What bothers you at the gym?
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Large dudes looking roided up doing their reps like this:
UUUUNNNNHHHHHHHHHHHHHA!
UUUUUUNNNNHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHNNN!
Come at me..
Proud grunter, reporting in.0 -
Large dudes looking roided up doing their reps like this:
UUUUNNNNHHHHHHHHHHHHHA!
UUUUUUNNNNHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHNNN!
Come at me..
Proud grunter, reporting in.
I grunt during my workouts too, but not to the degree that some Gym members do. There are always a few guys in any gym who basically scream through their entire set.
Me, I usually grunt during my last 2 or 3 reps but that's because of heavy breathing, and because im worn out trying to get the weight up at that point, not because I need to prove my **** is bigger than the guy next to me.0 -
Wow!! The nerve of some people! He's obviously a very disturbed human being... At least you didn't sink to his miserable level!
Once an employee at the gym told me I needed a tan I looked translucent.
I told him I like myself the way I am but let me know how your skin cancer is in 20 years.
I also heard him telling someone else (he knew them) to put away the turkey neck it's not Thanksgiving anymore.
He was a real sweetheart!0 -
Oh and females who walk into the gym. Go to the treadmill. Walk at a super slow speed for an hour, don't come close to breaking a sweat and then walk out of the gym. It's like uh... couldn't you have done that outside super easily?
^^ THIS!! im at the gym - all sweaty and gross - and then these super slim gorgeous girls with a full face of makeup and their hair perfectly groomed come in - do 5 minutes on the tread and then leave....like leave the gym....whats the point!! just so they can say theyve been...now i mean im all for everyone excersising - but 5 minutes isnt even enough to get your heart rate up on a 0 inc 3.0 sp!! especially not when you are a teeny wee thing!
Im filthy when im done - and i am an incline cranker - as someone on here mentioned its a peeve - but its for hill training - and the machine sets itself dependent on my heart rate - sitting up at 14inc - then it drops to 5inc then it ups it to 10inc....i dont hold on tho - but it makes me sweat buckets! and if ur not sweatin-ur not gettin skinny - LOL0 -
People who don't wipe down the equipment they used.
People who take dumbells into the small exercise room and then leave them there instead of putting them back, so you can't find them when you need them.
People who spend their entire timeat the gym on their cellphones. I really wish my gym would ban them.0 -
When I'm pointedly staring down a guy and he smiles back thinking I'm flirting. No dude, I'm just pissed your traditional strength training taking long *kitten* breaks butt is hogging the piece of equipment I want and that equipment isn't your loins. I come to the gym to do circuit weight training and I mean f'n business.
haha this happened to me today.0 -
I never used to understand the grunters, and those that made funny faces during the reps...until I BECAME! That grunting face making person. It's usually on the last set with the last 5 or so reps. I started doing a lot more intense strength training with a friend who's getting a higher personal training certification and they had to have a guinea pig basically for this long term assignment (so I am the guinea pig client lol). So now I understand the grunters- though if your grunting on the very first set like no ones business well then its to high for you, I believe.
My biggest biggest pet peeve at the gym are guys and girls who wear the wrong shoes!!! Seriously wear proper sneakers... why are you wearing toms or vans- and no they don't look like sneakers. This girl last week was wearing boat shoes to a circuits class (the person who runs this class is intense) they were struggling as they were new (i struggled that badly too) but what made it worse was they had the wrong shoes- at one point she was sitting on the mats during a set and ACTUALLY TOOK THE SHOES OFF! and looked like hse was sun bathing. then proceeds to finish her burpees, etc barefoot.0 -
So I was at the gym this morning. I started off with C25K and then headed to circuit training.
Then I said, "Well, sir, could you please start switching machines? I'd like to use the bike so I can finish my circuit training properly.
And then he told me, "I can use this d*mn bike however I'd like! You think you know what you're doing, fat b*itch?"
I just sort of stared at him for awhile like "Did he really say that?"
That dude needs some serious manners. Especially if your gym has a set circuit like that. One thing that gets me at the gym though, is people WALKING on the treadmil. I mean really, you can walk around the gym, or the building. You don't have to take up all the machines for walking.0 -
Large dudes looking roided up doing their reps like this:
UUUUNNNNHHHHHHHHHHHHHA!
UUUUUUNNNNHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHNNN!
