Etiquette, I have an unrelated question for all you gym go-ers. Is it rude to watch Netflix, hulu, etc without ear buds?
For instance, you are the only one in the room and watching an episode of whatever, someone walks in to work out as well and you do not turn your tablet off or put in ear buds.
Oh hell yes.
Yes. I might be alone on this, but people who have headphones in and sing, especially at full volume, really bug me. Even if they're really, really good singers, which I've actually never encountered.
My favorite is this little, skinny dude (who, I must admit, lifts like way more of a beast than I do) sings his Stained and Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit (sp?) and Disturbed songs like the cookie monster at full volume while lifting.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »The one thing I find the worst is people who don't wipe down the equipment. I have to breath in your sweaty air, I don't want to sit in it too.
How about the sweaty old men who use their nasty towel to wipe down the machines instead of the gym provided paper towels and disinfectant spray!!
I watched a guy do this a couple times then took him the spray and paper towels and asked him to use that not his sweaty towel. He was quite indignant.
A few nights later I saw another old man doing something similar...only he was reusing a paper towel on several machines ( again not using the spray)
WTH do these old coots have against disinfectant? ??
The lack of disinfectant will not kill you. I happened to visit an old school gym on vacation that was home to several Mr Olympia contenders. This place was in a warm weather city and the gym had no A/C ) , no spray bottles or wipes in sight. What was in sight were a few of the most muscular men most people have ever seen, a couple female fittness competitors (with figures most women on the planet would die for) and some regular Joes and Janes doing work and not concerned about wiping anything.
I am with you a bit on this. I always wipe down at the gym but I am not crazy afraid if others don't. We humans sit places everyday where nastier people than the ones in the gym have just vacated without thinking about wiping down (some people might I know). Think about amusement parks on a hot sweaty day, all that nastiness that people are sitting in! Public transportation, benches at the park, seats at restaurants, etc. All probably really gross.0 -
I ran into a guy the other day that I could have kicked. I was in a squat rack, and in the rack next to me a PT was working with a guy. He was obviously new to the gym and the trainer was showing him some stuff. Some other asshat came up, looked the guy up and down and started loading weight on to this next guys barbell. How rude! I had to say something and now every time i see this guy i can't help but shake my head0
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Does pool etiquette fit in here, too? I swim every other day and typically the pool is barren when I get there and there are rarely people there to swim laps (I'm at the Y, so a lot of water aerobics, swim lessons, etc.), so they only keep three lanes for lap swimming permanently open. Yesterday there was a guy and his two kids just kicking around in one, two high school swimmers and their boyfriends (they were OBVIOUSLY not there to work out), and an elderly man walking up and down the lane with those foam weights. So I politely waited until the lifeguard got the hint and told dad he could kick around with his kids out of a lane. GET THE **** OUT OF THE LAP LANES IF YOU'RE NOT SWIMMING LAPS. PEROID. /endrant0
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cmcdonald525 wrote: »I recently encountered two of the selfie takers. I couldn't even get to the locker room because they were too busy posing in the mirrors along the hallway leading to the locker room door. Took a few minutes for them to realize there were a few of us trying to get by, then they dashed inside the locker room and immediately started posing in the mirror right inside the door, once again blocking the way. In the hour I was there, they didn't touch a single weight or piece of equipment, they just went from one mirror to another, getting in everyone's way. I'm pretty new to this gym (I'll still kinda waiting for someone to ask me what I'm doing there. I feel out of place), I'm paying close attention to this thread so i don't become one of those problem people!
just say, "excuse me, sorry, got to get through, thanks". if you wait for some people to notice, you'll wait forever0 -
Does pool etiquette fit in here, too? I swim every other day and typically the pool is barren when I get there and there are rarely people there to swim laps (I'm at the Y, so a lot of water aerobics, swim lessons, etc.), so they only keep three lanes for lap swimming permanently open. Yesterday there was a guy and his two kids just kicking around in one, two high school swimmers and their boyfriends (they were OBVIOUSLY not there to work out), and an elderly man walking up and down the lane with those foam weights. So I politely waited until the lifeguard got the hint and told dad he could kick around with his kids out of a lane. GET THE **** OUT OF THE LAP LANES IF YOU'RE NOT SWIMMING LAPS. PEROID. /endrant
Yeah, I have trouble with this too. Thankfully the lifeguard does kick people out of the lap lane when a lap swimmer shows, but kids constantly transgress, and the parents do nothing. I got hit in the head twice during my session last week by kids playing ball in the lap lane next to me. I begin to suspect they were aiming for me. Lol0
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