Gym Pet PEEVES

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  • BananaFaceFace
    BananaFaceFace Posts: 70 Member
    My biggest pet peeve

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  • ParrosFan
    ParrosFan Posts: 77 Member
    I wear makeup and my hair is done when I go to the gym, but that is because I come straight from work. However on the weekend, I get up and go to the gym, looking like a completely different person sans makeup and coiffed hair!
  • melwharris91
    melwharris91 Posts: 80 Member
    I once worked next to someone on the elliptical who stunk so bad that I could taste his BO. I thought I was going to throw up. Needless to say I moved to another machine but I could still smell him
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Throwing weights down. I dumbbell bench up to 65kg per arm and put them down softly without a noise. I'm sure you can do the same with a 1/4 of the weight, without any hardcore grunting either (sure maybe the last few reps).

    I don't want to use dumbbells that are banana shape because you can't respect the gym's property!
  • gypy
    gypy Posts: 83 Member
    Throwing weights down. I dumbbell bench up to 65kg per arm and put them down softly without a noise. I'm sure you can do the same with a 1/4 of the weight, without any hardcore grunting either (sure maybe the last few reps).

    I don't want to use dumbbells that are banana shape because you can't respect the gym's property!

    If only everyone was like this!
  • DeeDiddyGee
    DeeDiddyGee Posts: 601 Member
    My biggest pet peeve

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    THIS is HILARIOUS!!!
  • FightingFox
    FightingFox Posts: 44
    haha! My pet peeve are "the competitors." I would do intervals on the elliptical but minute I start going all out for that 30 seconds, suddenly I see "Mr/Mrs Me too" jumping on the elliptical on the side of me pumping so fast to match my pace. Once they realize I'm doing intervals they get off. The same happens when I'm in the weight room. I lift to only tone, no bodybuilder here but for some reason if I'm doing curls, or squats here comes "competitor" pumping 10 x as fast and double the weight right by me. smh LOL!

    My other pet peeve was some ppl in my class wouldn't do the entire move. If the body pump instructor tells us to lower slowly down during a curl this person would just let it drop. Or they would do have a squat instead of a whole one. I thought maybe she was injured and was taking it easy but she wasn't. Every class shortcuts with her. I know its her money she's wasting but ugh, so annoying. Do it right, correct form, or don't do it at all. LOL
    ^^I am a BodyPump instructor, and last night one of the participants was using too heavy of weights for side raises; after I cued & demonstrated correct form, I finally had to make eye contact and said go ahead and move down in weight so that you can do the move correctly." Then repeated it.... she looked right at me and shook her head no. ...*sigh*
  • FightingFox
    FightingFox Posts: 44
    for everyone complaining about deodorant is actually REAAALLLYYY bad for your skin when you wear deodorant and sweat an excessive amount, youre not meant to wear deodorant when working out.

    ^^that's not fair. It's sickening to smell really bad BO, and it affects the whole gym. Clean yourself more often so you don't reek so bad.
  • xinit0
    xinit0 Posts: 310 Member
    for everyone complaining about deodorant is actually REAAALLLYYY bad for your skin when you wear deodorant and sweat an excessive amount, youre not meant to wear deodorant when working out.
    ^^that's not fair. It's sickening to smell really bad BO, and it affects the whole gym. Clean yourself more often so you don't reek so bad.

    Yes, stop your cardio as soon as you notice you might be perspiring, and hit the showers. Wouldn't want to offend.

    Maybe that'll teach anyone who doesn't leave that "courtesy machine" separation when the gym's not busy.

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