And then throwing their massive weights on the floor because they are strong enough to pick it up but not strong enough to lower it in a controlled manner. Makes me NUTS! I call them the beef cakes.0 -
This thread is hilarious!! I love it!! I work at a gym and I've got a huuuge list of things but I'll just stick to some that really get me
-:explode: cell phones!! we ban them but it's still hard to control ( I actually spoke up to a guy while I was working out after my shift yesterday cuz he pulled out his phone in between sets. I just loudly said, "if you're going to use your phone get off the machine" he turned to me as if to give me a dirty look then realized who I was and just said 'uh, ok' and put his phone away for the rest of his work out) If you can't spend an hour all by yourself focused on you, then you have issues! this doesn't include ppl on call
- coming in for a workout in crocs or flip flops... seriously!? you're going to lift 70lb dumbbells over your bare feet!?! and what happens when you drop a weight on your foot? you're not going to have a chance to save your toes!! *high five to your face*
-girls wearing volleyball shorts (super short shorts) in a co-ed gym... there are creepy guys in this world! cover up!!
-leaving your weight plates on the bars/ machines!! clean up after yourself!
-not wiping machines down... I don't wanna sit in your sweat, I've got my own sweat to sit in :sick:
-young guys who are so scrawny I could break them in half walking through the gym like they're bodybuilding champions
-dropping weights... dude, they're too heavy for you- it's ok to lift a little lighter ...better control=better form
-slamming weight stacks repetitively.... I'm staring at you because it should not be making that noise! :laugh:
-expecting the front desk to hold your car keys... I tell people I'm gonna go for a spin, if I like it enough it's mine. Not my responsibility...we have things such as lockers where you should leave your outdoor shoes and your valuables such as keys, phones, and wallets
Oh I could go on for hours but I won't... hahaha :noway:0 -
So I was at the gym this morning. I started off with C25K and then headed to circuit training.
Then I said, "Well, sir, could you please start switching machines? I'd like to use the bike so I can finish my circuit training properly.
And then he told me, "I can use this d*mn bike however I'd like! You think you know what you're doing, fat b*itch?"
I just sort of stared at him for awhile like "Did he really say that?"
That dude needs some serious manners. Especially if your gym has a set circuit like that. One thing that gets me at the gym though, is people WALKING on the treadmil. I mean really, you can walk around the gym, or the building. You don't have to take up all the machines for walking.
Is it all walking that annoys you? or just the extra slow not going anywhere walkers? Just wondering because people tend to use it to do a brisk walk and well that's what the machines therefore not to briskly walk around all the weights, etc. I'm not trying to be mean, just honestly asking because I haven't heard this as a pet peeve before.0 -
You should have reported him. I don't know what your gym's policy is on circuit training and it might just be he has every right to stay on the bike but the grasshole can do without the comments. Sorry about grassholes keep up the good work.0
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\Wow, way out of line. At the very LEAST, he deserves to be banned from your gym.
TBH reading a lot of the comments here bothers me. Does it really matter what someone else is wearing? How someone else is working out? Unless its directly affecting you and your workout, just look the other way and keep doing what you're doing. Everyone likes to do their own things and what works for them. No one deserves to get judged for it.
^exactly. i don't care what anyone wears, if they're grunting, whether or not they have make-up on or whatever because it doesn't make a difference to what i'm trying to do. sometimes i go to the gym after work and i have make-up on because i spent an 8 hour shift at the front desk of a hotel, does that mean i'm out of line? i wear short shorts to the gym at times, am i affecting anyone's workout? a lot of this stuff is so vain lol. the only thing that bothers me, because it actually AFFECTS my workout is people not using the circuit machines properly and people who hog the machines because they're talking to their buddies and i have to pause my workout
oh..and as for the OP and that grand ace of a douche who disrespected you...you're better than me lady..cuz i would have cussed his *kitten* out LOL0 -
Im filthy when im done - and i am an incline cranker - as someone on here mentioned its a peeve - but its for hill training - and the machine sets itself dependent on my heart rate - sitting up at 14inc - then it drops to 5inc then it ups it to 10inc....i dont hold on tho - but it makes me sweat buckets! and if ur not sweatin-ur not gettin skinny - LOL
I think the other poster was peeved about the incline crankers when they hold on when they're up there. Barely any benefit whatsoever. It sounds like you're kicking butt NOT holding on! I LOVE the incline on the treadmill!0 -
just out of curiosity, whats the problem with asking people if you can work in between their sets?
seems like a whole lot of people dont like this. the gym is just like the grocery store, or work environment - its pretty easy to resolve issues if you just talk!
