What's your workout pet peeve??
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THE CHILDREN. Usually they are contained to a separate area of the gym, but in the evenings my gym has a program to teach middle-school aged children how to safely use gym equipment and by that I mean they appear entirely unsupervised and run around using every piece of equipment you may take your eyes off of for 5 second, jumping on your box during your step ups, moving the weights you were using, etc. I mostly judge the parents who are likely working out in peace while their children bug everyone else. Sometimes someone says, in a weak voice, "ask before you use the equipment if someone else is using it..", with no enforcement.
Also, the old men who come to the gym purely to watch the other patrons and cackle at other peoples weight/inability/whatever. I often over hear a particular individual commenting on how women just aren't made to be in shape, are "too fat to lift their own body weight" (while watching someone do pushups), and laughing at people who are obviously giving it their all. I hate gym judgement -- if someone is there, then give them credit for trying.
This also goes for the glaring women who seem to loathe me (and I am NOT in enviable shape), based on their eye-daggers at me on their way to cardio class.
And I agree with things others have mentioned -- sweat in my eyes(!!!), people who text and hold up equipment, absurdly sexy or impractical gym wear, and people in the change room who choose to undress and use the locker right beside you when the rest of the gym is empty. Ugh.0 -
The person who feels it is necessary to run on the treadmill and hit the plastic piece on the bottom with their feet so it makes this ridiculously loud pounding noise for at least an hour... I can hear it over my music... completely unnecessary.0
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Forgetting my damn sneakers. I did that last night. Or when my earbuds crap out...or when someone has the music on too loud and I can't hear my own tunes.0
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Not so much a pet peeve anymore because I workout at home. I hated girls who hogged the cardio machines of course had a full face of makeup.
I was waiting for this one to show up.0 -
i think this thread was poorly titled. it's supposed to be about your personal idiosyncrasies in regards to the gym. you know, how some people have "their" elliptical, or something.
On that note, forgetting my HRM as it serves as my clock and motivator, and forgetting my music or headphones is an instant workout killer. I also HATE working out in full-length pants.0 -
LADIES NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR AT THE GYM.
Had to be said.
When I go, I wipe that thing down multiple times since reading that thread.
I also sit on 2 towels. YES TWO.
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The person who feels it is necessary to run on the treadmill and hit the plastic piece on the bottom with their feet so it makes this ridiculously loud pounding noise for at least an hour... I can hear it over my music... completely unnecessary.
I can't help it... My feet are big.
My pet peeve is the meat-head muscle people who are obviously pointing out and making fun of the overweight people at the gym. Not all muscle-y people are jerks, but the ones who are bug me. The people who snort at others for being overweight and then make fun of them when they see them trying. I guess since they started getting in such fantastic shape, they forgot that they didn't just snap their fingers and become muscular over night. JERKS. :grumble:0 -
LADIES NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR AT THE GYM.
Had to be said.
When I go, I wipe that thing down multiple times since reading that thread.
I also sit on 2 towels. YES TWO.
-shudder-
How do you know they aren't wearing underwear? I guess I don't inspect the other ladies in my gym that close.0 -
I discovered only recently I hate people doing circuit training in a non circuit training area0
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There was a thread here last month that most of the women on here admitted to not wearing underwear on the workout machines.LADIES NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR AT THE GYM.
Had to be said.
When I go, I wipe that thing down multiple times since reading that thread.
I also sit on 2 towels. YES TWO.
-shudder-
How do you know they aren't wearing underwear? I guess I don't inspect the other ladies in my gym that close.
So... Precautionary measures.0 -
I hate this creepy old guy who sits on a machine directly behind me when I'm on the elliptical and just stares. He doesn't even use the equipment. He just sits there and stares at all the women. Old creeper. He looks like a monster I've seen on Scooby Doo.0
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Re-rack the mother fking weights when you're done. I don't care how many sets you've done. Put them ****s back on the rack and IN THE RIGHT ORDER. I shouldn't have to pick up one 70 from the floor and walk 35 feet to the other end of the rack to find the other.
Also... the jumpers. You know them. The ones who take out the steppers, stack them, and jump on them in the middle of the free weights area. Take that shizz into the aerobics room. It's 5 am. No one is using the damn room.0 -
Toothpaste = breathing heavy- don't want anyone to keel over from your breath.So I was talking to this lady at work a few weeks ago who was in the bathroom right before we all left for the day and she was dressed in workout clothes and brushing her teeth...."What are you doing?" I asked. After of course spitting a rinsing she responded "I hate working out with an unclean mouth.." What a weirdo I thought, but then the more I think about it I realized I have my own pet peeves when it comes to exercising! I CANNOT workout without first putting chapstick on...why? I have no clue. So I was just curious...what are your guy's workout pet peeves??
Chapstick= again breathing heavy- lips get dried out, and sweat burns them when they crack.
I do both. :ohwell:
Yep, I also do both. And I workout alone at home.0 -
I am very unhappy if I have to do cardio without music.
