What is your biggest pet peeve at the gym
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People who come into Zumba class and stand RIGHT beside me like we are REALLY going to be able to move around with them standing right on top of me! LOL0
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The 110# women who walk at 2 mph on the treadmill for 45 min
When people immediately judge people at the gym without knowing their story.
^^This! I call those people 'gym snobs'. Unfortunately, there are a TON of them in the world.0 -
mine is the people that are too cheap to buy a lock for the locker, so they carry all of their stuff with them out to the gym floor. normally not a big deal, they stick it into some open corner and its not it the way. but some people are so paranoid they can't be more then a foot away from their little pile of crap. moving it next to them from machine to machine.
and today, someone was completely spread out in the stretching area. her stuff was against the wall, off to the side, and she was on the other end, stretching. at least, i think she was stretching. it looked like she was doing a tap dancing routine as a warm up. so whatever, i wasn't going to get right next to her, so i went to stretch in the only open area: right in front of her bag, coat, pants, etc. she went to collect her stuff after i was their for about twenty seconds, and shot me a dirty look.0 -
People talking to their friends bout boys, booze etc while on the treadmill, I don't care.
The guy who was at PF last weekend who just sat on a bike and watched TV and then moved to a different bike to watch TV (the bikes with their own TVs), it was actually busy I would've said something.
This guy I see every weekend but have NEVER seen work out. He talks to everyone and is very LOUD0 -
Oh man, I got a ton of them tonight. (Just left the gym)
People who don't take the word, "MINE!!" as a valid signature for the sign-up sheet.
So, they erase it and try to convience me that I didn't sign up for it...0 -
Women who don't sweat.
I know, it's petty, but I am always drenched and I don't think it is fair that other women don't suffer from this affliction. How do you get through an hour of Zumba and NOT look like you just bathed in your clothes??0 -
People who don't sanitize the machines when done with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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The 110# women who walk at 2 mph on the treadmill for 45 min
When people immediately judge people at the gym without knowing their story.
^^This! I call those people 'gym snobs'. Unfortunately, there are a TON of them in the world.
The 110 lb woman is doing much better than those sitting on the couch eh? She is still working out anyway. Not sure why someone would care how fast someone is going o.O at least they are doing something0 -
The only real pet peeve I have is when people don't rack their weights.
Also, I can lift pretty heavy for my size and when I get ready I get like 3 guys coming to help "spot" me. I got it. Thanks. lol xD
Otherwise nothing really gets under my skin. People normally clean the machines at the rec luckily!0 -
Definitely people who snap their gum right beside me on the treadmill and people who don't wear deodorant..like seriously you are here to sweat! So gross!0
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The 110# women who walk at 2 mph on the treadmill for 45 min
When people immediately judge people at the gym without knowing their story.
My thoughts exactly.
I have shattered cartilidge in my knees, when i first started going to the gym, walking 2mph was how I started. Would you rather have me stayed home and not worked out at all?
Would it make the treadmill any less occupied if they were running?
Regardless if they are walking or running it's still occupied by someone who is getting exercise.
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for my peeve
people doing floor exercise right in front of the "ball squats" wall when there are plenty of other areas to do so. There aren't however, other spots that have nothing on the wall to do ball squats. Hence the GIANT sign saying "DESIGNATED BALL SQUAT AREA"0 -
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People on the equipment either reading a magazine or on the phone and barely moving the equipment!!!!!! Drives me nuts, my gym time is like a mini vacation, no phones, no kids.0
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People who don't put their weights back when they're done with them! You're motivated enough to work out, but too lazy to put your things away? Sheesh!!!
There's a note at our gym above the weights "if you're strong enough to use the weights, you're strong enough to put them away" :laugh:0 -
I don't want your germs, please wipe down your treadmill and weight machines.
Also, of you are on the next weight machine, work it or get off. Don't sit and watch me do my reps. I'm gonna want to move on afterwards so get your hiney in gear!0 -
Ppl who pass gas OMG lol
Totally guilty of this, BUT ONLY ONCE I SWEAR!!! I was doing leg presses and I did warn my trainer it "might' happen.
so embarrasing.:embarassed: :ohwell:0 -
WEARING PERFUMES AND HEAVY COLOGNES!!! TAKE A SHOWER, NUMBSKULLS!0
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One of my biggest pet peeves would be people who write "MINE!!". Anyone could justify that was theirs. How hard is it to write your damn name?Oh man, I got a ton of them tonight. (Just left the gym)
People who don't take the word, "MINE!!" as a valid signature for the sign-up sheet.
So, they erase it and try to convience me that I didn't sign up for it...0 -
People NOT wiping down their machines!0
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Ppl who pass gas OMG lol
^^but while I'm 30 mins into a 65 min cardio session and can't just walk away.:sick:0 -
people skipping out on paying dues0
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1. People who wear sunglasses while working out- its a basement gym, no sun glaring through windows.
2. Men who adjust their junk right next to me, boys relocate the boys discreetly in the locker room or off in the corner.
3. Too much perfume/cologne, annoying and some of us are allergic.0 -
Maybe I phrased it wrong...
Technically I could have wrote, "Two dingos and a baby" on that sign-up sheet
But if someones wants that machine, they are just going to erase it and write their name up there instead...
It is very easy to write my own name (being that it is only six letters long) but it would make no difference...0 -
the guys who sit on the weights machines whilst talking to their friends, when you wanna use the machine!!!! GRRRR!0
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My pet peeve is about myself! My boob sometimes bouncing out of my sports bra while I job! Grrrr!!!!
Hahahaha
Wear a regular bra under your sports bra. It works well ;-) Im a 36G! LOL0 -
mine is the people that are too cheap to buy a lock for the locker, so they carry all of their stuff with them out to the gym floor. normally not a big deal, they stick it into some open corner and its not it the way. but some people are so paranoid they can't be more then a foot away from their little pile of crap. moving it next to them from machine to machine.
and today, someone was completely spread out in the stretching area. her stuff was against the wall, off to the side, and she was on the other end, stretching. at least, i think she was stretching. it looked like she was doing a tap dancing routine as a warm up. so whatever, i wasn't going to get right next to her, so i went to stretch in the only open area: right in front of her bag, coat, pants, etc. she went to collect her stuff after i was their for about twenty seconds, and shot me a dirty look.
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One of mine is the assorted trainers patrolling the floor like strippers looking to get a table dance. Once they figure out you don't want to sign up for a training session they act like you are taking up space.
Add that to the guy trying to get me to sign up to take HCG and whatever else comes in their "Medical Weight Loss" program.0 -
The gym is too much a pain in the *kitten* for me.
Besides you can't grunt like a crazy person swear loudly and be a sweaty gross freak as freely as you can at home.
I stopped going to a gym years ago, saved up for some weights and a bench, got a lifting buddie, and bought a mountain bike.
I'll never look back at that hassle lol0 -
Girls who are going at like - speed *one* on the elliptical pumping like a speed demon all fine and dandy who then look at me, going at speed 10 on an incline, going basically in slow motion in comparison, and then smirking (obviously proud of their own speed).
GURL - YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. (These girls are generally also the make-up wearing, hair-doing, designer clothes-sporting culprits).0 -
Lets see.. people who don't rack their weights. Guys who leave 5 45lb weights on each side of the leg press.. People who put their dumbells away but put them out of order according to weight.. people who spend text during their sets on the machine.. have you ever heard of people working in with you.. ohh i could go on...0
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