Pet Peeves at the Gym

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  • Redskins76
    Redskins76 Posts: 68
    I hate it when someone take up all the machines whether it is an eliptical or treadmill and walk at a snails pace for only 10min and leave acting like they did something. Stay at home in the bed if you are not there for a purpose.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    doesnt affect me but just makes me wonder...

    people who come in wearing their gym clothes work up a sweat (and dont bring a towel) and then just stroll out.
    Fair enough there is a shower at your house but i like to be clean! as soon as im done in the gym i go straight to have a shower in the locker room, not wait 20mins to drive home let the sweat go dry and stale then wash.

    I cycle to the gym so I arrive by bike wearing my gym gear and cycle home wearing my gym gear after my workout. I then shower at home. There's little point changing and showering at the gym when I'm going to get all sweaty again cycling home.
  • stu_j_lfc
    stu_j_lfc Posts: 37 Member
    I hate it when someone take up all the machines whether it is an eliptical or treadmill and walk at a snails pace for only 10min and leave acting like they did something. Stay at home in the bed if you are not there for a purpose.

    especially if on their phone at the same time!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Guys who throw weights down!!! Really!!??? If you can't pick them up and put them down gently then they are too heavy for you!!!! Get lighter weight!!! Dufus!!!
    I'm not putting a 440lb deadlift down 'gently', sorry. :laugh:
  • Sadi13
    Sadi13 Posts: 5
    Talking on cell phones ... If I can hear you screaming over my headphones, you got a problem
  • monkeeface
    monkeeface Posts: 59 Member
    Guys who throw weights down!!! Really!!??? If you can't pick them up and put them down gently then they are too heavy for you!!!! Get lighter weight!!! Dufus!!!
    I'm not putting a 440lb deadlift down 'gently', sorry. :laugh:

    Why not?! I assume you dont let the weights slam to the floor or together after each rep, so why do it on your last rep? I'd rather do 1 less rep or use a lighter weight than drop weights to the floor. Also, it is good lifting technique to be slow & controlled to prevent injury & it actually builds more muscle as by dropping weights, you are effectively only doing half a rep as energy is also required for a controlled drop.
  • know_your_worth
    know_your_worth Posts: 481 Member
    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:
    THIS!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Guys who throw weights down!!! Really!!??? If you can't pick them up and put them down gently then they are too heavy for you!!!! Get lighter weight!!! Dufus!!!
    I'm not putting a 440lb deadlift down 'gently', sorry. :laugh:

    Why not?! I assume you dont let the weights slam to the floor or together after each rep, so why do it on your last rep? I'd rather do 1 less rep or use a lighter weight than drop weights to the floor. Also, it is good lifting technique to be slow & controlled to prevent injury & it actually builds more muscle as by dropping weights, you are effectively only doing half a rep as energy is also required for a controlled drop.
    There's little benefit to the negative on deadlifts. And they're single lifts, so doing 1 rep less would be kinda pointless :wink:
  • know_your_worth
    know_your_worth Posts: 481 Member
    I think you all people should COOL OFF....TRY TO HATE LESS AND LOVE MORE. So what if people look, they look at my machine too. If it bothers you that much, throw a towel on your treadmill so they won't be able to see. :happy:

    Everyone a bit smells when they work out, that is NORMAL.

    If they walk between you and your machine, maybe their head is somewhere else and it's not intentional????

    IF everyone bothers you, then, you are just selfish and you want everything for yourself!!!! BUT every one else paid as much as you paid too and they are entitled too! Please don't forget that.

    PLEASE DON'T FORGET ONE THING: I LOVE ALL OF YOU! That is why I replied to calm you down and have you enjoy your work out instead of having negative feelings and hate! I hope you understand and have a Happy Night. SWEET DREAMS. Good night,, all.

    You're nice. I like you :)
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    I have several catgories:

    In the weight room - People who hog the circuit equipment for sets; people who refuse to let you work in a set while they sit for 10 minutes cooling down when your one set would take less than 30 seconds; the overcrowding of the d-bags who come in and yell at each other and swear and talk inappropriately about the women in the room. The Y is a family facility. Clean up your talk, and you shouldn't talk about women as objects.

    In the pool - The overbooking of swimming lessons for the kids. Yesterday, I had to share a single lane with 4 other people. All the other lanes were being used by swimming lessons. People who just jump in your lane without letting you know, and then get annoyed when you accidentally kick them when you weren't even aware they were there. People who won't circle swim when you have three in a lane.

    In the steam room - People who shake the sweat of fof them like a wet dog. I don't want to wear your sweat.