I TOTALLY agree! If I forget my music, I want to just go home.
My pet peeve about others.....sweating all over the treadmill/elliptical/whatever and then not wiping them down. This aggravates me to no end. Seriously people...I have to use that machine when you get off!0 -
When I'm working out, I sometimes get so into it that I forget I'm not the typical person, and my knee will go out. It happens so much these days that I have to exercise very tenderly and carefully and that grinds my gears.0
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I have to shower and then gather all my specific gear and gadgets before going to the gym:
HRM
Phone/Headphones/Armband
Knee Braces (I have terribly subluxing patellas)
Mix up BCAAs in shaker bottle
Fill up plain water bottle
Pack clean sweat towel and headband to keep hair out of my face
Print NROL spreadsheet and enter my goal sets/reps/weights for each exercise
Sometimes I dread getting read for the gym more than going to the gym, but all the elements must be present in order for me to have a great workout.0 -
People who make the gym social hour. When I'm in the gym I'm all business I hate working out hearing people laghing and cutting up do that **** at home not the gym.0
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I need to have my ipod and and towel when doing cardio as I cannot run without music. I also hate sweat on my forehead and neck, I don't mind getting sweaty but I don't like it hanging around.
Pet peeve that I have no control over: Gym 'Barbie's who hang around making sure that everyone has noticed them before using a machine at such a low intensity that they do not break a sweat, ruin their hair or makeup.0 -
There was a thread here last month that most of the women on here admitted to not wearing underwear on the workout machines.LADIES NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR AT THE GYM.
Had to be said.
When I go, I wipe that thing down multiple times since reading that thread.
I also sit on 2 towels. YES TWO.
-shudder-
How do you know they aren't wearing underwear? I guess I don't inspect the other ladies in my gym that close.
So... Precautionary measures.
Good to know
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forgot this. i got stuck on a treadmill recently next to some guy who was all saturated with sex panther or old spice or something equally annoying. i was thinking WHO needs to put on that much cologne on a sunday afternoon?!
Oh and spray a ton of perfume cologne before working out. The combo of sweat and perfume makes me gag.0 -
People who don't wipe down the machines after they use them. It makes me sick to see people sweating like crazy finish with a machine and then just go start using another . . . so gross.0
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LADIES NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR AT THE GYM.
Had to be said.
When I go, I wipe that thing down multiple times since reading that thread.
I also sit on 2 towels. YES TWO.
-shudder-
How do you know they aren't wearing underwear? I guess I don't inspect the other ladies in my gym that close.
Another pet peeve or gear grinder, not that its my business, is the workout underwear. How do we know those aren't just everyday panties? One particular girl hikes her leg up to dig them outta her bum.0 -
People (women usually) yakking on their cell phones while on the treadmill. OMG, shut up!
People (guys usually) who claim more than one machine b/c they jump back and forth between them. Dude, you can have one machine at a time...you aren't the only person trying to get a work out.
Head sweat on the machine benches. Use a towel!
The housekeeping lady at the gym who cleans the machines with a FEATHER DUSTER. Yeah, that should remove all the sweat grime.
When my kids/husband call me when I'm at the gym. No, I don't know what we are having for dinner. No, I don't know where your controller/shoes/remote are. Stop calling me. This is my personal hour and don't bother me unless you are bleeding from the ears. (Obviously I'm in the running for mother/wife of the year)0 -
People (women usually) yakking on their cell phones while on the treadmill. OMG, shut up!
People (guys usually) who claim more than one machine b/c they jump back and forth between them. Dude, you can have one machine at a time...you aren't the only person trying to get a work out.
Head sweat on the machine benches. Use a towel!
The housekeeping lady at the gym who cleans the machines with a FEATHER DUSTER. Yeah, that should remove all the sweat grime.
When my kids/husband call me when I'm at the gym. No, I don't know what we are having for dinner. No, I don't know where your controller/shoes/remote are. Stop calling me. This is my personal hour and don't bother me unless you are bleeding from the ears. (Obviously I'm in the running for mother/wife of the year)
I got a kick outta this one! funny0 -
I need music when I lift.0
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I must have my gum and my music.0
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Anyone using the weights I want, when I want them. It's my gym get outta my way!!!!
YES.
Confession: I once accidentally broke a mirror in the gym because I was angry someone was sitting on the machine I wanted, doing nothing. 0 -
I can't work out if I've recently applied moisturizer or lotion anywhere on my body. My skin feels so slimy and I feel like the sweat is like "trapped." I don't know it just really grosses me out feeling that way!0
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its made with real panther so you know it's good. It works 60% of the time every time.0
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When my kids/husband call me when I'm at the gym. No, I don't know what we are having for dinner. No, I don't know where your controller/shoes/remote are. Stop calling me. This is my personal hour and don't bother me unless you are bleeding from the ears. (Obviously I'm in the running for mother/wife of the year)
I have a friend that the only time she calls me is between 5-5:30, I have been going to the gym around this time for over 4 years, stop calling me then. I don't answer it ever!0
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