What/Who annoys you at the gym

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  • chicky26
    chicky26 Posts: 127 Member
    girls wearing makeup @ the gym .

    Awwwwwwwwww I wear make up (not heavy) but only cos I have low self esteem . . . . . . . .

    I work out hard
  • PatrissiaLu
    PatrissiaLu Posts: 37
    girls wearing makeup @ the gym .

    Awwwwwwwwww I wear make up (not heavy) but only cos I have low self esteem . . . . . . . .

    I work out hard

    I wear makeup at the gym too, but not very heavy. Most of the time it's because I go to the gym straight after work, but by the end of my workout it's most likely smeared and I'm dripping sweat....haha.
  • ksemien
    ksemien Posts: 133 Member
    The who does a set puts them down, walks the entire gym looking at his arms in every mirror, at every angle, then returns to his weights, does another set and repeats the process.
  • jharb2
    jharb2 Posts: 208 Member
    People who talk on cell phones loudly the whole time they are next to you on the elliptical/treatmill... I don't want to hear their conversation. I bet they do that in stores and check out lines too.
  • sweetbippy
    sweetbippy Posts: 189 Member
    Curlbros mirin' their mirror muscles

    Dudes doing angled-leaning squats in the smith rack with 1/2 ROM (I don't know wtf these moves are called but these guys look ridiculous)

    People walking on the treadmill at 1.4mph and gripping the side rails

    Curls in the squat rack (this is a given for anybody that actually lifts)

    1/4 ROM squats in the squat rack

    People that only run on the treadmill when it's a beautiful day outside and there's a nice path less than 1/10 mile down the road

    I may post more later...

    There's more?
  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    The who does a set puts them down, walks the entire gym looking at his arms in every mirror, at every angle, then returns to his weights, does another set and repeats the process.

    Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the most annoying person of 'em all. LOL
  • amtru2015
    amtru2015 Posts: 179 Member
    Dudes who stare like they have never seen a female before. or guys who show off because im walking by. Oh brother, such a turn off. For real.
  • thistimeismytime
    thistimeismytime Posts: 711 Member
    Old men that try to steal my under pants.
    Girls who refuse to sweat during a workout and constantly fix there hair ffs just run and get messy and sweaty.
    Girls who sit on machines talking rather than using them.
    Men that talk to my **** while in the shower.
    People who smell.
    People who wee on the floor and toilet seats.

    Wow...that is a weird gym you go to.

    ^^^BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! thanks dude I needed a laugh today. ;)
  • thistimeismytime
    thistimeismytime Posts: 711 Member
    girls wearing makeup @ the gym

    Hey just because we lift heavy doesn't mean we can't be cute. :smokin: haters gonna hate :laugh:
  • ksemien
    ksemien Posts: 133 Member
    The who does a set puts them down, walks the entire gym looking at his arms in every mirror, at every angle, then returns to his weights, does another set and repeats the process.

    Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the most annoying person of 'em all. LOL

    ^^^Exactly. I mean does he really see results that quickly in a once around the gym.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    The lady that spends the first 30-40 minutes in the gym talking. I actually asked once why she would come in at 5 in the morning and not start working out until 5:30. Answer "I'm putting it off because of my bursitis". I would spend the extra 1/2 hr in bed, but that's me.
  • Arexxx
    Arexxx Posts: 486 Member
    Girls that pack on the make up and only lightly do cardio. You're there to work out. If you're just going to walk at an olds man pace on the treadmil, go home.
  • GBOGH_5
    GBOGH_5 Posts: 174 Member
    The older woman who saw all my tattoos when I was naked in the locker room and immediately began to tell me that I need to find Jesus and he does not agree with my lifestyle. She's probably right, I just don't want to listen to it while naked in the locker room. Or at the gym for that matter. If I am in need of finding Jesus, I will seek him out in a church like normal people. In the meantime, I can promise you that Jesus cares far less about my tattoos than my drinking and promiscuity.
  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    The women at the gym the thinks she has to talk to every guy in there. I'm there to workout not trying to get picked up.

    ^ everyone always says "hey maybe you'll meet someone at the gym". this is precisely why i never say anything haha :ohwell:
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    Dude camping out on a bench. Making his whole routine about different weights on that one bench. One less bench available for the duration.

    Dropping weights. Saw it this morning. Man, it was only 30lbs! If you have to drop it, don't pick it up!
  • Mathguy1
    Mathguy1 Posts: 207 Member
    The gym I use is very small and rarely crowded so not too many complaints. The few I can think up:

