What drives you CRAZY about your gym??

smartandtrim

I go to the gym at my apartment complex. Things that bother me? It's a small room, so only a few of us can work out there at a time. The machines block the mirror, so you can only see yourself doing free weights facing one small mirror. There's also no rowing machine.

ginamaria724

I really wish my gym had a running track. I know treadmills are always available, but if I'm having ankle problems, it really hurts to run on the treadmill. Plus I also believe you get a littttttle bit more of a workout running on actually ground rather than a machine that basically forces your feet to move.

I also wish my gym I go to wasn't so far away It's hard sometimes to get enough self encouragement to force myself to drive almost 30 minutes there during the winter or just when I'm feeling lazy.

noirnatural

The gym I belonged to turned me off for a few reasons, but mainly the bathroom was so small that the showers and the toilets were next to each other:grumble:
and it wasn't woman friendly...
but it was close to work...

Sharon009

They dont have enough Cybex machines. Everybody loves them but they only have 5 and about 20 Elipticals with about half empty all the time. What about more Cybexs less Elipticals...novel idea.

Also I'd like to say to the person that posted this that I think the personal trainers are paid for their time so it probably is unpaid advice you are asking for. It happens in my business too, however I will answer basic questions.

soontobeskinnysara

My pet peeve is unhappy people in the gym. Some of you do this:

You go in all focused on what you have to do...some with headphones, some without...and you look right through everyone as if they don't exist.

Is a smail and a wave really going to break up your zone thing that much? I don't think so.

Headphones or no, I am glad to be alive and able to get on a machine and do some work. I say hello, I smile and wave. Sometimes I even (heaven forbid) strike up an actual conversation.

Stop taking yourselves so seriously people.

I'm gonna have to disagree on this one. I'm a very happy person. I'm friendly with the staff, say hello and make small talk with whoever is working the counter. Maybe I'll smile at other women in the locker room or people on my way in and out. With that being said, I don't go to the gym to make friends. I go to work out and get on with my day. Maybe I'm biased, but as a 28 year old single woman in LA, I'd rather not say hello to men I don't know at the gym. I get enough weird looks because I'm tattooed; I prefer to keep to myself and get in and GTFO. Some guy kept staring at me today when I was on the exercise bike and I did not find it flattering. I was sufficiently creeped out. Sorry...

AndreaDonofrio

Many things but I'll go with the top 2... I go to a National Chain Gym that is VERY corporate... to the point of not being able to control the temperature without permission from head office... on the opposite coast. So when it's Hot and humid in VA... someone in CA gets to yeah or nay a change in the air conditioning. To me... chain or not... a gym is personal to it's location and it's community and there should be some managerial autonomy AT the gym.

Second... and it rides along with number one... when a class requiring equipment (weights, steps etc. ) so consistently FULL to capacity for over 6 months and "management" won't get us enough of said equipment so that everyone who comes can fully participate.

ishtar13

That there are no signs in the free weight area reminding people to rack their weights when they are done. 10 years ago, they had that, but they disappeared. 2 years ago, I sent an email to the then-manager and got no response. This time, they have a Facebook page, and I asked on there if we could get some. New manager said he ordered them at my suggestion. They aren't in and up yet, but I liked the response.

The only other thing is that it's always more crowded than I would like, even at 11pm! 4am seems like a good time to go, but I can't usually get up that early and only do it when I've been up all night.

gastankerdriver

I don't like the mentally ill guy who talks to himself all the time. Everybody says he is "really nice," but when I see him, he is always going "expletive this and expletive that." It's a little unnerving because I have had a couple of bad experiences with mentally ill people.
I also don't like the bathroom habits of some of the members. I mean, why do they have to put up a sign that says "Don't spit in the sink."

lindseypro

I go to a pretty nice gym (24HourFitness). I don't pay a whole lot of money for monthly dues but there are a lot of members. The gym itself has a "loft-like" feel with exposed ductwork. They have PLENTY of income but the ducts and the fans in the gym are always dusty!

I realize it's a lot of work to keep them clean but in a place where people are working on their HEALTH, breathing heavily, they should really work harder to keep the place and the AIR IN IT clean. I don't think it's just my gym either - I've belonged to several gyms over the years and most of them have looked like this! Look up next time you're at your gym. I bet yours looks similar. ICK!!

Lonewolf1507

This is great, what drives me crazy is that the San Luis Sour Dough company is right behind the gym and they are just baking away every time I am at the gym, the smell of fresh sourdough whips through the open windows and makes me crave bread the whole time.

