Annoyances at the gym!
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grmckenzie wrote: »It is rude similarly like the old beer commercial with the well built, leggy Swedish girls. So I do get your point. It isn't good to stereotype.
This one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TRXOPL_vU
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OK, here's something annoying that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Happened to me last night. I was on the elliptical in a line of about 20 empty ones--no others were being used. And a guy gets on the one right next me. Unusual, but whatever, I'm in my zone, I ignore him. But then an employee comes up and stands in front of and between the two machines. I pull out my earbuds because she obviously wants to say something. She says, "You two playing nice?" WTH? I don't say anything but the guy takes it as some kind of introduction and starts talking to me for the next 12.5 minutes. I know his entire life story. So apparently my gym now acts like a dating service. Too bad I was 20 years older than him, sweating profusely, out of breath, oh, and married.
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm more like this............
Not touching the obvious there!
You know you wanna, though...
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snickerscharlie wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm more like this............
Not touching the obvious there!
You know you wanna, though...
Well lunk is as lunk does.
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JulieSHelms wrote: »OK, here's something annoying that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Happened to me last night. I was on the elliptical in a line of about 20 empty ones--no others were being used. And a guy gets on the one right next me. Unusual, but whatever, I'm in my zone, I ignore him. But then an employee comes up and stands in front of and between the two machines. I pull out my earbuds because she obviously wants to say something. She says, "You two playing nice?" WTH? I don't say anything but the guy takes it as some kind of introduction and starts talking to me for the next 12.5 minutes. I know his entire life story. So apparently my gym now acts like a dating service. Too bad I was 20 years older than him, sweating profusely, out of breath, oh, and married.
Really? That's just weird. I think afterwards I would've asked the employee what the point of that was and that it ultimately distracted you from your workout. I don't talk to anyone when I'm doing cardio so nice or not I would've just ignored the guy.1 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »riffraff2112 wrote: »Just common sense stuff
people who leave the shower looking like crap, with hair all over the place would be about the only thing that makes me upset.
Because it's totally their job to look attractive and presentable for you.
I think he meant the shower stall was a mess, not the person leaving it lol!1 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »alexismoham wrote: »Yes people who throw weights.
People who rest for long periods and hog machines.
Here we go again...
What about someone utilizing a longer rest period hurts you? It's not unreasonable for someone training for strength to have 3-5 minute rest periods.
Train for your goals in your way. Let other people train for theirs in their way.
That's the reason you let someone work in with you.0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »What gets me is all the bros squatting in my curl rack.
People doing 65lb curls in the power rack1 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »What gets me is all the bros squatting in my curl rack.
People doing 65lb curls in the power rack
I've done that. Supersetting OHP with curls. Two bars - we had many more bars than places to use them at my old gym - one on the pins for OHP, one on the safety rails for curls.
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JulieSHelms wrote: »OK, here's something annoying that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Happened to me last night. I was on the elliptical in a line of about 20 empty ones--no others were being used. And a guy gets on the one right next me. Unusual, but whatever, I'm in my zone, I ignore him. But then an employee comes up and stands in front of and between the two machines. I pull out my earbuds because she obviously wants to say something. She says, "You two playing nice?" WTH? I don't say anything but the guy takes it as some kind of introduction and starts talking to me for the next 12.5 minutes. I know his entire life story. So apparently my gym now acts like a dating service. Too bad I was 20 years older than him, sweating profusely, out of breath, oh, and married.
Really? That's just weird. I think afterwards I would've asked the employee what the point of that was and that it ultimately distracted you from your workout. I don't talk to anyone when I'm doing cardio so nice or not I would've just ignored the guy.
Yeah that is so weird I would have to stop my workout and go somewhere else.0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
I have a knock off too ... not because I lift supah heavy, but because my grip sucks. I love them to bits. And they're pink!!!!0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
Look, that's Planet Fitness's (very successful) business model. No need to bash a poster who's a member and simply restating the policy. In addition, there's plenty of PF bashing threads where people complain about this business model to their hearts' content.
I find it problematic to have as a business model. Essentially they are pushing the idea (and trying to convince people) that if they go to other gyms (which might well have more and better equipment and more opportunities to really learn how to lift) that they will be made to feel uncomfortable, that people who take weights seriously are bad and scary people. Basically spreading divisiveness and fear. I think it's disgusting.
