what's made you see red at the gym?

And my BIGGEST pet peeve of all is when someone points out to me the fact that I'm overweight....REALLY, thanks, because I didn't notice and hhhhmmmm.....guess that is why I'm at the gym!!

what?! under what circumstances would someone say that?

Believe it, it happens all the time and I've quit going to gyms at times because I get tired of the rudeness. One time I had a lady follow me all over the gym saying "just tell me what you weigh, I've never seen anyone as huge as you before, what do you weigh, just tell me....omg, your so fat", I just kept ignoring her, as I do most people who make fun of me, but my friend that I was there working out with told her off, but she still kept after me, so my friend went and complained to staff and they did nothing, so I left. In the past, I let those ignorant people get to me and would comfort myself with food....NOT no more, this time is so different from the past.....its all about me now and I don't care what others say, people can be so mean, but they have no idea what I've gone through in life, so now I block them out and carry on.

I don't like it when people decide to give pointers and think they know everything. I'd get it if my form were bad but what if I'm doing something to target a different part of the muscle??? I'm not a fan of know-it-alls!

I'd have to say....................they might of just been looking for an excuse to mosey on over to you...............I'd probably tell you something about your form too..................(completely unknowledgeable gym guy here)................"hey ah............let me show you something here.........about that form.......".....LOL

Ever stop to think that "correcting" a girl on her form when she knows what she's doing will be taken as an insult, not a compliment? Jeez.

I personally love being corrected, anything that will prevent me from screwing up my body is wholly welcomed. and i think I would be able to tell if someone was "correcting my form" for flirtations or seriousness, so no need to be insulted

Hence I said when she knows what she's doing.

A lady (elderly, i have to point out) came upt o me when i was biking slowly and told me my cardio wasn't good enough as i wasn't burning any calories by going at such a slow speed. I was like 'wha?!?' And she said she knew a lot about fitness because she was very curious and she liked chatting to the fitness area monitors. Really, just wanted to slap her but all i could do was tell her to mind her own business.
The thing is that i had my husband on the next bike and he still hadn't finished his own routine so I had my earphones hooked to the tv/radio thingy that only gets activated if you're actually using the machine. So i was going super slow just to listen to the tv shows. Of course i didn't feel i had to explain anything to this lady! She really got on my nerves, because she kept on insisting.

My other gym pet peeves are:

-people who don't bring a towel to the fitness area (and leave everything soaked with sweat, yuck!)
- people who are using two weight training machines at once
-people who reserve a spot at a certain machine by leaving a towel
- people who like to flaunt their naked body at the changing' room and they don't get dressed until it's time for them to leave
- people who bring little kids to the adults changing rooms and they stare at you when you are changing your clothes because they have never seen a fat naked person before. And of course the mother never teaches them to look away because it's rude. Not to mention when they dare to make a comment about some particular part of your naked body...

But the one that wins the prize for me is when new fitness monitor employees who don't know you assume you haven't worked out in your life just because you have a little belly protuding from your waist down... And they don't believe it when you tell them that you've been working out daily for the past year and lost almost 90 pounds and are al,ost at your goal weight... And they try to explain even the basic stuff and teach you nutrition basics when you ask them to change your routine *sigh*

I even had one telling me not to put more than 5 kilo on the weight bar because i was just starting... If only he knew!

There's this one guy who always wears a red shirt...

What makes me see red?

Guys in the dressing room that I don't know that have an overwhelming need to strike up a conversation with me while completely naked. They just stand there naked and continue talking to you about something that you have no desire to talk about. Once they realize that you're not responding, they move on to another poor soul.

Argh, i thought that only happened in the women dressing room ;(

When people do not clean their machines after use.

When someone "reserves" a machine for a friend by placing some of their crap on it; and friend does not show up to use said machine for another 10-15 min. A lady at my gym does this all the time.

When people sit on the weight machines and talk on their cell phones.

When I dropped in on a spinning class and realized any of the children under 10 in my family could have made a better instructor.

When someone wears perfume/cologne and then stinks me out as they work out next to me.

