Top 10 Things I Hate About the Gym!

When I would go to the gym, I hated being behind the really sweaty guy on the treadmill with the fans blowing his sweat into my face on the machine behind him.

I also hate that if you're heavier people immediately just look at you like you're doing everything wrong. At least you're at the gym, better than that guy at McDonalds!

My gym doesn't have locker room it has two bathroom with shower that you lock for one person use at a time.

But what I hate about the gym and also love about the gym is that it takes me away from my family.

Heh heh heh :0) I gigled out loud at your list there. The gym. I've had multiple memberships. The naked people conversations would be a bit disconcerting, I agree with that one . . . "Wanna borrow a shirt, so we can talk?" :0)

1.One that loves to just be outdoors but can't all the time, just that cooped up feeling, no matter the machine or activity. 2. That feeling the free weights section is off limits to my totally normal female physique. When its really not. (like free weights better than machines). 3. I agree with the grunting . . . really?? Necessary? 4. Yeah, the impression went south after you checked yourself out in the mirror too. :0)

Funny list!

My day at the gym is tomorrow morning . . .

1. People who come up to you and want to give advice on your exercise routine. i.e."You should really work on your delts."....
2. Women who dress up to come workout.
3. People who drop weights.
4. Excessive grunting.
5. Sweaty people who don't clean their machine.
6. Men who stare at the mirror and flex as they walk by.
7. People who touch their mouth to the top of the water fountain.
8. No bra wearing females.....and sometimes males.
9. The Krispy Kreme across the street..that just happens to be visible from the cardio machines.
and finally::::
10, People who talk to you in the locker room while they are naked.


Hahah, maybe that last one doesn't happen to everyone, but I have had it happen way to many times!!

What do you hate!?:-)

I don't mind the grunting thing...they're just working out extra hard. I'm sure I couldn't bench 200 lbs without grunting! And thinking about it, grunting is probably important because you're exhaling. But yes, naked people annoy me...as well as people who don't wipe the machines...as well as people who walk around the bathroom barefoot. :sick: :sick: :sick:

I absolutly hate when girls/women doll up to come to the gym, or the ones who are working out with nothing on and everything is hanging out, people who are working out while on there cell phones, when theres no treadmills.ellipticals left and the people who are on them are either walking 1mph bc there to busy talking or just hanging out on the machines, when you have guys watching you workout, and how i feel like i cant use the free weights bc i dont lift 1000lbs.

The naked convo one is a definate dislike. I am somewhat modest and change in a stall, but i guess about a month ago I was getting my stuff together and a somwhat bigger, older lady just walks through completely naked like its her house.. I laughed about that for about a week, but was somewhat disgusted actually.

I live on an army post and I get so creeped out when the on the crossramp and right behing those are a row of bikes.... and they are all open and a guy gets on the bike right behind me... like really???

Without trying to offend,I ALWAYS find its the older women who walk around naked...maybe theyre just old enough to not care.

On the grunting thing,I dont grunt,but I tend to make a pathetic "eaagh" noise,like a mini-squeal,haha. I hate when people take a five minute rest between sets. 30secs-1 minute should be enough. If its not,youre going too hard.

Lets see...the nakedness is definitely uncomfortable, i work out in the mornings before work so I shower there, since I'm there at 5 its usually empty, but I still change in the stall. Cell phones definitely get on my nerves. Also this morning in the cardio room, it there was maybe 8 - 10 people there and there was a man using one of the brand new bikes (we only have 2 of the new new ones) and he was barely moving, like barely! He was drinking a star bucks and watching the tv and he kept stopping to listen to the tv, I noticed like 3 ppl waiting to try out the new bikes but one women had just started on one and this guy was on it the whole hour I was there, just watching tv...drinking coffee...

On the grunting thing....I've belonged to a lot of different kinds of gyms over the years. I currently belong to a "fitness" gym where the guidelines discourage loud grunting and forbid "yelling"! A "power" gym that I used to belong to actually encouraged it as a motivation technigue. One gym had "grunt hours" where the hard core lifters had priority on the equipment and were supposed to behave the rest of the time. Lastly, and surprisingly, a bodybuilding gym that I was a member of in the 80s (run by a Mr. Universe finalist) discouraged any unnecessary noise as it broke the concentration of the other members. The gym believed in "exhaustion training" and if they determined the noise wasn't necessary to the task at hand - you were done for the day! (It was a small gym and they could enforce it.)

As for looking in the mirror. (I tend to stay away from that myself). Posing and watching muscle movement while working out is an accepted and successful exercise practice. Many builders use their reflection to decide where to go next and maintain balance. That being said - it should be easy to differentiate them from the "look at me - aren't I pretty/macho" folks who, I agree, are irritating.

My comments are not to belittle your "peeves" at all. Just my opinion.

I have 2 myself:

1. People who won't share or work into the machines when you're doing a circuit routine (either because they don't know about circuit training or think that because you're over 50 it doesn't matter).

2. Gyms becoming so large and popular that there is no comraderie at them anymore. You can't pick up a workout partner (my wife and I have COMPLETELY different training needs) or get general training advice (without standing in line or hiring a trainer).

The one thing I LOVE about a gym and bicycling clubs? That there are other people around which gets by pride involved and I WON'T cheat, or wimp out, on my workout!

