Gym Etiquette

I think people in general should be able to work out without being objectified. Women look at men at the gym also. As a typical male, I find it difficult not to observe members of the opposite sex working out when they wear gym clothes which barely cover their bodies. I never stare and try to be discrete because I know they may not want people gawking. It is human nature to admire attractive members of the human race.

If women didn't want men looking at them they wouldn't wear yoga pants.

It's terrible gym etiquette to look anywhere BUT your machine or weights that your using.

This clearly makes you a creep.

Just like wearing make up in the gym makes you a hooker.

just don't get caught

i think it is fine to look or take quick glances but staring is not good.

I have a habit of staring off into the distance and it could be perceived as me staring at someone.

I can honestly say that if I see what I think is someone staring at me they're doing so because I'm in great shape. Sometimes it can look like someone is staring when they are actually looking up at the television or at themselves in the mirror while they do their cardio.

Unless someone is standing right in front of me staring like a real creep then I just assume that the person in question is just either looking or gazing off into space.

This made me laugh. I knew there was a reason I wear baggy sweatpants - put my hair in a pony tail and put on a ball hat. No one would want to look at me - ha!

If she's dressed like I should be following her around with a camera with a Girls Gone Wild sticker on it then she's getting stared at and I have no shame. Other than that, quick look.

If women didn't want men looking at them they wouldn't wear yoga pants.

This way of thinking really frustrates me! So we should be covered from head to toe in baggy clothes so that we get far too hot and our trousers get all tangled together up when we try to sprint on the treadmill? That is actually ridiculous!
"Oh she's wearing shorts, therefore I am entitled to gawk?" I don't think so! Maybe she's a little bit warm from exercising?!

In regards to glancing around, we all glance around between sets etc, the only other option is to study your own bellybutton, just don't be a perv.

If she's dressed like I should be following her around with a camera with a Girls Gone Wild sticker on it then she's getting stared at and I have no shame. Other than that, quick look.

gross.

This made me laugh. I knew there was a reason I wear baggy sweatpants - put my hair in a pony tail and put on a ball hat. No one would want to look at me - ha!

Psshhh...I love my wife in a ball cap and pony tail with saggy sweats!

*A* quick glance? I don't think anyone would care. Ogling and glancing away whenever they notice you to try to qualify it as "not staring", yeah, that's creepy.

I don't think anyone *never* looks. I mean, you at least need basic situational awareness to avoid smashing someone in the head with a dumbbell, and that's gonna require looking, which will occasionally lead to noticing a super-hottie. Can't be helped.

I guess it depends on the gym, lol. I go to an all women's gym, so everybody greets everybody, and NOT glancing up from your machine makes you rude.

Keep glancing, I know I look good.

If women didn't want men looking at them they wouldn't wear yoga pants.

This way of thinking really frustrates me! So we should be covered from head to toe in baggy clothes so that we get far too hot and our trousers get all tangled together up when we try to sprint on the treadmill? That is actually ridiculous!
"Oh she's wearing shorts, therefore I am entitled to gawk?" I don't think so! Maybe she's a little bit warm from exercising?!

In regards to glancing around, we all glance around between sets etc, the only other option is to study your own bellybutton, just don't be a perv.

This!!!!

Gym attire is appropriate in the gym. As stated above, that may involve showing a bit of skin in order to be comfortable. How would you men feel if we told you to wear heavy, long sleeved clothes so we wouldnt be distracted!

Men should learn to look away and not stare at a woman's parts.

Also if i have on makeup at the gym it's because i came straight from work and don't have time to remove it. That doesnt make me a hooker. Just a busy mom.

With the above being said, no woman (or man) has to push the limits of decency with extremely skimpy gym clothes. There are moderate choices.

And staring is always rude. Looking, and then moving on is different.

Look , we all do it. Just don't stare or leer.... Hell when I do cardio I park myself on the elliptical infront of all the free weights... Part of it is to enjoy the view.... :devil: .. I dont care if you look just dont stalk me lol