People who wear wayyy too much perfume, people who will skip the entire empty row of machines and work out RIGHT next to me, and people who have loud conversations. UGH I get so mad! :grumble: I will actually step off my machine and go to another one just to avoid these guys.

:grumble: When people are talking on their cell phone! UGH!!

I wouldn't really say it makes me see red but I guess I'd say it bugs me a little when people are working out in non-workout clothes. OK, maybe a guy can get away with cargo shorts or boots lifting weights if he's going for an urban look but I see way too many guys literally in jeans, polo shirts, slacks, loafers, etc. Just buy some shorts.

^ Oh yeah, there's been a couple of times when you get those people that kick the treadmill with every step. 45 mins of THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD is usually enough to P(*& me off too.

Yes, or they shuffle their feet. SO annoying. My apartment has a gym too, and one guy used to always crank up the treadmill incline, set it to a high speed, and then proceed to hang on for dear life. I REALLY wanted to tell him he wasn't doing himself any favors by hanging on...why not slow down a bit?

Now I do Insanity in the comfort of my own living room. :bigsmile:

I guess my pet peeve is people who talk through a whole class and don't put any effort into the actual workout because they're too busy socializing.

Yes this too. Women chatting in the back of spinning class. If you can talk, you're not working hard enough! :mad:

When all of the treadmills are taken and they walk at 3.0 the ENTIRE time...

I set my towel and ipod with headphones on an elliptical and ran to the bathroom. There was no one else in that area. When I came out, a woman was on THAT elliptical, with all the others empty, USING MY IPOD AND HEADPHONES and had the towel around her neck. I walked up and motioned for her to her, she pulled one headphone out and I said "ummmm, can I get my stuff out of your way?" (I was trying to be polite!) She says "Oh, is this yours? I thought it came with the machine."

REALLY? What gym do you go to that gives out iPods, preloaded with purchased music, with each elliptical? I went home and disinfected the earphones!

This cracked me up! What a moron!!

And I know this is personal preference and shouldn't bother me, but women who are completely decked out in full hair and makeup and can't be bothered to break a sweat annoy me. Is that what a "cardio bunny" is? I get it if you're coming from work, but 9:00 on a Saturday morning? Really?!

*hops on soapbox*

I do Zumba a lot, and I happen to be really good at it because I've been dancing for over 17 years. So, since I can pick up the new routines quickly, I always go to the very back of the group fitness room and give myself a fair amount of space. 99 times out of 100 I'm the only guy there too, another reason I go to the back because I get that, for whatever reason, the one young guy in the class seems to always make some of the women uncomfortable.

EVERY CLASS there is always at least one woman near me (read: 8 feet away and NOWHERE close) that makes it a very dramatic point to move to the opposite side of the room before we even start. I'm talking full on grumbling about me, getting all her stuff, huffing and puffing and practically stomping away. 2 or 3 others just can't seem to stop gossiping about the man that walked into the class too. WHY?? :noway:

Let me make this as clear as possible... I am NOT here for YOU. I am NOT here to make you uncomfortable. I am NOT here to stare at all the women sweating and grunting in unflattering gym clothes. I am NOT here to make inappropriate passes at you while one of us is trying to work out. I am DEFINITELY NOT here because I want to *pretend* to effort into something for an hour just to find an excuse to get away from my crappy, boring marriage and misbehaving children that you all just can't seem to shut up about :grumble: (I go to a rich people's gym, blessing & curse).

To clarify, I AM here for ME. I AM here to help me feel more comfortable about myself. I AM here to take a good hard look in the mirror at MYSELF so I can see how much I'm changing and what needs more work. I AM into dudes, so please get over yourself, you're not hot. I AM going to work out whether or not you're near me. Finally, I AM going to dance circles around you, because I can :laugh:

The other thing that irritates me on the same subject is those same women that won't stop judging me the first class always seem to gravitate towards me the next class because I know the routines and I do it right. NO, I'm not going to help your judgmental, gossiping, cardio bunny self look good if you aren't going to put in the effort.

THANK YOU to all the women (and men) who are nice and want to help others help themselves.

Ok, done with the soapbox, had to vent. Love you all :bigsmile: