Who is the most obnoxious person at YOUR gym??
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Yeah...I see a lot of people sitting on weight benches or standing in front of the mirror dinking around on their cell phones...Or staring at themselves in the mirror.
One guy at my gym does weights for literally a few seconds, then walks around the gym. Then stares at his arms...really?0 -
Also the old women who go in the hot tub naked. There should be rule against that.
Your gym has a hot tub??!0 -
Everyone at my gym is pretty inconspicuous. Sometimes it gets quiet... too quiet.0
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its a real pet peeve of mine that everyone who goes to the gym thinks everyone else at the gym is a 'juicer' who lifts heavy weights or is 'big', there are a **** of natural guys at my gym who are extremely dedicated and get overly annoyed when people instantly think their on roids. There also salt of the earth nice guys who have helped me tons with advice on form and spotting. I would like to hope that when im eventually where i want to be that people dont instantly assume you take steroids.
Truth! My bf is one of these guys. All natural, even when he competed. What used to offend him is now almost a compliment b/c it’s almost to say you can’t get there without the help of drugs, but he did. I used to get pissed when people ask if I have collagen in my lips, now I just take it as a compliment!0 -
That foam piece that you put over the bar, someone keeps putting it on a wide section of the squat rack, which has stretched it out so much that when I put it on the bar, it just falls right off. There also seem to be a large number of people lately that are not wiping down.0
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This award goes to two equally braindead individuals where I go:
1. Airhead who wanders the gym aimlessly chewing gum and looking at herself in the mirror, only to occassionally get on a cardio machine to make a phone call
2. The guy who is SO JUICED UP his eyelids are puffy and look like slits. He talks to himself and looks around to see if anyone else is watching his lifts. (Clearly, I am. You can't miss this dude.) Another thing he does that I LOVE is lifts his shorts up so he can observe his quads in the mirror.
Am I the ONLY one who has this problem?? I can't be. I just can't!!
The guy that walks into the gym, watches what everyone else is doing and then posts gripes about strangers on the internet, that have nothing to do with his goals or the topic of Fitness and Exercise, and just likes insulting harmless demographics because he enjoys bonding with other judgmental people.
People who pretend to never be judgmental as they make a judgmental post about others.
edited for spelling. Because people will judge me on that.
ZOMG you're so clever I could just fall over. I was most certainly judging - but not anyone in the gym - and yeah - since one of my goals is to get people to go to the gym and not worry that others are watching them and criticising them WHILE they work out, it does actually hinder my goals when the haters all unite for a group gripefest in print.
People show up here and say whatever they want to say - in the open forums - and are responsible for what they put out there. If you don't want responses from the general public, then you don't post the question to the general public.
But by walking into a gym and doing your workout, you are not presenting yourself for public criticism on the internet where you are not afforded the option to defend yourself.
In the forums, we can elaborate our points and defend ourselves. The people you are all hating on, cannot. That's all.
just once I would love to see a thread about something wonderful that happened in your gym, friends you made, someone who you found that you can look up to. Not - who is the most obnoxious person that pays to go to your gym that you don't know.0 -
ZOMG you're so clever I could just fall over. I was most certainly judging - but not anyone in the gym - and yeah - since one of my goals is to get people to go to the gym and not worry that others are watching them and criticising them WHILE they work out, it does actually hinder my goals when the haters all unite for a group gripefest in print.
People show up here and say whatever they want to say - in the open forums - and are responsible for what they put out there. If you don't want responses from the general public, then you don't post the question to the general public.
People post these threads to blow off some steam and have a little fun at the expense of some of the weirdos they have to deal with every day. Yeah it's in public, but if you have to get butthurt and make it all about yourself you can certainly not read it. It's pretty obvious what a post entitled "who is the most obnoxious person at your gym" is going to be about.
And it's not like there haven't been a dozen others just like it.But by walking into a gym and doing your workout, you are not presenting yourself for public criticism on the internet where you are not afforded the option to defend yourself.
People are pretty much banging on people who go to the gym and DON'T work out, but strut around making pathetic attempts to get attention. if you're getting so bent out of shape because you're one of those people you should probably rethink your behavior in the gym.just once I would love to see a thread about something wonderful that happened in your gym, friends you made, someone who you found that you can look up to. Not - who is the most obnoxious person that pays to go to your gym that you don't know.
I'm sure there are. But you're choosing to read and object to the ones that aren't. Lighten up.0 -
ZOMG you're so clever I could just fall over. I was most certainly judging - but not anyone in the gym - and yeah - since one of my goals is to get people to go to the gym and not worry that others are watching them and criticising them WHILE they work out, it does actually hinder my goals when the haters all unite for a group gripefest in print.
People show up here and say whatever they want to say - in the open forums - and are responsible for what they put out there. If you don't want responses from the general public, then you don't post the question to the general public.
People post these threads to blow off some steam and have a little fun at the expense of some of the weirdos they have to deal with every day. Yeah it's in public, but if you have to get butthurt and make it all about yourself you can certainly not read it. It's pretty obvious what a post entitled "who is the most obnoxious person at your gym" is going to be about.
