Gym Pet PEEVES
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Aside from not putting weights away this sounds like my kind of gym, can I have the address? LOL. You need to go find a Planet Fitless.
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I was on the treadmill going at it as hard as I could the other day, and the girl next to me was on the treadmill walking SOOO slow and texting. I just wanted to rip her phone out of her hand. Texting?! Why? At the gym? Just don't bother going.
Who cares...its nunya...none ya business. Mind it!0 -
Aside from not putting weights away this sounds like my kind of gym, can I have the address? LOL. You need to go find a Planet Fitless.
Sure, but I think it'd be a long drive to the Boston area
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SHkae & bake!!0
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Never seen someone wipe down any seat or machine EVER (despite there being spray bottles and paper towel dispensers in about 6 different locations).
that is for spraying the seats? I always thought that was to spray yourself to help you cool down. I always give my pits a quick spray or two after a heavy set.0 -
so trueThis is why I work out at home now...the only true judgment free zone.
I got my 15-lb dumbbells and my exercise ball in the garage and I can do what I want, dammit!0 -
Percentage of people who even read the first post: 10%
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I guess it is a personal preference. I go to the gym to work out in peace, not to watch people prance around & ogle themselves in the mirror, to wipe up other people's sweat, pick up their weights, or to handle their dirty towels and other personal crap in order to use the equipment. I'm lucky enough to have a fitness center where I work, so there can be reputation consequences if you act like a slob, so it is probably less common.0 -
Never seen someone wipe down any seat or machine EVER (despite there being spray bottles and paper towel dispensers in about 6 different locations).
that is for spraying the seats? I always thought that was to spray yourself to help you cool down. I always give my pits a quick spray or two after a heavy set.
Those spray bottles double as a refreshing drink too.0 -
My biggest pet peeve is the sleeveless men who think they're better than everyone else just because they pick things up and put them down repeatedly.
^^ love this! ^^ wear what you want....0 -
:grumble: Some morons decided to f@#$ around in my lap lane last night... splashing each other and doing handstands and all that. I purposely go to a non-social gym because I wanted to AVOID that.
ETA: I should clarify. I'm nearly 6 foot tall, make wide flip turns, and swim at competition speed. Sharing a lap lane is not only nearly impossible for me (I don't want to whip someone as I swim past), but shouldn't be necessary. I'm basically paying $30 a month to use the pool. You can wait your turn for a lane just like I did. If you ask to share and I politely tell you no, move on with your life.
Had some kids come into my lane as I was trundling by and almost clocked one with the paddles I was using. All it took was a lecture about how not to die and it was cool, but damn. People no thinkee.0 -
Thanks Pop pop!Percentage of people who even read the first post: 10%
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Add these to Pet PEEVES as well
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Oh I had to laugh - for real people just lay down on the floor? That sounds like a pretty horrible
I have totally done that. lol0 -
I was on the treadmill going at it as hard as I could the other day, and the girl next to me was on the treadmill walking SOOO slow and texting. I just wanted to rip her phone out of her hand. Texting?! Why? At the gym? Just don't bother going.
Better on the treadmill than on my favorite, overcrowded running/walking path.0 -
I read & understood your post. I don't have PF near me, so I decided I'd contribute a pet peeve of my own! 0
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I will adamantly defend myself and say I have been the victim of "laying in a pool of their own sweat" once or twice.
I deem this to be because
a) I tried F*(&ing hard that particular time
b) I'm a fatso and I WAS GOING TO DIE
c) Sweating due to physical exertion is what you do at a gym
Additionally I at least cleaned up the pool of sweat, and I consider this demonstration of effort to be better than the pristine people who come into the gym, do 20 minutes on a cross-trainer without so much as breathing out of place, then head home with untarnished, unsweatified clothes.
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The littering/ leaving crap on the ground, though... hmmm. Not into that at all.0 -
i cut and paste this from my profile today becuase I got teed off while working out..
...wow talk about MF'ing morons in the gym today....is everyone trying to piss me off????
Moron #1 some freaking old dude..I am setting up to do weighted pulls and have the little step up thing but the trainer and this chick are finishing up just behind the pull up station so I wait and grab a drink from my water bottle right as they finish up the F'r looks at me steps over my set up and starts doing F'ing 5pound single arm rows! I am like WTF...so he finished I do first set; then come back around to do second set and the ****er steps right in front of me - says nothing - and does more F'ing 5# arm rows...now I am pissed...so the next time I see him walking over I cut him off and do my thing...then he trys to do the **** again and I cut him off again....grrrrrrrr
moron #2 - I am doing DB lat raises and he comes walking behind me and I am thinking "this dude must see me..." well he just walks right next to me and I almost nail him in the face with a 40# dumbbell ..I was damn bro pay attention to your freaking surroundings.... wowzers...OK rant over...normal programming will resume..I hope...
