pet peeves at the gym

This thread is why I have my own full home gym - and well worth the investment. No lines, no waiting, no germ-infested sweat...no smelly people...play my own music, use my own bathroom...it's freakin' heaven!

Let's be honest, most of the things people whine about probably don't come up that much and aren't that big of a deal. The only equipment I ever have any real trouble getting on is the squat rack, and that's only if I go to my gym's location that only has one rack. The one I go to weekends has three. Sweat? Meh, I whipe down but I never check if anyone else does. It's just sweat and it won't kill you. Smelly people? Meh, it's a gym. Everyone stinks. I've never encountered anyone that really really really stinks. The bathrooms at my gym are fine and the music is, well, tuned out. Who cares what the gym plays? Bring your own.

I don't know, in every one of these threads there are a lot of folks complaining about people not re-racking weights or wiping down machines. Those seem to be the biggest two. Makes me think it probably happens a lot, maybe just not at your gym. <shrugs> And it only takes one weird person staring or prancing around nekkid to make me REALLY glad I have a home gym.

People who don't wipe down the machines when they finish using them...disgusting. Or who just leave the weights lying around everywhere.

This thread is why I have my own full home gym - and well worth the investment. No lines, no waiting, no germ-infested sweat...no smelly people...play my own music, use my own bathroom...it's freakin' heaven!

+1. My pet peeves usually include dogs looking at me funny, cats waiting and watching until I've fiddled with the DVD player and TV and am all set to start and THEN wanting out, and a guinea pig who makes a lot of noise at 5 am asking for his breakfast carrot.

^^^lmao! SAME!!...my puppy always flops on top of me when I'm doing my stretching and foam-rolling routine. Tough to take...

This thread is why I have my own full home gym - and well worth the investment. No lines, no waiting, no germ-infested sweat...no smelly people...play my own music, use my own bathroom...it's freakin' heaven!

Let's be honest, most of the things people whine about probably don't come up that much and aren't that big of a deal. The only equipment I ever have any real trouble getting on is the squat rack, and that's only if I go to my gym's location that only has one rack. The one I go to weekends has three. Sweat? Meh, I whipe down but I never check if anyone else does. It's just sweat and it won't kill you. Smelly people? Meh, it's a gym. Everyone stinks. I've never encountered anyone that really really really stinks. The bathrooms at my gym are fine and the music is, well, tuned out. Who cares what the gym plays? Bring your own.

I don't know, in every one of these threads there are a lot of folks complaining about people not re-racking weights or wiping down machines. Those seem to be the biggest two. Makes me think it probably happens a lot, maybe just not at your gym. <shrugs> And it only takes one weird person staring or prancing around nekkid to make me REALLY glad I have a home gym.

YEP, I've been training for over 30 years now and I've done both. Home gym is far superior, as long as you can afford equipment that meets your training needs. And I have everything I need. :-))

So far no peeve's in the gym but there are a bunch of people who chat the entire time we are doing our water aerobics and face each other in a big circle, which takes up unnecessary space in the pool.

Guys who wear very strong cologne/body spray to the gym. Can't say I've noticed a woman do it yet, but there are multiple men, including a trainer who is there all the time.

This.

I can't stand strong cologne/body spray in the gym.

Eh, I don't care about a whole lot when I go to the gym because I'm focused on just me. But some of the things that grind my gears are...

1) Not wiping your butt sweat off when you're done with a machine. I've wiped an especially sweaty looking seat once because the girl that had just gotten off didn't and..................apparently she was on her period.
2) Using your cellphone. If you're listening to music, recording a set or using an app that helps your performance whatever. But if you're sitting there on a phonecall forever not using the machine and just taking up space, the person on the other end BETTER be in a life or death situation.
3) When I'm doing the 30 minute circuit and someone decides to just jump in and not go in numerical order. If you start at 1, go to 2. If you start at 10, go to 11 next. Not 3, then 6, then 2, then 2309230293. I've had one confrontation with a lady about this because we both went for the same machine. I literally plopped my butt down after she sneered at me and I said "Sorry, I go in numerical order like the sign says. You were just using 6, that means you go to 7 now. -smile-"
4) Body hair in the shower. Seriously. Sometimes it looks like people are shaving their pubes in there. At least rinse them down the drain for the love of god.

The trainer who stared at me because I was plating 100 lbs on the bench press.

I think he thought I didn't know how much I was actually adding. (Granted, some people don't realize that the bar already weighs 45 lbs without plates.)

You can bet your *kitten* when he saw 5 smooth, strong reps, he stopped goggling.

This thread is why I have my own full home gym - and well worth the investment. No lines, no waiting, no germ-infested sweat...no smelly people...play my own music, use my own bathroom...it's freakin' heaven!

Let's be honest, most of the things people whine about probably don't come up that much and aren't that big of a deal. The only equipment I ever have any real trouble getting on is the squat rack, and that's only if I go to my gym's location that only has one rack. The one I go to weekends has three. Sweat? Meh, I whipe down but I never check if anyone else does. It's just sweat and it won't kill you. Smelly people? Meh, it's a gym. Everyone stinks. I've never encountered anyone that really really really stinks. The bathrooms at my gym are fine and the music is, well, tuned out. Who cares what the gym plays? Bring your own.

I don't know, in every one of these threads there are a lot of folks complaining about people not re-racking weights or wiping down machines. Those seem to be the biggest two. Makes me think it probably happens a lot, maybe just not at your gym. <shrugs> And it only takes one weird person staring or prancing around nekkid to make me REALLY glad I have a home gym.

YEP, I've been training for over 30 years now and I've done both. Home gym is far superior, as long as you can afford equipment that meets your training needs. And I have everything I need. :-))

Same here. I got lucky on the weight set. A few years ago the company I work for had a freecycle type webpage and some lady was getting rid of a massive weight/gym set and all I had to do was haul it away. My husband and I had to take it apart piece by piece, haul it down townhouse stairs, and stuff it in the back of our minivan, but I didn't have to pay for it. The treadmill I got at a flea market for $30.

People that I can smell. Good or bad....Yes, it is off putting for someone to smell like they haven't showered in a week, but PLEASE do not drench yourself in axe or perfume or anything, its equally disgusting.