Gym Etiquette - what bugs you?
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People who don't wipe off the machines after they have used them. So icky!
Kids that just play around on the equipment and not really use it.0 -
I see a lot of posts about people pissed off about others not racking weights. Funny with all the members on MFP that this still happens so often.
My personal opinion is if I have to pick up my weights off the floor or under the dumbbell rack, or breakdown the weights left behind on the leg press, or whatever, I am not racking a damn thing. I am putting things back the way I found them. I don't work for the gym. I pay to use their equipment. I know it sounds ****ty, but my dues should be used to pay for personnel that will enforce the rules and make members re-rack their weights and/or rack the weights for us. Period...0 -
So far, the people at my gym seem pretty good about wiping down equipment after use, and the gym has a strict policy about phone use in the fitness area, so I have no complaints there. I do, however, find it extremely annoying when people hog equipment. During peak workout times (which, i try to avoid, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way!) I think it's incredibly rude to spend more than 30 minutes on a machine, particlarly when it's incredibly busy. Seriously, you NEED the stationary bike or treadmill for 50+ minutes when there are plenty of people waiting??? I just think that's so rude.0
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Let me stop you right there, and just say this: YOU ARE PART OF THE REASON PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE GYM.I see a lot of posts about people pissed off about others not racking weights. Funny with all the members on MFP that this still happens so often.
My personal opinion is if I have to pick up my weights off the floor or under the dumbbell rack, or breakdown the weights left behind on the leg press, or whatever, I am not racking a damn thing. I am putting things back the way I found them. I don't work for the gym. I pay to use their equipment. I know it sounds ****ty, but my dues should be used to pay for personnel that will enforce the rules and make members re-rack their weights and/or rack the weights for us. Period...
Seriously, how is the situation going to get any better if you're going to pout because you had to pick up after someone else so you could do your workout? I'm not saying you need to go throughout the entire gym and make sure things are perfect, but would it kill you to re-rack a couple plates? It takes me a max of 2 minutes to clean off the power pad/squat rack/bench so that I can use it - hardly worth the cost of hiring an employee0 -
Because I am tired of always having to pick up after the last person. It gets Old... Very fast. I used to be a real Gym Rat. Always there. Working out twice a day. 90 min in the AM, 90 min after work. Constantly picking up after somebody else mess is a PITA. I am no angel, I make mistakes and forget to wipe down a bench no and then, but I used to spend more time searching for dumbbells that I need because they are on the floor of the cardio room instead of on their racks... I got tired of it. It its not one gym that is like that.... Its every gym I used to go to... I used to run a Gym in Harem for a while for a friend as well. And I hired people to work the floor at peak hours to keep the place neat rack weights when they are left behind. So don't get all high and mighty on me. I pay to workout, not to clean up after others. Don't like my opinion, oh well. Simple answer is: get to the gym before me.
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I admit to being an occasional un-re-racker, although I usually catch myself before anyone else has to rerack my stuff.
What I really hate is when the music for the Zumba class is turned up so loud that I can't hear my own music in my earbuds. Our gym is pretty small, so the class area is literally right next to the cardio machines. Annoying as heck.0 -
1. Perfume/body spray - the young girls that bathe in this before working out... I almost choke on that junk. AND believe me, I make sure they take note hahah! I cough loudly or make a sour face at them or plug my nose! (Yes i may be rude but its gross its so pungent)
2. Body odor, the guys that wear the same gym shirt day in and day out.... not so pleasant to get a whiff of that
3. Racking weights - please re-rack!!
4. Women than have to go on cardio machines in pairs..... they RUN across my gym when they see two machine, only to walk maybe at 2.0 for an hour and talk.0 -
Because I am tired of always having to pick up after the last person. It gets Old... Very fast. I used to be a real Gym Rat. Always there. Working out twice a day. 90 min in the AM, 90 min after work. Constantly picking up after somebody else mess is a PITA. I am no angel, I make mistakes and forget to wipe down a bench no and then, but I used to spend more time searching for dumbbells that I need because they are on the floor of the cardio room instead of on their racks... I got tired of it. It its not one gym that is like that.... Its every gym I used to go to... I used to run a Gym in Harem for a while for a friend as well. And I hired people to work the floor at peak hours to keep the place neat rack weights when they are left behind. So don't get all high and mighty on me. I pay to workout, not to clean up after others. Don't like my opinion, oh well. Simple answer is: get to the gym before me.