And it's not like there haven't been a dozen others just like it.But by walking into a gym and doing your workout, you are not presenting yourself for public criticism on the internet where you are not afforded the option to defend yourself.
People are pretty much banging on people who go to the gym and DON'T work out, but strut around making pathetic attempts to get attention. if you're getting so bent out of shape because you're one of those people you should probably rethink your behavior in the gym.just once I would love to see a thread about something wonderful that happened in your gym, friends you made, someone who you found that you can look up to. Not - who is the most obnoxious person that pays to go to your gym that you don't know.
I'm sure there are. But you're choosing to read and object to the ones that aren't. Lighten up.
I am allowed to be here representing the other side. You are not singling out any other person objecting on this thread. Only me. I ask you kindly to stop singling me out and allow me to have a differing opinion than yours, and to stop with the insulting.
I never started a conversation specifically with you - you brought my post from the beginning back up and I responded, just like I have been responding every 3 or 4 pages to let any silent readers know that not everyone is going to feel this way. Like other posters who have objected, we just want people to know that not everyone is watching them.
We are keeping a balance here. And someone (or 5 or 10) usually object in the other 12 threads posted about making fun of people working out, just as they have here. it is not just me.
Also feel free to put me on ignore - as I am not insulting you, but you are pointing a finger at me in particular, insinuating that I don't workout when I go to the gym and that I am one of the attention seekers that should be ridiculed, telling me to stop being butthurt and to not participate in this thread just because I don't agree with you- even though others have responded similarly.
I post almost exclusively on information and motivational threads - but I was moved to speak up here, more than once, as others have done, on behalf of those that aren't going to think badly of what other people do in the gym.
kindly do not respond to me again or it will be considered personal. I also promise not to post here anymore, because I am derailing this thread from it's original purpose of having a little fun at the expense of others.0 -
The guy that walks around and talks to people instead of actually working out. Or people who sit on the machines and chat it up with the guy that walks just walks around and talks. And sometimes there is 2-3 of them at a time!0
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LMAO hahhaha i am dying laughing0
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kindly do not respond to me again or it will be considered personal.
Seriously?
Too funny.0 -
Really...who really cares?0
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Seriously?
Too funny.
Struck a nerve I guess huh?
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Guy with no visible muscle telling others about how you can't bulk and cut at the same time :laugh:
Girl who throws a tantrum over waiting 15 minutes for a treadmill when others were waiting before her0 -
Definitely has to be the person who criticizes everyone else and then takes it personal when others disagree with him or her.
Wait. That would be the most annoying person on a forum,not at the gym.0 -
ZOMG you're so clever I could just fall over. I was most certainly judging - but not anyone in the gym - and yeah - since one of my goals is to get people to go to the gym and not worry that others are watching them and criticising them WHILE they work out, it does actually hinder my goals when the haters all unite for a group gripefest in print.
People show up here and say whatever they want to say - in the open forums - and are responsible for what they put out there. If you don't want responses from the general public, then you don't post the question to the general public.
People post these threads to blow off some steam and have a little fun at the expense of some of the weirdos they have to deal with every day. Yeah it's in public, but if you have to get butthurt and make it all about yourself you can certainly not read it. It's pretty obvious what a post entitled "who is the most obnoxious person at your gym" is going to be about.
And it's not like there haven't been a dozen others just like it.But by walking into a gym and doing your workout, you are not presenting yourself for public criticism on the internet where you are not afforded the option to defend yourself.
People are pretty much banging on people who go to the gym and DON'T work out, but strut around making pathetic attempts to get attention. if you're getting so bent out of shape because you're one of those people you should probably rethink your behavior in the gym.just once I would love to see a thread about something wonderful that happened in your gym, friends you made, someone who you found that you can look up to. Not - who is the most obnoxious person that pays to go to your gym that you don't know.
I'm sure there are. But you're choosing to read and object to the ones that aren't. Lighten up.
I am allowed to be here representing the other side. You are not singling out any other person objecting on this thread. Only me. I ask you kindly to stop singling me out and allow me to have a differing opinion than yours, and to stop with the insulting.
I never started a conversation specifically with you - you brought my post from the beginning back up and I responded, just like I have been responding every 3 or 4 pages to let any silent readers know that not everyone is going to feel this way. Like other posters who have objected, we just want people to know that not everyone is watching them.
We are keeping a balance here. And someone (or 5 or 10) usually object in the other 12 threads posted about making fun of people working out, just as they have here. it is not just me.
Also feel free to put me on ignore - as I am not insulting you, but you are pointing a finger at me in particular, insinuating that I don't workout when I go to the gym and that I am one of the attention seekers that should be ridiculed, telling me to stop being butthurt and to not participate in this thread just because I don't agree with you- even though others have responded similarly.
I post almost exclusively on information and motivational threads - but I was moved to speak up here, more than once, as others have done, on behalf of those that aren't going to think badly of what other people do in the gym.
kindly do not respond to me again or it will be considered personal. I also promise not to post here anymore, because I am derailing this thread from it's original purpose of having a little fun at the expense of others.
huh? :huh:0 -
Seriously?
