What/Who annoys you at the gym
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People walking on the treadmill at 1.4mph and gripping the side rails
This is what I was going to say. Drives me nuts. You come to the gym to lose weight/get in shape, and you walk slowly while you hold on to the rails for dear life. Good luck with that.
Stop judging people.. how do you know their past? When I tore all the ligaments in my ankle I couldn't walk for more than 6 months.. so when I went to the gym I would walk on the treadmill slowly cos I was still learning to walk again? And walking on the treadmill was safer than walking outside at that time cos I hurt my ankle so badly.. if I put it in the wrong angle, it would cain. Some guy had the nerve to come up to me and ask if I could get off so he could actually work.. yeah he looked a bit flustered when I limped off and told him that the reason I was working slowly was because I hadn't been able to walk for the past 6 months.0 -
This!I'm not bothered by what other people do, I'm there for me and that's all that matters.0 -
This is why I workout out at home or outside.0
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You're are never done.
That picture is stupid.0 -
I just had a bit of a rant at the gym staff member as I have been using that gym for about 8 months now and out of the 5 cycle machines 2 are out of order (one with a sign and the other one not so newbies are always trying to get it to work and you have to tell them.) The 2nd big monster size treadmill was showing an error message and the other big one has had an out of order sign on it since I started. There are only 3 ellipticals and yes you've guessed it one has a sign on it that's been out of order since I joined.
It is a small gym and it is very cheap and the people that use it are all friendly and down to earth - but today took the biscuit as I really wanted on the elliptical and both were being used and they have just bought a brand new squat rack, new benches and a load more weights - but I had to point out that they really need to fix the equipment they have got before they get new stuff in - argh!0 -
The stuff that bothers me is the same kind of thing everyone else has already said. Especially shallow girls who wear makeup and giggle and take up half the equipment while gossiping. But, I'm guilty of having done everything at least once (it's so easy to forget to unload the leg press), including standing around having social time.
Something I really ENJOY at the gym is the collection of awesome old guys, from recently retired 65s right up to a determined chap who must be pushing 90. They have the funniest conversations, and they don't mind at all if I join in with their chatter. Their cameraderie is a welcome change from the usual push-push-get-fit-get-fit routines.0 -
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.
It's called supersetting... extremely efficient for getting the same amount of work done in a smaller amount of time.0 -
Weird, middle-aged man who sat on a stationary bike while pedaling very slowly, if at all, staring at me the entire time I was there working out...............
Are you sure he wasn't on a higher level/resistance?0 -
The girl on the elliptical next to me that strides ever so slowly on it and texts and talks on the phone telling everyone how she's been working out every day for "2 hours"... yet I've never seen her even break a sweat ... she probably burns the same amount of calories that I do in 15 minutes! I try to go when she's not there because her lack of effort brings my energy level down!
There's a girl at my gym that does this too. She goes ever. so. slowly. watching TV, not breaking a sweat. Hell, she's wearing LOAFERS, not gym shoes. I'm beginning to think she only comes to the gym to watch TV :huh: because she doesn't have one at home?
"No matter how slowly you go, you're lapping everyone on the couch."0 -
I went to a gym recently, which I haven't done since college. I work out at home and have been putting together a nicely equipped home gym but I'm lacking a few things still and figured I'd give a free trial of the local gym a try.
I don't think I'll ever go back.
I weigh around 320 pounds. I'm not small. Of course, that is why I'm going to the gym, you know? Not only did I have half of the people staring at me the whole time I was there, but more than once I had people come up to me asking me if I could let them use the equipment I was using because they would "get more use out of it." When I said no to one of them they actually had the nerve to tell me that "a gym membership isn't going to do *kitten* if if you keep eating double cheeseburgers." Umm... excuse me?
One of the trainers heard it and asked that guy to leave, but that gym was a horrible experience. I'll just keep growing my home gym. (I'm going to work on getting more weight lifting equipment next.)0 -
And those guys who want to show off their muscles!