I am not saying I wouldn't use a PF if it were the only thing I thought was reasonably priced for what it provided around me or if it were the most convenient thing -- for me convenience in a gym is paramount and I have very specific things I want and if it provided those I'd hold my nose and put up with it, maybe, if the corporate policy were not so apparent in the particular branch. Happily, for me, it's not an issue, as there isn't even one convenient for me at all (apparently my neighborhood and where I work are not in their preferred demographic, which is kind of interesting). But I am troubled when people (not you) use the negatives about the chain as promotional things, and I think it's unethical enough to profit off such a model that I'd personally think twice about joining even if it were otherwise the best choice and I would continue to speak against the business model when it comes up.
It's more like there is a venue for "ordinary" folks to work out. I think that it is admirable that an overweight or obese person can attend and would feel more comfortable at a place that isn't "hard core".
There are plenty of places where overweight or obese people can go and feel comfortable.
My last gym was attached to a health and wellness center. The clientele ranged from the hard core lifters, to frail senior citizens, to morbidly obese people in scooters who came in and used the arm bike, to mentally challenged individuals from a group home. All of them had a place in that gym and all felt comfortable working out there.
This center was right across a parking lot from a local Y. They had the same sort of mix of clientele. The only reason I didn't join the Y instead was because the Y was more expensive.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
Look, that's Planet Fitness's (very successful) business model. No need to bash a poster who's a member and simply restating the policy. In addition, there's plenty of PF bashing threads where people complain about this business model to their hearts' content.
I find it problematic to have as a business model. Essentially they are pushing the idea (and trying to convince people) that if they go to other gyms (which might well have more and better equipment and more opportunities to really learn how to lift) that they will be made to feel uncomfortable, that people who take weights seriously are bad and scary people. Basically spreading divisiveness and fear. I think it's disgusting.
I am not saying I wouldn't use a PF if it were the only thing I thought was reasonably priced for what it provided around me or if it were the most convenient thing -- for me convenience in a gym is paramount and I have very specific things I want and if it provided those I'd hold my nose and put up with it, maybe, if the corporate policy were not so apparent in the particular branch. Happily, for me, it's not an issue, as there isn't even one convenient for me at all (apparently my neighborhood and where I work are not in their preferred demographic, which is kind of interesting). But I am troubled when people (not you) use the negatives about the chain as promotional things, and I think it's unethical enough to profit off such a model that I'd personally think twice about joining even if it were otherwise the best choice and I would continue to speak against the business model when it comes up.
It's more like there is a venue for "ordinary" folks to work out. I think that it is admirable that an overweight or obese person can attend and would feel more comfortable at a place that isn't "hard core".
There are plenty of places where overweight or obese people can go and feel comfortable.
My last gym was attached to a health and wellness center. The clientele ranged from the hard core lifters, to frail senior citizens, to morbidly obese people in scooters who came in and used the arm bike, to mentally challenged individuals from a group home. All of them had a place in that gym and all felt comfortable working out there.
This center was right across a parking lot from a local Y. They had the same sort of mix of clientele. The only reason I didn't join the Y instead was because the Y was more expensive.
PF is a special-interest gym. They know that there are a lot more average people than big lifters to market to.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
Look, that's Planet Fitness's (very successful) business model. No need to bash a poster who's a member and simply restating the policy. In addition, there's plenty of PF bashing threads where people complain about this business model to their hearts' content.
I find it problematic to have as a business model. Essentially they are pushing the idea (and trying to convince people) that if they go to other gyms (which might well have more and better equipment and more opportunities to really learn how to lift) that they will be made to feel uncomfortable, that people who take weights seriously are bad and scary people. Basically spreading divisiveness and fear. I think it's disgusting.
I am not saying I wouldn't use a PF if it were the only thing I thought was reasonably priced for what it provided around me or if it were the most convenient thing -- for me convenience in a gym is paramount and I have very specific things I want and if it provided those I'd hold my nose and put up with it, maybe, if the corporate policy were not so apparent in the particular branch. Happily, for me, it's not an issue, as there isn't even one convenient for me at all (apparently my neighborhood and where I work are not in their preferred demographic, which is kind of interesting). But I am troubled when people (not you) use the negatives about the chain as promotional things, and I think it's unethical enough to profit off such a model that I'd personally think twice about joining even if it were otherwise the best choice and I would continue to speak against the business model when it comes up.
It's more like there is a venue for "ordinary" folks to work out. I think that it is admirable that an overweight or obese person can attend and would feel more comfortable at a place that isn't "hard core".
There are plenty of places where overweight or obese people can go and feel comfortable.
My last gym was attached to a health and wellness center. The clientele ranged from the hard core lifters, to frail senior citizens, to morbidly obese people in scooters who came in and used the arm bike, to mentally challenged individuals from a group home. All of them had a place in that gym and all felt comfortable working out there.
