Singing at the gym

earlnabby

Normally I would say it is a definite NO. It is bad enough when people have the volume on their MP3 players loud enough that you can hear a little of it, but to sing out loud is definitely in the douche category.

On the other hand, there is one gentleman who works out in the pool before our water aerobics class starts and he sings. He is a classically trained opera singer and has a wonderful voice, even at his age which is close to 80. I can live with that.

shadow2soul

I wouldn't know if someone was singing, but I have my earbuds in and pretty loud. I mouth the words to songs and yes dance along in between my sets. When people give me weird looks, I just smile and wave.

sadiebrawl

It's why i work out outdoors, so I can sometimes sing aloud

callsitlikeiseeit

it would make me leave the gym and go and complain to management.

2wise4u

I work out at 5:00 am and have heard it all....singing, talking on the phone, people having loud conversations, etc. and they are all very distracting. Since I usually bring my own distractions like headphones, kindle, etc., trying to filter out additional noise is troublesome for me. So I say NO to singing even if it's very softly or from someone with a super great voice because there are times when I want to sing along to a really good song but end up lip syncing the words because I don't want to disturb anyone around me.

Dex37

I don't like to see/hear people singing, talking or even be on their phone. If you are doing that, you are not serious and need to get out of the way.

tomatoey

Dex37 wrote: »

I don't like to see/hear people singing, talking or even be on their phone. If you are doing that, you are not serious and need to get out of the way.

Hi, I hear you about your annoyance levels re noise but take exception to the bolded. I'm deadly serious about my rehab, thanks. It just isn't intrinsically motivating, so I'm doing what I can to get through it. And I pay the same fees everyone else does. I'm taking my damn place at the gym I help stay in business. Thanks. If you're at my gym, you can get out of my way.

randomtai

Doesn't' bother me, I usually have headphones on and cannot hear anything.

3dogsrunning

10. Even if I have headphones I can still hear what's going on around.

Eta - I'm not usually bothered by a whole lot at the gym. Take all the selfies you want, text your heart out, hog the bench (I will ask to work in), don't wipe down your equipment or put your weights away, not going to bother me.
Singing or making me listen to your music (as in playing it out loud not with earphones) I'm going to be annoyed.

_incogNEATo_

tomatoey wrote: »

Dex37 wrote: »

I don't like to see/hear people singing, talking or even be on their phone. If you are doing that, you are not serious and need to get out of the way.

Hi, I hear you about your annoyance levels re noise but take exception to the bolded. I'm deadly serious about my rehab, thanks. It just isn't intrinsically motivating, so I'm doing what I can to get through it. And I pay the same fees everyone else does. I'm taking my damn place at the gym I help stay in business. Thanks. If you're at my gym, you can get out of my way.

But seriously, I wouldn't hear it because mine are turned up too loud. I wouldn't sing out loud though because nobody wants to hear it. I sing well, but I only sing when I want attention.

tomatoey

_incogNEATo_ wrote: »

tomatoey wrote: »

Dex37 wrote: »

I don't like to see/hear people singing, talking or even be on their phone. If you are doing that, you are not serious and need to get out of the way.

Hi, I hear you about your annoyance levels re noise but take exception to the bolded. I'm deadly serious about my rehab, thanks. It just isn't intrinsically motivating, so I'm doing what I can to get through it. And I pay the same fees everyone else does. I'm taking my damn place at the gym I help stay in business. Thanks. If you're at my gym, you can get out of my way.

But seriously, I wouldn't hear it because mine are turned up too loud. I wouldn't sing out loud though because nobody wants to hear it. I sing well, but I only sing when I want attention.

Lol.

I sometimes sing because it just comes out - with this, I almost can't help responding, because I need the music to be really good to not want to shoot myself from boredom. But I get the message, definitely, glad I asked.

CSARdiver

tomatoey wrote: »

I'm doing extremely boring PT exercises there. I listen to music to get me through it - also to help pace myself / time movements, because I'd rush through them otherwise. But I am still so damn bored I often want to sing along. And I can, because I am not at all exerted by quad sets and bike on no resistance.

How annoying is hearing someone sing or hum at the gym on a scale of 1-10? Not super loud. (I have a decent voice, used to sing here and there, could be worse that way, but I don't think that matters if any singing or humming is intrusive.) I am mostly doing this in a room off to the side where there's just one or two other people, five at a time max.

On one hand I kind of care because it might bother some people. On the other hand, some of them throw their own music onto the public audio system, really loud, when they hit the sandbags, leave their water bottles on equipment and mats, and generally act snotty. So it's not as bad as it could be?

Also again I am so ****ing bored.

I cannot speak for others, but this is solely dependent upon your singing ability. If you're good, rock on! If you suck I'm going to let you know and throw something at you.

ndj1979

I have headphones in, so I can't hear you anyway...