I have used a gym in Maryland while on Vacation there that shares a parking lot with a very good BBQ restaurant, the smell as you leave makes you wish to go over and replace the calories I had just burnt. On one occasion as I was leaving there were 2 members of staff bringing back take-out :laugh:

Andy

hbrittingham

gotta say...i love my gym. I workout at Planet Fitness. It has all the equipment I need, is clean, and there are no lunks... The cost is only $20 to go to any Planet Fitness gym, or $10 for the one location, free-tanning (i don't partake). And best of all.....they don't harass me about stupid classes, and if I bring someone to workout, there is no sales pitch...sign-in...bring your guest...go workout..its great.

also open 24hrs throughout the week....very useful

*sorry i have nothing bad to say.....well they do have FREE Tootsie Rolls....is that bad?

I have the $10 membership and recently had to travel for a family emergency. It only cost me $5 per visit to use another PF gym. It was awesome to be able to workout at a familiar gym for such a small fee.

Like I said earlier, my only complaint is the lack of fans up in the cardio area, which in my gym is elevated and we all know that heat rises. Other than that, I love my PF!

catshark209

The bros.

THIS.

ijiiii

I go to a small 24 hour gym. It's annoying when someone keeps bouncing back and forth between strength building machines. There's only one of each kind and for a person to take up like 3 different ones is kind of irritating.

7bel0

- open late and close early on the weekends
- hot as you-know-what all the time. (no fans, no ventilation, blah)
- the people who sit on the machines and text. When you ask them if they are done you get, "oh yeah, I have a few more sets, sorry" REALLY!? Well get to your other sets because SOME people go to the gym for a reason! Not to look cute and text

AlmondTheGreat

Steroid junkies walking around like they're gods gift.

Phrak

People who think im stupid because i look like a meat head. Seriously you dont need to talk slowly to me, i can understand you just fine.

Also people giving me strange looks at how i lift and what i lift.

christyjoyjr

This happened to me last week! Turned in my locker key (the only thing on me) for a medicine ball like I've been doing for over a year. When I returned the ball they couldn't find my key but remembered one of thier teenage volunteers playing with it. After a frustrating 7 min wait while they search for her and page her she finally shows up with my key in her hand. When they ask why she has it she says she found it. I immediately go check my locker and the lock is gone! Someone has gone through my locker and taken my cash! (left the ipad, cell phone, and credit cards thank god) I went back to the front desk carring my stuff because I now have now way to lock it up and am given an incident report to fill out and a crappy lock so I can finish my workout. I work downtown and take a bus and literally work right across the street form the gym so I have no option but to take all my stuff with me.

Jules2Be

People who think im stupid because i look like a meat head. Seriously you dont need to talk slowly to me, i can understand you just fine.

Also people giving me strange looks at how i lift and what i lift.

i wish i could watch you lift.

lilmzzgreeneyez

This happened to me last week! Turned in my locker key (the only thing on me) for a medicine ball like I've been doing for over a year. When I returned the ball they couldn't find my key but remembered one of thier teenage volunteers playing with it. After a frustrating 7 min wait while they search for her and page her she finally shows up with my key in her hand. When they ask why she has it she says she found it. I immediately go check my locker and the lock is gone! Someone has gone through my locker and taken my cash! (left the ipad, cell phone, and credit cards thank god) I went back to the front desk carring my stuff because I now have now way to lock it up and am given an incident report to fill out and a crappy lock so I can finish my workout. I work downtown and take a bus and literally work right across the street form the gym so I have no option but to take all my stuff with me.

i honestly would have called the police at had the "teenager" arrested or at least searched. it honestly sounds like she must have stolen your cash.

wftiger

I hate it when people don't leave me alone and decide to chat. News flash, I am there for me not you. Go away.

Also the people that do 5 minutes on treadmill then go do weights, then come back. You are hogging two machines. The world does not revolve around you. One or the other.

nphect

1. people walking and reading on the treadmills and aren't old people. Then i get a look like "why are you running and sweating and breathing hard?". grrr

2. a trainer asking me if i want to talk to a girl that has been eyeing me. "why didn't she ask me?" ,.. "Fine whatever bro your loss." ***** YOU WORK HERE , TELL THAT HO TO COME OVER HERE HERSELF IF SHE WANTS ME TO STICK MY **** IN HER.

DrMAvDPhD

I go to a pretty nice gym (24HourFitness). I don't pay a whole lot of money for monthly dues but there are a lot of members. The gym itself has a "loft-like" feel with exposed ductwork. They have PLENTY of income but the ducts and the fans in the gym are always dusty!

I realize it's a lot of work to keep them clean but in a place where people are working on their HEALTH, breathing heavily, they should really work harder to keep the place and the AIR IN IT clean. I don't think it's just my gym either - I've belonged to several gyms over the years and most of them have looked like this! Look up next time you're at your gym. I bet yours looks similar. ICK!!

Just point it out to a manager and ask if they could clean it. They might not have noticed, many people don't.