Proper Gym Etiquette

Do not fart while doing squats.

At least say "excuse me"

Agreed. Sometimes you just can't help it.

Please wipe off the machine, even if you don't think you sweat.

Don't be late for group classes! Even when it's not yoga, it's a distraction when I'm trying to focus on a routine and someone walks in the room late, especially when they walk in front of you to get to a spot. I've had two offenders of this in my Zumba class that particularly stand out:

1) Last month, a woman who shows up kind of regularly, but hasn't been there as much as she used to be, walks in 15 minutes late. We had a sub that day, as our instructor was out sick. The woman saw this I'm sure, so she stayed for about 10-15 minutes more of class, then walked out. I thought it was pretty rude to our sub, as the rest of us were enjoying him AND he had only gotten licensed about five months ago, so like...give the guy a break! He was doing his best, as our instructor is pretty popular and I guess some people are hard to please. So it goes without saying to be courteous to any instructor, whether it's your favorite or a sub. Not to mention it's ignorant to show up late and leave early.

2) Two weeks ago, a different girl showed up late, although not as late, as we were still doing warmup. She was not ready for class at all, as she walked into the room with flip flops and her hair down, so she was standing in the back of the room changing her shoes and putting her hair up. Last I looked, the group fitness room was NOT a locker room, so I don't understand why some people think it is. She should've done whatever needed to be done in a bathroom or at home, then come to class.

Yes! a chance for me to finally get this off my chest:

Why are you stretching in the cramped area behind my treadmill when there is an open and spacious streching area 10 feet away? Your not fooling anyone creep.

Don't take up multiple machines at the same time, especially when the gym is full and that is the only working lat pull.

Don't drop the weights so that they crash down and disturb everyone. If you can't set them down normally then you are not in control and they are too heavy.

Don't do your exercises on the stairs going into the gym. That is for traffic not training.

Don't spit in the showers, I don't care that you think everyone does it. You could at least have the decency to not do it like you're yacking out a lung. Don't spit in the pool either.

If a machine is designated for a class during a certian hour don't pitch a fit when you're asked to get off. You made the decision to use it during that hour so that is the risk you took. Quit interrupting the class.

If you're late for class your position is in the back. Don't force your way up.

Don't sit in the sauna naked. You don't have anything I want to see. On a related note, don't do your tai chi, yoga pose, ballet dance whatever it is while in a full sauna. If you're alone then whatever but I would rather not live in fear of getting clocked on the head.

I love you guys.

When I was in uni, the gym was somehow *always* full of "those guys." You know, the ones who couldn't possibly life unless they unleashed the most ungodly grunt in the world. Were they lifting, or having a poop?! So completely gross. I actually stopped going to the gym partly because of those guys - they made me really uncomfortable.

People who don't wipe down machines should be tied down and bathed in the sweat of 10,000 strangers. With their eyes open.

Do not fart while doing squats.

At least say "excuse me"

Agreed. Sometimes you just can't help it.

If you ain't fartin, you ain't squattin' enough.

A little strange to walk by the mirror and do maybe 1 or 2 pull ups or whatever he is passing then flex and keep moving and then repeat again and again circling from one machine to the next. Basically wasting time taking up machines because he wants to appear to be using them while checking the phone and talking with muscle buddy.

Seriously though-If you take a shower pick your strands of hair off of the drain. AND if you are having a lady day wipe off the damn seat no one wants to see that. If this is what people do at the gym how do they live at home?

On a serious note, be courteous of others first and foremost.

Also -
when you are finished using something put it away
if you sweat all over equipment, wipe it down
use equipment for what it is meant for, if what you are doing can be done somewhere else then don't use specialized equipment (aka don't curl in the squat rack)
if you have questions/need help then ask someone
don't slam stuff around or be extra dramatic
if you check someone out, be discreet not creepy
blow dryers in the locker room are not meant for your entire body
seriously, don't take my spot in class.

^^^This exactly!!

For the love of god do not wear perfume or smelly body sprays to the gym.

You are there to sweat and workout, not smell like james bond swam in axe.

Jus sayin.

It drives me crazy when I am in cycle class and can't breathe due to b**tches perfume.

I agree 100%! At my gym, there is this older man that I'm pretty sure showers in cologne before he comes to the gym. I ccn usually smell him 20 feet away-- no exaggeration! And I kept smelling him throughout the whole time I was there, even as he moved to different machines around me. Barf! You are supposed to smell like sweat. All other smells are just annoying.