Gym Etiquette breaches....

trudijoy
trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
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What really gets you annoyed in your workout time? Part of me likes getting grumpy at the gym coz it fuels a better workout haha.

These are guaranteed to irritate me.

- people who use the circuit machines for long bursts of cardio when there are people doing circuits and cardio machines available off-circuit

- people who get on the machine in front of you on the circuit about three seconds before the transition buzzer goes off and you have to go around them and go back to the machine

- people who don't wipe their sweat off equipment

- people chilling on the mats talking to each other and not working out when you want to do core work

grumble away haha. Lets vent about gym - annoyances
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  • xALEXANDROx
    xALEXANDROx Posts: 3,416 Member
    that one dude just keeps looking at me or my routine. don't know wich .:explode:
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Curling lightweight in the squat rack, if u can't do at least 135 get out of there haha...
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    that one dude just keeps looking at me or my routine. don't know wich .:explode:

    LOL yeah i go to an all girls gym and you get that too. often with chicks it's things like 'wonder where she got that workout top' or ís her hair real?' etc :laugh:
  • raychulj
    raychulj Posts: 458 Member
    Curling lightweight in the squat rack, if u can't do at least 135 get out of there haha...
    curling on the SQUAT rack. Period.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    +1
  • Frankii_x
    Frankii_x Posts: 238
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    ^^^^ this. I feel like launching their left behind weights at their heads!
  • writetomab
    writetomab Posts: 226
    Well... I have no excuses as I work out at home now... but I do get annoyed that I don't always put my weights back in their correct place! :laugh:
  • mikemckinlay
    mikemckinlay Posts: 22 Member
    First one is a no brainer - people who don't put the dumbells back in the correct place (or even don't put their dumbells back and leave them lying on the floor).

    The other one is a bit subjective and I run the risk of being blasted for this :wink: : People who want to share your machine whilst you rest. Now speaking personally, if I am using a machine I have the height / width / weight settings etc set for me and to be quite honest I would rather be left alone to finish my sets. I don't spend ages on a machine and I am quite efficient at resting / pushing, and I'm sure that there are many other things to do whilst you are waiting for me to finish. Even worse is when someone stands by you gawping at you (catching flies) whilst you finish your sets - I find it incredibly off-putting.
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    First one is a no brainer - people who don't put the dumbells back in the correct place (or even don't put their dumbells back and leave them lying on the floor).

    The other one is a bit subjective and I run the risk of being blasted for this :wink: : People who want to share your machine whilst you rest. Now speaking personally, if I am using a machine I have the height / width / weight settings etc set for me and to be quite honest I would rather be left alone to finish my sets. I don't spend ages on a machine and I am quite efficient at resting / pushing, and I'm sure that there are many other things to do whilst you are waiting for me to finish. Even worse is when someone stands by you gawping at you (catching flies) whilst you finish your sets - I find it incredibly off-putting.

    i'm with you on that last one. . when i'm done with it i'll move off of it. I often do stretches USING the machine so indicate it's still 'mine'
  • pennydreadful270
    pennydreadful270 Posts: 266 Member
    It's not their fault but I hate it when people take the bars away from the racks and use them in the sort of pivot-thing in the corner and row it to their crotch. I'm sure it's a good excercise for something but there are only 2 bars and what use is a squat rack without one??

    The people who do this always, always leave the bar there with weights on as well. So it takes even longer to get to squat. Bah. Just do some dumbell rows, will ya?
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Don't stand in front of me while I do my exercise...
  • raychulj
    raychulj Posts: 458 Member
    There's an old man who will stand infront of you sighing and grunting until you get off the machine he wants.
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    ^^^^ this. I feel like launching their left behind weights at their heads!

    far out lady, great comparison pics! you look amazing
  • Frankii_x
    Frankii_x Posts: 238
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    ^^^^ this. I feel like launching their left behind weights at their heads!

    far out lady, great comparison pics! you look amazing

    Oh you sweetie! Thanks so much :) xxx
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  • mousepaws22
    mousepaws22 Posts: 380 Member
    Anything other than squats in the squat rack- most of the guys at my gym seem to think it's somewhere to have a rest, chat to their mates or do any exercise other than squats. And not putting your weights back.
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    Curling lightweight in the squat rack, if u can't do at least 135 get out of there haha...