DawnEmbers

I just lip sync. Mostly it's when I listen to musicals or the disney playlist that I have on my iPod. Though I do sometimes will for songs like Faith too. But I wouldn't sing out loud even after taking part in choirs for years, I'd be too uncomfortable having others hear me.

skeo

This thread is really surprising to me, I did not realize that people took such offense to people singing to themselves or picking up a phone call. Whether they are leisurely working out or going hard, we all pay the same membership fees. If the person is on the phone off to the side and not holding up a machine, what bother is it? The gym is already noisy, it's not a library setting; noise, conversation, and music will be heard. And to tune it out, majority of folks have earbuds or headphones on, and are in their own little worlds. I would hope that no one is singing loud as hell, but to casually utter a few lines of lyrics here and there to yourself, I don't see the issue with it.

rileyes

If you are gonna bring candy, you're gonna have to share it with others--Sooo--everybody sings or nobody sings.

earlnabby

skeo wrote: »

This thread is really surprising to me, I did not realize that people took such offense to people singing to themselves or picking up a phone call. Whether they are leisurely working out or going hard, we all pay the same membership fees. If the person is on the phone off to the side and not holding up a machine, what bother is it? The gym is already noisy, it's not a library setting; noise, conversation, and music will be heard. And to tune it out, majority of folks have earbuds or headphones on, and are in their own little worlds. I would hope that no one is singing loud as hell, but to casually utter a few lines of lyrics here and there to yourself, I don't see the issue with it.

It's like second-hand smoke. People who don't want to be around it shouldn't be subject to it.

atypicalsmith

I love my YMCA! No loud music, no obnoxious grunters, nobody singing out loud, nobody talking on the phone while working out. It's not noisy at all. If people all around me were singing and talking on phones and/or loudly to each other, I would discontinue my membership.

JoRocka

skeo wrote: »

This thread is really surprising to me, I did not realize that people took such offense to people singing to themselves or picking up a phone call. Whether they are leisurely working out or going hard, we all pay the same membership fees. If the person is on the phone off to the side and not holding up a machine, what bother is it? The gym is already noisy, it's not a library setting; noise, conversation, and music will be heard. And to tune it out, majority of folks have earbuds or headphones on, and are in their own little worlds. I would hope that no one is singing loud as hell, but to casually utter a few lines of lyrics here and there to yourself, I don't see the issue with it.

I'm not trying to make myself deaf- I don't blast my music so loud I can't hear other things- and 9/10 people on the phone taking a phone call are yelling- which is just- SUPER annoying.

levitateme

This is like the dudes who sit on the subway rapping to themselves with their dumb giant headphones on full blast and crooked. It's unbelievably annoying.

jemhh

skeo wrote: »

This thread is really surprising to me, I did not realize that people took such offense to people singing to themselves or picking up a phone call. Whether they are leisurely working out or going hard, we all pay the same membership fees. If the person is on the phone off to the side and not holding up a machine, what bother is it? The gym is already noisy, it's not a library setting; noise, conversation, and music will be heard. And to tune it out, majority of folks have earbuds or headphones on, and are in their own little worlds. I would hope that no one is singing loud as hell, but to casually utter a few lines of lyrics here and there to yourself, I don't see the issue with it.

I don't care about phones as long as people talk normally. For whatever reason, it seems like people act like they have to shout into their cell phones like 50 cent dollar store megaphones.

As for singing, if you're doing it loud enough and often enough to ask if it's annoying, it's not casually uttering a few lines every now and then.

EmmaFitzwilliam

My feeling is, "thank you *so much* for sharing your personal soundtrack with me". <eye roll>

ValerieMartini2Olives

I was at the gym the other night and the lady next to me was saying in a medium low volume. I could still hear her over the equipment and my music. It's really distracting and kept taking me out of my zone.

ValerieMartini2Olives

tomatoey wrote: »

sk1982 wrote: »

i dont sing out loud but i sing in my head and sometimes mouth the words....its all about the intention and not the actual doing i find that helps....i also make funny movements with my hands along with the beat....

Yeah, I do that too, and kind of "dance", on the elliptical, sometimes.

I do that too. Gets me in the zone.

kindrabbit

could you maybe find a workout that isn't so boring? I go to the gym because I love it. I cant imagine going and hating it.

moondrake

Singing would bother me if I could hear it, but I work out with earbuds as I need the beat.l I often mouth along with the music, but never sing aloud at the gym. Whistling makes me crazy in any context, it's like nails on chalkboard to me. Also it would be more penetrating than singing, so probably more annoying to everyone.

tomatoey

jemhh wrote: »

skeo wrote: »

This thread is really surprising to me, I did not realize that people took such offense to people singing to themselves or picking up a phone call. Whether they are leisurely working out or going hard, we all pay the same membership fees. If the person is on the phone off to the side and not holding up a machine, what bother is it? The gym is already noisy, it's not a library setting; noise, conversation, and music will be heard. And to tune it out, majority of folks have earbuds or headphones on, and are in their own little worlds. I would hope that no one is singing loud as hell, but to casually utter a few lines of lyrics here and there to yourself, I don't see the issue with it.

I don't care about phones as long as people talk normally. For whatever reason, it seems like people act like they have to shout into their cell phones like 50 cent dollar store megaphones.

As for singing, if you're doing it loud enough and often enough to ask if it's annoying, it's not casually uttering a few lines every now and then.

Actually, I don't know what you're imagining, but that's exactly what it is.

If I didn't care about the effect of my behavior on other patrons, I wouldn't have started this thread at all

I am not normally in a position to sing when I work out, even if I want to, because I'm busy sweating. So it hasn't come up (again, the reason I'm asking)

Inductive reasoning fail

tomatoey

Karen_libert wrote: »

could you maybe find a workout that isn't so boring? I go to the gym because I love it. I cant imagine going and hating it.

No, wish I could, it's rehab

theredhead77

Singing (intentionally) and talking on the phone at the gym rank up there with not wiping down your machines as rude and entitled behavior.

If you need to socialize on the phone go outside. If you need to discuss something for work go outside.

jennifer_417

Honestly, if I could hear it, I might find it obtrusive. But I'm usually watching Netflix on my phone while working out and can't hear what's going on around during me.