Gym pet peeves

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  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.

    I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).
  • kicklikeaGIRL
    kicklikeaGIRL Posts: 867 Member
    Okay, so I know this doesn't affect ME, but its hard to take girls like this seriously.....but I think I find it humors me more than bothers me...haha

    I workout in a college gym facility and for the last week I see these 2 girls come in to workout together. They wear tons of make up (which doesn't bother me as much) and they wear super tight clothes, their hair is perfectly curled/straightened...and then they step on the treadmill for 3 minutes (no LIE!) and then I hear one of them go "ew, gross I am sweating" so they get off their treadmills!! While I am on the treadmill next to them sweating my butt off!! I am literally covered in sweat! My t-shirt is now a different shade of blue!!! Haha!!

    Like I said, it doesn't really bother me as much as it humors me....but when they look at me like "oh my gosh, how could someone even handle sweating like that"....thats about the time I want to punch their lights out!! Haha! And then its not so humorous anymore...haha
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.


    I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).


    If she wouldn't turn the fan off I wouldn't care how fast she goes or how small she is. Leave the fan on!! lol
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.


    I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).


    If she wouldn't turn the fan off I wouldn't care how fast she goes or how small she is. Leave the fan on!! lol

    Then why bring up her weight?
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

    Thank you Craigslist...

    I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. For every jerk, there are 10 inspiring stories every day--from everyday folks just doing their things, to seniors working to maintain quality of life, to overweight people who have to courage to get out in public and take control of their lives.

    None of my "peeves" are meant to be taken all that seriously.

    OK--maybe one or two. :wink:
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.


    I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).


    If she wouldn't turn the fan off I wouldn't care how fast she goes or how small she is. Leave the fan on!! lol

    Then why bring up her weight?


    calm down. I didn't mean anything by it. theres no need for drama
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.

    sorry but I have to say that I absolutely HATE that my gym not only has air conditioning and ceiling fans but big ginormous standing fans on every corner of the room! How am I supposed to sweat and burn anything?

    I can understand when the cardio area is jam packed with lots of ppl but seriously with a hand full of ppl working out u don't need all 20 flans blowing!
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    sorry but I have to say that I absolutely HATE that my gym not only has air conditioning and ceiling fans but big ginormous standing fans on every corner of the room! How am I supposed to sweat and burn anything?

    I can understand when the cardio area is jam packed with lots of ppl but seriously with a hand full of ppl working out u don't need all 20 flans blowing!


    my gym is kinda old and I enjoy the fan. I can't get any closer to it because they only have 2 ellipticals that have the moving arm/hand pieces and I would rather use those than the ones with no arm movement. Unfortunately the one machine this girl likes to get on is closest to the fan. Not sure why she chooses that particular machine since there are so many others just like it, but its right between me and the fan that I have on. And I'm normally there at peak hours when there are a lot of people and a lot of movement going on.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    I wouldn't want huge fans blowing on me, but sometimes the cardio area gets so hot, it's awful.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Nola - I think that is designed for the mens pleasure of seeing ermmm.... women a little nipply! :bigsmile: :laugh:
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

    Thank you Craigslist...

    I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. For every jerk, there are 10 inspiring stories every day--from everyday folks just doing their things, to seniors working to maintain quality of life, to overweight people who have to courage to get out in public and take control of their lives.

    None of my "peeves" are meant to be taken all that seriously.

    OK--maybe one or two. :wink:

    Ya' know, I couldn't relax and work out knowing that there are all of these jillions of ways to piss people off :smile: I've worked hard to get in decent shape, am I now a "musclehead"? Will my mere presence upset anyone? Does letting my skin breathe make me a prima donna showoff? Does lifting heavy enough that I might grunt a little make me an *kitten*? Do the little girls hate me for liting more than 10 pounds? Do the big guys hate me for lifting less than 300? Do I stink? Did I turn a fan on? Did I turn one off? :angry: :explode: :grumble: :blushing:

    Who needs that kind of pressure? I just do my thing at home, and I sweat and I stink and I grunt and groan and pose a little and have a hell of a good time and my dogs never judge me.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    You're lucky! I'd like to have that but I'm in a small apartment.
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    I primarly work out at the gym at work. I also have a gym membership that I use on the weekends but I definitely prefer the little workout room at work to the gym. Its a small room but it has everything I need and for the most part, I'm in there by myself.

