Things you hate at the gym!!!

Spiders. I hate them everywhere but ohhh I really hate those ****ers when I'm at the gym.

Completely irrational but its when somebody goes on my bike!

I know its not my bike and i dont know why its so important to me that i go on that one and not the other 3 but damnit it is, if i walk in there and im expecting to do time on the bike to warm up and somebody is on mine my first instinct is to leave and come back later - as crazy as that is...

Oh and weird eye contact people...

I can totally relate! I have a certain locker I like to use, and if it is in use when I get there I get irrationally annoyed. glad I'm not alone!

also, the indoor track goes around the basketball court and I really hate awkward stares as I do laps. Makes me feel like I have a third eye...

True story from today: I'm on the only available treadmill at the gym. Gym is packed. Typical Monday. The guy next to me starts pinching off one nostril and blowing a'la snot rocket style in multiple succession. I turn to my left to give him this obvious stare that would tell him, "Dude! Really???" He doesn't stop. I look down a few minutes later and the guy has what I believe to be buckets of sweat on the display monitor. I hope it was sweat. Thank God for gym wipes. So gross in so many ways. I think I need a silk wood shower just for being in close proximity

People who use a set of dumbbells for three reps, then switch, then switch. Standing in front of the whole rack the entire time.

People who run 4-5 weight machines in a circuit and won't let you get in on any of them until they are done.

^>€#<% circuit trainers. My workout takes 20 minutes, at a leisurely pace. If I am battling circuit trainers I will be there for an hour sometimes.

Morons who walk around with a gallon of water! idiots

So tell me sir, what is the appropriate amount of water to bring, lest I offend your delicate sensibilities? My workouts are fairly short - rarely exceeding an hour, and I can still put away 2L of water in that time. Someone training for longer is going to need more.

LOL, lots of posts in this thread. Looks like some of us could use some lessons in gym etiquette.

One thing that REALLY irks me - the girls that come in the gym with the teeny tiny booty shorts or skin-tight paint-on spandex pants and sports bra, full face of makeup, and hair not even pulled back but hanging down perfectly done like they're ready to step out on the town. And they leisurely play on the exercise machines basically doing nothing but chatting on their cell phones, flirting with the men in the gym, trying to attract as much attention to themselves as possible. Sorry, but I think it's pathetic. There are gyms I specifically avoid - especially in the evenings - because it's basically a big meat market, and I'm not into that. I'm at the gym to put in work, not to strut around trying to look cute.

If you don't look like a sweaty mess at the end of your workout, then you ain't doing nothing! And for what I pay every month for my gym membership and personal trainer, you better believe I'm going to go there to focus on my health; I don't have money to waste and I would think even these cutesy girls would feel the same. Please go somewhere else to socialize, like a night club.

This just happened to me yesterday-some guy gets on the machine next to me wearing about a gallon of cologne. It was making me nauseated and I had to move to another machine to finish my workout lol. The woman on the other side of him moved too. It was BAD!

curled in there today... love that straight bar

Okay, I have two new ones, both of which happened today.

People not using the gym to do any real work. Okay, yes, I understand that not everybody can run or lift heavy, and every step counts, etc. but today there was this girl in my tiny apartment gym. This gym has one treadmill, one lifting bench, one stationary bike, one cable station. And she's sitting there in her sweatshirt complaining about how cold it is while she texts and walks on the treadmill at 1.5. One time she got so distracted by a fascinating text message that she stopped walking and the treadmill carried her to the end and dumped her off. She sat on the bench texting and doing a couple of curls every five minutes. She got on the bike for five minutes, got off to stretch, got on for five more minutes, went to the bathroom, got on for five minutes, stopped and sat there texting. Oh my god.

Second. This kid came in and started using the cable station for various things, with the weight so light that when he returned to starting position there was a huge bang. 30 reps of this ****, and then he's bragging to his little brother about how many reps he can do. BANG BANG BANG. I'm so strong man I bet you can't even do 10. BANG BANG BANG BANG. Ughh.

Tiny gyms require extra special etiquette, man. Be quiet. Don't monopolize all the equipment, especially when you're barely doing anything. It's not that hard.