as has been said, youre part of the problem. if people see you re-racking someone elses weights then maybe they will be inclined to do so. you pay to use their equipment not to be a spoiled baby thinking because so and so didnt do it i am not.
if the urinal isnt flushed i sure as hell am not going to not flush when im done. its just common courtesy. congrats you owned a gym that you could afford the luxury of having someone run around and generally babysit adults who by all accounts should know better. not all gyms can do that0 -
Re-rack your f*cking weights! The end.
Amen! Nothing like leaving the bar loaded with 45 lbs plates up on the highest notch of the Smith Machine..... Yes, I can pick up a 45 pound plate, but no, I cannot lift it off of a bar the I can barely reach.0 -
Your biggest mistake is using the Smith machine!Re-rack your f*cking weights! The end.
Amen! Nothing like leaving the bar loaded with 45 lbs plates up on the highest notch of the Smith Machine..... Yes, I can pick up a 45 pound plate, but no, I cannot lift it off of a bar the I can barely reach. 0 -
People not cleaning their cardio machines when they are done, any cell phone use other than lobby, too much cologne/perfume-it bothers my asthma.0
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Your biggest mistake is using the Smith machine!Re-rack your f*cking weights! The end.
Amen! Nothing like leaving the bar loaded with 45 lbs plates up on the highest notch of the Smith Machine..... Yes, I can pick up a 45 pound plate, but no, I cannot lift it off of a bar the I can barely reach.
Why is that?0 -
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Your biggest mistake is using the Smith machine!Re-rack your f*cking weights! The end.
Amen! Nothing like leaving the bar loaded with 45 lbs plates up on the highest notch of the Smith Machine..... Yes, I can pick up a 45 pound plate, but no, I cannot lift it off of a bar the I can barely reach.
Why is that?
It forces you to use a fixed plane of motion on the lift. It's not natural that way. It puts your knees and hips in positions that can cause injury and will not allow you to use proper form and obtain maximum benefit from using a free weight version of the lift.0 -
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People who want to have social hour while I am waiting to use that machine. I will say something to them though. I am there to work out and if you want to talk to me do it when I'm done. I don't bother you...you don't bother me.0
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#3. I am on my own time... i have my hat on.. incognito...music... notebook... drink.. gloves... and i am lifting 70 lb dumb bells above my head.........................DO NOT BUG ME!!!!!!!!
WOW, 70? I had a hard time with 20. How long have you been lifting? I just started 1.5 weeks ago.0 -
People who want to have social hour while I am waiting to use that machine. I will say something to them though. I am there to work out and if you want to talk to me do it when I'm done. I don't bother you...you don't bother me.
i keep it very simple. theres about 5 people that i say hi to and thats about it. may make a 10 second conversation out of hey matt, how you doing, hey ben did you see the pens game, but i keep everything short and sweet.0 -
People who want to have social hour while I am waiting to use that machine. I will say something to them though. I am there to work out and if you want to talk to me do it when I'm done. I don't bother you...you don't bother me.
i keep it very simple. theres about 5 people that i say hi to and thats about it. may make a 10 second conversation out of hey matt, how you doing, hey ben did you see the pens game, but i keep everything short and sweet.
I know quite a few people at my gym. I will do the head nod saying hi but I do alot of circuit routines so I can't stop to chat until before or after. I like short and sweet.0 -
I only have two things that really bug me.
1. When people don't wipe down machines. Especially in the winter with th Flu going around. When I'm sick I skip the gym and workout at home so everyone else doesn't get sick. Some people don't care.
2. Boys that are like 10-12 years old running around the gym using all the equipment. Maybe it's just me but why would a young kid with tons of energy need to go to a gym to workout? You're with all your friends, go run around outside and play a game. My nephew is 11 and he doesn't go to a gym to work out. It really bothers me when I'm on a roll and I'm ready to move from a machine to something else and I can't get on a specific machine because a 10 year old thinks he needs to work out on an elliptical.
