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Gym Etiquette
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Stealthhealth I totally agree, people respond to politeness. I shorten my rest period if someone is polite about it0
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What's with all the resting, playing on iPhone and socializing between sets? You're supposed to be working out - you don't need more than a minute between sets. C'mon people!
ATP requires time, and you can't speed up biochemistry. Ten minutes is about the most you should need if you're pushing multi-set singles.0 -
I mean..for the most effective workout, breaks between sets is the best. Personally, I simply go on to another machine I plan to use if all of the same machines I want are taken. I'll admit - I'm one of those people who are on their phones between sets, but I am on here.0
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CipherZero wrote: »What's with all the resting, playing on iPhone and socializing between sets? You're supposed to be working out - you don't need more than a minute between sets. C'mon people!
ATP requires time, and you can't speed up biochemistry. Ten minutes is about the most you should need if you're pushing multi-set singles.
How about the jack *kitten* that is doing multiple sets of 15-20 rep bicep curls in the squat rack?0 -
I responded to all the many gym annoyances by building a home gym. Bonus: There's no excuses not to work out anymore.3
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Packerjohn wrote: »CipherZero wrote: »ATP requires time, and you can't speed up biochemistry. Ten minutes is about the most you should need if you're pushing multi-set singles.
How about the jack *kitten* that is doing multiple sets of 15-20 rep bicep curls in the squat rack?
That's just someone being stupid.0 -
Ugh the person the curls AT the free weights rack...dude...move!
The other day I went to use the free weights and a group of friends had removed ALL the benches to have their own personal little studio area. No. Just...no.4 -
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Now to actually address the question, I always just ask how many sets the person has left so I can decide whether to wait or go on to something else. I prefer not to work in with other people. I'll do it, but usually I've got something else I can do.
This. I will move on or wait. Quietly, patiently, with out complaint.
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Seems I'm the same as most, ask to work in, let folk know how long you'll be and shift yer sweat.
I'll be on my phone after my last set to log it, using the 5x5 SL app.
And, I hate plates all over the shop. Use them as extra work out. I go for a merry jaunt around the gym carrying the plates back to their home, farmers walk style.0 -
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Most times I will just modify my work out, if I'm doing legs and the squat rack is occupied, I'll move to leg extensions, then come back. If I was waiting for the cable Lat pull down station, I might just use the stack weight pull down machine instead.0
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I always wipe down the machines. Always. Ew.
But I do wait a couple minutes between each set. My body just gets better results that way rather than waiting 30 seconds and doing it again. No one's ever asked me if they could use it in between. If they would, I'd let them. If I'm on my phone, I'm usually looking for my next song to play. And yes, I have playlists, but I am not always in the mood for certain songs.
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I don't like overly arrogant people. I once overheard someone say "Your workout is just my warm up!" to someone, a stranger/acquaintance to them, and that just pissed me off. We were all beginners once (I believe I still am!), and we each have our own routine. Why belittle someone for what they do in the gym? If it's a form of encouragement... Then nope. I would rather applaud someone for achieving goals, not treat someone that way, especially if we aren't close.
Oh, and wiping the equipment.1 -
I don't like overly arrogant people. I once overheard someone say "Your workout is just my warm up!" to someone, a stranger/acquaintance to them, and that just pissed me off. We were all beginners once (I believe I still am!), and we each have our own routine. Why belittle someone for what they do in the gym? If it's a form of encouragement... Then nope. I would rather applaud someone for achieving goals, not treat someone that way, especially if we aren't close.
Oh, and wiping the equipment.
^^Agree completely.
Something that I've learnt from my time in gyms is that you cannot judge a person on the basis of what you see during one (or even a few workouts). I'm a case in point - currently nursing an injury and so working on very light weights (I was snatching an empty bar of most of last week's workouts). Other times I may be concentrating on technique or mobility. To a casual observer I'm the guy that only lifts empty bars. but in reality my current work outs are part of a larger plan.0 -
I completely agree. I'd say I was a relative newbie to the gym myself. Spent a shed load of time researching lifting properly and such. I stopped lifting after surgery until the physio told me I could go back to the gym. Now I'm back I started from square one on every lift. I just need to get into a routine of going every couple of days.0
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It is common courtesy to wipe down the machines. I don't want to sit in someone's sweat whether I am at risk for a staph infection or not.
It's a rule, for heaven's sake and takes about two minutes to follow.1 -
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Don't be the *kitten* that stands a foot away from the dumbbell rack doing lateral raises.1
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It is common courtesy to wipe down the machines. I don't want to sit in someone's sweat whether I am at risk for a staph infection or not.
It's a rule, for heaven's sake and takes about two minutes to follow.
It is important to me to sit on clean machines. So I clean the machines before I use them. I am a rule follower, so I also clean them after.
The rule makes more sense if people clean the machines before using, so that people for whom cleanliness and sanitation are important know that they are using clean machines and the people who don't want to clean can sit in someone else's sweat.2 -
It is common courtesy to wipe down the machines. I don't want to sit in someone's sweat whether I am at risk for a staph infection or not.
It's a rule, for heaven's sake and takes about two minutes to follow.
It is important to me to sit on clean machines. So I clean the machines before I use them. I am a rule follower, so I also clean them after.
The rule makes more sense if people clean the machines before using, so that people for whom cleanliness and sanitation are important know that they are using clean machines and the people who don't want to clean can sit in someone else's sweat.
O.M.G! Germs!!!!!
I'd love it if someone did a swab test on gym benches. My guess is that they're cleaner than the average kitchen counter.0
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