Biggest pet peeve at the gym?

MissKalhan
MissKalhan Posts: 2,282 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Whats your biggest pet peeve at the gym?
Mine has to be when a woman or man decides they need to take 4 different sets of weights (dumbells) and hoard them all for themselves. Yes there are pairs of the same weight but when its peak hours during the gym, is this really necessary? >.<
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  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    People who sit on a machine in between sets and text! Move and let me do mine or finish up!
  • MissKalhan
    MissKalhan Posts: 2,282 Member
    People who sit on a machine in between sets and text! Move and let me do mine or finish up!
    Haha I'm bad for this somedays I apologize!! >.>
  • Siekobilly
    Siekobilly Posts: 401 Member
    Not being able to workout because everything is in use. That's why I set my home rig up.
  • gooellie
    gooellie Posts: 39
    At my gym the TVs are set up specific for the tredmils so people stand on the tredmils or lean on them to watch the games.... or when the people stand on the cardio equipment talking to other people! Or my absolutely favorite there is always this lady talking on the phone and she is moving so slow her program moves in and out of pause then it turns off and she tells her friend on the phone how she is at the gym having such a hard work out!!!
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    People who sit on the machines in between sets.
    People who grunt while lifting.
  • Siekobilly
    Siekobilly Posts: 401 Member
    People who grunt while lifting.
    A certain level of grunting while lifting should be expected. When exerting force an audible grunt allows the person to ensure they are exhaling instead of holding their breath. Hold your breath and you pass out (then end up on YouTube). I will agree that most of the people that "grunt" at the gym are actually yelling, though.
  • karensoxfan
    karensoxfan Posts: 902 Member
    People who don't re-rack their weights or wipe down weight benches. Most people seem good about wiping down cardio machines.
  • Mogele1
    Mogele1 Posts: 1
    I had a similar experience. My guy was talking to another guy while just sitting on the machine. So I asked him politely if he was done. He hurried up and finished his set and got off :-)
  • mcorange01
    mcorange01 Posts: 33 Member
    HOW MUCH DO I DISLIKE THE CLASSES AT GOLDS GYM.. well let me tell you.. First I took the Body Pump.. very nice man taught it and explained everything!! Yea, then took spinning class.. night mare, first I could not understand her.. then she would say things like.. now lets do position 3.. but NEVER tell you what position 3 was.. stayed the whole time, but it was awful.. then this morning.. thought.. OK, I will take the Zumba class, fun right, WRONG.. for 7 minutes she did NOT speak just did moves. so of course I had NO idea what I was doing.. then as scarastically as she could she finally speaks.. WELL GUESS WE KNOW WHO ALL THE NEWBIES ARE@!! REALLY .. you see us struggling with what to do... and THAT is your words of encouragment!! I WALKED OUT! Maybe I am just not a people person.. but if you want to movitate others (which is what a teacher should do) YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING!! ok, now I feel better!!
  • kdb247
    kdb247 Posts: 326 Member
    Too much perfume or body funk coming off the person next to me on the Treadmill! I have to stop running and move, ugh:grumble:
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Perfume and cologne. Also leaving a water bottle for someone else to throw away.
  • eurofitblr
    eurofitblr Posts: 6
    Not cleaning the equipment after they finished using it. It's awkward for me to take the paper towel and wipe the stuff before using because it makes me look like I'm grossed out by you or something...but then again I don't want to touch your sweat...
  • elleloch
    elleloch Posts: 739 Member
    When people don't wipe down the equipment after they use it.

    When people stare.

    When you're on the treadmill on the very end, all the other ones are open and someone rolls up and takes the treadmill RIGHT next to you. And don't even make the excuse that it's because they want to watch a certain TV - at my gym, all the cardio machines have televisions built in.

    Those guys that just seem to pace around the gym. Wtf. Why are you even here. Go pace at home or at Target or something.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Too much perfume or body funk coming off the person next to me on the Treadmill! I have to stop running and move, ugh:grumble:

    You beat me to it on this one. Too much perfume or cologne while in an intense exercise class is killer (more sweat than a machine). So bad!!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    People that look at other people and get peeved. It's a big world. Learn to share
  • joshkilborn
    joshkilborn Posts: 46 Member
    I can't stand when people don't wipe the machines down after they're done.
  • Maryaly40
    Maryaly40 Posts: 551 Member
    I freakin love the gym!!!! Last night I didn't bring my ipod as it was dead, so this guy was lifting next to me and the way he was breathing/grunting I thought he was having an orgasm LOL!!!! I couldn't stop giggling!!!! I know, childish, right? :tongue:
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Not cleaning the equipment after they finished using it. It's awkward for me to take the paper towel and wipe the stuff before using because it makes me look like I'm grossed out by you or something...but then again I don't want to touch your sweat...