I agree with you on #1 but as to #2...my son is 10 and comes with me. He has extremely lax tendons and ligaments that require exercise to tighten so that his joints stay in place. He uses many machines in order to get all his "problem" areas. (by problem I mean the loose joints...he is in no way even close to fat. He's 4'11" and 77lbs).0 -
People who are several moves/beats behind in BodyStep.
It's like "can you not see the pattern, repetition of moves and that you're doing something TOTALLY different than everyone else?"
Yes, actually I do recognize that. I am uncoordinated, clumsy and have no rhythm, but I'm doing my best and it's people like you that make me drop group classes. I try to stand in the back so as not to confuse people but it doesn't always work out that way. I still get a good workout and I don't need to be judged on my performance.
yeah, I quit going to group classes and don't like them for this very reason. I have no sense of timing....and so I'm never in sync...and if I hurry up to catch up, I still get out of rhythm very quickly.
Add to that, if you're new in a class and don't know the patterns yet...it takes some of us a while.0 -
All the FARTING! GEESH!
Oh wait.....that's me.
i never get stomach bubbles until someone gets on a machine next to me.....
Stomach bubbles....too funny0 -
oh, and i hate it when women don't return my creepy, staring eye contact! lol
Oh you'd love me! I have stare downs all the time.
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Oh, and folks that bring their gd kids into the gym and let them run around without supervision. If your gym doesn't have a kid area, leave your crotch-fruit at home (crate it or something).
I'm sitting at work in a room with 4 other people besides myself, and I stopped everyone just so I could read this statement. I will now refer to my daughter as my beloved crotch fruit lol0 -
1- Curling on the Squat rack.
2- People not picking up their weights/Dumbells.
3- Talking on the Phone.
4-Grunting.
5-Taking a long time between sets because of talking or being on smart phone.0 -
Grunting?......
Anyway, cell phone use also has become a pet peeve... Today, this girl was shouting! I could hear her over my music which was all the way up..
"Like hai Mark, ya I'm coming over I'm just at the Y, like yeah are you coming over? Like are you gonna come over or what?"0 -
1. Guys doing a million sets on one machine (lat pull down) so I can't get a chance to do my two sets.
2. The guy above but he and his two friend are spending the afternoon on the machine.
3. Horking in the shower. I wear flip-flops but still!
4. Gyms not have enough 12.5 to 25 lbs weights (for women) and have three 65 lbs sets that are never used.
5. Women having loud, personal conversation in the change room. I don't care if you think he might have been a bad date...if you're spending that much time on the topic, he was.
6. Gyms not throwing out old towels that should be rags for cleaning rather part of their towel service.0 -
They had to put in a sign in my gym's shower area saying not to do this. Also no urination nor shaving.3. Horking in the shower. I wear flip-flops but still!
My university's shower area had a huge "NO INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR" sign.0 -
I hate when women wipe down their bicycle seats.0
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1. people not wiping down their machines after
2. people talking LOUDLY so that you can hear their entire conversations
3. People ''saving' multiple weight machines so that they can just rotate between 'their' set for the day without other people using it... You get the one machine that you are on! Everyone else wants to be able to use the machines too!
I don't necessarily save my machines, but I do rotate machines during my sets. What annoys me is when a group of guys is just standing and sitting at a machine and not using it becuase they're on their 5 min break, and I just ask if I can rotate in to do my 12 reps and move on in my circuit and they get pissy with me and walk away as if I just took their machine from them. I'm gonna be done in like 30 secs and you can have it back!0 -
My pet peeves... when all the elliptical machines are empty and some dude always takes the one next to me and does his sideways/ backwards/ weird elliptical stretches routine.... I mean come on I can see you looking at me.
Girls who wear full makeup and barely exercise. Along with this- people who use the gym as a place to hookup.
Muscle shirts on guys..why even wear a shirt or just put one on.
I don't really care, but the people on the bikes in front of me who are barely getting an ankle workout while reading their kindles/books/newspapers. They put 0 resistance and go as slowly as possible and they are there everyday and never change the routine. Why bother..you're just wasting space AND I have to look at you everyday :P.
People who drink soda as their hydration of choice on a cardio machine.
People chugging down protein shakes in the middle of their workout.
Spitting on the carpet..wth is wrong with you???
Oh well, fake it til you make it I guess.0
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