    In the whirlpool - People who don't shower before entering, and they have residual soap in their clothing resulting in massive foaming of the pool which threatens to bury you.

    Around the track where some cardio equipment is - This is also the area for all of the aerobics/les MIlls, and spin classes are held. The music is so loud, you can't hear your own unless you max it out. The instructor sings along with the music and can't carry a tune. The calsses are all in the center of the track and in front of the cardio equipment, so when you get in the zone, and hit that spacey point, you look like you are a creeper staring at the class members.

    In the locker room - The bench is long enough that someone other than you should be able to put their gear down for a minute. People who take the shower, or come from the pool, and don't dry off before coming into the changing area. I take my shower, and dry my feet off. I don't want to walk through your puddles right in front of my locker while changing my clothes.
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    When people don't re-rack weights/plates and leave them all over the place.
  • ItsTheBeebs
    ItsTheBeebs Posts: 127
    only been back in the country for 2 weeks...into my second week at the gym for 4 months and i see

    4 women, come in 1 by one,i was doing my workout looking in the mirror at my form and i see.... while one is on the chest press all other 3 are stood near her talking. Lady on machine does one rep, talks, another, more talk. I must have done 3 sets of 10 shoulder presses before she had completed one set.

    People reading a book/kindle/nook while on bike/elliptical


    just a couple to start off with
  • ItsTheBeebs
    ItsTheBeebs Posts: 127
    doesnt affect me but just makes me wonder...

    people who come in wearing their gym clothes work up a sweat (and dont bring a towel) and then just stroll out.
    Fair enough there is a shower at your house but i like to be clean! as soon as im done in the gym i go straight to have a shower in the locker room, not wait 20mins to drive home let the sweat go dry and stale then wash.

    I cycle to the gym so I arrive by bike wearing my gym gear and cycle home wearing my gym gear after my workout. I then shower at home. There's little point changing and showering at the gym when I'm going to get all sweaty again cycling home.


    i can appreciate that, however when i walk back to my car (gym is 15min drive or i would cycle) i see people getting in/out of their cars in their gym gear. I just think thats bad hygene, but thats personal opinion
  • moprice1
    moprice1 Posts: 24 Member
    When folks run on the treadmill and hold on

    Slamming of the weights to floor or back on the machine

    Grunting while lifting heavy weights

    Using the machines wrong

    I did not realize I had so many...LOL
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    I hate when people talk to me at the gym and stop my workout. This includes my wife. I don't want to stay there any longer than I need to. Wave hello to me and leave me alone.

    THIS. And talk to me when I have headphones in...hello dumb@ss, I can't HEAR YOU!! :grumble:
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    People who don't wipe down the machines.

    People who hang around on a machine chatting or using their smartphone instead of working out. AHEM! Other people want the machine!

    Men who hang around watching group exercise classes. Creeps.

    Women who come into the gym wearing more makeup than any of the Real Housewives (TOWIE if you're a Brit) and proceed to pretend to work out.

    haha you hit the nail on the head. you left out when people just stand in front of the weight training mirrors, doing makeup and pretty much invisa-stripping.
  • lucypaige_
    lucypaige_ Posts: 87
    At the gym today there were a lot of girls wearing Vans, Hollister and Superdry clothing and lots of make-up. Why feel the need to sweat out your expensive clothes?? It's a gym! You don't look good to go to the gym, you go to the gym to look good.
  • lizblizz2012
    lizblizz2012 Posts: 196 Member
    The skinny girls wearing nothing but a sports bra and spanks, running 4x faster than me, not breaking a sweat, and me running at my max speed sweating like a pig with my fat jiggling everywhere under my men's basketball shorts and baggy tshirt. I want to be like, You're done here. Go home and eat some pie.
  • bleacheblonde
    bleacheblonde Posts: 333
    It's funny when people get all huffy that someone else called them out in their pet peeve :)

    I don't belong to a gym right now, but probably what annoys me most are the high-maintenance gym bunny types that are constantly texting, adjusting their ponytails, and re-applying lip gloss in the mirror that's supposed to be used for checking your form while you lift weights. And no, it's not because I'm jealous. No way in hell do I want to be like that; takes way too much time and makes you look totally stuck on yourself!

    Also, I don't get why people wear expensive name-brand clothes to work out. What is the POINT? But other than that, I just mind my own beeswax and expect other people to midn theirs too. If nobody gets all up in my shizz, I'm not getting up in anybody else's.
  • ksavy
    ksavy Posts: 271 Member
    The skinny girls wearing nothing but a sports bra and spanks, running 4x faster than me, not breaking a sweat, and me running at my max speed sweating like a pig with my fat jiggling everywhere under my men's basketball shorts and baggy tshirt. I want to be like, You're done here. Go home and eat some pie.