Really?!0 -
The b!tches that give me side eye for working out. I don't hate on your for being there so leave me alone while I'm doing my thing.
@ggcat, that one gets me too! Who works out with their hair down?
I work out with my hair up, except for when I bench and do chest flyes. You try lying flat on a bench with your hair up, its uncomfortable as all hell.0 -
I just had a bit of a rant at the gym staff member as I have been using that gym for about 8 months now and out of the 5 cycle machines 2 are out of order (one with a sign and the other one not so newbies are always trying to get it to work and you have to tell them.) The 2nd big monster size treadmill was showing an error message and the other big one has had an out of order sign on it since I started. There are only 3 ellipticals and yes you've guessed it one has a sign on it that's been out of order since I joined.
It is a small gym and it is very cheap and the people that use it are all friendly and down to earth - but today took the biscuit as I really wanted on the elliptical and both were being used and they have just bought a brand new squat rack, new benches and a load more weights - but I had to point out that they really need to fix the equipment they have got before they get new stuff in - argh!
Just saying - a lot of Gyms take out leases, which means after every 5 years they automatically get equipment replaced with newer models..0 -
I don't get annoyed by much at the gym because I have my music on and just deal with it. But when I went to the gym last Friday my iPod died on me. Heartbreaking. So I had to deal with the radio which was fine.
What annoyed me was the woman next to me on the treadmill, whose music was on full volume, and was farting throughout her entire workout. Clearly she couldn't hear because of her music, but she must have smelt it.
I could and I nearly threw up0 -
I don't get annoyed by much at the gym because I have my music on and just deal with it. But when I went to the gym last Friday my iPod died on me. Heartbreaking. So I had to deal with the radio which was fine.
What annoyed me was the woman next to me on the treadmill, whose music was on full volume, and was farting throughout her entire workout. Clearly she couldn't hear because of her music, but she must have smelt it.
I could and I nearly threw up
Lol0 -
I know running can give some people stomach issues but there is nothing worse than someone running next to you, farting non-stop. It is just so gross.
Other than that, I can't stand those girls who give you random side eye/b!tch face.0 -
I can be one of the ones who suffers like that, but whenever I am feeling gassy, I hold it and leave the room XD I don't just let loose0
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when a hot girl looks at me and i get excited and cant cover it!0
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A lot of these things I don't understand why they bother people. Like women wearing makeup to the gym. People lifting too much weight. women walking on treadmills and not breaking a sweat. etc etc. How does that affect you? I go to the gym to worry about myself.
well when they take up all the treadmills and could be walking outside, and are obviously not obese, and i have to wait 20 minutes so they can burn 10 calories, its annoying.
So, if they could be walking outside, why can you not do the same?
I get irritated, too, when all the treadmills are taken. The difference is, rather than let that annoyance get to me, I just take my tail on out to the parking lot of the high school where a single lap is 1.65 miles and resolve to go to the gym for deadmill duty at a better time.
i want to time my sprints, not guesstimate it on a track. The whole point of a treadmill.
I time mine outside, with a stopwatch....0 -
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.
They have blue tooth sports head sets now that connect to your phone. No wires. It's kins of cool like that. But they are pricier than normal earbuds.
Or if you get an armband and run the wire through the sleeve of your shirt it doesn't get caught...some people can't think for themselves.0 -
I just had a bit of a rant at the gym staff member as I have been using that gym for about 8 months now and out of the 5 cycle machines 2 are out of order (one with a sign and the other one not so newbies are always trying to get it to work and you have to tell them.) The 2nd big monster size treadmill was showing an error message and the other big one has had an out of order sign on it since I started. There are only 3 ellipticals and yes you've guessed it one has a sign on it that's been out of order since I joined.
It is a small gym and it is very cheap and the people that use it are all friendly and down to earth - but today took the biscuit as I really wanted on the elliptical and both were being used and they have just bought a brand new squat rack, new benches and a load more weights - but I had to point out that they really need to fix the equipment they have got before they get new stuff in - argh!
