Pet Peeves at the Gym
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When there are ten EMPTY treadmills and someone ALWAYS has to climb on the one RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!! UGH!
Yes!! It's like they're purposely trying to annoy the hell out of you:explode:
I sometimes get on a machine next to someone because the show I want to watch *cough-Good eats-cough* is on the tv that's there...so I won't go to one that's so far away I can't see...many people don't do this to bug someone.
People who go to the circuit to use one or two machines for 10-25 minutes...screwing up everybody else who is actually using the circuit the way it's intended to be used.
Amen to not wiping down machines. Gag me.0 -
When people sit on the weight machines for ages without using them and just staring into the mirrors0
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When people sit on the weight machines for ages without using them and just staring into the mirrors
Hahahahaha! That's both annoying and silly. They sit there and stare at themselves...or dink around on their phones while sitting at the machine.0 -
1. People who get on machines (treadmills, ellipticals, etc.) and go at no elevation, 2 mph for 30 minutes. You can do that on the track and not waste machines!
2. People who stare in the mirrors at you, watch you on the machines, etc. I understand, everyone is curious about who's in here working on their fitness. But if you aren't introducing yourself or commenting on my form, why are you hovering and staring?
3. People who get on a machine, do a set, then send texts for 5 (full) minutes, do another set, send texts for 5 minutes, and repeat.
4. And, of course, my personal favorite -- the competitors. You know who I mean. There's one guy who will get on a bicycle next to me and turn it on level 2 and try to break the machine. You can hear it screeching in agony. And he's in agony -- he has a towel over his face half the time; he leaves looking like he's jumped in the pool. When he doesn't have the towel over his face, he's turning at a 90 degree angle to blatantly stare at how I'm doing in my workout.
haha sorry, getting off my soapbox now0 -
My peeves are about the gym itself - they always have the music so freaking loud - I wear sound suppressing headphones and I sometimes still can't hear my music over theirs - and when I ask to get it turned down it goes down a notch for 5 mins then its back up again - and I am there to get my session in not run back n forward to the desk all the time - grrr - I feel like a moany old fart asking for the music to be turned down but I don't want to hear their crappy dance music. There are only 3 crosstrainers (ellipticals) and one has been broken for ages - they help my knee and it annoys me that I want to go back to it in between my intervals on other machines and I can't.
It's a small gym, not part of a large chain, there are no posers and nearly all the gym users just come in and get on with it so these irritations aren't a problem all the time - just enough to annoy me. In saying that, the funniest thing I saw was this person I hadn't seen before took all the decent dumbells off the rack, loads of the weights and bars set himself up a circuit down the length of the gym - nothing wrong with setting up a circuit loads of people do their own thing and set up the equipment for it - however... He was so loud and grunted and roared through the circuit - would do one noisy set of 5 then prowl about the gym posing for the next 10 mins then do it again - but he was even grunting in exertion for really light stuff - for example flipping the tractor tyre up n down the gym he was practically yelling - I thought it was funny as this wasn't someone that was just starting out and trying to push themselves - it was someone that was bulging with muscles and clearly no stranger to strength training and should have found that stuff easy. It seemed to me the noise was purely to draw attention to himself.0 -
People who curl in the squat rack
/rage every fcking time and contemplate chunking 10lbs weights at their head like frisbees
I thought maybe I was the only one that became enraged with that!0 -
Great question!
1) It's gross when people don't wipe down the machines/mats/exercise balls.
2) Women who spray heavy perfume in the locker room drive me nuts. One day I was in there and ended up in the line of fire of someone's body spray. It was over-the-top offensive. I understand a small spritz, but a fog of spray in close quarters? Come on now. I was at the locker two down from hers. Maybe it was a subtle suggestion aimed at me post-workout? Ha.
3) Did I mention not wiping down the machines/mats/exercise balls?
4) When people hover at a machine while chatting or flirting with another gym member. The world doesn't revolve around you and I have stuff to do and calories to burn. Move along now.
5) People who take over the entire bench in the locker room. At least pretend like you're courteous and scoot your stuff over an inch or two.
6) In the name of all that is holy, put stuff back where you found it. Don't make me wander around looking for the step or plyo box. I look like a lost puppy that may cry.
