Things people do that annoys you in the gym.
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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 -
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.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.3 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.5 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
It's not about societal norms as much as it is a complete stranger captain morganning me or my gym bag.
In HS/JHS/basic training, It's people I know, at least by name if not friends.1 -
It drives me nuts to see someone put a couple of sprays of antiseptic on a paper towel at the start of a gym session, then wad it up,and carry it around from machine to machine and wipe every machine down with it. All they're doing is spreading whatever germs from machine to machine. Use the antiseptic spray properly or don't bother at all.1
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jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.7 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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.
No. I hate that too. I just don't want women naked around me or talking to me while they are naked. There is nothing wrong with that. My new gym annoyance are women that have a problem with me having a problem with their nakedness
HOW did you make it through junior high and high school? We didnt even have shower curtains in our locker rooms.
I'm not annoyed with your or anything. It's something more like pity. Like...oh wow? That must suck...having to feel uncomfortable with very basic societal norms.
Societal norms include parading around in front of strangers completely naked and having extended conversations while in that state of undress?
I was in the Army and lived in military barracks that entire time. Most of us kept a towel wrapped around us when not in the shower... I never found it "normal" or fun trying to have a conversation with some dude standing next to me fully naked with his junk eye level as I'm putting my socks on or tying my shoes.
Speaking of junior and high school... there were a LOT of kids there that wouldn't take a shower because of embarrassment at having to undress in front of their classmates. I remember them. They would just change, without showering... and it wasn't just a couple of them.
I'm sure there's different levels of what is acceptable to different people. But if I'm at my locker and someone else is 2 feet away, completely nude, applying lotion and generally minding their own business... it doesn't bother me one bit.
I'm STILL in the army. We didn't have shower curtains in our showers several of the places I've lived. We would chat and go about our business in various forms of undress. As ladies, we shared a bathroom with another company, so there would be women in there that I hardly knew. Everyone just carried on as adults. I do agree that it is not a societal norm to stand and face someone will full frontal nudity and make eye contact and have a whole conversation.
But...generally speaking, I don't get the issues with nudity. Especially when people are just minding their own business. You can get butt hurt about it if you want... I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, I don't get wound up about all that much.
I was in the Army, too, and spent a number of years showering without privacy. So nudity doesn't bother me, but still, I think the locker room and showers should be about changing/showering and then exiting the area. I think people who just stand there naked for long periods of time socializing without progressing to get dressed are getting some sort of enjoyment about it and it is creepy.8 -
nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
WOW... screaming pigbeasts :huh:2 -
People who just stand there obviously staring at you while you're trying to figure out how use the weight machines1
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nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
I have been working out at a Planet Fitness since December and have never witnessed the "lunk alarm" activated. Then again, I usually work out at 5am, which may be outside of the typical lunk's exercise window.
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Bry_Lander wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
I have been working out at a Planet Fitness since December and have never witnessed the "lunk alarm" activated. Then again, I usually work out at 5am, which may be outside of the typical lunk's exercise window.
I've been going there for over a year and at all times of the day and night and I swear it isn't even hooked up. It's just there for show at my gym. Nobody gives a crap about lunks. It's just like all the other chain gyms I've gone to, only cheaper and more convenient.0
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