This center was right across a parking lot from a local Y. They had the same sort of mix of clientele. The only reason I didn't join the Y instead was because the Y was more expensive.
PF is a special-interest gym. They know that there are a lot more average people than big lifters to market to.
I think you mean "general interest" rather than special interest.
They still try to other people and encourage a divide that shouldn't be there. That's a point you keep missing. It's a smart marketing strategy, diss those other types so badly that no one would ever aspire to be that way. That way no one ever outgrows your limited equipment.
It's also really catchy for snagging resolutioners who show up once or twice and never darken the doorstep again.
Kudos to them for that.7 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
Look, that's Planet Fitness's (very successful) business model. No need to bash a poster who's a member and simply restating the policy. In addition, there's plenty of PF bashing threads where people complain about this business model to their hearts' content.
I find it problematic to have as a business model. Essentially they are pushing the idea (and trying to convince people) that if they go to other gyms (which might well have more and better equipment and more opportunities to really learn how to lift) that they will be made to feel uncomfortable, that people who take weights seriously are bad and scary people. Basically spreading divisiveness and fear. I think it's disgusting.
I am not saying I wouldn't use a PF if it were the only thing I thought was reasonably priced for what it provided around me or if it were the most convenient thing -- for me convenience in a gym is paramount and I have very specific things I want and if it provided those I'd hold my nose and put up with it, maybe, if the corporate policy were not so apparent in the particular branch. Happily, for me, it's not an issue, as there isn't even one convenient for me at all (apparently my neighborhood and where I work are not in their preferred demographic, which is kind of interesting). But I am troubled when people (not you) use the negatives about the chain as promotional things, and I think it's unethical enough to profit off such a model that I'd personally think twice about joining even if it were otherwise the best choice and I would continue to speak against the business model when it comes up.
It's more like there is a venue for "ordinary" folks to work out. I think that it is admirable that an overweight or obese person can attend and would feel more comfortable at a place that isn't "hard core".
Oh please. You're exactly the kind of person PF markets to. I've had memberships at over 20 gyms in my life and every one of them has had plenty of "ordinary" people happily working out there without being pushed over the dumbbell racks or laughed at/made fun of. And not a single one of those gyms had a stupid "lunk alarm" or proudly and publicly made fun of people who are in shape. PF claims to be a "judgment-free zone", yet they're the most judgmental and hypocritical gym chain in existence. FAR more so than even the "hardcore" gyms I've belonged to.
The gym I currently use has everything from scrawny teenagers to obese mid-lifers to 80+ year old senior citizens with canes and walkers (not kidding), along with some incredibly fit, strong and in-shape people. They have equipment on the second floor where people can do wall throws/ball slams, battle ropes, box jumps, etc. and I have yet to see anybody keel over or flee the gym in terror from the noise. Conduct problems are handled on an individual, as-needed basis by the gym staff and there's no need for a "lunk alarm" so some namby-pamby can go anonymously and publicly humiliate somebody who's working harder than they are.
So in keeping with the original topic, my biggest gym annoyance would be Planet Fitness and their judgmental, hypocritical corporate policy.
[ETA:] And a "lunk" and a "hunk" are not the same thing.8 -
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Ooh, I also get annoyed when the leggings I wear roll down at the waist. I hate hitching up my pants between every freaking set.4
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
It also means "a brawny and sexually attractive male".
Yeahhh.... no, no it doesn't. You're thinking of 'hunk'.1 -
I just go because my husband signed up as it is near his work. We joined at the same time. I'm thinking of joining a hunky hardcore gym that is closer to our home. It is advertising a similar price but is tiny in comparison.
But they'll drop weights and grunt there. You wouldn't find the same atmosphere you've been singing the praises of for the last few pages.
It's okay to be happy at Planet Fitness, Deb.
What hasn't been cool is that you were, yourself, part of the brigade who had issue with people making noise when they lift weights.2 -
What is. crop dusting?0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Using derogatory terms and then claiming others are judging, yeah no hypocrisy there.
Look, that's Planet Fitness's (very successful) business model. No need to bash a poster who's a member and simply restating the policy. In addition, there's plenty of PF bashing threads where people complain about this business model to their hearts' content.
I find it problematic to have as a business model. Essentially they are pushing the idea (and trying to convince people) that if they go to other gyms (which might well have more and better equipment and more opportunities to really learn how to lift) that they will be made to feel uncomfortable, that people who take weights seriously are bad and scary people. Basically spreading divisiveness and fear. I think it's disgusting.
