Things people do that annoys you in the gym.
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Motorsheen wrote: »richardpkennedy1 wrote: »Guys telling me I do too much cardio. Not all of us want to be a 200 lb meathead!
I don't know too many 200 pound meatheads.... doesn't meathead start at about 230?
I get it tho'.... there are some gyms I won't go near here in town; the d-bag factor is waaay too high.
Lean is good
Lean and strong AF is better.
I dunno where it starts. A guy can be ripped and huge (compared to me at least) at 200 lbs.
I do train for strength but it doesn't bother me if I can't bench press 200 lbs.1 -
Carillon_Campanello wrote: »richardpkennedy1 wrote: »Guys telling me I do too much cardio. Not all of us want to be a 200 lb meathead!
Yes you do.
You're one of them!0 -
Hogging weights, or a machine and just texting while sitting on it. If you aren't using it, GET UP and go rest somewhere else, then come back and do another set1
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richardpkennedy1 wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »richardpkennedy1 wrote: »Guys telling me I do too much cardio. Not all of us want to be a 200 lb meathead!
I don't know too many 200 pound meatheads.... doesn't meathead start at about 230?
I get it tho'.... there are some gyms I won't go near here in town; the d-bag factor is waaay too high.
Lean is good
Lean and strong AF is better.
I dunno where it starts. A guy can be ripped and huge (compared to me at least) at 200 lbs.
I do train for strength but it doesn't bother me if I can't bench press 200 lbs.
I might get flamed for this, but I'm thinking that the ability to bench your own body weight is a pretty good yardstick for most is the ability to bench their own bodyweight. If you weigh, say 175..... bench pressing 200 would be impressive.
I've trained with a guy who weighed 140 and he benched 235. That's pretty cool.
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Is "everything" an option???3
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People hogging machines to take selfies and/or text friends0
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When you're lifting and people *Dont* ask to work in, they just mill around slack jawed eyeballing the bench press or squat rack you're using. Like Bro, get the balls to ask or just walk away but I don't need you watching me.0
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*kitten*''ots who swing their sweaty towel while walking past. Sometimes it touches you. Putting the sweaty towel on the weights. So if you want to use it, you end up touching the towel or the weights it was on. Is it so hard to put it on the floor without causing obstruction? I feel like sticking my foot down their back side.0
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*kitten*''ots who swing their sweaty towel while walking past. Sometimes it touches you. Putting the sweaty towel on the weights. So if you want to use it, you end up touching the towel or the weights it was on. Is it so hard to put it on the floor without causing obstruction? I feel like sticking my foot down their back side.
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*kitten*''ots who swing their sweaty towel while walking past. Sometimes it touches you. Putting the sweaty towel on the weights. So if you want to use it, you end up touching the towel or the weights it was on. Is it so hard to put it on the floor without causing obstruction? I feel like sticking my foot down their back side.
good lord, man
I've read all of your posts on this thread..... what kind of Neanderthals frequent your gym?
there's gotta be a different gym, sans dbags, where you can train.5 -
When you're lifting and people *Dont* ask to work in, they just mill around slack jawed eyeballing the bench press or squat rack you're using. Like Bro, get the balls to ask or just walk away but I don't need you watching me.
Right away if I see someone in the rack I ask. Sometimes I get an annoyed look but they answer politely. If its a few sets left I go to another part of the gym (still in view of rack) and do my warmup. Most don't seem open to working in so I dont bother asking. One time I had about 10 sets left (doing SL 5x5) and this guy stood right in front of the rack to do his warm up then finally asked how much longer I'd be. Since I had a lot of sets left I asked if he wanted to work in. His response was "I'll be lifting heavier than you" (he wasn't), and doing different lifts. I told him we'll help each other rack/unrack the weights no problem. At one point he asks me if it bothers me him working in and I tell him no. I don't know if the men at my gym who go are used to having to share/work in like that. My bf has a problem asking. I don't because it's better to know so I know what to do instead of just waiting around clueless.0 -
People who crank the treadmill incline to the max height, and then hold on to the top of the machine for dear life to stay on. I can't concentrate on my own workout, because I want to get ready to catch them if they lose their grip and go flying backwards.4
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When people are there at the same time I am.6
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MidModJenn wrote: »People who crank the treadmill incline to the max height, and then hold on to the top of the machine for dear life to stay on. I can't concentrate on my own workout, because I want to get ready to catch them if they lose their grip and go flying backwards.
