Are you a GYM IDIOT?

Janemnich

I agree! Those of us who are working out at 5am in the morning (or any time) are all business. We want to finish our routine to feel good the rest of the day at work. We don't care about special bags or anything else. :happy:

christibear

I'm accepting of all people at my gym. Working out in public makes you vulnerable. I respect anybody who's courageous enough to step foot in one of those places.

I agree, there is a difference between people being inconsiderate and leaving too much weight on a machine or not wiping the sweat up after themselves but reading while they work our, wearing make up, holding on on the treadmill, this makes me think that every suspicioun I have at the gym about being judged is right.

And for the record I crank the treadmill up to 7 and the incline up to 10 and I hold on and I burn a lot of calories doing it, eventually I won't have to hold on, everybody has to start somewhere.

maryjay51

some of these comments are hilarious..

Missaprilnichole

You all have very similar things that irrritate you as well as me..

Nothing wrong with bringing a kindle, tablet, bookk, etc..I do a ton of cardio right now so when i try to wind down my workout at the end i pull it it out on my stationary bike.
Typically the only time i bring my small tablet is when im in school and have a test, Im in Nursung School and work two jobs i stay VERY busy!I make noted and save them on there. So if i can squeeze in study time with a workout, damned right i will!:)

I love the guy who i was on next to an elliptical who you knew with out a doubt smoked a nice blunt before he got there and covered it up with a ton of cologne. Nothing wrong with what you do in your off time but im not a fan of that smell Sad thing was he used to work there and signed me up the 1st time i applied to the gym!

msbanana

This happened to me the other day and I about killed the guy. I was squatting, Doing drop sets and I had 300lbs loaded up. I knocked out 6 reps and as I was leaning in to hang it up some DB steps right into the line of the bar to grab an effing weight of the squat rack. I damn near dropped it trying not to hit him in the head. (Fortunately someone saw it happening and came to my rescue and helped me rack it.) DO YOU NOT SEE SOMEONE SQUATTING TWICE WHAT YOU WEIGH YOU INCONSIDERATE PR*CK?!? I layed into him pretty good about paying attention and that next time I would TRY and hit him because he deserved it.

So yeah, that guy- he or I could have gotten seriously injured.

Preeners- Do 6 curls (lift up sleeve and flex in mirror) repeat for 10 sets, do decline sit-ups get up and walk around like you just lifted something heavy (perhaps your fat head) and then check abs in mirror. Nod at yourself like you're God's gift (repeat until the b*tchy girl in the squat rack glares at you until you're uncomfortable and leave)

Chatters- I go to the gym to do work. Yes I have made friends BUT if I'm having a conversation I step out of the way of other people lifting and don't occupy a bench, machine or rack. The Chatter is inevitably working with several friends and they will hog a bench press for the better part of an hour talking about NOTHING and getting NO work done. If you're brave enough to ask them how many more sets you're likely to get the "oh, we just started."

Equipment Theifs- Not like you might be thinking... (although if you steal from the gym you should be beaten with the 5 lb dumbell you smuggled out.) I superset a lot. I make sure I'm set up in a corner and not hogging 10 machines. Usually, I have a squat rack loaded, a couple dumbells and step for box jumps, decline push-ups split squats etc... I HATE it when I'm let's say doing sets of man makers between sets of good mornings and some a-hole comes over and starts using the rack for something else. The bar's loaded- I'm RIGHT THERE... ASK!!! If I'm done you can have it- maybe I only have one set but I don't want to have to reset all my stuff just because you want to do curls in the squat rack.

Missaprilnichole

I just don't get it...what, in this world, is wrong with reading a Kindle on a machine???? Why does that bother people?? Yeah, I read mine while I'm sweating my bumb off to pass my cardio time quicker. And just to clear it up for those who don't know, you can up the font size, making it EASY to read while you're moving about. Sheesh...

Rant over.

that just makes you have to turn the page more often...which is kind of tough if you're running at an 8 min mile

True. I only use mine on the elliptical because if I'm on the treadmill it's to do intervals and sprints. To each his own I say, I just don't understand why it bothers people. I see people criticize others for this A LOT around here and have never understood that one...:huh:

I think those people you know are jealous they cant kill two bird with one stone jk. I brought my notecards one day i had a huge exam the following day and an older woman yelled at me saying how it will ruin my eyes... I said thanks for your awesome insight and gladly continued to read them

kimoRUN

I started a thread a while back called NEW RULES for the gym:

Here are a few New Rules I've personally come up with from my experiences and observations at the gym. Please note that if any of these rules speak to you personally, now is the time to adhere to these rules. It will make the world a better place.


1. If you’re a man, DO NOT wear tank tops with a plunging neck line down to your belly button that barely covers your nipples, tucked into the elastic band of your muscle pants… and capped off with a nifty fanny pack. Hey buddy, 1986 called…they want their outfit back. Just saying…

2. DO NOT bring a 5 gallon Sparklets bottle to the gym. I mean, I don’t get it. Water is essential but there is no need to walk around with such a huge bottle of water so you can do a curl motion when you drink it to flex your biceps. If your best workout is when you drink… you have to rethink your routine. Just saying…..

