Do you think it's rude to do noisy cardio in an apartment?

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  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    if you are in a duplex and you are boucing the walls and floors around then yes it is rude. If you are in a large building wiht solid floors then you should be fine, that workout is short. I used to do it but i had a 2 story apartment and i worked ou ton the second of my floors. My neighbour was a b*tch so i wouldnt of done it down where she could hear.
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    It isn't rude. It's the middle of the day, it's an hour at most, and you have a right to reasonable use and enjoyment of your apartment (that's legalese for he probably can't even make you stop). IF your neighbor has a night job and needs to sleep, that's another matter. If your neighbor is simply a lazy *kitten* who naps all the time and thinks s/he owns the planet and you must walk on egg shells around him/her, then jump harder.
  • mabug01
    mabug01 Posts: 1,273 Member
    It is problematic. I believe many people don't complain when the noise is bad because they don't want to make the problem worse; as in, you never know who is going to open that door when you knock on it - are they going to retaliate in some way? I wouldn't just assume that everything is OK just because no one complains - that is sticking your head in the sand. Loud banging noises are heard by more than the one downstairs neighbor; they are heard by anyone that shares a beam with your apartment - people on both sides of you, for instance. I think if your complex has a gym, then the expectation is that you will exercise there, and not in your apartment. Apartments are not single family homes and communal living requires certain compromises. I think you have good instincts in this case.
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    I don't think it's rude if it's during the day. And it would be for a shorter period of time, ti's not like you'll be working out noisily for 4 or 5 hours (...right?) Surely, your neighbours can deal with a bit of noise for 30-60 minutes? Everyone should realize it's an apartment building, it's close quarters and you're going to hear your neighbours at some point or another.

    I realize its not quite the same, as I don't have anyone living beneath me, but I live in a duplex, and I can hear the kids running around next door, the odd door slam and what not. I don't feel bad about making noise during the day at all (ok, I may try to keep it down a bit if it's the afternoon in case their baby may be napping) but I don't drastically alter my life because I have neighbours attached to me. I'll keep my music and other noises down usually after 8:00 pm because I know they have little kids who most likely go to bed early.

    I did Insanity, and I'm sure the neighbours heard me jumping around a bit, but I always did my workout around suppertime, and never had any complaints.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I'd just do the noisy cardio whenever you could fit it in..

    I fit it in whenever I can.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    Do the cardio than go ask if they can hear it.

    I remember one time, a much larger version of me and three friends we're doing Carmen Electra's Aerobic Strip Tease in my upstairs living room floor, the neighbor was pissed.

    Flash forward, no one can hear anything I'm doing, especially if alone.

    It depends on the movement, the time, the weight of the person doing it, how your apartment is built...


    Etc.. etc.. etc..
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    Hahah what kind of cardio are you doing that is THAT noisy!?

    I just feel like anything with jumping is loud and annoying. Jump squats, jogging in place, burpees... all of that.

    I actually tiptoe in my apartment after 8pm because I'm paranoid about the neighbor hearing me walk at night. I once moved in somewhere and on the first day the downstairs neighbor said to us that he hated the previous tenants because he could hear them walking around all day. I took that comment to heart, I guess.

    That's excessive.

    If you live in an apartment- there is some reasonable expectations you'll hear people doing daily things- like- walking.

    I had elephants for neighbors. I heard them ALL the time.
    Fine-whatever. It was okay.

    I drew the line at screaming fist fights and called the cops on their sorry a**'s.

    Practice jumping with soft landings- burpees aren't too loud on the way down- the jump for me winds up uncontrolled so try really controlling it for a soft landing. It's a good way to practice by doing them controlled and quiet.
    I found with my current place- I have upstairs neighbors- and my basement down stairs- any jumping was just to loud- (to me) and I opted out of it- but I have room on my porch so I do it on the porch.

    My old place- I could do stuff in the stair well- so you could try there- I used the stairs and the concrete landing quiet a bit at my old place.

    It's not THAT excessive. I lived in an apartment where our downstairs neighbors would come banging on our door when we kicked our shoes off - not an exaggeration. Then any time we had people over despite the activity (watching movies, sitting around eating dinner and laughing), the cops would show up at our door.

    Now every apartment that we live in, we are incredibly paranoid that the cops will show up at our door because we are breathing too loudly.
  • greenestar
    greenestar Posts: 4 Member
    Nope I would maybe talk to the people below to see if there is a time when it is least disruptive and give them a time frame of how long the workout lasts.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    Do the cardio than go ask if they can hear it.

    I remember one time, a much larger version of me and three friends we're doing Carmen Electra's Aerobic Strip Tease in my upstairs living room floor, the neighbor was pissed.

    Flash forward, no one can hear anything I'm doing, especially if alone.

    It depends on the movement, the time, the weight of the person doing it, how your apartment is built...


    Etc.. etc.. etc..

    ETA sometimes my neighbor vacuums her room right above my bed, and I can just barely... barely... barely hear it. No bother at all. I live in a thicker building now. The other was cardboard.

    Just ask.

    Also, why don't you know your neighbor?

    Go meet your neighbor.

    Be in the community.

    I might help a lot someday to know their name and who they are.

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