What annoys you at the gym?

Princess_Sameen

machines hoggers! that are not actually working out :grumble:
Today wanted to use the bench....and the guy was on his phone with his feet resting on the weights :noway:

magenbrittni

When people get next to me on the elliptical and they stink! It always seems to happen halfway through my workout that some sweaty dude gets on the one next to me. Sometimes it smells so bad I have to move!

I usually don't turn the fan towards me ever, but I had just finished running 1.5 miles on the treadmill and took a break to walk a few min before I finished my last mile. I guess I looked like a red-faced sweaty mess so the older guy that was getting off the bike in front of me turned his fan so it would blow on me. It felt like heaven. Not 5 minutes later after I started running again, this lady comes in and turns the fan without asking! It still pisses me off!

Or when women stare at me while I'm lifting weights. My legs are VERY strong. I can almost lift the maximum 300 lbs. on a lot of the leg machines. I can't stand it when they stare. It brings back the same insecurities I had about my legs in high school.

shobelitz

proud men who spend 3/4 of the time checking themselves out in the mirror while flexing every muscle there is in the body.. lol

cramernh

What annoys me is when I am doing my thing on the Elliptical and some person wants to ask me where the tv remote is, or if they can change the channel. I AM IN THE ZONE!!! Bugger off with that crap. (by the way, everyt ime I have my Ipod..so clearly I don't care about the TV)

Noise cancelling ear-buds have become my best friend at the gym AND at work....

delmc1

MEATHEADS...you know who you are...

Same ones that dont rack their weights, same ones that slam the weights down, same ones that go to the gym to hold the equipment up so it doesnt dont fall over, oh and the ones that are screaming with every rep (really is that 15lb DB that heavy...), And all the rest of the folks that suffer from F*#karounditis....

^^^^^^ the truth is up there ^^^^^^^^

Baybbee123

I can relate to everything everyone is saying on here. I find it difficult to even have the energy to go to the gym some days because I simply don't want to deal with the stares and the egos that are associated there.

I am a big person - the only thing that motivated me to get a membership at the gym is that I truly want this for me this time. I've never been more motivated to get rid of this weight than I am now. And I'd like to think that people who see me at the gym at least see I am putting in the effort to get rid of this weight. Some days I work so hard, I leave dripping sweat (it's disgusting but a good feeling). However, the things that annoy me at the gym are the guys who constantly have to hit on a woman there. This is completely not a jealousy thing - I am happily married lol - but it is soooooooooo annoying! *Most* women go there to really work out, not to be hit on. And I just hate when a guy slumps his arms around the treadmill with the "sooo...do you come here often?" kind of swagger. Give me a break. Go back to your weights and leave her alone! It happens often and it is really distracting so I get annoyed quite a bit with it! There is also always at least one guy while I am there who is lifting weights that slams them back down when he is done with his reps. I don't truly think it is intentional but it is annoying. LOL

Okay I'm done griping! Sorry for my rant! Good luck everyone

pucenavel

Curling in the squat rack
Dips in the squat rack
Military presses in the squat rack
Talking in the squat rack

Taking a squat in the squat rack

delmc1

i love this post ,i thought i was angry man in the gym getting pissed off looking at people not putting weights back ,wiping down machines ,taking to long with bench or racks ,phones and all the other crap that does our heads in while we try to do a session .but thanks everybody for being as angry as me

P.S for the people who say they never notice people like that .it might just be your one of them people

dorkusmalorkus

Wow, you all have some weird-*kitten* people at your gyms. We have the intense people who work out in the weight room with their rippling musculature, then the average Joe's who just walk the treadmills slowly, but I've yet to see any of the crazies people mention here.. Maybe I'm just not there often enough to see them. Or they only come out during a full moon.

My only annoyance with my gym is the lack of fans in the cardio room. I get that the point of working out is to sweat, but I sweat enough for three people when I'm outside with a breeze. Inside a stuffy room running like a crazed hamster in a cage my body goes into overdrive and it's like "Jumanji" when the monsoon hits the house and everyone gets swept away. Except instead of people caught in the current, it's my glasses, and they literally fall off my nose.

Oh, yeah, I'm one of those sexy people. Rawr.

lol!!! im right there with you!! but a lot of people like to be on the treadmill at my gym too so i cant sweat in solitude. even worse, the trainer comes over to talk to me and i feel like the horrid lagoon monster with my sweaty self. i work out until im gawd awfully ugly.

pet peevin would be the chicks that like to work out in practically nothing. are you seriously that desperate? are you looking for your dignity as you look around the gym at least 5 times per minute?

or the lady that hopped on the elliptical whilst noshin down on a sucker..why?

melissa308

Some of my pet peeves are the good elliptical machines being taken and the 30-minute rule having to be enforced, too many skinny pretty fit folk making this awkward chubby sweaty chick look worse, and this overly-friendly guy with no vocal volume control who is way too chatty with his neighbors on the treadmill.

