Things you hate at the gym!!!

daytolive

Oh,and when weird older men try to give me "pointers". I have my headphones in,which means ' Leave.Me.Alone.

horsewhisper91

I hate when every bike, treadmill, elliptical, etc in the gym is empty and someone comes to the one right next to the one I'm on

^^^^^^ THIS! Ugh...so annoying.

I second what these two have said.

DavPul

"get up and circulate your blood"

That's all one needs to know to understand how stupid this thread is

Lupercalia

Plates and dumbbells scattered everywhere.

Having to hunt down a missing dumbbell and finding it clear across the gym in the circuit training area, or on a different floor even.

Circuit training people monopolising all sorts of equipment at once--multiple sets of dumbbells, one of the only two squat racks, etc.

People attempting to take weights from the rack I'm using in the middle of one of my squat sets--ducking under the barbell that is on my back.

Heavily applied perfume/cologne.

PaleoChocolateBear

Well at my crossfit box there is no ac so it's pretty brutal in there I always look forward to outside wods

John_in_NC

My only complaint is when you got someone with really pungent body odor nearby when your trying to breathe.

DaNuKea

People having conversations while on the equipment or sitting there five minutes between sets when I or someone else is waiting on the machine...oh and models the ones that come in with a full face makeup, poon poon shorts and prance around the gym trying to get attention...GTFOHWTBS!! I am trying to get in and out...Aint nobody got time for that!!

iNkedFiTmama

When people create their own little 'circuit' and take up like 4 effing machines at once, drives me crazy!

wholebetterlife

When guys don't squat or deadlift more than me. Additionally when guys want to meet girls at the gym. That is why I not longer frequent a conventional gym. I am there to get swole!

wholebetterlife

Ohh and when people stare.

PaleoChocolateBear

When guys don't squat or deadlift more than me. Additionally when guys want to meet girls at the gym. That is why I not longer frequent a conventional gym. I am there to get swole!

Well then I'm glad I work on my all my squat lifts and deadlifts

peterplsss

When guys don't squat or deadlift more than me. Additionally when guys want to meet girls at the gym. That is why I not longer frequent a conventional gym. I am there to get swole!

Dis girl kno wat goodie

BinaryPulsar

When people are working hard to rehabilitate from an injury. I mean why don't they just give up and sit on the couch eating chips. How dare they not be able to lift a lot after a horrendous injury. How dare they need to recover and have some limitations. How dare they work to become highly functional again, especially if they are an athlete or a dancer. It just makes me so mad! And they aren't even wearing fashionable clothes, either! It looks like they just wear the same clothes to the gym everyday. I also notice how often they use the bathroom and get really mad if they seem like they need to pee a lot. OR if they don't even pee at all. I mean how is that even possible. Everyone needs to pee at least once or else they aren't at the gym long enough! I definitely say something to them if their bathroom habits seem odd. Someone has to!! Also, if they shower and don't use a scented body wash. Who does that!!! A serious athlete would use strawberry scented. I also stand outside the group fitness room and tell everyone how they had bad form and needed to work harder or reprimand them if they aren't sweating enough and if their hair isn't messy. I always make sure to take a stroll through the cardio section to yell at everyone in there, especially if they look like they don't lift. And what's with all the people stretching. Didn't they get the memo that stretching isn't science because that one person did a "study" on it (even though it reduces stress, feels good, improves their range of motion/posture and reduces stiffness, helps them work on specific skills that may be beneficial to them recreationally or in their sport/career). And what's with the people weighing themselves on the scales. Scale weight doesn't matter and they should only weigh themselves naked, first thing in the morning after they use the bathroom and before they eat, and not everyday.

Edit: Just in case it wasn't clear. I was being sarcastic.

shannongoneau

the one guy/girl with bad b.o that runs beside me when all the other treadmills are free Really dude? Really!?

Dersasaurus

I had a gym creeper for a while and he would always get on the elliptical beside me and start talking to me. Then, all of a sudden, the jerk decided to creep on another girl at the gym. I'm not sure if I should feel jealous or not. I'm so conflicted.

Anyway, the thing I hate at the gym is when your gym creeper is not consistent.

YourLifeisFinite

seeing fugly hairy bear like boyz in the shower room :sick:

wafid

When people look at the weights i am carrying and try to beat me with a smirky look on his face

RBurnham90

When people look at the weights i am carrying and try to beat me with a smirky look on his face

I highly doubt that happens

RBurnham90

"get up and circulate your blood"

That's all one needs to know to understand how stupid this thread is

this ^

Snow3y

When chicks think people are looking at them... but really, no one is.

Sylvitryinghard

people who stink. Everybody is sweating. but I mean really stink. theres deo and **** you can buy or a shower to use. ughhhhhhh

brett1117

Morons who walk around with a gallon of water! idiots

JcMey3r

When its so full that your struggle to find a machine/weights!

talamer

When its so full that your struggle to find a machine/weights!

EXACTLY!

terryrh

Completely irrational but its when somebody goes on my bike!

I know its not my bike and i dont know why its so important to me that i go on that one and not the other 3 but damnit it is, if i walk in there and im expecting to do time on the bike to warm up and somebody is on mine my first instinct is to leave and come back later - as crazy as that is...

Oh and weird eye contact people...

amandajones1978

The damned loud music and speakers dotted around gym (always rubbish being played), so interferes with your own music on ear phones...

This! I was forced to lift to Adele's "Someone like you" yesterday. HAHA! Not exactly pumped up music. I was with my trainer so putting in my earbuds was not an option.

CookNLift

I hate going in and having the entire weight room filled with obnoxious kids from high school and the treadmills are all taken up, so then I'm stuck waiting because the machines I want to use are unavailable.

emirror

When I'm getting to my last sets and trying to not pass out during recovery time, I zone out. More than once I've snapped back to reality to realize I had been unknowingly staring at someone doing their sets. I've gotten some smiles and waves. I blush and apologize.

Oops.

AND - the nasty looks from other ladies who think I showed up in full makeup for some reason other than the fact that I just got off of work. Who cares if I have makeup on when I'm working out? Meh. Whateves.

Maribel_1986

Morons who walk around with a gallon of water! idiots



I don't see why this is a big deal... Like someone said before, 'Why don't you worry about your workout and don't worry about what others are doing... ' Some people really do make a big effort to drink more water, especially on days when they have a longer workout. As long as they aren't in your way, taking your weights, or stink then who cares that they bring a lot of water.

Something I dislike at the gym is when people don't put their weights away, and when they smell so bad that I have to move to another area of the gym.

just_Jennie1

When people look over at the machine im on to see how good I am doing instead of worrying about themselves! That and when guys purposely run RIGHT behind me with thier guy friends and talk about my *kitten* for 5 laps -_-

How do you know they're checking out how good you're doing? Sometimes I look at other people's machines because I'm curious as to what workout they're doing, especially if it looks like something really hard. Sometimes when I'm on the arc trainer and the person next to me is really going at it and sweating up a storm I might glance over to see what level they're on.

I couldn't care less how you're doing, how far or how fast you're going.

I am also someone who tends to zone out and just stare off into space and I'm sure that people at the gym get all annoyed thinking I'm staring at them when I'm not