I know, right? And when they crank it up and then hold on, they are kind of defeating much of the purpose. Holding onto the machine instead of relying on your body to keep itself upright takes away a lot of the "work" part of it. The machine is crediting you with calories as if you were doing all the work, but you really aren't. I personally can max it out and walk on my own without gripping the machine just fine. But it takes a lot more effort than it does when you are using the machine as a crutch. But whatever. Not my business. Just seems like a waste, though. You could put it on a more manageable incline and walk independently and get more benefit out of it.2 -
MidModJenn wrote: »People who crank the treadmill incline to the max height, and then hold on to the top of the machine for dear life to stay on. I can't concentrate on my own workout, because I want to get ready to catch them if they lose their grip and go flying backwards.
I know, right? And when they crank it up and then hold on, they are kind of defeating much of the purpose. Holding onto the machine instead of relying on your body to keep itself upright takes away a lot of the "work" part of it. The machine is crediting you with calories as if you were doing all the work, but you really aren't. I personally can max it out and walk on my own without gripping the machine just fine. But it takes a lot more effort than it does when you are using the machine as a crutch. But whatever. Not my business. Just seems like a waste, though. You could put it on a more manageable incline and walk independently and get more benefit out of it.
So there's this old guy at our gym and he'll hop on the treadmill and crank the speed waaay up.... only he doesn't step onto it for a couple of minutes. He'll then step on the treadmill and drop the speed down to a comfortable walking speed (nuthin' wrong with that, right?).
He'll walk for a few minutes then again step off and, you guessed it, he cranks both the speed and the incline up to like 1000. He again lowers everything and then steps on at his 3.0 speed.
I'm tempted to ask him: "Dude, what the *kitten* are you doing?" but instead, I just keep my mouth shut (because I really don't care)
In fairness, I have a treadmill at home and I've had the belt slip a couple of time, which can be dangerous. So I crank up the speed really high to warm up the belt, but I always reboot the treadmill before stepping on.
I just think he's trying to empress others with a high treadmill read out..... which is kinda sad.7 -
briansolomon7863 wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.
I actually don't care. Not even a little.
I cared so little that I had forgotten about it until I read the previous post which reminded me of it, so I shared the story. Sorry if it offended you. That wasn't my intention.
I do think it's amusing though, since most people don't prance around naked in public for hours on end. They tend to want to get dressed ASAP. To me, the amusing part is not the nakedness - that's pretty standard for a locker room. The funny part is that she spent hours getting ready, completely naked the entire time. She's the only person I've seen doing that in the decades that I've been going to gyms. And of course I noticed it. She was there all the time with the same routine. You tend to notice people when you see them all the time.
Wait! I care! I never see women prancing around naked in the locker room where I work out. Maybe I'm at the wrong gym?
Nope. Just the wrong locker room. 1 -
The lack of pizza and beer.... how's a boy suppose to want to keep coming back?1
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My biggest peeve by FAR is people who talk during Group Fitness Classes. Not only is it incredibly rude and disrespectful to the Instructor....it's rude in ANY group situation like a lecture, a movie, or even children talking in class while the teacher is lecturing/instructing. There's little stuff (not wiping machines) in the regular gym area that bother me a little....but I'm blown away at the small group of people in one of my Les Mills Body Pump Classes who *literally* talk during the entire 60 minutes right over the Instructor. Loudly. We all pay to be there and I cannot imagine disregarding the other 30+ people to chat.
