Annoyances at the gym!
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Ok. People don't make fun of fat people. They are generally accepted as equals. Gotcha.
Skinny shaming is the real problem.
Oh, so sarcasm wins debates for you does it? I've faced real issues growing up half-native in a predominantly white area and the occasional issues I faced when I was obese didn't even come close to that. Nobody should ever feel made inferior for what they look like, but at least when I was obese I could lose weight, I can't change my DNA. So don't get me started on what's worse.
None of it is good. Making fun of people who go to "sissy" health clubs isn't good either.
PF isn't a sissy club and I don't think I've heard anyone actually claim that here. It doesn't meet my needs but that doesn't mean others don't find it useful and I know of some pro bodybuilders that have worked out at a PF now and then and find it adequate in a pinch for them.
I don't agree with some people's premise that everyone there is not serious about fitness, though.
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LiminalAscendance wrote: »
We're not talking about me. You know what happens when we assume.0 -
I'm pretty sure they don't disinfect the barbels or gym mats and I find that disgusting. My friend got staph and we just figured it was from a mat in a group fitness class.1
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LiminalAscendance wrote: »
We're not talking about me. You know what happens when we assume.
I was discussing whoever feels obliged to complain about the standards that "society" sets (perhaps that wasn't you, but sure seemed like it).
No one wants to hear about the mediocre. Impossible ideals are set for everyone to deal with.
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Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters. Oh yeah, I don't care if you wipe down the equipment. I wash my hands or take a shower afterwards. I didn't wear a helmet when riding a bike as a kid either, also drank out of the water hose outside the house when thirsty and I didn't die. Really the only ones that annoy me are the politically correct easily offended people that complain about everything. You can do whatever you want in the gym around me, I don't care. You do you and I'll do me.8
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[/quote]Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though. There are a few manbun guys though.
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Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though.
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?1 -
People who speak to me. Headphones mean I don't want to talk to you.3
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Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?[/quote]
Yeah, theres a few that come in wearing them,lol. Those shoes to me serve no purpose.1 -
stevencloser wrote: »I don't know. Read a book, open a magazine, watch TV, listen to people around you talk.
Fat is short form for stupid, lazy, unworthy, gross, dirty, etc.
If you believe that a handful of mean rude people is equal to an entire society mocking you day in day out, then we can agree to disagree.
Again, 70% of society IS overweight themselves. The people who are fit are who is "a handful".
And yet are 99% of the media...imagine that! Again, this is off topic.
I sincerely apologize, it was pretty far back but was it you who claimed that fat people were clogging up grocery store aisles? Anyway somebody did, as I'd they were actually bigger than their shopping carts @.@
I just want to address this, since Steven didn't. No, that wasn't him.1 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though.
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?
Funny story, i like to bring up often... my boyfriend decided to get some vibrams a few years ago. I don't know if he has very sensitive feet but he could only wear them for a couple hours without getting pain, especially walking on flat surfaces.
He also had a similar issue a couple years later when we bought a home that had *only* hardwood floors.
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I do like the people that cut the treamill up high then jump on only to be shot off the back,lol.3
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though.
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?
Weren't the makers of those sued for making false medical claims about them?2 -
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?[/quote]
Yeah, theres a few that come in wearing them,lol. Those shoes to me serve no purpose.[/quote]
Actually people who like to deadlift or squat barefoot will wear those since most gym dont allow bare feet.
There is a purpose.1 -
I still laugh quietly as to not offend the manbun guy with imaginary lat syndrome.1
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stevencloser wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though.
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?
Weren't the makers of those sued for making false medical claims about them?
Aren't you thinking of "shape up" by sketchers?2 -
No, pretty sure it was the ones with toes.0
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Packerjohn wrote: »
Yeah, theres a few that come in wearing them,lol. Those shoes to me serve no purpose.[/quote]
Actually people who like to deadlift or squat barefoot will wear those since most gym dont allow bare feet.
There is a purpose. [/quote]
Most wear socks or squat shoes. Lot of guys just wear socks.1 -
Can you clean Vibrams? They just seem really gross with all the sweat and foot skin rubbing off in there.0
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Serious lifters don't use them. Of course they probably have never tried them either.