So, that's why I tend to go super-early. As an added benefit, I get my workout out of the way early and anything else during the day is just sprinkles.

herangel3

When your on the treadmill, eliptical etc and with 10 minutes left and the machine quits on you, so you have to move to another machine, if its available and try to get back into the workout.

I am like most people here, I go to the gym to work out not to socialize, pick up men or be noticed by everyone. I put my music on, do my workout and go home. I am polite to those around me, try not to hog the equipment and put things back in the proper place. And I try not to walk in someones space when they are working out, but sometimes gyms put stuff so close together its hard not to. I will applogize to the person if I do. I try not to notice too much around me but sometimes you can't help see what walks in front of you. I would never be so rude as to talk about someone else like those women did, out loud in such a public place when they clearly have issues themselves. I am surprised the gym staff didn't comment on their choice of beverage in the gym. One spill and theres a sticky ice coffee mess all over.

Those women are some of the reason others don't go to the gym. People don't want to be judged and are insecure about themselves anyway, why put yourself in a position where you feel uncomfortable. While I try to keep to myself, if I see someone that obviously needs to be there, I will make eye contact with them and say hello and be helpful if they ask me questions, and if they are new and are doing something thats not the right etiquete for the gym, equipment hogging, improper lifting position, etc, I will politely take the time to show them the right way. But then most of the time I have my music on and in my own little workout world.

DieVixen

women that come to the gym with no make up,hair a mess,and any old ratty tee shirt its like OMG ewwww

frogmommy

I am guilty of:

1. Going to the gym after work with my hair done and makeup still on.
2. Taking/replying to a text from my teenage son when he tells me he made it to a destination or taking a call from school to inform me that my kid is sick.
3. Pushing my limits, trying one set of incredibly heavy weight, and making a little bit of noise both on the lift and when I lower the weights to the ground with a less than graceful landing.
4. Walking on a treadmill at a slow pace when my knee was in rehab.
5. Wearing fingerless gloves to lift weights (even the tiny 2-5 lb weights) when working some of my tiny muscles (particularly back and shoulders). Improves grip, control and helps contain sweaty palms.

I must annoy the hell out of the people around me...

delmc1

I am guilty of:

1. Going to the gym after work with my hair done and makeup still on.
2. Taking/replying to a text from my teenage son when he tells me he made it to a destination or taking a call from school to inform me that my kid is sick.
3. Pushing my limits, trying one set of incredibly heavy weight, and making a little bit of noise both on the lift and when I lower the weights to the ground with a less than graceful landing.
4. Walking on a treadmill at a slow pace when my knee was in rehab.
5. Wearing fingerless gloves to lift weights (even the tiny 2-5 lb weights) when working some of my tiny muscles (particularly back and shoulders). Improves grip, control and helps contain sweaty palms.

I must annoy the hell out of the people around me...

yes u do

jaqqii

I don't do the gym much I mainly go to classes, but what annoys me the most in these classes is the groaning & grunting from the men in circuits, the guy not putting any resistance on his bike in spin and making out he's working like hell, no deodorant & people walking about the changing room stark naked.....oh please get a towel!!

Jamidi

The peeker always gets me irritated!!!! You know, when your on your machine and you can see out of the corner of your eye every minute or so the person next to you is looking to see how fast your going/cals burned/time etc. ticks me off sometimes lol. It's like "bro,did you come here to workout or moniter everyone else's workouts?" and don't even get me started on the guy who thinks he knows everything about lifting, my trainer is literally helping me do it man, when was the last time someone paid you for your advice?! Lol sorry I have peeves about some people at the gym

OMG! I think I'm a peeker but not for a bad reason. I feel soooo defeated at the gym. I mean, here I am struggling to run 5 minutes at 5.5 and the gazelle next to me is sprinting for 20 minutes. I just keep on looking at that speed and how many calories they're burning and I'm envious. I kind of use it for motivation. Gonna have to keep my eyes in check now

mcrowe1016

People holding on to the treadmill. I understand that some people have a balance issue but I see A LOT of people holding on. I walk at the steepest incline without holding on and I get a killer work out.

