Who is the most obnoxious person at YOUR gym??

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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    The weight dropping thing gets annoying. I don't like doing my warmup sets with bent dumbells.

    So if you guys would not drop them, I'd appreciate it.
  • dstromley1
    dstromley1 Posts: 165
    If you can't set your 75 lbs down quietly you are lifting above your level. It just shows you are crass to drop your weights. Weight lifting also includes CONTROL of said weights.
    Dumbest comment ever....
  • dstromley1
    dstromley1 Posts: 165
    I don't care if I don't agree with your clothes, makeup, exercise routine etc. whatever you want to do Is fine by me.

    It's when people do things that inconvenience MY workout that I get pissed. There a two inconsiderate chucklef*cks in my gym who come in and NEVER put their weights away. These two dudes will do something like stand in the rack, with a bunch of dumbells and barbells all around them on the floor that they've just used and chucked, then do squats or whatever and just leave everything there.m! So not only do I need to take their weight off if the bar in the rack, I have to do it whole navigating around all the other crap that they've left there! Puppy eating b&stards.
    ^^ this. Half of my gym does this and it drives me insane. When i have to walk to otherside of gym to go get the other matching dumbell i get a lil irritated. i also love when some dumb 17 yr old bad *kitten* leave 1000lbs on the leg press they were just doing half reps with.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    Probably me...

    The old ladies get frustrated with me because Im "loud" (with the free weights and heavy plates... two 40 pound dumbbells get pretty heavy after hoisting them over and over what can I say!) and like to give me a piece of their minds. SMH.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    If you can't set your 75 lbs down quietly you are lifting above your level. It just shows you are crass to drop your weights. Weight lifting also includes CONTROL of said weights.
    Dumbest comment ever....

    I second that. Thems fightin' words...
  • JessicaPasieka
    JessicaPasieka Posts: 149 Member
    There is this one girl who goes to my gym. She always has 10 lbs of make up on and her hair all done up like she's going out to a night club of sorts. She doesn't even break a sweat. She'll jump on the treadmill for maybe 2 or 3 minutes. And wander around doing a couple reps of a machine. Come on, you're at the gym. Get all that make up off, get your hair in a pony tail and actually work out. The only person who is going to pick you up is the juice monkey with the tiny penis. So cut it out.
  • Keto_T
    Keto_T Posts: 673 Member
    i hate these damn threads. every time someone wants to start lifting they post how they are scared to go because they don't want to be judged. and i come in, along with tons of my "mean" friends, and we encourage them to just go work out and that no one is judging them, no one is thinking about them, no one is saying mean things behind their back.

    and right as they start to believe it, they will come in an read bull**** threads like this one and wonder if someone is going to be making a post and laughing about them. thanks for making a liar out of me.

    Just post so i can see your ticker. I love shoulders.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    If you can't set your 75 lbs down quietly you are lifting above your level. It just shows you are crass to drop your weights. Weight lifting also includes CONTROL of said weights.

    I'll assume this was directed towards me. How in the HELL do you set down two 75lb dumbbells quietly? Next time you're in the gym, I urge you to try it..
  • crazydaisy15
    crazydaisy15 Posts: 47
    I swear if I say that I don't like brussel sprouts, people will start b*itching about how I'm hating on the brussel sprouts. This topic really isn't about whether or not someone is a "good" person or a "bad" person. Nowhere has it been mentioned that fat people (me included) are to be ridiculed or intimidated at the gym.

    Rather, it's about basic gym etiquette and how some people are inconsiderate to their fellow gymgoers.


    I was just thinking this. No one is really being judgmental or even making fun of others. Some are legitimate gripes, and others are amusing stories. I don't think I've read every reply, but from what I have read, I haven't seen anything about anyone being made fun of because they are walking too slow, or only lifting light weights. The thread ask about who is obnoxious, not who is the most ridiculous, or anything like that.
    I do find people on their phones annoying. I don't care so much that they do it, but they usually feel the need to talk really loudly, and for a very long time. I listen to music, and when I can still hear them, when my music is playing, that is obnoxious.
    I don't care if people want to work out in full make up, or blue jeans, or whatever, as long as they don't care what I look like.
    I don't like seeing people walking around the locker room naked, but I realize this is my issue, not theirs. Good for them for being comfortable with their bodies. It is a locker room, after all. So while I will walk around with a towel around me, if someone else chooses to be free and easy, that's their prerogative.
    I always wipe down my machines before I use them. I have seen too many people not bother to do it, and in this cold and flu season, I will just take that extra precaution. And I always wipe them down when I'm done too.
    I don't care if people are socializing rather than working out. As long as they are not in anyone's way, or messing around on machines when others are waiting, I tend to go during the least busy times, so I have never really seen this be an issue, but I have heard it can be a problem.
    And I imagine I would be annoyed if people were watching others or seemed to be making fun of others, but honestly, I just do my thing and don't pay a lot of attention to what others are doing. I am polite and will acknowledge people I'm not there to get in anyone else's business.

    edited to add that maybe there are a few ;'exercise snob' type of replies. But I still think most are fairly legit complaints.
  • ashleyrg
    ashleyrg Posts: 85 Member
    1. people who wear heavy perfume
    2. the girls with loads of make up on and hair done all up
    3. people who just stare at you
    4. people who pretend they are working out but actually are talking away on their phone
  • Ron6098
    Ron6098 Posts: 31
    Anyone who gets on the treadmill, elliptical, or bike RIGHT next to me when there are numerous vacant machines of the same make and model. WTF...seriously as%clown?!
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    Hey, it's a *&&^##@ locker room. Why NOT run around naked until you are ready to get dressed. Doing your hair, etc naked gives your body a chance to dry out after a shower, so why not? If you are that sensitive about the bodies of old women (esp old women who are going to the gym for petes' sake) get over it. You will hopefully be there too someday.

    It's just common courtesy I think regardless of age. I am confident of my body but I have enough courtesy to put on a towel when I'm walking around.. a lot of change rooms have hair dryers or atleast electric outlets in them - use it!
  • JackieHJ
    JackieHJ Posts: 9
    Not even a gym-goer, but actually one of the personal trainers.

    He was the one who did my intake, we got to talking a little and then proceded to happily scold me for drinking beer out of a bottle.
    Not because of its caloric value (which I could've handled, because he'd have a point), but for drinking 'a men's drink, in a men's way- you're a girl, drink something more sophisticated'.
    And so on and so forth. And he's supposed to be motivating to the people there :/

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