It's not like "comments" here and there that we all do at some point. The weird part is that these same 3 ladies take the class several times per week (just like I do)....but only talk during the class where the Instructor is a younger woman rather than the OTHER 2 ladies that instruct Body Pump who are more late 30's to early 40's (and strict). So it seems like they just really don't care about the other people in the class OR the instructor just because she's young. I didn't notice the latter until last week when the *young* instructor was on vacation and one of our normal instructors took over the class....and they shut their traps and I didn't hear a word the entire class. So I assume it's some sort of "old vs really young" hen-like disrespect. Whatever it is...it takes everything I have not to scream "Could you STFU? We are all paying $70 per month to attend this gym and actually be INSTRUCTED in classes!"3 -
Have any of you ever used a machine and have someone straight away ask, how many. Sets left? So many experts in the gym come running to tell you how to do the exercise? Stalking people stand in front of you and stare?
So many machines /bench have dripping sweat all over and no one wipes after use. Anyone else had those issues?
I've seen the non-wipers and I openly give them dirty looks so that they know that I know. And then make a big deal about wiping it properly myself prior to using. But honestly....I go to our local YMCA (it's an expensive one) and I see about 90% of people wiping Cardio Machines and about 75% wiping weight machines. I think the weights people forget because you move on to something else fairly fast unlike Cardio machines. I just roll up a huge wad of paper towels, pre-spray them, and carry them from weight area to weight area and get a fresh clump as needed. But I have to say...at our Y people are pretty good overall about that.0 -
WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »My biggest peeve by FAR is people who talk during Group Fitness Classes. Not only is it incredibly rude and disrespectful to the Instructor....it's rude in ANY group situation like a lecture, a movie, or even children talking in class while the teacher is lecturing/instructing. There's little stuff (not wiping machines) in the regular gym area that bother me a little....but I'm blown away at the small group of people in one of my Les Mills Body Pump Classes who *literally* talk during the entire 60 minutes right over the Instructor. Loudly. We all pay to be there and I cannot imagine disregarding the other 30+ people to chat.
It's not like "comments" here and there that we all do at some point. The weird part is that these same 3 ladies take the class several times per week (just like I do)....but only talk during the class where the Instructor is a younger woman rather than the OTHER 2 ladies that instruct Body Pump who are more late 30's to early 40's (and strict). So it seems like they just really don't care about the other people in the class OR the instructor just because she's young. I didn't notice the latter until last week when the *young* instructor was on vacation and one of our normal instructors took over the class....and they shut their traps and I didn't hear a word the entire class. So I assume it's some sort of "old vs really young" hen-like disrespect. Whatever it is...it takes everything I have not to scream "Could you STFU? We are all paying $70 per month to attend this gym and actually be INSTRUCTED in classes!"
Thank you! I teach 6 water fitness classes per week (and often sub others) and I get so fed up when a select few yak away and then inevitably complain when they miss a reverse or get "clonked" when everyone else swings the new way! I teach 2 classes back-to-back and between the music, the splashing and normal shortness of breath, my voice is getting pretty shot by the end of hour 2; so having to talk above them and having to repeat myself, gets me a bit cranky some times! I have been known to say that I guess I am not working them nearly hard enough if they can carry on full conversation whilst "sprinting"! I say, "I guess y'all must be in far better shape than I am (not so much) because I can barely get 2-3 words out at a time!" I wish others would tell them to STFU instead of just complaining about them in the locker room!
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When guys get mad because you're on a machine but then they spend 20 min blocking the mirror taking selfies...1
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MidModJenn wrote: »People who crank the treadmill incline to the max height, and then hold on to the top of the machine for dear life to stay on. I can't concentrate on my own workout, because I want to get ready to catch them if they lose their grip and go flying backwards.
I know, right? And when they crank it up and then hold on, they are kind of defeating much of the purpose. Holding onto the machine instead of relying on your body to keep itself upright takes away a lot of the "work" part of it. The machine is crediting you with calories as if you were doing all the work, but you really aren't. I personally can max it out and walk on my own without gripping the machine just fine. But it takes a lot more effort than it does when you are using the machine as a crutch. But whatever. Not my business. Just seems like a waste, though. You could put it on a more manageable incline and walk independently and get more benefit out of it.