7) And this is just a gym suggestion, not so much a pet peeve: I wish the instructors would occasionally ask for feedback regarding their classes. I go to this one class on Monday mornings now and then. The instructor is great, but her music is TERRIBLE. No one should feel like they are in a bad dance club at 5:30 on Monday morning. I've never seen so many people leave a class before it's even over or in the middle of cool down. My first thought in this class was "I imagine this music is used as an instrument of torture at Guantanamo."
8) Ah, and my last pet peeve: When people leave a class early or arrive late. I work in education, so am just sensitive to that. I get that people are trying to get a workout in and have places to be/other responsibilities. If they don't, then shame, shame. I imagine it disrupts the teacher and it certainly throws off my focus at times. (I am probably alone on this one though.)
All in all, I love my gym and all the different types of folks that it attracts. I don't get the sense that people judge one another based on their appearance and that most are friendly and supportive. It's good stuff.0 -
No squat racks.
Not enough plates.
No deadlifting bar loading thingy.
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I just use my apartment's gym, but these are my pet peeves there:
People watching stupid tv shows and turning the volume up so loud I can barely hear the music in my headphones.
People who don't wipe down the machines.
People letting their kids run around in the gym, both attended and unattended.
People waiting impatiently for the machine I'm using.
Creepy men.
I think that's all of them ...0 -
People who don't wipe down the machines.
Oh, that grosses me out! Lucky for me, I belong to Planet Fitness, where cleaning the machines when you're done is practically a religion.0 -
people counting reps in the middle of sets.
half squats
smith machine half squats
excessive or weird grunts
makeup/perfume all over the equipment (puke)
not wiping equipment after using (and it doens't have to be the full disinfectant wipey stuff)
dropping weights, particularly dumbells because you are trying to be cool or using more weight than you can really handle
circuit trainers claiming every piece of equipment
folks hogging equipment
doing exercises directly in front of dumbells racks to the point that others can't grab weights in front of you or walk around
folks who do not rerack weights when done
putting dumbells and plates in the wrong spots on the rack
not putting weights on a weight tree correctly (I get full workouts fixing this ****)0 -
When there are ten EMPTY treadmills and someone ALWAYS has to climb on the one RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!! UGH!
Yes!! It's like they're purposely trying to annoy the hell out of you:explode:
I got a chuckle out of this one. At my gym we have 12 treadmills and 2 of them are right under fans / ac grate so i always go for the ones right in that area. I dont care if the rest are open...im sure it annoys ppl but, i have a purpose.
This, there could be 500 machines but if you are by the one that has A/C blowing on me....I will be right beside you.0 -
I hate it when I'm on the treadmill and a lovely young lady joins me to my left or right and she isn't wearing the right type of support bra. I don't even know where to look, I start looking at the cieling, the floor...I was even examining my nails while running at 8.0. All in the name of not being a creeper.0
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My main pet peeve is at my gym there is a guy that uses one machine in the circuit and uses it for about 30 minute or more. That's all he does. Messes up everyone else when they are trying to do the circuit right.0
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No deadlifting bar loading thingy.
seriously...only one gym i've ever worked out at had one of those...makes life so nice not having to load a bar full of 25's...
It can't be that expensive either...it's just a little kickstand.0 -
First time I saw one I was like "dafuq is this?"
No deadlifting bar loading thingy.
seriously...only one gym i've ever worked out at had one of those...makes life so nice not having to load a bar full of 25's...
It can't be that expensive either...it's just a little kickstand.
Then I worked it out and fell in love. Instant romance. I'm considering chocking one up out of wood I can carry in my gym bag somehow...0 -
I've never had the pleasure.
but I did wonder why there was a motorcycle paddock stand on the olympic platform in an online video for a couple of seconds.0 -
Stinky people.... :grumble:
All other stuff never bothers me
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This ^
Perfumes these days literally make me sick. Dunno what's in them, but it just eats away at my throat and sinuses.0 -
Trying to do the 30min Circuit training at Planet Fitness (there's an area specifically for this) and someone jumps in doing sets.0
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People that don't know how to re-rack their weights.
People that work out directly over the rack, blocking weights from everyone else.