1. People who come up to you and want to give advice on your exercise routine. i.e."You should really work on your delts."....
2. Women who dress up to come workout.
3. People who drop weights.
4. Excessive grunting.
5. Sweaty people who don't clean their machine.
6. Men who stare at the mirror and flex as they walk by.
7. People who touch their mouth to the top of the water fountain.
8. No bra wearing females.....and sometimes males.
9. The Krispy Kreme across the street..that just happens to be visible from the cardio machines.
and finally::::
10, People who talk to you in the locker room while they are naked.


Hahah, maybe that last one doesn't happen to everyone, but I have had it happen way to many times!!

What do you hate!?:-)

i work out at planet fitness so the grunting thing is not allowed nor is the dropping weights. i love it there.

however, here are MY ten things i hate about the gym:

1 - the women that are SUPER thin, OBVIOUSLY not having a reason to even BE there, walking around scoping out the guys. (seriously, ive seen this three times where there are younger girls that are obviously NOT there to work out, except walk around and look at guys)

2 - some of the machines are BORING.

3 - being stared at because my large amounts of tattoos...what? its not ok for a chick to have alotta tattoos??? ( i have 16 but only 11 are visable but theyre rather large)

4 - the guys in the free weight area STARING at themselves while theyre lifting...( i dont hate this, i just dont understand it)

5 - feeling awkward in the free weight area cause its all men and no women, even when im with my trainer (even though i know its probably just me and i have no reason to be self conscious, im just not used to doing free weights)

6 - seeing people TEXT while on the machines...Really?! you cant take an HOUR or even a half hour away from your texting and cell phone while working out? ( the other day i was circuit training and i was waiting to use the row/deltoids machine and there was a guy that i thought was resting between sets...no, he was sitting AT the machine TEXTING.....i finally had to move on and go back when i saw him get up....THIRTY MINUTES LATER)

7 - people who take WAY to long on the circuit training machines....at my gym, there is a 30 minute express workout. it has a red light and a green light. when the green light goes on, you're supposed to do as many of whatever it is in ONE minute then stop when the red light goes on and move on to the next machine and do the same thing...........the other day, i was in there, and there was a guy that was hogging three of the machines by doing three or four minutes on each machine....the drives me nuts.

hmmmm....thats all i can think of at the moment but theyre pretty big ones.

I was at the gym MANY moons ago, and found myself staring unbelieving at a very large man who'd parked his hiney on a weight bench and was eating McDonalds. true story...

I can't stand to see women in full make-up...I never see them sweating it off either. If I worked out with make-up on, it would be in a puddle on the floor. lol

I can't stand it when ppl have soft drinks and coffee with them while they are working out...come on!!!

Ladies...the "girls" needs lots of support! Buy a good sports bra, PLEASE!!!

my list:

1. People who interrupt you to chat, or ask for help while i'm in the middle of my sets..this drives me nutty..like c'mon can't you see i'm lifting?? the word is WAIT until I put my weights down, i'm not here to socialize.

2. Weight hoggers, the people who take a set of 20, 30, 40 and 50 and hog em, then they don't put them back when their done.

3. Guys who stare at my my boobs...c'mon now, you've never seen boobs before?

4. If someone is using the machine you want to use, please wait for your turn. Don’t keep asking them whether they are done, don’t stand on top of their head and stop tapping your foot. Seriously, go do something else until i'm done...just because you're breathing down my neck, won't make me get off any sooner.

5. This is usually a man thing, but they do have a habit of standing right in front of me when i'm using the mirror to check out my stance, did you not SEE me there? yes you're pretty, but i'm trying to maintain proper form here buddy!

6. gym pretties, the ones that wear the lulu lemon pants super cropped bra tops, full make up, puma fashion shoes, yet never seem to ever lift a weight or heaven forbid get on a peice of cardio equipment and sweat their prettiness off...this isn't a bar, or a singles club, you're taking up valuable bench space with your pretty buns...move on.

I absolutely LOVE they guy I call the "mini-Punisher". Here's the story:

At a previous gym, there was a guy who had to put a 60-lb weight in front of the Reebok Body Mill machine before he used it because if he didn't, the machine would walk across the floor! He'd get on the machine, wrap his arms around the top of it, hold on for dear life, and then pump his legs like no tomorrow! (For those who aren't sure, the Body Mill is a very old-style elliptical machine). I think he had it on a resistance level of -5! Anyway, I called him "The Punisher" because of all the abuse that poor Body Mill had to endure with him on it.

At my current gym, there's a guy who's very similar. He's the one I call "The mini-Punisher". He works out on a Precor Elliptical. While he doesn't wrap his arms around it like a long-lost love, you can totally tell that he's hanging on for dear life! Then, his legs flail madly about as he proceeds on his workout. I managed to see the resistance level today when I was on the weight machines behind the ellipticals. Level 1 (the lowest), wouldn't ya know? Geez!

Someone from work suggested that maybe he doesn't know how the whole resistance thing works and that maybe he needs instruction. Well, I'm surprised that the people who actually WORK at the gym don't gently ask him if he needs assistance. It's not like it's not noticeable! Of course, nobody ever said anything to the other guy, either. Not even me. But then again, if a guy is that mean to a machine, what would he do to another person in the gym? I figured that these guys must be completely crazy, so I try to steer clear of them.

...yet I can't help but watch. It's what Josef Conrad called "The fascination of the abomination", I guess...

The gym I go to is all female...and you can always tell a person whose never used an elliptical before..because their bottom half is a movin' and their top half isn't!