    The girl who turns off the fan is at the gym on the weekends.
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    Nola - I think that is designed for the mens pleasure of seeing ermmm.... women a little nipply! :bigsmile: :laugh:

    sometimes I think so too.
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    Nola - I think that is designed for the mens pleasure of seeing ermmm.... women a little nipply! :bigsmile: :laugh:

    sometimes I think so too.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    You're lucky! I'd like to have that but I'm in a small apartment.
    Ya', it took a good bit of room. We have:

    treadmill
    gazelle glider
    elliptical
    bench
    dip tower
    about 200# of iron, including my dumbs, currently loaded about 45# :smile:
    a selection of 2#, 5# and 8# dumbs
    An old television w/Wii(fit) DVD VCR
    and of course some open floorspace for circuits/calisthenics.

    We prob spent less than $600 - not counting the electronics. It's worth it to be able to exercise without pissing people off - which I just learned about a thousand ways to do...
    All this fits in the room that used to house a pool table - and it's a little cuddly. Wanna buy a (disassembled) pool table?
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    You're lucky! I'd like to have that but I'm in a small apartment.
    Ya', it took a good bit of room. We have:

    treadmill
    gazelle glider
    elliptical
    bench
    dip tower
    about 200# of iron, including my dumbs, currently loaded about 45# :smile:
    a selection of 2#, 5# and 8# dumbs
    An old television w/Wii(fit) DVD VCR
    and of course some open floorspace for circuits/calisthenics.

    We prob spent less than $600 - not counting the electronics. It's worth it to be able to exercise without pissing people off - which I just learned about a thousand ways to do...
    All this fits in the room that used to house a pool table - and it's a little cuddly. Wanna buy a (disassembled) pool table?

    Wow, that's awesome for less than $600!!
  • mavsfan2009
    mavsfan2009 Posts: 261 Member
    I think most everyone covered my pet peeves, but just so I can get them out in the open:

    - TOO much perfume or cologne. I feel like I'm choking on your scent while I'm trying to run.
    -People who don't put the dumbells back where they go. I don't want to walk all over the gym looking for the 10 pound dumbell only to find it next to the elliptical.
    -Women who hang out in the locker room nakey. If you're going to change your clothes or get dressed after the shower, the fine...do it, and get it done. But don't stand in front of the mirror drying your hair with absolutely nothing on. You aren't in the privacy of your own home.
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member

    -Women who hang out in the locker room nakey. If you're going to change your clothes or get dressed after the shower, the fine...do it, and get it done. But don't stand in front of the mirror drying your hair with absolutely nothing on. You aren't in the privacy of your own home.

    my bf recently complained of anaked guy standing in front of the mirror shaving (his beard ) lol
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member

    -Women who hang out in the locker room nakey. If you're going to change your clothes or get dressed after the shower, the fine...do it, and get it done. But don't stand in front of the mirror drying your hair with absolutely nothing on. You aren't in the privacy of your own home.

    my bf recently complained of anaked guy standing in front of the mirror shaving (his beard ) lol

    Yeah, that's just not necessary. :laugh:
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    When I used to go to a gym (now I have my own space in my home too), there was a lady that would do her personal grooming in the steam room :noway: :sick: Seriously, like - everything.... shaved in the steam room. I damn near puked.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    When I used to go to a gym (now I have my own space in my home too), there was a lady that would do her personal grooming in the steam room :noway: :sick: Seriously, like - everything.... shaved in the steam room. I damn near puked.