There's a guy at my gym who not only cranks the incline, but also the speed up. Then he "runs", holding on for dear life, for about 20-30 seconds, the whole time his feet slapping the poor machine so hard that I wonder how he hasn't damaged one yet. Then he holds onto the handrails and air runs with the belt the same speed. I happened to be next to him one time when it was busy, and he had a pattern like it's some plan in how he set the speed (going up then going down). After the minute or so he stands on the foot rails and puts the speed down and I think he walks. He's been doing this for a long time, a year or more I believe, and I have no idea what he's trying to accomplish ...
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MidModJenn wrote: »People who crank the treadmill incline to the max height, and then hold on to the top of the machine for dear life to stay on. I can't concentrate on my own workout, because I want to get ready to catch them if they lose their grip and go flying backwards.
I know, right? And when they crank it up and then hold on, they are kind of defeating much of the purpose. Holding onto the machine instead of relying on your body to keep itself upright takes away a lot of the "work" part of it. The machine is crediting you with calories as if you were doing all the work, but you really aren't. I personally can max it out and walk on my own without gripping the machine just fine. But it takes a lot more effort than it does when you are using the machine as a crutch. But whatever. Not my business. Just seems like a waste, though. You could put it on a more manageable incline and walk independently and get more benefit out of it.
There's a guy at my gym who not only cranks the incline, but also the speed up. Then he "runs", holding on for dear life, for about 20-30 seconds, the whole time his feet slapping the poor machine so hard that I wonder how he hasn't damaged one yet. Then he holds onto the handrails and air runs with the belt the same speed. I happened to be next to him one time when it was busy, and he had a pattern like it's some plan in how he set the speed (going up then going down). After the minute or so he stands on the foot rails and puts the speed down and I think he walks. He's been doing this for a long time, a year or more I believe, and I have no idea what he's trying to accomplish ...
Interesting. That would be so distracting, though. It would be hard to tune him out if he was right next to me.0 -
here's a new one... so I'm checking in at the gym's front desk and a lady is checking in directly in front of me (I actually held the door open for her as we were entering together)
She complains right away to the kid working the desk:
"It smells in here. It smells like sweat. Do something about it."
dang, well..... it is a gym, after all
I wonder if she walks into a movie theatre and complains about the popcorn smell, or does she complain that the public library smells like books ?
The kid behind the desk was great. He grabbed a huge can of Lysol and sprayed it into the air. Problem Solved.14 -
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so today I tackled cardio on the stairclimber with four, 16 minute rounds.
after the 2nd,16 min. set, I'm drenched in sweat and notice the complaining lady walking slowly on a treadmill directly in front of me.
I walk over to within about 8 feet of her and look overhead at the televisions while fanning my sweat soaked, drifit t-shirt in an attempt to cool down.
she noticed and gave me a sideways look, even though I kept my gaze on the televisions mounted overhead.
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OMG, gross!
This nasty dude was using the chest press machine today. He finishes, gets up and walks away without wiping it down. His body looked dry, like he wasn't sweating, so I thought to myself, "well, at least he didn't sweat all over it." But when I glanced back at the machine, where his head had been resting was a big wet spot, with big, oily drips rolling down. It looked like a combination of sweat and some kind of grease. Eew... It was so foul-looking it made me want to throw up a little.
So this chick was coming up to use the machine next and almost sat down on it but I managed to gesture to her in the nick of time. When she saw that nastiness she hollered, "What the hell is THAT?!" We got eye contact again and shared a mutually horrified glance. (I think we may have bonded in that moment.) She sprayed it down and scrubbed it twice, and although the juiciness was gone, an oily stain remained. So she walked away. Gag-worthy.
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JeepHair77 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.
Ok. Some people have a problem with me not liking the nakedness or the lotion. There, now you know. Some people don't like the nakedness or the lotion. I said it. Ok. I'm not the only one. There are others. We wear bracelets
Are you one of those people that brings all of your stuff to the shower with you and takes 15 minutes getting dressed, all the way to your shoes and jewelry, in the privacy of the shower while the rest of us are waiting in line?
Because there's my gym annoyance.
I wouldnt mind it in the shower, because we have about 12 of them. But in my gym they do it in the toilet stalls...of which there are 3. So at the 430 rush hour, it's not the best.0
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