    1. Wipe down the machine after you are done.
    2. Put back the dumbbells.
    3. Using horrible form when lifting For example, a teenage boy started doing leg presses on the shoulder press machine! I mean, he was laying, upside down, with his feet where you put your hands and his neck where you sit and pressing upwards with his legs). Ironically, the leg press machine was the next one over. Now, I didn't want to be all "Parental" but I had to go over and stop him from hurting himself or damaging the machine.
    4. People who hold on to the sides of the treadmill while walking and then talk on the phone about how hard they are working out.(you are getting little to no benefit from being on the treadmill if you are holding on to it)
    5. Letting the stack fall after your final rep on a machine. No one needs to hear the stack slam down. Plus you can hurt yourself or damage the machine.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    grunting pigs
  • johnnys30
    johnnys30 Posts: 64 Member
    Being there early in the morning and there are only 2 people using weight equipment. I go to the machine I'm going to use next after what I was doing and change the settings so it is ready and the only other person in the gym goes to it and does 1 set only and changes everything.
  • semeyer
    semeyer Posts: 282 Member
    I got irritated today for the first time.
    I was on the treadmill and there was a pretty large guy working the dumbbells in front of the mirror.
    We have all seen this guy. He was lifting heavy, grunting, dropping the weights and then, he would flex.
    I had to admit he had BEAUTIFUL long hair that he obviously did not forget to condition.
    But I digress.
    As I was leaving, he was standing by the reception counter and he was *****ing about the music. This gym plays "pop" music. Not my favorite but, it is a good mix for the mixed crowd there.
    He was INSISTING that they play something "harder".
    I stopped, looked at him, and said "You know, your phone doubles as an ipod, right?"
    He said that the headphones get caught up in the weights (I can see that), so I suggested that maybe he hum a tune in his head.

    That's why you get an arm-band and run the headphones in the arm hole of your shirt and out the back of the neck hole.....

    ^^ HA! I never thought to do that! Makes life WAY easier! Thanks for the headphone tip! :drinker:
  • Mnm1983
    Mnm1983 Posts: 52 Member
    When 1 person is taking up 2 machines... There was a guy switching between back extensions and crunches... pick one and let someone else use the other!
    Hate that!!!UGH!!!
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
    The creep who winks and licks his lips and stares while we're lifting. Then proceeds to follow us to zumba class and stares in the window, leaves, comes back, stares some more. His a** was reported.
  • bexxgirl
    bexxgirl Posts: 260 Member
    Apart from the major one - of deodorant or perfume clogging my lungs, I have a really weird one.

    I get annoyed when people stand around in front of the treadmill I'm on. I always look for one with a clear space in front of it (ie, no bikes or rowing machines in front), so that I can zone out in my brain and visualise stuff I'm running through. Then some knobs come and stand around chatting right in front of where I'm running and man, do I want to yell "get out of my way!", but that would be ridiculous. So I just get annoyed.

    And before you tell me to run outside, a) I live in one of the windiest and most inclement cities in the world and b) my knees are screwed, so I need the treadmill so that I don't bugger my joints up.

    But I do know it's weird.
  • johnnys30
    johnnys30 Posts: 64 Member
    When 1 person is taking up 2 machines... There was a guy switching between back extensions and crunches... pick one and let someone else use the other!

    I do that frequently but when the gym isn't busy and no one has shown any sign of using one of them. I also get the sets done quickly and move on. If someone asks I say go for it as well.
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    Guys who look at me like, "what are you doing on our side of the gym".

    People who don't rack their weights

    People who don't wipe down their machines when they are finished.
  • lyndyb88
    lyndyb88 Posts: 123 Member
    girls wearing makeup @ the gym

    Hey just because we lift heavy doesn't mean we can't be cute. :smokin: haters gonna hate :laugh:

    Agreed! I NEVER leave my house without at least some eyeliner on (which btw doesn't smear even if I'm working hard)...there's nothing wrong with wanting to look good even when you look bad (all sweaty I mean)

    My gym pet peeve is when the guys (I say guys because I haven't seen a girl do this yet) sweat all over the machines and can't take 10 seconds to clean them off...there are spray bottles of cleaner ALL over the gym...I really don't want to sit on a bike seat and grab handles that are covered in your sweat
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    The only thing that bugs me is stuff that actually physically affects me. That pisses me off. For example, the people who apply huge amounts of perfume or cologne right before they get up next to you on the treadmill. It's really hard to run when my lungs are on fire and I can't breathe through your cloud of funk. You can do or wear or say or be whatever you want at the gym, but when it starts to negatively impact others, it's not cool! :explode:

    THIS^^^ in the 7 months I have been going to the gym, there has only been ONE situation like that, but it was BAD. Dumbass was on the treadmill next to me for like 12 minutes, and it was the longest 12 minutes of my life! As soon as he stepped up, my nose and eyes started burning. It was so bad, I asked one of the trainers if she had smelled it ( she was cleaning a treadmill on the other side of him), but she only smelled the cleaner she used :(

    Today I noticed that someone had cologne on, but it was a tiny whiff, just enough to know it smelled good.
  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    Guys who look at me like, "what are you doing on our side of the gym".

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
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  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    When 1 person is taking up 2 machines... There was a guy switching between back extensions and crunches... pick one and let someone else use the other!

    I do that frequently but when the gym isn't busy and no one has shown any sign of using one of them. I also get the sets done quickly and move on. If someone asks I say go for it as well.

    I do this too... In fact I switched between back extensions and crunches on Monday. However, I work out around between 9pm and midnight. There is hardly anyone there but if they wanted to use one, I'd sure as hell let them.
  • glad2bjar
    glad2bjar Posts: 13 Member
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    YEEEESSSSSS! And then they wanna complain how fat they are. UGH!

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