Who is the most obnoxious person at YOUR gym??

I have an older guy at my gym.. He is in good shape, but he often finds an open area in the gym and does Karate with an invisible friend... and makes sure he gets everyones attention with loud "Yas and Has" and other crazy noises when he kicks or punchs.... and then he runs around the indoor track and "pumps" him self up loudly, raising his arms like he just won something....

I quit PF last year, but:
1. The old wrinkly guy who walked around the dressing room butt-naked.
2. The four teenage girls who all stood around a treadmill while one of them ran.

anyone wearing perfume or cologne. ARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!

also the person who left the gross diet drink powder in the ipod holder of the treadmill i used the other night. Was that envelope of chemical garbage i kept breathing in supposed to be some kind of gift? Throw your trash away!

also the dude on the stair stepper that kept staring at me. cut that out, dude, that is not cool

Me, because I'm the only one at my gym!

2. The guy who is SO JUICED UP his eyelids are puffy and look like slits. He talks to himself and looks around to see if anyone else is watching his lifts. (Clearly, I am. You can't miss this dude.) Another thing he does that I LOVE is lifts his shorts up so he can observe his quads in the mirror.

OMG THIS GUY!!! The one at my gym grunts loudly with every raise of his 20lb dumbbell then precedes to kiss his arms after each rep. I swear he spends more time smiling at himself and kissing his arms then actually working out. Sorry to break it to you kiddo but we're staring because you look like an idiot not a hottie.

Side Note: Grunting while you work out is fine when your actually doing the work. Yes its awkward but so is my heavy breathing when I run lol.

I find it hard to believe that a real juicer is only using 20lb dumbbells.

I have an older guy at my gym.. He is in good shape, but he often finds an open area in the gym and does Karate with an invisible friend... and makes sure he gets everyones attention with loud "Yas and Has" and other crazy noises when he kicks or punchs.... and then he runs around the indoor track and "pumps" him self up loudly, raising his arms like he just won something....

My brother related a similar story from his gym. It was a smaller gym on two levels; the bottom floor had weights and cardio machines, and the top floor was open space for stretching, cardio, etc- as well as having a punching bag. One of the regs would be lifting weights, then suddenly drop the weights to run a few laps around the floor, dodging machines and other gym goers. He'd then bound up the stairs and take on the punching bag with cries of "Come at me!" and "Bring it!" before heading back down to his weights.

Dav, names have been omitted to protect the innocent. You have to admit, there are people in the gym, at the supermarket, at work who just get on your last damn nerve. I'm absolutely not mocking effort, rather, lack thereof if you read the OP. And the other guy, well, he needs a detox program.

I used to be one of those "afraid to go to the gym people" as well and agree, no one should ever be mocked for effort. But WIPE DOWN YOUR DAMN MACHINE and GET OFF THE PHONE!!

In fact, I always mentally and sometimes actually smile at those who I can tell are uncomfortable. Somewhere, I'm sure there's a thread about that "dumba$$ who's always smiling at me and rolling her eyes at people". C'est la vie!

Props to you! A friend and I were doing a circuit (kind of only 2 of us, so only 2 machines at a time) and a couple asked us if we were done, we advised that we were just finishing our second set and wouldn't be long, we proceeded to finish and they jumped right on. Didn't even give me 15 seconds to wipe it down which I had intended on doing and then the lady has the audacity to say "Wow, they won't even wipe it off"

I couldn't believe it, I lost it on her. I said in a strong voice "if you stand here and watch me finish my sets, waiting for my machine all whilst staring at me I most certainly will not want to, but I definitely will wipe it down. However if you jump right on before I have barely gotten my feet on the ground there's no chance in hell I will and if you're going to mutter something rude under your breath it better not be about me, you can talk to me directly. Next time just politely wait, or come back to the machine later"

Possibly a few choice words in there but those I shouldn't have said lol

The person who takes up to three or four different pieces of equipment at the same time. I will admit when I am the only one lifting I will use two back and forth. However, if there are several people I will do one activity and move onto another.

This may only bother me because the gym I attend is very small, and there is only one squat rack, smith machine, and cable machine. Monopolizing all of them just isn't right! :grumble:

i hate these damn threads. every time someone wants to start lifting they post how they are scared to go because they don't want to be judged. and i come in, along with tons of my "mean" friends, and we encourage them to just go work out and that no one is judging them, no one is thinking about them, no one is saying mean things behind their back.

and right as they start to believe it, they will come in an read bull**** threads like this one and wonder if someone is going to be making a post and laughing about them. thanks for making a liar out of me.

Good Stuff Dav, I agree 100%

There is an older guy (60ish) at my gym who loudly grunts and moans - on the Elliptical!! :noway: I would be more understanding if he was really getting at it, but he just mozies on it for about 10 minutes :huh:

I thought this was going to say "Who is the most obnoxious person on you FL." I'm glad it's not, because that would be a REALLY hard decision to make.