    I once saw a woman sitting bare *kitten* naked on the floor in a shower (the curtain was wide open) shaving too... :noway:
  • RunRideRay
    RunRideRay Posts: 1,536 Member
    This stuff crack's me up, and a little sick too. I've been out of gym's for a long time and thankfully so. It seems a bit intense.....

    A word or two about intense gym peeve's.....I think everyone needs to do some gym time with the college football team. There's something about making a cocktail with roid rage, ego boost, and some nasty rock-roll. I played a little college ball, and let me say, it was interesting (being PC). As if pushing a bar over your throat with far more weight than yourself isn't challenge enough. Add a 280 lb physco deciding to throw cookies (2.5 lbs) at your feet for fun. That's my pet peeve.

    I guess it could be worse, he could have been ranky, naked, on the phone while shaving...and then started throwing cookies laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

    Thank you Craigslist...

    I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. For every jerk, there are 10 inspiring stories every day--from everyday folks just doing their things, to seniors working to maintain quality of life, to overweight people who have to courage to get out in public and take control of their lives.

    None of my "peeves" are meant to be taken all that seriously.

    OK--maybe one or two. :wink:

    Ya' know, I couldn't relax and work out knowing that there are all of these jillions of ways to piss people off :smile: I've worked hard to get in decent shape, am I now a "musclehead"? Will my mere presence upset anyone? Does letting my skin breathe make me a prima donna showoff? Does lifting heavy enough that I might grunt a little make me an *kitten*? Do the little girls hate me for liting more than 10 pounds? Do the big guys hate me for lifting less than 300? Do I stink? Did I turn a fan on? Did I turn one off? :angry: :explode: :grumble: :blushing:

    Who needs that kind of pressure? I just do my thing at home, and I sweat and I stink and I grunt and groan and pose a little and have a hell of a good time and my dogs never judge me.

    Mine doesn't judge me either--he just obsesses over my workout, just like everything else. Don't know about yours, but mine must like the taste of sweat, because he licks me as soon as I am finished. I know some people may find that kind of yucky, but I figure I'm going in the shower anyhow, and normally I am too tired to fight him off. The funny thing is that he knows my workouts. He'll lay quietly on the floor and then as I near the end of the workout, he gets up and positions himself by the machine. I have no idea how he can tell. Usually I do 30 or 45 min of cardio, so he perks up at about 28 min--if I don't stop at 30, he lays back down and gets up 15 min later. He does this before I slow down or stop--it's like he's got his own little timer.
  • LittleSister
    LittleSister Posts: 207 Member
    No matter how many nasty looks you shoot over, they don't get it.

    Oh, they get it. I'm sure they totally get it. They're probably totally aware that you're giving them nasty looks, and they just don't give a ****. In fact, they've probably said to each other outside the gym "Have you noticed that one person giving us those dirty looks when we're talking?" And then they probably laughed and said whatever, we don't care.

    I used to date a guy who was annoyed when people talked during a movie in the theatre - he would give them looks and they'd keep talking. One time he turned around and said "Hey bozos - this dirty look is your cue to shut up!" I thought we were going to have a fight on our hands, but they got quiet, thank goodness.

    People are rude.
  • pannellkat
    pannellkat Posts: 709 Member
    I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

    HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

    There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


    And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.

    Do you only have one fan in the entire gym? And why is she allowed to turn it off? Does she work there?
  • kicklikeaGIRL
    kicklikeaGIRL Posts: 867 Member
    The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

    Thank you Craigslist...

    I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. For every jerk, there are 10 inspiring stories every day--from everyday folks just doing their things, to seniors working to maintain quality of life, to overweight people who have to courage to get out in public and take control of their lives.

    None of my "peeves" are meant to be taken all that seriously.

