How not to be a gym douche...

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  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    During strength training I'm 5-7 min between sets. During that time I'll talk to friends if I want to. So sucks to be you.

    5) Notice the people around you, and don't talk to your friend for 5 minutes between sets.

    Agree with all except this one - not sure I care what people do between their sets. 5 minutes isn't crazy IMO

    It is when I need to work in a set on the equipment you're monopolizing while chit chatting to your friends.

    Well then you're a rude *kitten*. :flowerforyou:

    Why does it matter if someone is chit chatting with their friends while they recover? 5 minutes is not a crazy break at all in between sets when you are powerlifting.

    I'd have no problem with someone else working in, but it's just a wide sweeping silly generalization that anyone resting 5 minutes between sets is somehow rude. Most everything I have read suggest 3-5 minutes during strength training (between sets).

    The issue is that the person who is resting for a long period of time and chit chatting on the phone is the type of person who WOULDN'T let someone else work in. The whole "If I want to chit chat on the phone with my friends sucks to be you" is the attitude that says "I'm using this machine and NO you CAN'T work in a set because it's MINE!"
  • LazyGuy91
    LazyGuy91 Posts: 171 Member
    Really? Does it also drive you crazy if I asked to work in a set because I am on a time constraint and I need to use the particular equipment you're on?


    Yes ... I'm not cutting my sets short to accommodate a stranger in a rush. Sorry. Not really :p


    If you're sitting there resting for five+ minutes and MY working in ONE SET is going to take a whopping 3 minutes (out of the rest time you're already taking) then you're a douche for not letting someone work in. It's proper gym etiquette to be accommodating. You're probably the same person who doesn't remove the weights from the equipment that you just used too.



    Quite the opposite. I don't waste times between sets. And when people are annoying enough to ask questions while I'm exercising, it makes me workout harder and longer to annoy them right back. So please, bug away!
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Really? Does it also drive you crazy if I asked to work in a set because I am on a time constraint and I need to use the particular equipment you're on?


    Yes ... I'm not cutting my sets short to accommodate a stranger in a rush. Sorry. Not really :p


    If you're sitting there resting for five+ minutes and MY working in ONE SET is going to take a whopping 3 minutes (out of the rest time you're already taking) then you're a douche for not letting someone work in. It's proper gym etiquette to be accommodating. You're probably the same person who doesn't remove the weights from the equipment that you just used too.



    Quite the opposite. I don't waste times between sets. And when people are annoying enough to ask questions while I'm exercising, it makes me workout harder and longer to annoy them right back. So please, bug away!

    Sometimes I ask people when they're going to be done because I'd like to work in (rare). More often it's because I'm planning what I can do before x thing will be free. It's not to pressure the person, it's just to make a plan for myself.
  • shirleygirl910
    shirleygirl910 Posts: 503 Member
    - circuit training. In a busy gym, one dude can't expect to have 4-5 pieces of equipment unoccupied while he jumps from station to station. If you want to have an entire gym to yourself, buy your own equipment and build one in your basement.

    This just happened to me yesterday.

    This one guy, had the squat rack all set up with a rubber thingy, jump box, mat, and some other stuff. I asked if he was going to be long. He said "only 5 more minutes". "Cool", i said. I'll just do some OHP while i wait. He tells me he's using that, plus another piece of equipment. "I'm doing circuits", he says. I said, "You need to do circuits in your OWN gym, you're being inconsiderate." I then proceeded to do my workout.

    The nerve of some people. :noway:

    I'm just as rude. If someone tells me thier doing a circuit, horay for them. I'm going to use this machine while you are using that machine. Go ahead complain to management, let's see what they say?!!
  • CLFrancois
    CLFrancois Posts: 472 Member
    - long treadmill walkers. If you plan on going for 2 hour walk at 2mph, the park or the mall is probably an excellent place to go, instead of parking on a treadmill while others would like to use it

    what the heck is the difference if is 2mph or 6mph? walk or run? it's a treadmill and is used for walking and running...right?
    (is there only one treadmill at this gym?)
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    bump
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Don't go, because inevitably someone at the gym will think you're being a douche somehow.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    - long treadmill walkers. If you plan on going for 2 hour walk at 2mph, the park or the mall is probably an excellent place to go, instead of parking on a treadmill while others would like to use it

    You could argue that runners shouldn't be on it either because they can run at the park. Many people can and do run and walk outside. Gonna be a dusty treadmill.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Reason why I workout in my home gym. I'd end up beating someone at the gym for sure.
  • meadow_sage
    meadow_sage Posts: 308 Member
    OMG.....I was going to post something similar. Yesterday, this guy decided to camp out on the arm extension machine. Another guy blocked the water fountain while talking to someone. Another guy was standing on the sides of a treadmill, instead of walking or running, texting. All the treadmills were being used.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Don't park yourself on the chest press machine right in front of the TV like you're in your chair at home.
  • LBNOakland
    LBNOakland Posts: 379 Member

    5) Notice the people around you, and don't talk to your friend for 5 minutes between sets.

    agreed, had an ahole texting that nealy broke my neck.

    he was walking while texting towards what he thought was an empty squat rack. I had just gone down to squat with 90lbs on my shoulders, he f-ngs bumps into me! I lose my balance and I fall forward on my knees and I had to get someone to help me get back up, my back and neck hurt like hell

    Once the weight was off, I spun around and unleashed hell on him. he got banned from the gym for endangering others with his stupid phone. I wish I could of just grab the thing and fling it across the gym and yell "FETCH"

    HAHAHAHAHA!! You SHOULD have!! Now that would have been a sight! Did he even realize what he had done?
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    - long treadmill walkers. If you plan on going for 2 hour walk at 2mph, the park or the mall is probably an excellent place to go, instead of parking on a treadmill while others would like to use it

    what the heck is the difference if is 2mph or 6mph? walk or run? it's a treadmill and is used for walking and running...right?
    (is there only one treadmill at this gym?)

    I generally run the treadmill when the weather is bad. The weather is never bad at the mall - if I could run there I certainly would, but I don't think the business owners would appreciate me terrorizing everyone by whipping by them as I did laps. However, the mall is a perfect place for a nice leisurely stroll.

    The gym I used to go to had 4, usually full with people waiting.
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    If you're trolling for a guy, stay away from the married ones. It sucks for their wives.

    QFT, it sucks for the married guys too... at least, us faithful ones...

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