Too funny.
Struck a nerve I guess huh?
Doubtful. I think she realized you're just too dense to understand what she's saying and she's done trying to convince you that 300 post threads mocking people that are trying to better themselves is not a good idea. Maybe on bodybuilding.com we could all have a good laugh together but there people are already DEDICATED to going to the gym. here at mfp, every third post is a newbie saying how intimidated they are about going to the free weights side.
I'm not exactly some overly pc, uptight prude on this Site. I'm rarely even polite, much less considerate. I love to laugh and I'm fine with jokes that come at the expense of others. But know your audience. This ain't the place. Threads like these is why subpar gyms like PF exist0 -
Doubtful. I think she realized you're just too dense to understand what she's saying and she's done trying to convince you that 300 post threads mocking people that are trying to better themselves is not a good idea. Maybe on bodybuilding.com we could all have a good laugh together but there people are already DEDICATED to going to the gym. here at mfp, every third post is a newbie saying how intimidated they are about going to the free weights side.
I'm not exactly some overly pc, uptight prude on this Site. I'm rarely even polite, much less considerate. I love to laugh and I'm fine with jokes that come at the expense of others. But know your audience. This ain't the place. Threads like these is why subpar gyms like PF exist
I understood what she was saying, I disagreed with her.
The people being mocked are not the ones trying to better themselves. I'm sure even the gym newbies can see the humor in some of the situations these people described.
And even if what you're saying is true, judgmentally bashing everyone for being judgmental isn't going to accomplish anything.
Threads like these is why subpar gyms like PF exist
You should probably recommend the obviously superior gym you go to, to the newbies because apparently there are no rude gym people there to make fun of.0 -
Whoever gets in between me and the mirror while I am working out0
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Wait, some of you are actually upset about people being naked in the locker room? Seriously?
"There's good naked...and there's bad naked" - Seinfeld
Honestly, you sound like a major b****. I've had double mastectomies thanks to breast cancer, and I've been self concious enough. If no one like it. they can kiss my a**, including snotty little girls like those who complain about imperfect bodies. Just wait until life takes it's toll on yours.
I agree with the guy who said these kinds of threads are disgusting.0 -
The only time I get annoyed at the gym is if someone is d*cking around on a machine/area that I need to use or if people are watching me (being the only black person in my small European town, this happens a lot).
I really don't care if someone is doing something I wouldn't do. It's their body.
Oh - just thought of something else! Back at my gym in the states, this guy would work out in a plastic suit and leave puddles of sweat on the floor. PUDDLES like rain puddles. That was nasty. Work out but don't make me slip in your sweat!0 -
The guy who thinks he's too big and swollen to allow you to pass through the hallway.
Excuse me, Arnold. But some of us have cardio to do...Move it!0 -
I have an older guy at my gym.. He is in good shape, but he often finds an open area in the gym and does Karate with an invisible friend... and makes sure he gets everyones attention with loud "Yas and Has" and other crazy noises when he kicks or punchs.... and then he runs around the indoor track and "pumps" him self up loudly, raising his arms like he just won something....
Hahahah! This actually made me LAUGH OUT LOUD. There is a boy at my university who does this on our green. So hysterical!0 -
My favorite is when women go way too "made up" to the gym. Personally, I don't see the point of CAKING on the mascara (which if you're working hard enough is gonna run anyway) and masking yourself in orange concealer (which clogs pores when you sweat!)0
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The a-hole who works at the front desk.
Then one day he saw me wearing a "Keep calm and kill zombies" sweater and now he's nice to me.
I'm pretty sure he 100% believes he's gods gift to all women.0 -
smelly guy who sometimes forgets to wipe down his machine. Ewww.0
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I have an older guy at my gym.. He is in good shape, but he often finds an open area in the gym and does Karate with an invisible friend... and makes sure he gets everyones attention with loud "Yas and Has" and other crazy noises when he kicks or punchs.... and then he runs around the indoor track and "pumps" him self up loudly, raising his arms like he just won something....
My brother related a similar story from his gym. It was a smaller gym on two levels; the bottom floor had weights and cardio machines, and the top floor was open space for stretching, cardio, etc- as well as having a punching bag. One of the regs would be lifting weights, then suddenly drop the weights to run a few laps around the floor, dodging machines and other gym goers. He'd then bound up the stairs and take on the punching bag with cries of "Come at me!" and "Bring it!" before heading back down to his weights.
ROFL!0 -
I love the karate one0
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Not obnoxious but just a little weird. A guy on the treadmill gives the occasional loud "yeah!" Like he's pumping himself up. But what do I care, I've got my headphones on. And sometimes in between songs when I CAN hear him I like to pretend he's cheering me on. 0
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I workout at home most of the time. My teenage son is the most annoying. No matter what, he appears to have some reason to pester me during that small amount of time I am exercising. My dogs just la on the couch and stare at me. Lol0
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