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Ok. People don't make fun of fat people. They are generally accepted as equals. Gotcha.
Skinny shaming is the real problem.
I never said fat shaming doesn't exist.
I am arguing that your argument that because there's a preponderance of fat shaming, it somehow makes fat shaming "wronger" than thin shaming. If body shaming is wrong, ALL body shaming is wrong.
Tangentially, I do feel that the occurrences of overt fat shaming are indeed overstated and tend to, for the most part, happen in childhood and adolescence. Maybe on college campuses. Adult fat shaming is likely limited to the scourge of social media, not real life interaction.
This is not to say idiots don't exist. They exist in all forms. Bigots of all kinds abound in society. It's all wrong. No wrong gets to be wronger, in my eyes, because when someone is hurt, who are you to say their pain is any less?1 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »People who speak to me. Headphones mean I don't want to talk to you.
Awwww, new baby picture!!!!!2 -
CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Can you clean Vibrams? They just seem really gross with all the sweat and foot skin rubbing off in there.
You can throw them in the washer0 -
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Like I said maybe they haven't tried them. But most don't use them.0
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Packerjohn wrote: »
And the most experienced guy I train bench with wears them and hits over 2X BW on bench (390 @ 180 - hit 405 @ 190 a few months back).0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Ok. People don't make fun of fat people. They are generally accepted as equals. Gotcha.
Skinny shaming is the real problem.
Oh, so sarcasm wins debates for you does it? I've faced real issues growing up half-native in a predominantly white area and the occasional issues I faced when I was obese didn't even come close to that. Nobody should ever feel made inferior for what they look like, but at least when I was obese I could lose weight, I can't change my DNA. So don't get me started on what's worse.
None of it is good. Making fun of people who go to "sissy" health clubs isn't good either.
PF isn't a sissy club and I don't think I've heard anyone actually claim that here. It doesn't meet my needs but that doesn't mean others don't find it useful and I know of some pro bodybuilders that have worked out at a PF now and then and find it adequate in a pinch for them.
I don't agree with some people's premise that everyone there is not serious about fitness, though.
I'm not really sure anyone has voiced that premise either, but PF's success depends on collecting two large groups of people as members: resolutioners who pay into long-term memberships but don't use the gym after one or two sessions, and casual exercisers who never progress past needing cardio equipment and basic weights. Are there people serious about fitness there? Yes, but it's not the majority of their members. Something like half of the people with PF contracts never go to the gym at all. If you can meet your goals and enjoy the environment at PF while paying their super-low membership fees (subsidized by all the no-shows), awesome for you. But that doesn't make their business practices that involve shaming and ridiculing less objectionable, IMO, which is what most of us who dislike PF take issue with.6 -
LOL I hate it when people drop their weights while on machines.....like the whole place vibrates......It just jolts me.
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I'm sure it helps his bench greatly.
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?Annoyances at the gym! Well, they aren't annoyances to me but....Guys who wear manbuns, yoga pants and toe shoes at the same time make me giggle. Kinda hard to not laugh in the middle of my set. Guys that are puffer fish, peacocks or guys with imaginary lat syndrome make me laugh too. Sometimes they hear me and make their way to the movie room/safe space to gather their emotions after being offended by my giggle. People who whine about weights being dropped are annoying, these are the same people that text or instagram while occupying a machine. Women that wear a lot of makeup all dressed up but don't really workout to break a sweat and take selfies while occupying a machine. We have two gyms owned by the same company, one is more of a social club type atmosphere, the other is a hardcore noisy gym for serious lifters.
Men wear toe shoes at your gym?
Every blue moon you'll have a guy come in wear those rubber shoes that look like toe socks,lol. They don't last long though.
Oh, you mean like the Vibram Five Finger shoes. Are people still wearing those?
I wear them.
I have one pair that are too big that I wear to lift - next best thing to lifting barefoot which I'd prefer, but for obvious reasons is not allowed in the gym. And, I have a pair that fit that I wear to run short to middle distances.
I had no idea anyone found them annoying.
What annoys me is more common - not racking weights, leaving said weights too high for the shorties like me to reach them without climbing the power cage like it's a jungle gym. Trying to strike up a conversation while I'm in the middle of a lift. That sort of thing.3
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