People that use equipment as tables.0 -
I'm reading these posts and it makes me even happier that I work out at home. The only thing that bothers me here is when my mom tries to talk to me while I'm working out. Just let me have one lil hour to myself pleeeez? lol0
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Well at least your nice about it. I've seen guys who looked like their eyeballs would drop out of their heads they stared so long and hard at the girls bouncy breasts. We have this one women who has had a lot of work done and she parades around like all get out. Full makeup, fancy hair dos, skimpy outfits, loads of jewelry jewelry jewelry, perfume!! The old farts follow her around and try to strike up conversations with her. I've heard some say wow your body is fantastic. All the while she never breaks a sweat and just casually walks around the gym all day. She's replied to some by saying thank you but I owe it all to my surgeon. She's had a tummy tuck, lypo, breast implants that are enormous and way over done. Not at all proportionate to her frame. The younger guys for the most part don't look at her like the old farts do. Cheers to the guys who are actually there to exercise and not go gaga over the girls. By the way yes it is a chain gym and at times is more of a pick up joint than a gym. I just go very early in the morning because the Barbie and Ken types are still putting on their makup and doing their hair lol.I hate it when I'm on the treadmill and a lovely young lady joins me to my left or right and she isn't wearing the right type of support bra. I don't even know where to look, I start looking at the cieling, the floor...I was even examining my nails while running at 8.0. All in the name of not being a creeper.0 -
Biggest for me is definitely people who sweat all over the machine and then don't wipe it down afterwards. This includes the treadmill - you still touch the buttons and handles. It's just rude. With all the crazy germs out there now, I wipe down the machine before and after my workout and then head straight to the bathroom to wash my hands. before I touch anything (like my face).
The other peeves I can deal with. If the gym is somewhat crowded, I will purposely take a machine directly next to someone else so that if a pair of workout buddies come in, they can take two machines together. I have been in their shoes before and it sucks when you can't work out next to your friend. But I agree, if someone has poor hygiene I would appreciate they didn't take the machine next to me either! (How do you not know you smell?). Sometimes it is motivation, too. If the person next to me looks like a regular, it makes me push harder.
For those who hate when someone else looks over at their machine, don't take it as he/she is being competitive but as a compliment! Usually it is just out of curiousity (you look fit and they want to be too) or it is someone new to the gym and the machine. I had no idea how to program my gym's treadmills for the longest time, so I would peak at my neighbor's to get a clue
. Sometimes I see someone who's fitness I admire and I just want to see what they do. Sometimes, my eyes just wander and I don't even realize it. Let's face it, the gym can get boring and you just scan the room without trying intention. 0 -
There is this guy who reads the newspaper on the Nautilus upper body machines. Literally, he puts a towel on the seat, does a set, reads the newspaper for a while, then does another set. His rest periods are very long and he monopolizes a machine for at least 10 minutes, which can really ruin your rhythm if you are trying to do a machine circuit.0
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People who treat the gym as a youth club or as a place to have a 'date' and spend the time flirting. At times I have just left the gym because it's so irritating.0
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People who treat the gym as a youth club or as a place to have a 'date' and spend the time flirting. At times I have just left the gym because it's so irritating.
THIS for sure....I personally go to the gym to workout and to establish a new healthy lifestyle... I do not understand why some people treat the gym as a place to hook up.0 -
people who think they DON'T have to take a shower because they are going to the gym ... man some people smell GROSS!0
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Nothing worse than people making the gym a "hot spot" for socializing...I do understand, but really can't you just exchange #s and do it at a coffee shop or something? Took, well tried to take a water aerobics class and although the instructor announced the class was beginning and attempted to begin, the chics behind me were chatting so loudly the few of us who came to workout couldn't hear the instructors instructions. So the instructor had to cut the music and announce that classes were just that, classes and if they wanted to continue their conversation they should go to the hot tub or sauna, anywhere but in her class. This interruption cost us nearly 7mins. I mean...REALLY?0
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When there are ten EMPTY treadmills and someone ALWAYS has to climb on the one RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!! UGH!
This, especially when it's the infamous stinky old man at our gym in the used to be white shirt that is now pee yellow and he likes to touch his junk all the time! UGH!!
Oh, and when people sit around chit chatting by the equipment. MOVE YOUR *kitten* or WORKOUT! LOL.0 -
1 - guys who put their bags in lockers but then dont lock the lockers
2 - guys who dont use lockers & leave their bags lying around the changing room whilst they're working out
3 - guys who drop free weights to the floor after their last rep
4 - guys who stare at themselves all the time & pose into the mirrors admiring themselves
5 - broken machines that never get fixed0
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