Some Rules for Gym Noobs.

dbmata wrote: »

SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »

JeffseekingV wrote: »

SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

SunshineGoodVibes wrote: »

TO THE OP:

I hope you understand that taking the time to write ALL of those said "rules" out on MFP is a clear and blatant waste of time. Chances are, people will do what they please, even if you don't agree with it.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's just reality. It happens at every gym. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you workout in your own home where your rules will not be broken.

considering several gym new goers replied to the thread you are already wrong….

Oh really? Please explain because I would love to hear how i'm "wrong"? I'm all ears so go on.

I'd say 3/4 of gym goers adhere to most of these rules. It's the few regulars and newbies that ruin it for the rest.

lol says you. All the "noobs" (btw 12 year old boys going through puberty use that word) i've come across have been perfectly fine. I think you guys are being too judgmental and not focusing on your workout. You're also forgetting you and everyone on this post (*COUGH OP*) were newbies at one point so chill and give people a break.

In case I wasn't clear their youngin, if someone's a noob and they step over my barbell when I'm deadlifting, or doing pendlays, it might hit their underbits, on porpoise.

I think you mean Purpose. Porpoise is an animal. Just saying

rainbowbow wrote: »

DO NOT take selfies in the locker room where people are trying to change.

People seriously need to be told this????? I guess they do if someone felt the need to say it. SMH.

JoRocka wrote: »

Sarauk2sf wrote: »

I actually have a legit question as I have seen this mentioned a couple of times. Who wipes down weights after they use them?

I do.

I never police chalk up- not even off the bar- mostly because- we use chalk at the gym- there is an open bowl of it- it's free serve.

Last week I did watch a guy make a really good effort to clean his blood off the bar- he barked his shins something fierce doing sumo pulls- so it was pretty effed up. I was (not impressed) I respected shall I say the fact that he cleaned up- that's a cleanliness courtesy issue- so it was nice to see it done.

I honestly have never seen anyone wipe down a barbell after squatting or benching. Nor DBs for that matter tbh.

bearylou1990 wrote: »

DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »

Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.

#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.

Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.

I shall step down off my soap box now.

WOW. Just WOW.

Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.

At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Well, I guess that's why I initially called it a pet peeve, because it's my own internal grievance. I think the point you missed in my grievance is not necessarily the people who use the treadmill, but is more the people who use it as a means of patting themselves on the back, and then *kitten* because they have made no progress. Maybe my point got masked in the other parts of my tirade, but I guess it made you feel better to choose the parts that suited your agenda.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

This was pretty much the only point you made that I somewhat agree with. Aside from that, I pretty much disagree with just about every point you made.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

What are you comparing this to.......sitting on the couch, sitting at a desk, sitting in a coma?...........okay, then maybe I'll concede being somewhat wrong.

Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

Not exactly sure what point you were trying to make with the first sentence, but okay, thanks for sharing. As far as your second sentence, I guess that makes you better than me for not having such thoughts.......congratulations.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Once again, these are my internal grievances. I don't wear them on my shoulder for all to see. I'm not casting a judgmental scowl at them from across the gym. Why are they worrying about what I think? In the grand scheme, I am nobody to them, and in the end, they have no clue what I think.

I appreciate your stance, but "agree to disagree" will have to be how I sign off. I'll continue to have my grievances (internally), that don't affect me and don't affect anybody I see at the gym, and you can continue to think that I am some kind of bully for simply expressing my mind in an open forum.

jeremywm1977 wrote: »

bearylou1990 wrote: »

DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »

Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.

#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.

Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.

I shall step down off my soap box now.

WOW. Just WOW.

Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.

At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Well, I guess that's why I initially called it a pet peeve, because it's my own internal grievance. I think the point you missed in my grievance is not necessarily the people who use the treadmill, but is more the people who use it as a means of patting themselves on the back, and then *kitten* because they have made no progress. Maybe my point got masked in the other parts of my tirade, but I guess it made you feel better to choose the parts that suited your agenda.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

This was pretty much the only point you made that I somewhat agree with. Aside from that, I pretty much disagree with just about every point you made.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

What are you comparing this to.......sitting on the couch, sitting at a desk, sitting in a coma?...........okay, then maybe I'll concede being somewhat wrong.

Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

Not exactly sure what point you were trying to make with the first sentence, but okay, thanks for sharing. As far as your second sentence, I guess that makes you better than me for not having such thoughts.......congratulations.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Once again, these are my internal grievances. I don't wear them on my shoulder for all to see. I'm not casting a judgmental scowl at them from across the gym. Why are they worrying about what I think? In the grand scheme, I am nobody to them, and in the end, they have no clue what I think.

I appreciate your stance, but "agree to disagree" will have to be how I sign off. I'll continue to have my grievances (internally), that don't affect me and don't affect anybody I see at the gym, and you can continue to think that I am some kind of bully for simply expressing my mind in an open forum.