its not realistic to expect that noone is going to get in your way at the gym - so to all the insecure ladies i suggest you practice your communicating skills... sorry to call it like it is0 -
just out of curiosity, whats the problem with asking people if you can work in between their sets?
seems like a whole lot of people dont like this. the gym is just like the grocery store, or work environment - its pretty easy to resolve issues if you just talk!
its not realistic to expect that noone is going to get in your way at the gym - so to all the insecure ladies i suggest you practice your communicating skills... sorry to call it like it is
ME, ME, ME!!! I need to work on this! There was a guy doing his entire workout on the machine I was waiting for. I was so hung up on the fact that it never occurred to him that he shouldn't spend 30 straight minutes on ONE machine (and a lifting machine at that) that I couldn't go up and ask him if I could slip in to finish my workout (while he was watching TV during one of his MANY breaks). But, this is the same advice my husband gave me when I came home and complained about it. JUST ASK him if you can finish your set. Alright, I'm committed to do it next time. It doesn't help that he was wearing jean shorts and Teva sandals - made me even more mad at him.
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Is it all walking that annoys you? or just the extra slow not going anywhere walkers? Just wondering because people tend to use it to do a brisk walk and well that's what the machines therefore not to briskly walk around all the weights, etc. I'm not trying to be mean, just honestly asking because I haven't heard this as a pet peeve before.
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Right now, it is just walking on them period. I am in Afghanistan on deployment, and we have only 3 WORKING treadmils. So, when they are full of people walking (and by walking i mean just a walking pace. there is no power walking going on) it gets on my nerves. Not so much now, since I stopped running and use the elliptical now, but still. There are some civilians who work out here with us, and just get on to 'walk'. Not trying to be mean here either, just trying to answer your question.
Another thing that gets me though, that I havent read mentioned here, is that we have a sign in sheet (and most gyms I have ever been to also have this) and people like to come in, sign up and then STAND right there and talk with their friends. I mean really, move people.0 -
My money is on him lacking in other 'departments' and there by needing to supplement his lack of balls by taking it out on someone he perceives to not be a threat...
I would have looked at him like the douche bag he is, asked him if he as serious, and told him to get the hell OFF the damn bike or I will get the manager.
Period,
People like that need to be taught that the world is not their punching bag!0 -
People who are on a cardio machine beit elliptical or whatever AND are ontheir Cell phone! WTF!?!?!!?!?! Whats the point of being on the machine if you are NOT gonna go hard!?!?!?!0
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The "clingers" don't really bother me, but all I can think is like, "Why are you doing that?" I mean, kudos to you for doing 8.0 incline- I never would do that- but really, doesn't it defeat the purpose when you're holding on?
As for the cell phones at the gym, be careful. Someone accused me of texting on my phone while I was on the treadmill, but really, my C25K app shut down on me, and I had to bring it back up again, haha.0 -
the fact that I don't have a membership.... and that memberships cost money.0
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the fact that I don't have a membership.... and that memberships cost money.
Bahaha, good one. I was that way for a long time. It took some begging, but I finally got my PARENTS to pay for it!
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That is TERRIBLE. I probably would have cried if he said that to me (especially lately, as I lose more and more weight I seem to become more sensitive of my weight).
My gym pet peeves are:
1) When someone is exercising next to me that practically took a bath in their cologne or perfume...I would like to be able to breathe, please! I beg you! (it's hard enough breathing when you are zooming along on the elliptical, nevermind adding that to the equation...) I only wear my deodorant, and that seems to get me through the workout...I appreciate the effort of people trying to smell nice for everyone else...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, if I can't breathe properly and feel like I could choke, not good...maybe it's just me...and I mean, heck, maybe I could use a little perfume here and there, but I haven't seen any weird looks or complaints, so I will stick to my deodorant
2) When I am in the locker room and I hear "Gross, I'm all sweaty." Ummmmm, we are in a gym, yes? If they think they look gross, they should check me out after I am done on the elliptical.....Yikes! My forehead is dripping like crazy, my hair is all wild and frizzy, my tank is soaked...my pants sometimes get soaked to where I look like I peed in them....I am just a whole mess....I just want to say, listen lady, if anyone looks gross, it's probably ME! haha...I just tell myself, I am not here to be in a beauty contest or fashion show...and go about my business...
3) When people don't wipe down the machines properly (or at all)...come on, let's try to limit the spreading of germs people...0 -
All he said was, "I know."
Then I said, "Well, sir, could you please start switching machines? I'd like to use the bike so I can finish my circuit training properly.
