What do people do to annoy you while you're working out?
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Maybe they're just starting. Maybe their hearts are not yet up to more exertion. Maybe they don't have the confidence yet to do anything more difficult. Maybe they have finally gotten up the courage to join a gym, and they need to learn how to get more out of it. Maybe they are recovering from a neck injury and the only thing their doctor allows is easy leg work.My biggest gym pet peeve is people phoning in their workout. When overweight women sit on the bikes, and just pedal steadily for an hour on the lowest resistance while watching TV. Okay, so you're burning more calories than you would if you just sat on the couch... but seriously? You're paying $40 a month to sit on a bike and just move your legs? Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
At least they're there, starting to develop good habits.
Maybe you could be a bit less judgmental.0 -
I have a few.
People who don't clean their machines and bounce from one machine to another constantly. It grosses me out, makes me lose time on my workout having to clean up after your sloppy *kitten*, and it ultimately makes me not want to work out anymore if I see you there.
Men who walk around with serial killer faces when they approach a machine or a bench. Dude. I know you're tough. I know you're strong. You don't need to intimidate me or the machine. Especially the machine. It has no feelings.
Same goes for guys who make horrific grunting noises on purpose during a workout. You're annoying, not cool. Shut up.
I know someone mentioned people who don't work hard during their workouts and just want to look cute, and that's annoying too. The ones who are on a machine for like 30 seconds and then hop off and strut around hoping someone will look at them. That's not what the gym is for, and if you really think you're going to keep that "hot bod" with that kind of workout, you are wrong, my friend. These two women last week were all "Oh, that does nothing for me" at the glute machine, and then did literally five minutes on an elliptical, five on a treadmill at the slowest pace possible. That explains everything to me.
And last but not least, those people who carry on a conversation AT THE LOUDEST DECIBEL COUNT POSSIBLE, BECAUSE EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER HAS TO HEAR IT. I DID NOT COME TO THE GYM TO LISTEN TO YOU YELL AT EACH OTHER SIX INCHES FROM EACH OTHER'S FACES. Enough.0 -
I couldn't tell you what the person next to me or across from me is doing or looks like. I get into my music and workout. It's all about me...lol. But when I am finished with the machine, turn down music, look up and get ready to get off and clean machine, nothing makes me more disgusted than seeing men staring at my crotch and smiling. I want to walk over and knock that grin off of them but what I do is to never acknowledge any of them. Seriously, I am not working out, trying to lose weight, wearing no makeup, hair not styled and sweating like a stucked pig at the gym to be oogled. So, during my workout it's great, it's just when I am finished with a machine that I come back down to earth and actually see anyone.0
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We have tennis courts at our park about a mile down the road from us. At different times of the day, there are tennis teams that use up the courts. Which, I don't mind, I'm glad the kids are getting active, but would it kill them to post a schedule on the board so we can know when we (regular public) can play?
Or could they not have both middle and high school kids play at once so not all 10 courts are occupied?0 -
Talking on cell phones, slamming down weights on the machines instead of putting them down carefully (if you're slamming them you're not holding the weight!), sitting on exercise balls doing NOTHING talking to your friend while sitting in front of all the mats and other balls so nobody can get to them, that heavy breathing/grunting thing that guys do for some reason...0
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I can't stand when I'm on a piece of equipment and there's people circling like a vulture waiting for me to get off. Or people who consistently stare like "what the hell are you doing here" like larger people should be banned from the gym. I'm at a gym that was known to be directed for body builders, and of course a lot of them still go for weights... so the thought of a larger person on their equipment seems to bother them so bad.
I also can't stand the girls that come in, jump on a bike and casually pedal and are running their mouth like that's the real work out.
I hear you sista! Haha! I absolutely hate that people act like it's a crime that someone who ISN'T a size 0 is in their gym. Last time I checked i'm running a hell of a lot longer than your skinny *kitten* is, so if you have a problem.. Trying doing a real work out.0 -
... Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
Totally depends on your goal. If you're a runner training on a treadmill for a long run, you should be able to carry on a conversation in full sentences. If not, you're going too fast. I've seen people running on the road talking on the phone... I can't imagine you have very good running form while holding the phone to your ear, but if you're hands-free, why not?0 -
Deodorant dodgers - yuk!0
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Counting reps loudly (especially if wearing earbuds, and thus, they don't realize how loud it is)....
ONE! TWO! THREE!!........lol:bigsmile:0 -
Maybe they're just starting. Maybe their hearts are not yet up to more exertion. Maybe they don't have the confidence yet to do anything more difficult. Maybe they have finally gotten up the courage to join a gym, and they need to learn how to get more out of it. Maybe they are recovering from a neck injury and the only thing their doctor allows is easy leg work.My biggest gym pet peeve is people phoning in their workout. When overweight women sit on the bikes, and just pedal steadily for an hour on the lowest resistance while watching TV. Okay, so you're burning more calories than you would if you just sat on the couch... but seriously? You're paying $40 a month to sit on a bike and just move your legs? Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
At least they're there, starting to develop good habits.