Crap like this pisses me off...I don't really care about grunting, or chicks in makeup, or slamming weights down - hell I do that on deads sometimes, can't help it...
oh please freaking re-rack your weights people!!!!!!0 -
It's all about the management, for sure, they have to set a tone. Apparently the tone at your gym is 'Lord of the Flies'.
My peeves:
- gorillas who are not even embarrassed about staring at you, and even slow down to walk around you a bunch of times. Gross. Sometimes I feel like letting go of my dumbbell midswing (when I am doing swings, I don't swing randomly, lol).
- gangs of 3-5 teenagers who cluster around the cable machine and do a million sets.0 -
Lol :flowerforyou:
The last paragraph is essential.
IN to see how many people don't read it.
whoops that would be I ...I re-posted my gym rant from earlier..oh well...stupid people piss me off whether they are in the gym or in the grocery store...0 -
:grumble: Some morons decided to f@#$ around in my lap lane last night... splashing each other and doing handstands and all that. I purposely go to a non-social gym because I wanted to AVOID that.
ETA: I should clarify. I'm nearly 6 foot tall, make wide flip turns, and swim at competition speed. Sharing a lap lane is not only nearly impossible for me (I don't want to whip someone as I swim past), but shouldn't be necessary. I'm basically paying $30 a month to use the pool. You can wait your turn for a lane just like I did. If you ask to share and I politely tell you no, move on with your life.
Sorry, what? You expect to have a whole lane to yourself? I mean I understand the need in your case, but that's kind of a luxury in a typical gym. Maybe try a university pool.
but yeah, the handstands, that would drive me nuts too.0 -
feel who run on treadmill next to me and fart as they run.
Yes you did fart, you have headphones on so you did not hear it, but i can smell it.
Oh yeah, sorry about that...0 -
Funny Post.
I cannot STAND ANYONE WHO DOES FREAKING CURLS IN THE SQUAT RACK! ITS A SQUAT RACK!!!
Go do curls in front of the mirror!0 -
Laugh all you want at Planet Fitness. But I have to say, it's the cleanest, and most courteous gym I've ever been to. They have paper towels with a spray cleaner setup all over the floor. Everyone wipes down the equipment. They will CALL YOU OUT (with the Lunk Alarm) if you grunt or yell. They will terminate your contract if you are talking on your cell phone and leaving your stuff all over the place. I constantly see the staff walking around and cleaning or picking up something.
Sure they don't have barbells, spin classes or yoga. But it's a basic gym with lots of cardio, machines, dumbbells, and presses. Oh and it's $10/mo no contract.
Beat that LA Fitness!!
Sounds like a good gym... FOR *****ES. People that hocker the water fountain... Its the worst thing ever0 -
If you say curl in the squat rack go kill yourself or find a gym with a thousand squat racks0
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Most of you go to the gym to see what other people are doing... Just mind your own business and let people do what they feel is right0
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If you say curl in the squat rack go kill yourself or find a gym with a thousand squat racks
That's quite an overreaction.0 -
I despise the fact that many people do not clean up the seats and also many people are very judgmental. Also, Where I used to work out many parents of my students would go to as well, so I was not able to work out in peace. Due to this, I have decided to stick to running and weight lifting within the safety of my house.0
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If you say curl in the squat rack go kill yourself or find a gym with a thousand squat racks
That's quite an overreaction.
Its not.. Its just old, people need to get over it0 -
:grumble: Some morons decided to f@#$ around in my lap lane last night... splashing each other and doing handstands and all that. I purposely go to a non-social gym because I wanted to AVOID that.
ETA: I should clarify. I'm nearly 6 foot tall, make wide flip turns, and swim at competition speed. Sharing a lap lane is not only nearly impossible for me (I don't want to whip someone as I swim past), but shouldn't be necessary. I'm basically paying $30 a month to use the pool. You can wait your turn for a lane just like I did. If you ask to share and I politely tell you no, move on with your life.
while I agree it is a p.i.t.a sharing a lane and I too swim hard and train like a competitive swimmer - if I went there I wouldn't ask you, I would get in and start swimming - they pay their money too :P but playing around is unacceptable0 -
feel who run on treadmill next to me and fart as they run.
Yes you did fart, you have headphones on so you did not hear it, but i can smell it.
totally THIS...it's so distracting :sick: ! the cardio area in my gym is surrounded by a 200m track. if you're going to fart, can't you take it to the track please? and if you're 3 treadmills down from me and i can still smell your 4-day old sweat there's a prob. wash you're freaking clothes from time to time. yes gyms are odorous but sometimes it's too much. i've been going to the same gym for 10 years so obviously the farting and occasional overwhelming BO are not a deal breakers but you asked.0 -
I was on the treadmill going at it as hard as I could the other day, and the girl next to me was on the treadmill walking SOOO slow and texting. I just wanted to rip her phone out of her hand. Texting?! Why? At the gym? Just don't bother going.
Who cares...its nunya...none ya business. Mind it!
Sounds like she's one of the "texters" lol0
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