    Maybe she is running so she can eat some pie and not feel bad about it?
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    When folks run on the treadmill and hold on

    Slamming of the weights to floor or back on the machine

    Grunting while lifting heavy weights

    Using the machines wrong

    I did not realize I had so many...LOL

    I for one have to hold onto the treadmill when I run because I have poor balance and drop foot. If I don't hold on I risk falling on my face. I would rather hold onto the treadmill and piss off someone who should be minding their own business than fall down and get seriously hurt. I know many who hold on when they run. Heck I hold on when I walk too!
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    doesnt affect me but just makes me wonder...

    people who come in wearing their gym clothes work up a sweat (and dont bring a towel) and then just stroll out.
    Fair enough there is a shower at your house but i like to be clean! as soon as im done in the gym i go straight to have a shower in the locker room, not wait 20mins to drive home let the sweat go dry and stale then wash.

    I cycle to the gym so I arrive by bike wearing my gym gear and cycle home wearing my gym gear after my workout. I then shower at home. There's little point changing and showering at the gym when I'm going to get all sweaty again cycling home.


    i can appreciate that, however when i walk back to my car (gym is 15min drive or i would cycle) i see people getting in/out of their cars in their gym gear. I just think thats bad hygene, but thats personal opinion

    The showers at my gym are NASTY!! I would rather drive home all sweaty than stand in 2 inches of filth and scum trying to shower. I'll shower at home thank you very much.
  • Nekoashi
    Nekoashi Posts: 220 Member
    The thing that gets me is when you have random people just staring at you. Especially the older creepier guys who pick the treadmill across from you so they can gaze into your eyes as you try to work out >__< . Then there's the people who make it look like they're resting for a second and look over at you... then 5 minutes later they're still there :noway:

    I'm not the hot thin girl at the gym, I'm the pasty overweight one sweating up a storm LOL

    Oh and of course as others have said, I can't stand the stinky people.... there's showers there should they need one before their workout :laugh:
  • LiftHuff
    LiftHuff Posts: 131

    There's little benefit to the negative on deadlifts. And they're single lifts, so doing 1 rep less would be kinda pointless :wink:

    I'm curious why you say that. I have heard quite the opposite from most sources I trust.
  • LiftHuff
    LiftHuff Posts: 131
    Guys who throw weights down!!! Really!!??? If you can't pick them up and put them down gently then they are too heavy for you!!!! Get lighter weight!!! Dufus!!!

    I would like you to demonstrate how to safely set down the barbell during heavy power cleans.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member

    There's little benefit to the negative on deadlifts. And they're single lifts, so doing 1 rep less would be kinda pointless :wink:

    I'm curious why you say that. I have heard quite the opposite from most sources I trust.
    http://jeremysmith89.com/2012/07/10/why-you-should-drop-a-deadlift/

    Doesn't really explain why the benefits aren't worth it, but explains why you shouldn't set it down gently, especially at high weight.

    I drop it (not from the top, below the knee) to conserve energy for the next lift and to save grip strength because lifting it again is more beneficial to your hips, back and traps than the energy spent lowering it down gently.

    Edit: I'm more concerned with strength than aesthetics at this stage, hence I practice some things more in line with how a powerlifter lifts as opposed to a bodybuilder.
  • almarsala
    almarsala Posts: 168 Member
    So I was at the gym the other day and realized how much I HATE it when I'm on the treadmill or elliptical and the person next to me constantly looks over at my machine to see what level I'm on or how many calories I burned :noway: . It's probably not that big of a deal, but it still really irritates me

    So what are your gym pet peeves?

    They might be using that as motivation, so really...maybe take it as a compliment? You might be inspiring someone to work harder and push themselves!
  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    I hate it when people look at me funny when I'm standing in that cage sort of thing doing my curls.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I hate it when people look at me funny when I'm standing in that cage sort of thing doing my curls.
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  • cgirlygirl
    cgirlygirl Posts: 49
    I'm usually not one to complain about gym users...although there are things that drive me INSANE. Everyone is different and it is a community of people with a common goal BUT......

    If you are running on the treadmill (3 down from me..keep in mind) and I can hear your exhale every third breath THROUGH my music at the highest volume, then I think you should probably walk, bro. I'm just sayin'. Sort of annoying :-/

    /rant. Thanks.

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