I am not saying I wouldn't use a PF if it were the only thing I thought was reasonably priced for what it provided around me or if it were the most convenient thing -- for me convenience in a gym is paramount and I have very specific things I want and if it provided those I'd hold my nose and put up with it, maybe, if the corporate policy were not so apparent in the particular branch. Happily, for me, it's not an issue, as there isn't even one convenient for me at all (apparently my neighborhood and where I work are not in their preferred demographic, which is kind of interesting). But I am troubled when people (not you) use the negatives about the chain as promotional things, and I think it's unethical enough to profit off such a model that I'd personally think twice about joining even if it were otherwise the best choice and I would continue to speak against the business model when it comes up.
Some women feel more comfortable working out only with other women, and establishments cater to that. Some people don't feel comfortable working out with people vastly more experienced than them, and PF caters to that. I think it's great if PF can get people in the door who would otherwise never set foot in a gym.
Years ago, I did a 6 session "Women on Weights" small group class at the Y. The goal was to get us enough general experience that we would feel comfortable walking into any gym, and it worked. If PF gets people in the door and if they outgrow it and move on to a more serious gym, that's wonderful.
I find the PF "I lift things up and put them down" commercial hilarious and am waiting to hear back from my favorite powerlifter whether this offends him or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gzmoqmL7g 1 -
getcharley wrote: »What is. crop dusting?
When you walk past a group of people and drop a fart, so that you may have moved on, but it lingers.0 -
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kshama2001 wrote: »
Google it and freedictionary is literally the only dictionary site with that definition. Not a single other one has it.0 -
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I think you're getting a taste of the history Planet Fitness threads have at MFP. The players are always the same. Just a mere mention of "Plantet Fitness" or "PF" sets them off. The threads go on for pages and pages and pages and for weeks. Until they get cleaned up or shut down, so generally, they're not searchable.
I've lurked message boards dedicated to the discussion of topics such as childhood starvation, unjust imprisonment and the selective treatment of catastrophic diseases where certain subsets are denied. And the fervor, the passion, the righteous indignation doesn't come close to those expressed on one of MFP's Planet Fitness threads.
Which is why MFP forums are, hands down, one of the most hilarious forum havens on the net and the entertainment value alone is priceless.
You're a hoot.6 -
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I think you're getting a taste of the history Planet Fitness threads have at MFP. The players are always the same. Just a mere mention of "Plantet Fitness" or "PF" sets them off. The threads go on for pages and pages and pages and for weeks. Until they get cleaned up or shut down, so generally, they're not searchable.
I've lurked message boards dedicated to the discussion of topics such as childhood starvation, unjust imprisonment and the selective treatment of catastrophic diseases where certain subsets are denied. And the fervor, the passion, the righteous indignation doesn't come close to those expressed on one of MFP's Planet Fitness threads.
Which is why MFP forums are, hands down, one of the most hilarious forum havens on the net and the entertainment value alone is priceless.
Mirror? What sets people off is that some people have smug attitudes and feel that they can deride others for what they look like. If someone does that to an obese person you will get jumped on for fat shaming but seems it's great advertising if you do it to a fit person. Your sense of humor is very odd and yes, we aren't here discussing human tragedy but I'm guessing I've done far more by being in a former war zone helping rebuilding efforts than you on your forums, yet here you are nose up in the air at others talking about something they find a person affront to them. Strange the way people choose to feel superior to others.6 -
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I think you're getting a taste of the history Planet Fitness threads have at MFP. The players are always the same. Just a mere mention of "Plantet Fitness" or "PF" sets them off. The threads go on for pages and pages and pages and for weeks. Until they get cleaned up or shut down, so generally, they're not searchable.
I've lurked message boards dedicated to the discussion of topics such as childhood starvation, unjust imprisonment and the selective treatment of catastrophic diseases where certain subsets are denied. And the fervor, the passion, the righteous indignation doesn't come close to those expressed on one of MFP's Planet Fitness threads.
Which is why MFP forums are, hands down, one of the most hilarious forum havens on the net and the entertainment value alone is priceless.
I believe a major part of MFP is getting upset about things that are of relatively minor import. And I say that as someone who genuinely is irritated by the fact that PF bases a marketing strategy around the idea that people who don't usually exercise should be intimidated by those who do, and that those who do are scary and likely to be rude. I think it is divisive and that's really not something we need more of these days, and encouraging people to think that if they have to go to a regular gym or some other entirely non intimidating chain that they will be sneered at or otherwise not fit in.
But it's true it's a good marketing strategy.
It actually would discourage me from joining but I'm sure they don't care, they don't even have one in my neighborhood, as I mentioned.1
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