3. Do Not… I mean DO NOT bring a mask and snorkel to the gym to be used in a lap pool. I have a feeling that if you’re one that does, you probably have to register for more things than just your car. Just saying…..

4. DO NOT use the public steam room as an opportunity for shaving. Hearing a scraping noise and tapping sound against the wall is freaky. But when the foggy steam disappears only to see that those sounds are you shaving and tapping out your lil hairs from your razor onto the wall is just disgusting. Just saying….

5. If you’re one to bark after every rep of every set while lifting weights please remember to never leave home without your bark collar. “Sit Ooboo sit…good dog *ruff*”. Just saying…

6. If when you are doing bicep curls and your lower back is getting most of the workout from your constant swaying back and forth….. Put the “ego” weights down buddy and try using something not so heavy. Seriously…no one is paying attention to how much you’re lifting. Just saying….

7. Although the gym has an abundance of awesome flat screen TV’s everywhere you go….Its a gym…not the movies. So the seats on the machines are NOT to be used as a place to sit and watch. Put the popcorn down, get your set in and move on. Some of us here are actually trying to sweat. Just saying…

AlsDonkBoxSquat

3. Do Not… I mean DO NOT bring a mask and snorkel to the gym to be used in a lap pool. I have a feeling that if you’re one that does, you probably have to register for more things than just your car. Just saying…..

This really depends. A lot of triathletes that I know train with a snorkel. Also, my hubs is a swimming coach and all of his kids have training snorkels that they work in periodically for long training sets. So yes, if they're looking for tropical fish that's a little off, but there are valid reasons for training with a snorkel.

stephensmith0929

We have a D B that brings his laptop with his PX90 dvd and does it at the cable machine! One machine, 90 minutes!?!? Your a GYM IDIOT!!!

cbear017

People who do curls in the squat rack, even deadlifts for that matter--duh, that's what the platform is for boys.

My personal favourite are the guys who feel it necessary to ask you questions while you're lifting. Pay me the same courtesy and don't speak to me until I'm done. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm not serious about my workouts...grrr.

Lastly, don't f*%$# laugh at the book I've brought with me to the gym and say "who brings a book to the gym, eh? You can't learn anything from a book". Really? Just because you don't recognize my NROLFW don't knock it. It may be that books are truly perplexing objects to you, but I doubt you'd say that again if you thought of Mark Rippetoe or Dave Drapper, etc.

chelsifina

I've fallen off the treadmill.....twice. Not like a stumble off to the side kinda fall, I mean I tripped, hung on to the handle bars while my legs dangled behind me, kicking around like fish outta water, till I gave up, face planted, then got shot of the back of the thing like a watermelon off a giant sling shot, slamming into the wall behind me.......twice.

I am a gym idiot.

Yeah, I keep going. Other people watch out now.

stepoco

People who use momentum and leaning backward as a way to do a lat pull down rather than using their muscles.

msbanana

People who do curls in the squat rack, even deadlifts for that matter--duh, that's what the platform is for boys.

I have to beg to differ here... Now, granted we don't have a platform at my gym but I deadlift in front of a squat rack because unloading a couple hundred pounds on the ground sucks. If, on my last lift, I can set it in the hooks on the squat rack instead of on the ground to unload it I will do that any day over trying to lift and drag the weight off the ends of the bar. I'm spent after a good deadlift drop set and I'd rather NOT hurt my back trying to unload the bar.

oh and good on ya for picking up the New Rules.. eff em if they think it's funny. :drinker:

nokittyno

These stories are crazy, Lol. I am glad I invested in equipment for the home. I can do as I please there. No judgement.

swimmchick87

In response to all the hair/make up comments- I go to the gym straight from work. I'm expected to look nice at work. So yes, my hair and make up is done. I would assume most people are in the same situation (unless you're going at 5 am) where they came from somewhere else. I currently just wear a t shirt and yoga pants, but when I was really fit I enjoyed wearing cuter gym clothes. i worked hard for that body and enjoyed the fact that I could wear those types of outfits! I also find a tank top to be genuinely more comfortable for working out, but feel too overweight now and wear a t-shirt instead. I fully plan on going back to tank tops when I can.

hazelnut861

Girls posing on or with equipment taking pictures when I need to do squats to firm up my butt.

Elleinnz

Brought your handbag into the weights room.
Full face of makeup.
1 set, update your facebook status on your iphone, next machine.

LiKe OmG r u stalking me?

I go to gym before work, so I always have a full face of makeup...don't have time to do it afterwards....;)

Really - OMG - I will have all that makeup STREAMING down my face after 5 minutes - how on earth do you do a full workout - and still have perfect makeup to go to work with at the end??

Cold_Steel

Wow, the complaints about woman in make up, people reading kindles, listening to iPods and what not are rather scary.

Is it that obstructive to you for someone to be reading a kindle while they are on a treadmill ? I mean there is this wonderful invention that has been around since the dawn of mankind, it is called "neck muscle" use that to turn your head and look the other way.

Your personal hells must include a room full of woman in clown make up reading their kindles walking on a treadmill.