The person walking 2 mph has just as much of a right to be on that treadmill as somebody running at 7 mph. I have just as much of a right to push 135 lbs in a squat rack as somebody who pushes 500.

The only reason one should be annoyed is if they are on the treadmill for 2 hours during peak hours. Then that's just rude. This goes for everybody regardless of their fitness level.

If I'm not feeling cardio after my sets, I will hop on a treadmill and walk. And will give zero phucks if that annoys you.

DjinnMarie wrote: »

jeremywm1977 wrote: »

bearylou1990 wrote: »

DanniBuchanan1 wrote: »

Agree with all, although I would add my own pet peeve.

#13 (or whatever number we're up to given other people's suggestions). If you've come to the gym to use a treadmill to walk no faster, and with no more resistance than you would normally (and it's not for rehab purposes), just so you can check in on Facebook that you went to a gym, read your book, and pat yourself on the back because you went over 10,000 steps on your FitBit..........please just use that energy to walk back home, and stop looking perplexed because you can't reach your goals even though you "exercise every day". You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're occupying a machine when someone who really wants to work might actually use it for what it's intended for.

Sorry, I really had to speak my peace on this one. My employer had a nice size fitness center, and there were always the usual suspects guilty of this offense. It became annoying because others are trying to fit in a lunchtime workout, and there are some who are just looking for some form of emotional gratification. If you are rehabbing something, then this isn't aimed at you. On the other side, don't hop on the treadmill with no incline and at less than 2.5MPH, read your book, and then whine because you "are at the gym every day, but can't seem to lose the weight".............UGGGGHHHHHH.

I shall step down off my soap box now.

WOW. Just WOW.

Yeah, careful stepping down from your soap box - it looks high.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

If they get emotional gratification from it, then who are you to judge? You should be happy that they have found something that gratifies them emotionally, sorry to hear it bothers your so much.

At the peak of my half marathon training I was running in the dead of winter on a treadmill for 2 hours including warm up and cool down. Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Well, I guess that's why I initially called it a pet peeve, because it's my own internal grievance. I think the point you missed in my grievance is not necessarily the people who use the treadmill, but is more the people who use it as a means of patting themselves on the back, and then *kitten* because they have made no progress. Maybe my point got masked in the other parts of my tirade, but I guess it made you feel better to choose the parts that suited your agenda.

Every step those people take is better than the steps they DON'T take by going out to McDonalds for lunch or sitting at their desk.

This was pretty much the only point you made that I somewhat agree with. Aside from that, I pretty much disagree with just about every point you made.

You are ABSOLUTELY doing yourself a favour by walking, regardless of whether or not it's at 2.5mph and you check facebook while you do it.

What are you comparing this to.......sitting on the couch, sitting at a desk, sitting in a coma?...........okay, then maybe I'll concede being somewhat wrong.

Do you know in those 2 hours how many people step on one of the other treadmills, walk for 10 minutes and step off? TONS! Not once did I ever think that they were wasting space, they deserve the gym as much as I do and they can do whatever the hell they want.

Not exactly sure what point you were trying to make with the first sentence, but okay, thanks for sharing. As far as your second sentence, I guess that makes you better than me for not having such thoughts.......congratulations.

It's people like you that make it so incredibly difficult for people to start a healthy lifestyle. As if the gym isn't terrifying enough when you're new, now they have to worry that people think they aren't working hard enough once they are there?

Once again, these are my internal grievances. I don't wear them on my shoulder for all to see. I'm not casting a judgmental scowl at them from across the gym. Why are they worrying about what I think? In the grand scheme, I am nobody to them, and in the end, they have no clue what I think.

I appreciate your stance, but "agree to disagree" will have to be how I sign off. I'll continue to have my grievances (internally), that don't affect me and don't affect anybody I see at the gym, and you can continue to think that I am some kind of bully for simply expressing my mind in an open forum.

The person walking 2 mph has just as much of a right to be on that treadmill as somebody running at 7 mph. I have just as much of a right to push 135 lbs in a squat rack as somebody who pushes 500.

I'm not sure I ever said they don't have a right to be on it, so I too am in favor of people's rights. On the other hand, if that same person proclaims that they "exercise every day" and are frustrated because they just don't seem to be losing weight, that's where my pet peeve kicks in.............which is the main crux of my grievance that 3 of you so far have missed.

For further clarification of my point, for those who are challenged by reading everything within it's context, and then formulating a response based upon ALL of the information in front of them, I present the following math lesson:

Walk on treadmill = I don't have a problem (regardless of your speed) + have fun

Put forth half-*kitten* effort on treadmill + whine that you aren't meeting your goals = problem (although not a problem that I will blurt out without your asking, so please don't preoccupy yourself with what I am thinking)