    Squat rack is the squat rack. Curl anywhere else
  • EllaIsNotEnchanted
    EllaIsNotEnchanted Posts: 226 Member
    @pennydreadful

    sounds like they're doing a barbell row.
  • GenF32
    GenF32 Posts: 184 Member
    There's a dude who uses the gym in our apartment building - which is a very small gym - and he listens to his iPod really loudly, WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Drives me nuts. Who does that?? I want to listen to my own music, not his.
  • GrabacrPD
    GrabacrPD Posts: 94 Member
    - Dropping/Throwing Weights after Sets

    - Not putting weights away

    - Standing around chatting

    - example of 3 guys doing sets on one machine and taking forever

    - Not asking for help when people have no idea what they are doing!
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    I work out at home, so... When my husband leaves his guitar *kitten* all over the living room? Does that count?
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    People who use the squat rack and waste time doing horrible squats haha...
  • ronrstaats
    ronrstaats Posts: 294 Member
    The other one is a bit subjective and I run the risk of being blasted for this :wink: : People who want to share your machine whilst you rest. Now speaking personally, if I am using a machine I have the height / width / weight settings etc set for me and to be quite honest I would rather be left alone to finish my sets.

    I have asked to slip onto a machine a couple of times while someone is resting. I *always* set it back to the way they had it when I am done.

    My peeve is since I am at a Rec Center Gym once in a while a a group of teenagers decide to *play* in the gym. You can tell it gets on everyone's nerves.
  • Dekitara
    Dekitara Posts: 11
    Anyone who feels the need to comment on me wearing Converse. I am here to lift, I do not need running shoes to lift. Please, Cardio Bunny, return to whence you came in the forest of the ellipticals.
  • pnut456
    pnut456 Posts: 67 Member
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    THIS!! GGRRR
  • Ceffy
    Ceffy Posts: 235
    Not reracking your weights. It means I can't tell if that equipment is free, it means someone has to pickup after you and it means you're an assh0le.

    ^^^ This!
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025
    There's a dude who uses the gym in our apartment building - which is a very small gym - and he listens to his iPod really loudly, WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Drives me nuts. Who does that?? I want to listen to my own music, not his.

    I workout in my apartment complex gym and there is this girl who talks very loudly on her phone. She will be curling or doing shoulder presses and practically screaming.....it is terrible. I usually just leave.
  • GenF32
    GenF32 Posts: 184 Member
    There's a dude who uses the gym in our apartment building - which is a very small gym - and he listens to his iPod really loudly, WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Drives me nuts. Who does that?? I want to listen to my own music, not his.

    I workout in my apartment complex gym and there is this girl who talks very loudly on her phone. She will be curling or doing shoulder presses and practically screaming.....it is terrible. I usually just leave.

    Oh God.. how tedious. Why aren't we brave enough to tell these people they're just rude?
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    id say my gyms squat rack gets used equally for:

    curling
    military press
    squats

    not sure how big our gym is size wise but (and sorry i dont know all the technical terms)

    2 flat benches
    1 incline bench
    1 decline bench
    2 adjustable benches
    1 decline bench for situps
    1 preacher curl
    1 tbar row
    combined of the following setup
    1 seated row
    1 cable crossover
    1 dip/pullup
    1 lat pulldown
    1 tricep pull down
    1 squat rack
    1 smith machine
    hack squat
    seated leg press

    machines are
    preacher curl
    tricep extension
    pec dec
    leg rasies
    lat pull down
    back extensions
    hamstring curls
    leg curls
    leg press


    5 elliptical
    2 stair steppers
    3 arc trainers
    4 treadmills
    4 bikes


    so you have to make do with what you can make do


    as far as working in with someone, as you can see its not a terribly huge gym but some days men synch up their workouts like women do their periods

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