What (who) annoys you at the gym?

lisainin1
lisainin1 Posts: 23 Member
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For me it's the people who won't get off their cell phones and WORK!
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  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/679691-more-annoying-gym-behaviours?hl=annoy+gym#posts-10374558

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  • Grundle_Raspberries
    Grundle_Raspberries Posts: 94
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  • Hjbaker
    Hjbaker Posts: 165 Member
    soooooo many things hahaha but top 3=
    1) people counting reps out loud- It makes me loose count in my head
    2) That group of 3 guys who are constantly chatting about their work out gear
    3) The women who wear G-strings above their pants

    :explode:
  • Khole02
    Khole02 Posts: 45
    Hmm I have to say the girls who go and chest press 5 pounds and ask for a spot.. really?! Or, the obnoxious grunts and screams when doing weights :S
  • AuddAlise
    AuddAlise Posts: 723 Member
    The only thing that bothers me right now is this group of the same 3 guys who will stand around various machine; not using the machines just standing around them not allowing anyone else to use them.
  • Becoming_A_Butterfly
    Becoming_A_Butterfly Posts: 2,534 Member
    Only when it's really crowded and I can't use the equipment I came to use
  • Angeloftheshore
    Angeloftheshore Posts: 227 Member
    To be honest the only thing that has ever bothered me at gyms has been the staff. I tend to get into a "zone" and focus very hard and tune everything out and when staff try and talk to me, it throws me off and is really distracting. Others I pay no attention to. So I look for gyms where the staff speaks to you when you speak to them. That probably sounds bad, but that is why I do not go to gyms that have staff that coaches you. If I want a trainer, I will get a trainer. Otherwise the interruptions cause me to lose focus and nor preform as well. So I am not a meany I just like what I like in a gym.
  • Gemalar
    Gemalar Posts: 301 Member
    the noises ppl make when lifting....seriously are you giving birth?...no...well shut up and ooooh the biggest one is when ppl dont wipe down the equipment after using it...."why thankyou, Im so thrilled to have the honour of sitting in your crack sweat, how very kind" gaaaaah
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    People who use the squat rack for things other than squatting, over head lifting, etc.

    Go curl/stretch/do pushups/other crazy things, else where!
  • Anthonydaman
    Anthonydaman Posts: 854 Member
    For me it's the people who won't get off their cell phones and WORK!
    This, and the people who don't clean up after themselves
  • harric88
    harric88 Posts: 82 Member
    GYM BUNNIES!!!!

    1) Take your make up off!!
    2) Tie your hair up
    3) Ditch the wonderbra
    4) SWEAT *****!!!

    :D
  • Jonesie1984
    Jonesie1984 Posts: 612 Member
    too much perfume/colonge!! DEATHTRAP!
  • sirabe
    sirabe Posts: 294 Member
    People who talk about their political views loudly especially when they haven't taken their headphones off.
  • horsewhisper91
    horsewhisper91 Posts: 456 Member
    The people who come in and are on the other side of the room chatting up a storm and you can hear them on the other side of the room clearly. I blare my music through that. One time so loud to ignore them, it went on for about 20 min. Lets just say by the end of my run, my hearing was a little odd for the next hour or so. And didn't work so well....I could still hear them. I need to find my other head sets some time.
  • artickb22
    artickb22 Posts: 411 Member
    My gym is at home so pretty much nothing as I'm usually the only one there...unless someone interrupts me while exercising, especially about something trivial.
  • susannahsutton1
    susannahsutton1 Posts: 372
    The woman who spends ages in the changing room naked, doing her hair, makeup, checking text messages. I'm no prude but it is odd
    The people hogging cardio machines going super slow and reading a book at the same time
    People who go on the machine next to you and peer over to see how fast you are going
  • paleirishmother
    paleirishmother Posts: 242
    I've noticed a trend here on MFP. People who go to the gym like to ***** about everything,
  • _TEMPEST_
    _TEMPEST_ Posts: 205
    We have an older lady that comes to use the machines, and bless her heart she is VIGILANT about disinfecting everything before and after she touches it. The problem is that she sprays the stuff all over the machines and it gets blown around by the fans, leaving everyone with a faceful of disinfectant spray. GAG.
    If I see her pulling into the parking lot, I make a bee-line for the "guy's side" of the gym.
  • Swedgen
    Swedgen Posts: 29
    The gym I go to has a room adjacent to it that is seperated by a glass wall. It has games and stuff in it for kids so parents can dump their kids in there and keep an eye on them while they work out. Sometimes kids press their faces up against the glass and make faces. Makes me want to hurl a 30 pound dumbell at them.
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    People who talk really loudly on cell phones on the treadmill or elliptical because they can't hear themselves above the noise of the machine.

    The loud grunts of some guys in exerscise classes. I can understand it for lifting, but it's just creepy in yoga.
  • justicer68
    justicer68 Posts: 1,223
    The woman who brings her own little personal fan to aim at her on the cardio equipment. Oh and the woman who hides out in the locker room eating little debbie treats. That one about floored me. Really?? It's a gym...
  • Heitor71
    Heitor71 Posts: 224
    There is a lady who does abs EVERY SINGLE DAY for about 45 minutes. She might be 5'1 and weight 80lbs or so...and aggressive with anyone in her way.... There is also a group of seniors who do not do anything but flirt with one another. I never cared about it but, it's been 8 weeks and is getting on my nerves!!
  • dicoveringwhoIam
    dicoveringwhoIam Posts: 480 Member
    The guy in speedo like shorts with chicken legs, no butt, big arms, big chest, and a big neck, not so much that he looks disturbing but that he grunts, moans, and throws down his weights.
  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    Or, the obnoxious grunts and screams when doing weights :S

    lmao this.
    Like--
    why do I need to hear your exaggerated grunts over my music ??
    So unnecessary.
  • crossfit_lover
    crossfit_lover Posts: 230 Member
    Honestly? Guys who are already ridiculously ripped and continue to do weight and chisel. They're disproportionate and can't fun worth crap but hang out doing bicep curls...come on dude!
  • hph442
    hph442 Posts: 319 Member
    People that make really, loud unusual noises.
  • AmazonRDH
    AmazonRDH Posts: 203 Member
    so i used to go to LA Fitness, the treadmills are upstairs overlooking the weight lifting area, and there were always these bleach blonde girls dressed in stripper clothes........ and i mean the tank tops with the "slit" between the boobs to show implant cleavage, 6-inch fake nails and tons of makeup, who would just walk around and never actually pick up a weight or use a machine. I used to just watch the show while I was running, it was sooooo entertaining. ---as a disclaimer i have bleach blonde hair and fake boobs, but i go to the gym in baggy sweats and no makeup SO THERE. :wink: (I'm sure all the guys are wondering where this LA Fitness is..........LOL)
  • wildcatnyc
    wildcatnyc Posts: 2,410 Member
    Not using a towel or wiping down the machines after use...nobody wants to sit in your @ss sweat. Towels are free at my gym, so there's no excuse.
  • war1575
    war1575 Posts: 15 Member
    Nude walkers in the locker room. It seems like every decade older you get, the more comfortable you are with less clothing. Grampa, stop shaving with your balls on the sink and put some clothes on.

    I'm usually cool with someone working in on a machine that I'm using, but don't change the weight, change the handles on the cable and move everything around. If you want to use the cables to do back, and I'm doing triceps; you're gonna have to wait.
  • mesicali_chica
    mesicali_chica Posts: 71 Member
    The only thing that bothers me right now is this group of the same 3 guys who will stand around various machine; not using the machines just standing around them not allowing anyone else to use them.


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