I get the gripes about stuff that actually slows your work out down, or affects you on some physical level but wow, some of this stuff is just hilarious that people are so peeved by the actions of another that in no way directly or even really indirectly affect the outcome of your work out in any way shape or form!

First world problems I guess.... Could you imagine forums in Somalia about Gym problems...

From Makresh "yeah, I really hate it when I am at the gym trying to work on my RPG holding arm when some jihadist comes in and blows the place up"

From Jimbala "You know what really irks me about gyms in Somalia, wait what is a gym?"

yogibella

Brought your handbag into the weights room.
Full face of makeup.
1 set, update your facebook status on your iphone, next machine.

I'm guilty of the makeup thing - but I go to the gym right after work, and I wear makeup to work. Weekend gym seshes = clean face.

mee tooo on the makeup! I don't bother taking it off but usually by the end of the day, it has slid off already. thank goodness for dark gyms:D

I don't mind the reading, texting, etc. on the machines, as long as you're not holding it up and you wipe it off when done.

What really bothers me: people who fart in yoga class.

Flixie00

Big muscled guys that decide to stand in front of my spot in front of the mirror when I am trying to lift weights. I am not that comfortable lifting weights, and this action combined with your grunting really dents my confidence.

The guy that continually farts when I am on the rowing machine, leaving me no choice but to breathe it in.

Girls who shave their legs in the showers.

The girl who leans over naked in the changing rooms so I can see what she has had for breakfast - yuck.

Iamkim73

I suppose I'm half gym idiot....

I often read while on the treadmill, I work full time and recently went back to school. Sometimes there is not enough hours in the day. Rather than choosing between getting a workout in and doing homework, I will read while I om walking on the treadmill.

Also, I start work at 5:30am.... I choose to get more sleep over working out in the morning. That means I work out in makeup...

On the positive side, I don't fart at the gym, I don't make loud grunts, I rerack my weights, I white down the equipment after I use it, and I don't text/talk on my cell phone.

stephensmith0929

Guys that flex in front of the mirrors and also guys that wipe the sweat off thier face with thier shirt! Ya know your just doing it to show your abs!! CUT THE CRAP!

abazooday727

Brought your handbag into the weights room.
Full face of makeup.
1 set, update your facebook status on your iphone, next machine.

Ohhh I HATE the girls who come to the gym looking like they are at a damn night club, Hair all curled and makeup on, tiny little tanktop with no sportsbra. I go to the gym to work my *kitten* off and expect to look like crap doing so

OMG me too, my hair is pulled back, i'm a sweaty mess but there's always someone with their hair down in curls, makeup on, wearing very little and just walking slowly on the treadmill.

I call these girls the Romy and Michelles....

foster59803

There are a few girls at my gym who always come in together, get on ellipticals next to each other, and proceed to shriek loudly about their personal lives. Why can't they save that **** for the bar?!

Haha! Sorry guilt of this. But in my defense, I am married, a mother of 2 girls, work full time... so sure, I meet my other married girlfriends at the gym either at 5:30 a.m. or 5:30 pm after work. We definitely talk about our lives, complain about work, and sometimes laugh out loud! But we work our a$# off too... sweat, lift heavy, go to spinning... Some of us cannot or do not wish to go to the bar! The gym is about the only time in my day where I do not have to worry about someone else, no homework, fixing dinner, cleaning the house...blah blah. I'm courteous, clean my machines, get in work out and get out! I don't think there is any harm in having a little fun! Sheesh!

shortandfeisty

I love the meat heads who admire themselves in the mirrors the entire time they work out. Nothing like being your own biggest fan!

chicky89

bump for later! I have lots to add!

Hecnotha1

i think im negligent to others around me esp. if their workout seems lame, and they are texting and what not.. I tend to ppace back and forth and hop around like im jumping rope betweens sets. I do it so that my hr can stay up and the lactic acid keeps flowing and doesnt deposit. Also ive only dropped weights once. it was 110, and my forearms were done couldnt hold that weight for more than 3 seconds.

mcdonl

Lots of experts here... Track and Field, Highland Games and other strength athletes do much of what is listed here and are not idiots at all.

I say, unless what you are doing is a danger to me or gets in my way I do not care.

That being said I hate people who do curls in the squat rack, rat you out to the front desk guy for being loud, offer "help on technique" by saying things like good mornings are dangerous, that approach me in any way, shape or form when I am working out, who ask me if they can "work in" with me when I am doing dead lifts or other exercices that will clearly result in plates being removed or added to the bar and anyone who thinks it is dangerous to lift heavy weights over your head.

mcdonl

Guys that flex in front of the mirrors and also guys that wipe the sweat off thier face with thier shirt! Ya know your just doing it to show your abs!! CUT THE CRAP!

Your describing body builders. These guys are very serious about their craft/hobby and pose as a means of practicing for meets and competition. That is why they are at the gym, it is not just all about fitness and weightloss. There is a whole culture of strength guys who have been going to gyms before they were cool. And, many of you who are mocking them are the butt of their jokes as well.

pniana

Singing or dancing on the treadmill.. yes I have seen it! You can't sing and you certainly can't dance!

My husband does this!!! So embarrassing. I always hope no one knows I am with him.