Maybe you could be a bit less judgmental.
Yeah, that's one thing I wouldn't judge. As a heavier person, I know how difficult it is to get yourself moving. I still hate running. But I try my hardest to do it. My mom was largely sedentary before we got our gym memberships, but now she can do 5 miles on the bike at 80-90 rpm without a problem.
When you're starting out, it's all about working up to a good pace and dealing with what you can handle. The worst thing you can do is strain yourself early and then have to spend time recovering from injury. Build up to it. Do what you can. Get better with time.0 -
My biggest gym pet peeve is people phoning in their workout. When overweight women sit on the bikes, and just pedal steadily for an hour on the lowest resistance while watching TV. Okay, so you're burning more calories than you would if you just sat on the couch... but seriously? You're paying $40 a month to sit on a bike and just move your legs? Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
Sometimes these threads are funny... but this just makes me sad. That overweight lady on the bike isn't paying $40 a month to be judged by you about her workout routine. She's not bothering you, and yes, it IS better than sitting on the couch at home. Plenty of people like her are too intimidated to join a gym because they're afraid that people like you will sit around and judge them.0 -
i hate when they watch you... its creepy0
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The only thing I've come across (so far) is people claiming they're using more than one machine at a time. If you're sitting on one machine, leaving your workout sheet and your sweat all over another machine twelve feet away is rude and annoying. I don't have time to hang around watching you pose in front of the mirror - I'm standing there because I have a workout to get through so I can get to shower and get my butt to work.0
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My major gym peeve is when someone sits on a machine, not using it, and just chats with somebody. I was on the elliptical the other day for 15 minutes and the entire time I was on it there was a girl casually sitting on an ab machine right in front of me (the only one like it, so if someone wanted to use it they had no other option) talking with somebody. She was no using the machine at all, granted she probably was before the conversation started but come on, get off of it! This drives me nuts, it's so inconsiderate.
AGREE!
A few days ago at the gym there were three girls, EACH sitting on a machine and they were just chatting!! They haven't used the machines before and they didn't intend to use them .... they just used them for a place to sit and talk.
Well, I mean.... there are some really nice sofas over there ... SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE THESE FOR YOUR DAILY EXCHANGE OF CURRENT GOSSIP ?!
I will propably never understand
If i noticed people doing that, i would just politely go up and if i could use the machine if they were not. Come off really nice and *****y, maybe they'll still get the clue that the gym is not a place to sit and talk. 0 -
I always assumed so too.. but apparently some people didn't get the memo *lol*Mimicking walking, while trying to talk to me, when I am on the treadmill.
Seriously?
Does it Look like I want to 'chat' right now?
And why are you pretending to walk with me? It's pretty annoying. :sad:
So I'd have to say that the above ^, as well as people talking on a cell phone and sweaty, damp equipement are my three biggest pet peeves.
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I'm not really a gym-goer... but I was under the impression that treadmill etiquette was sort of like urinal etiquette, no? No talky? Am I wrong?
I got a treadmill for home now.. and now when I am walking on it my husband does that. I must give off a 'Talk to me' vibe. *hahaha* At least with him I can say knock it off with out coming off as a rude antisocial B. 0 -
People sweating too much when they're working out is annoying? Gee, I wish I could control my sweat glands, I'd hate to annoy people. :P0
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Guys not re-racking their weights. My workout takes long enough when I have to load, lift, and re-rack my weights without having to straighten up after other people, too.0
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Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
I disagree. I believe that if you CAN'T carry a conversation while jogging when you're a couple of miles in, you need to work on your endurance.0 -
Wow... Double standards much? We can judge thin girls who go to a gym and phone it in, but not heavy girls?
I see morbidly obese women pushing themselves all the time at the gym. Their limits aren't as high as all of the fit women, but if you think that simply being at the gym and sitting on bike with low enough resistance that the pedals are practically guiding your legs will get you results, you're going to get pretty discouraged.0 -
1. People who decide to talk to me (often about teeth) when I am trying to work my lazy butt off and have just plugged into a really good podcast - and even when I am wearing my 'Mr Grumpy' t-shirt.
2. Then there are those who take the weight I wanted and flail it around as if it was made of paper - why didn't they take a heavier one and leave that one for me?
3. The 'Posers' - the ones who stand by a weight machine, looking in the wall length mirrors - lift one weight then 'clangggggggg!!!!!' it down (thus testing the efficacy of my blood pressure pills) and then stand in front of the mirror, turning this way and that, flexing for another few minutes - and then the strut when when they move off - I HATE pretension (and I can't do it - the strut, that is)
4. Those who move the weight to a higher notch than the one they used before moving on, leaving a sweaty puddle to mark their passing.0 -
I don't like conversation during my workouts...unless it's a question directed towards the workout. Simple questions, yes! Your/my life story, no.