    OK--maybe one or two. :wink:

    Ya' know, I couldn't relax and work out knowing that there are all of these jillions of ways to piss people off :smile: I've worked hard to get in decent shape, am I now a "musclehead"? Will my mere presence upset anyone? Does letting my skin breathe make me a prima donna showoff? Does lifting heavy enough that I might grunt a little make me an *kitten*? Do the little girls hate me for liting more than 10 pounds? Do the big guys hate me for lifting less than 300? Do I stink? Did I turn a fan on? Did I turn one off? :angry: :explode: :grumble: :blushing:

    Who needs that kind of pressure? I just do my thing at home, and I sweat and I stink and I grunt and groan and pose a little and have a hell of a good time and my dogs never judge me.

    Mine doesn't judge me either--he just obsesses over my workout, just like everything else. Don't know about yours, but mine must like the taste of sweat, because he licks me as soon as I am finished. I know some people may find that kind of yucky, but I figure I'm going in the shower anyhow, and normally I am too tired to fight him off. The funny thing is that he knows my workouts. He'll lay quietly on the floor and then as I near the end of the workout, he gets up and positions himself by the machine. I have no idea how he can tell. Usually I do 30 or 45 min of cardio, so he perks up at about 28 min--if I don't stop at 30, he lays back down and gets up 15 min later. He does this before I slow down or stop--it's like he's got his own little timer.

    Haha! My mom's dog would do that to me ALL the time! She'd lay on the floor watching until I was done..haha.... and then come lick my legs! its so funny to watch! No one would believe me that she did it until they witnessed it!
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    This is probably only a problem in college gyms, but the couples who use the weight machines to make out. Sure, getting physical with your sweetie can be a nice work out in and of itself, but really, does it have to be in the gym?

    eeeeww...really????? :noway: :sick:
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
    The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

    Thank you Craigslist...

    I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. For every jerk, there are 10 inspiring stories every day--from everyday folks just doing their things, to seniors working to maintain quality of life, to overweight people who have to courage to get out in public and take control of their lives.

    None of my "peeves" are meant to be taken all that seriously.

    OK--maybe one or two. :wink:

    Ya' know, I couldn't relax and work out knowing that there are all of these jillions of ways to piss people off :smile: I've worked hard to get in decent shape, am I now a "musclehead"? Will my mere presence upset anyone? Does letting my skin breathe make me a prima donna showoff? Does lifting heavy enough that I might grunt a little make me an *kitten*? Do the little girls hate me for liting more than 10 pounds? Do the big guys hate me for lifting less than 300? Do I stink? Did I turn a fan on? Did I turn one off? :angry: :explode: :grumble: :blushing:

    Who needs that kind of pressure? I just do my thing at home, and I sweat and I stink and I grunt and groan and pose a little and have a hell of a good time and my dogs never judge me.

    Mine doesn't judge me either--he just obsesses over my workout, just like everything else. Don't know about yours, but mine must like the taste of sweat, because he licks me as soon as I am finished. I know some people may find that kind of yucky, but I figure I'm going in the shower anyhow, and normally I am too tired to fight him off. The funny thing is that he knows my workouts. He'll lay quietly on the floor and then as I near the end of the workout, he gets up and positions himself by the machine. I have no idea how he can tell. Usually I do 30 or 45 min of cardio, so he perks up at about 28 min--if I don't stop at 30, he lays back down and gets up 15 min later. He does this before I slow down or stop--it's like he's got his own little timer.

    Awww that is so cute :smooched:
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    I get the not wiping stuff down, general d-baggery, idleness on a popular peices of equipment.

    However, I'm a little miffed at the people wearing jeans. That doesn't effect anyone but them. Why should you care?

    I already explained...it just seems like it would be uncomfortable and restrictive. It seems that someone would be more comfortable wearing sweats or shorts is all. Then it was explained that it wasn't any less comfortable. I take it back, no need to be miffed.

    Is it a Pet Peeve or "I wouldn't do it that way"? There's plenty of "I wouldn't do it that way" for me in a gym. It doesn't become a Pet Peeve unless it directly affects me.
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