    I actually walked up to a mother, father, and their son after I noticed all 3 did not wipe the sweat off any of their cardio machines. I asked if they needed me to do it for them or to tell them which machines they were on if they forgot. The son ended up coming over and doing it. Normally I would not say anything but it was x3 really grossed me out.
  • Lilyhiker
    Lilyhiker Posts: 3 Member
    i'm pretty much okay with the actual gym part... but gosh do I ever hate when in the locker room someone puts their friend on speaker and has a long conversation with them while she blow dries her hair and puts on make up.
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    At one of the gyms I use people want to steal 2.5lb plates and run off with them to use them for yoga or whatever crap. Use barbells, dammit. If I wanna bump my deads or squats, I kinda need those plates. :angry: Generally, a 10lb bump is a bit too much.
  • alyssa_t12
    alyssa_t12 Posts: 13
    Woman sitting NAKED on the seats in the dressing room ... I sit there, I set my phone there... BACTERIA people
  • mesau21
    mesau21 Posts: 2 Member
    People who workout in shades. (I don't think the paparazzi will be showing up anytime soon.)
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    People that post topics that have come up a million times before without performing a search.... Oh that's an MFP pet peeve not a gym one.

    Okay, for the gym, people who give way too much of a s*** about what everyone else is doing instead of what they are doing.
  • mesau21
    mesau21 Posts: 2 Member
    :laugh:
  • junejadesky
    junejadesky Posts: 524 Member
    HOW MUCH DO I DISLIKE THE CLASSES AT GOLDS GYM.. well let me tell you.. First I took the Body Pump.. very nice man taught it and explained everything!! Yea, then took spinning class.. night mare, first I could not understand her.. then she would say things like.. now lets do position 3.. but NEVER tell you what position 3 was.. stayed the whole time, but it was awful.. then this morning.. thought.. OK, I will take the Zumba class, fun right, WRONG.. for 7 minutes she did NOT speak just did moves. so of course I had NO idea what I was doing.. then as scarastically as she could she finally speaks.. WELL GUESS WE KNOW WHO ALL THE NEWBIES ARE@!! REALLY .. you see us struggling with what to do... and THAT is your words of encouragment!! I WALKED OUT! Maybe I am just not a people person.. but if you want to movitate others (which is what a teacher should do) YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING!! ok, now I feel better!!

    I have had the same experiences at Gold's.... I did not like them at ALL!! The teachers were the same way... and the yoga teachers were a joke... they would come in and just get on the mat and expect you to follow them... barely speaking or even looking to see if people were doing the poses right.... way to help us prevent injuries "teacher"
  • super_monty
    super_monty Posts: 419 Member
    The only thing that really annoys me are people that don't wash their hands after having a poo , you know who you are.
  • Ezada
    Ezada Posts: 207 Member
    I realize that there is "Family Swim Time" at the gym, I do not swim on day's/times I know that this is happening because I dislike noisy children in a pool, but for the love of everything that is holy please stop letting your kids run FULL FREAKING TILT through the locker rooms on their quest for the pool. There are people walking around blind corners that your children keep RUNNING into.

    Half the time the floors are wet! Your kids are going to get hurt running through the wet shower room like that.

    Also the sign reads that boys under the age of 4 are allowed to walk through the ladies locker room, I realize they may still be clinging to your skirts but a 9 year old boy has NO Business in the ladies locker room. I was half naked you bumbling twit, and giving ME the stink eye because I was in a towel? Bull, F***ing S***.
  • Maryaly40
    Maryaly40 Posts: 551 Member
    The only thing that really annoys me are people that don't wash their hands after having a poo , you know who you are.

    How do you know they poo'ed? LMAO!!!!!
  • mmelaniewalters
    mmelaniewalters Posts: 94
    omg , funny .... bang out of order , but funny ! you right to walk tho !
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    the only one i have is that when people use gym equipment incorrectly and therfore i cant use it because they are trying to kill them selves with the equipment. i NEVER have told anyone that "hey you are doing it wrong" or "there is no point in you doing that" cuz its none of my business but ridiculous exercises on stuff i want to use is the only thing that gets my attention in the gym but i usually go work out somewhere else...


    people who hang on to the cardio machines for dear life its just retarded... just put the incline back to flat i know the machine says ur burning more calories but by hanging on like that ur burning less calories than walking on flat ground.

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