FoodieGal09

The gym I used to be a member of was in a hotel, so hotel guests could use the gym for free. I had just finished up doing weights and was going for a run on the treadmill. It's a small gym, so there were only four treadmills and three of them were occupied by people actually running and the fourth, it was just this really old guy, walking at like 1mph at MOST. Seriously, can't you just go outside and stroll around casually? After waiting for 10-15 minutes I just gave up and went swimming.

mcrowe1016

This doesn't annoy me as much as confuse me: women wearing HUGE earings while doing cardio. I used to work in retail selling jewelry, and those big earings will stretch out your ears, and they will look gross. I still wear big earings, but for short periods when going out with friends. Not when I am bouncing around like crazy on the treadmill.

umachanxo

I work out at home and have never been to the gym. Mainly because I don't like being around people while working out xD

But, I find it interesting that some people are complaining about others mocking people in the gym, and yet the rest of the comment is mocking how they were dressed etc.

rachellem86

Curling in the squat rack
Dips in the squat rack
Military presses in the squat rack
Talking in the squat rack

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are only 2 squat racks in my gym, and people look at me funny when I ask if I can squat when they are doing any of the above, which they can do ANYWHERE else!

csmith091

At the gym I used to go to, this guy would speak to himself out loud. I knew he was encouraging himself ("come on, Tiger, you can do this.") But, it was just really weird, and made me unbelievably uncomfortable. I usually try to be patient because I know the gym is supposed to be a place to focus on yourself and not others, but I think people should also be considerate of those around them.

slyder432

Curling in the squat rack
Dips in the squat rack
Military presses in the squat rack
Talking in the squat rack

All the 17-19 yr olds in my gym are like this... they cant even do a full motion rep either... they lift heavy but not correctly! then they strut around like they are best thing since sliced bread...



They come in massive groups and take over the whole gym with their antics and constant talking.. Its a good 20 minute rest between reps.. its annoying!

THIS^^^

Jxnsmma

people with horrible breath that keep trying to talk to you while you are doing cardio. Im not here to chat with you and my one word gasped answers should be your clue. and when I used to go to shapes and the people who worked there were constantly eating doritos, mcdonalds and cake when they sauntered around as well as behind the desk. Its the reason I never went back...

mandie0378

I have a membership that allows me to go to 5 different locations.

What confuses and annoys me is the gym where I signed up is in a nicer part of town and the employees are absolute sweethearts. The fellow gym goers, however, are rude, camp on machines, make messes in the locker room and don't wipe down the machines. While the gym closest to my home has some of the rudest employees, but incredible nice gym goers.

iva001

Seriously, there are a lot of haters in here who need to chill out. I can understand some of the things people are raising (from a courtesy point of view), but to be honest, if you have the energy and time to notice half this stuff then you're not working hard enough!!!

As for the grunting & sweating, that part and parcel with pushing your physical boundaries............ if you are not sweating & grunting then again, you're not working hard enough.

Chill out people.

Agreed...alot of these people are coming across as high-strung and conceited. Sometimes I watch people as a way to learn how to use a machine. Or I see a girl in great shape and I use her treadmill speed as a goal.

djf23

on mondays and wednesdays the gym is the fullest, i go at 7.30 in the night

every time there will be like 80% people doing there own thing and working out properly and minding own business

but then there all ways the groups of guys about my age and they will take over like a piece of equipment and then ****ign talk for like an hour and itll be like one guy doing a half *kitten* workout then the others just standing around talkign and like staring at people .... always got this smug look on there face

one day i will throw a big dumbell at one of there heads....startt a gym brawl

Jstewartdesigns

I don't typically get annoyed by others actions and I 'm a people watcher wherever I go, however, at one point I was working on some of the leg machines and a "couple" was in the vicinity and they would touch each other and kiss occasionally. This was a female couple. I did have to ask myself if I would be "as annoyed" if it was a hetero couple. I think I would be because the gym is not a place for that kind of activity.

Laces_0ut

the only thing that bothers me is overbearing perfume. its always older women.

steplaj

I work out a lot...usually about 5 times a week. I am over weight, and I sweat...a lot...but I kick my own butt as hard as I can on a daily basis.

There are two women around my age at the gym. They are over weight themselves, but who am I to judge? I was on the treadmill one day, and noticed they walked in with starbucks frozen coffees and went and sat on the bikes. As the sipped on their frozen coffees, they sat and made fun of people in the gym. They made comments about how people looked and how much they were sweating. As they sat there, makeup on...hair done, barely moving and drinking their iced coffees, they had the nerve to make fun of other people in the gym! And let me remind you, they were not skinny by any means!!!

Isn't the whole point of the gym to work out? I don't know why I care, but I hate it when people judge others because of their weight. I hate it even more when it is one heavy person doing it to another. And then on top of that, to make fun of them for trying to improve themselves???? I would love to say a few choice words to these women!

On another note..I get really annoyed when people sit on the benches and machines and talk on their phones, while everyone else is waiting to use them!!! Gym manners people haha!