I workout at home for the most part, because I don't like to be watched, or talking. Don't interrupt me during my routine, I can't focus, and I get really ill, which defeats the purpose of my workout.0 -
My biggest gym pet peeve is people phoning in their workout. When overweight women sit on the bikes, and just pedal steadily for an hour on the lowest resistance while watching TV. Okay, so you're burning more calories than you would if you just sat on the couch... but seriously? You're paying $40 a month to sit on a bike and just move your legs? Pro-tip: If you can carry on a conversation while working out, you're not working out hard enough.
You're going to get so much more out of your workout if you at least get up on the treadmill and set it to 4.0-- which is still walking. Want to really get results? Try the weight machines. Ready to take it to the next level and get a real range of motion? Free weights.
OHHHH and that reminds me of another one that really pisses me off! Women who refuse to lift anything heavier than 5lbs because they won't want to bulk up or look like a man.
Dear women: lifting weights will NOT make you look any less feminine. When you see fitness models in magazines or on Pinterest who have 6-pack abs, defined arms and legs-- it's not because they just lift weights! For one, They're most likely photo shopped to give them more definition, and 2. If they really do look like that, it's because they WORKED at looking like that-- They take supplements to allow their bodies to build mass. Most women are physically incapable of building large, defined muscles the way that men do, so many fitness models and body builders take testosterone to help them out.
And I guarantee that if you're seeing a little bit of a bump in your bicep after doing a week of bicep curls, it isn't as noticeable to everyone else as it is to you, and it'll look a lot sexier when your arms are lean, and they have shape.
I never thought of watching TV on my celly while biking(I only bike at the end of my workout as kind of a cool-down process). While I'm on the treadmill or elliptical, I listen to my iPod, if I can easily sing the lyrics, I feel I'm not doing it fast/hard enough. (=0 -
I work really hard when im in the gym and i hate when people look at me like i have ten heads because im sweating!! as far as im concerned if im not sweating i might as well not be there!!0
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It's so funny that you posed this question today because I was about to snarl at someone this morning at the gym.
#1 thing I hate at the gym: men (especially men who are much older than I am--I'm 42 but look much younger) who gawk and try to chat me (or other women) up.
Today there were only 4 people using cardio/ weight machines (myself, a girl who looked about 18, a man about 50 and a man about 60) and damn if the 50 year old didn't go over and start chatting to that girl--maybe he was her teacher or something, I don't know, but it annoyed me and she looked uncomfortable. THEN, Mr. 60-year-old came over and plunked himself down RIGHT next to me on a stationary bike (like there weren't 8 vacant ones in a row) and gawked at my legs in shorts until I wanted to snarl at him like a bear coming out of hibernation.
It's not an age thing really...it would be almost as bad as if a guy my own age had done it (it's a gym, not a singles bar, people! :happy: ) but when it's a guy who is so much older than I (or that poor girl), it's just damn creepy. I don't come to the gym to pick up anyone---leave me (and all the other women) the hell alone! :explode:0 -
So i read the first few replies to this question. I just had to laugh how easily people get pissed off.
A girl is sitting on a piece of equipment not using it - if you want it ASK her to move so you can use it!
A person biking while watching tv, not breaking a sweat - WHY DO YOU CARE?!
If you don't like it - don't look at it. If you have that much spare time to sit and focus on what others are doing with their lives, its time for a new hobby.0 -
1. Woman who where makeup ( I work out at 5am)
2. In body pump when people decide to do their own routine. Why join the class? There's a whole area of free weights.
3. When I get to kick boxing early to have enough space and as class starts, someone comes in and stands right next to me!
It makes me want to round house kick them out of the class!0 -
Mine relates to cell phones too, but not people talking on them... I was at the gym once and the cubbies for people's stuff were in the front, next to the exercise bike, and I don't know wtf was so important in these folks' lives, but I swear to god two of these phones went off every 3 seconds with text messages or calls. I could even hear it through my headphones!
If I take my phone places, and have to have it on or leave it in a public zone, I mute it.0 -
When I'm giving it my all at the gym, sweating my *kitten* off, and I see pretty girls with hair all perfectly done, talking on their cell phone and barely pedaling a bike....LOL....annoys the heck out of me..it's like, Why are you there in the first place?0
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^^ThisI don't like conversation during my workouts...unless it's a question directed towards the workout. Simple questions, yes! Your/my life story, no.
I workout at home for the most part, because I don't like to be watched, or talking. Don't interrupt me during my routine, I can't focus, and I get really ill, which defeats the purpose of my workout.
This is why I choose to work out at home now.
Oh, and the fact that I am not a skinny minny like most of the gals at the gym.
I get so tired of the judge'y looks from the thinner people at some gyms.
I swear you have to work out and get fit at home in secret before being presentable enough to be accepted at fitness gyms these days. :laugh:0 -
When I see a lady come with a full face of make up to workout!0
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