And then he told me, "I can use this d*mn bike however I'd like! You think you know what you're doing, fat b*itch?"
Are you kidding me?? What a disgusting scumbag. Do gyms have any sort of policy for banning people like this? Blatantly disregarding the rules and conventions of the gym and insulting another member. Outrageous.
Ditto!!! What a jerk! Any gym should be a "no judgement zone" . I can't stand when you're trying to use the machines in between reps and you try to 'work in' and they just sit on the machine for 3 mins waiting to do their 5 set! UGH...
Oh and of course the loud grunting noises and when they drop the weights. Oh and being next to someone with really bad BO. Please...just a little deoderant...that's all I ask. That's one thing I liked about Planet Fitness...their "No Judgement Zone" and an alarm would go off if someone started grunting and acting like a jerk.0 -
That is TERRIBLE. I probably would have cried if he said that to me (especially lately, as I lose more and more weight I seem to become more sensitive of my weight).
As I lose more and more weight I become WAY more self confident. Even though I'm not anywhere near my goal weight, I just feel good about myself these days. I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile, you know?0 -
I'm one of those people who gets truly annoyed by girls who come to the gym to socialize instead of working out.
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Why does everyone have issues with cell phones? Ok, I can understand if I was talking on it but my phone is my iPod and it also has all my workout aps on it plus my C210K.
So when I finish I circuit and I plug my reps in with my weight info why should that matter to anyone?!?0 -
That's one thing I liked about Planet Fitness...their "No Judgement Zone" and an alarm would go off if someone started grunting and acting like a jerk.
They call it the "Lunk Alarm" and it's pretty effective. If some clown slams his dumbells down on the floor or screams or grunts, or is being loud or rude in general, one of the staffers hits a button and a huge blue light under the "Lunk Alarm" sign flashes and an alarm sounds. Usually nothing else needs to be said and the embarrassed person shuts up. Everyone gets a little laugh too.
Planet Fitness is totally "no frills" and the men's locker rooms are pretty crappy and not all that clean, but otherwise, for the money ($10/month), it's a terrific bargain. Mine (Danvers, Mass.) is open 24/7.
But no matter where you go, behavior like that described by the original poster shouldn't be accepted anywhere.0 -
I've been going to the gym regularly for about 2.5 months now and one of my biggest pet peeves are people who use their cell phones whilst on a machine. And there are two types of these kind of people... the ones who continue running/walking/biking/lifting while talking on the phone AND others who will stop what they are doing yet continue to sit/stand at a machine and talk on the phone. This is so annoying to me!! I'm at they gym to work out, not overhear other peoples personal conversations or wait in line for a machine because someone was on the phone.
Also, I saw someone mention B.O., which let's face it will bother anyone!, but I've also come across a few ladies who splash on faaar too much body spray/perfume to the point where it's really unbearable to be near them. Anyone else had this problem??0 -
OMG, yes I just posted about this as well. You're #1 peeve is my #2, lol... I get really po'd by the people who talk on their cell phones, it's just distracting and selfish to me... we all pay to be there to work out so why should we have to listen to your convo's or even wait to use a machine because of your damn phone!?!?That is TERRIBLE. I probably would have cried if he said that to me (especially lately, as I lose more and more weight I seem to become more sensitive of my weight).
My gym pet peeves are:
1) When someone is exercising next to me that practically took a bath in their cologne or perfume...I would like to be able to breathe, please! I beg you! (it's hard enough breathing when you are zooming along on the elliptical, nevermind adding that to the equation...) I only wear my deodorant, and that seems to get me through the workout...I appreciate the effort of people trying to smell nice for everyone else...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, if I can't breathe properly and feel like I could choke, not good...maybe it's just me...and I mean, heck, maybe I could use a little perfume here and there, but I haven't seen any weird looks or complaints, so I will stick to my deodorant
2) When I am in the locker room and I hear "Gross, I'm all sweaty." Ummmmm, we are in a gym, yes? If they think they look gross, they should check me out after I am done on the elliptical.....Yikes! My forehead is dripping like crazy, my hair is all wild and frizzy, my tank is soaked...my pants sometimes get soaked to where I look like I peed in them....I am just a whole mess....I just want to say, listen lady, if anyone looks gross, it's probably ME! haha...I just tell myself, I am not here to be in a beauty contest or fashion show...and go about my business...
3) When people don't wipe down the machines properly (or at all)...come on, let's try to limit the spreading of germs people...0
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