You win. That is worth griping about. We pay for our memberships and while most understand that machines break down occasionally, it is just wrong when they go for eons unrepaired. If fees are not enough to keep the equipment in reasonable order, then either fees need to be reevaluated or destructive idiots need to be booted out!0 -
Please stop. You sound like spoiled brat who didn't get their candy.A lot of these things I don't understand why they bother people. Like women wearing makeup to the gym. People lifting too much weight. women walking on treadmills and not breaking a sweat. etc etc. How does that affect you? I go to the gym to worry about myself.
well when they take up all the treadmills and could be walking outside, and are obviously not obese, and i have to wait 20 minutes so they can burn 10 calories, its annoying.
So, if they could be walking outside, why can you not do the same?
I get irritated, too, when all the treadmills are taken. The difference is, rather than let that annoyance get to me, I just take my tail on out to the parking lot of the high school where a single lap is 1.65 miles and resolve to go to the gym for deadmill duty at a better time.
i want to time my sprints, not guesstimate it on a track. The whole point of a treadmill.
Oh and that's not the "point of a treadmill".
who are you talking to brohan
the whole point of treadmill is to be able to set paces, other than being able to run inside.0 -
A lot of these things I don't understand why they bother people. Like women wearing makeup to the gym. People lifting too much weight. women walking on treadmills and not breaking a sweat. etc etc. How does that affect you? I go to the gym to worry about myself.
well when they take up all the treadmills and could be walking outside, and are obviously not obese, and i have to wait 20 minutes so they can burn 10 calories, its annoying.
So, if they could be walking outside, why can you not do the same?
I get irritated, too, when all the treadmills are taken. The difference is, rather than let that annoyance get to me, I just take my tail on out to the parking lot of the high school where a single lap is 1.65 miles and resolve to go to the gym for deadmill duty at a better time.
i want to time my sprints, not guesstimate it on a track. The whole point of a treadmill.
I time mine outside, with a stopwatch....
yeah your right i could do that. obviously would be better than doing it on a treadmill. everytime i do it though its off my 10-15 seconds and the treadmill makes it easier.0 -
The five bros who come in together and use one bench at a time. One guy lifts, four guys talk about how great their arms look.0
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I found a new dislike today...I was on the bike, and there's a stair stepper right next to the bike. A guy came and got on the stair stepper...and then proceeded to sweat...a LOT...he was literally dripping sweat...I wouldn't care about this, except he let go of the handle and shook his arm out, which sent a bunch of his sweat flinging on me...ewwwwwwwww0
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Curls in the squat rack
1/4 ROM squats
1/128 ROM leg press with way too much weight
1/2 ROM Bench
Horrible form curls
Rounded lower backs on deadlifts/rows/etc
People who circuit train and use multiple pieces of equipment at once and will not allow you to work in
Using dumbbells on one of the barbell bench stations when there is an adjustable bench open
Sweating all over a piece of equipment and then leaving it all sweaty when they're done
Not allowing other people to work in when taking 5-10 minute rest breaks
People who smell
Moving around the dumbell benches to row or deadlift, creating a maze out of the benches0 -
When people ignore the sign requesting people with small children use the "family" locker rooms and thier 5 year old son gets a free show while I am trying to get dressed. Seriously!? Why not pop the kid some popcorn and erect a pole for me? I'll give the little tyke a good show!
Yes!! This happened to me and the kid happened to be in my daughter's class...he was like 6 or 7.....unbelievable.0 -
The people who bring there kids and let there kids run around crazy.
thank god we have a day care center for the kids at our gym. i dont think i could work out at a gym with kids running around. that is not safe0 -
old men who wear crop tops get the weights go to a machine and not use it for that purpose...than burp so loud i could hear it through my headphone with blaring loud music!!! i dont care if guys burp but in public or if they burp period...but when its loud and disgusting thats when i hate it.0
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The small group of body builder types who insist on staring at my boobs everytime I work out.
Don't get me wrong, I know a guy is going to look but the staring/drooling thing is an issue.
I'm seriously considering going to a women only gym due to them!!0
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