TO SWEAT OR NOT TO SWEAT-GYM ETIQUETTE

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  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,975 Member
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    My gym has an attendant who walks around cleaning equipment after people and they also have stations with spray and a cloth for people to wipe equipment down after themselves. I would begin to wonder if I could workout and not sweat.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    randomtai wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    Things people should not be doing at the gym:
    1. Eating chicken soup on the Stairmaster.
    2. Hanging their undies in the squat rack
    3. Doing their taxes on the spin bikes
    4. Drinking champagne in the locker rooms


    Sweating is ok. I think.

    what about sex and champagne in the locker room???

    Sex in the champagne room?

    well that too ...
  • allie_00p
    allie_00p Posts: 280 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    wait, a guy was sweating in a gym? Why the hell would anyone sweat in a gym ...??? I don't understand what is going on here....

    I thought you were supposed to stand around and do nothing in a gym...?

    I'm thinking this may become a new rule at Planet Fitness...no sweat zone baby.

    "sweat alarm"

    or their new slogan will be:

    "no sweat/no judgment zone"

    Sweating = gymtimidation

  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
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    I don't see the big deal as long as you clean the machine when you are done with it. You can bring a towel, but if you are sweating that much, the towel will be damp/wet in short order. What do most people do with the sweat soaked towel? Throw it on some part of the machine...Just wipe the stupid thing down.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited March 2015
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    these guys alwyas sweat at my gym ....

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  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
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    In for sweat. In for champagne.

    I sweat like a pig on the bike often next to a couple of guys reading the newspaper (they swap them halfway through their workout). Maybe I should use their newspaper to mop up my sweat?..
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    edited March 2015
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    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    sweating, breathing hard, looking exhausted, turning red....

    i mean, so inconsiderate!

    ^ :DB):#o:)>:) ^

    I'm a dripping mess after a Zumba class - try not to get too close!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    belgerian wrote: »
    You would hate me I sweat immensely and I mean after my work out I look like I just jumped in the pool. I have yet found out how to turn off my sweat glands. If this offends you find another machine. Or another gym. Now a while back due to some other issues I had really bad gas (that is another story)

    I was at the gym one day running on the treadmill. It was absolutely pouring outside, like the kind of rain that you are instantly drenched when you go out. As I was walking by the desk after my run to go to the locker room one of the employees made a comment about me having just come in from outside. LOL. Nope. I was just running.

    (Don't worry, I wiped down the equipment and made sure that my ponytail wasn't flinging sweat).
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,619 Member
    edited March 2015
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    Lol, proper etiquette would be to sweat along right with him.

    Etiquette would be to wipe down and/or disinfect equipment when done. When they're on there, it really shouldn't be anyone else's concern. Don't like sweating people? Then working out at home should be your option.

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  • doingItIn2012
    doingItIn2012 Posts: 80 Member
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    tomatoey wrote: »
    If it bothered you so much, you could have gone to the bathroom and then chosen another machine.

    It did not bother me that much, this is just discussion.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
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    chivalryder wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    SconnieCat wrote: »
    ellen_kay wrote: »
    You go to the gym to sweat. Just be courteous and wipe the machine down when you are done. Haven't you heard the saying, "If you still look pretty leaving the gym, you didn't do it right"

    What if I'm a pretty when I sweat? Am I doing it wrong? :(

    From a man, Women sweating. Nothing wrong with that :wink:

    Just don't get it on his face.

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  • Shalaurise
    Shalaurise Posts: 707 Member
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    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    doingItIn2012 wrote: »
    branflakes1980 wrote: »
    Were you upset because he was sweating, or because he wasn't wiping off the sweat with a towel before it hit the floor? This is an important question as my response relies dramatically on your answer.

    Sweat yes, but contain it please.

    If I'm going to sweat I wear one of these.

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    I less than three you so hard Waffle.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    doingItIn2012 wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    If it bothered you so much, you could have gone to the bathroom and then chosen another machine.

    It did not bother me that much, this is just discussion.

    I think if it bothered you enough to start this discussion on it then it's safe to say that it did bother you that much.

    either that or this thread is not going how OP intended, so now she is just trying to blow it off as "no big deal"
  • doingItIn2012
    doingItIn2012 Posts: 80 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    doingItIn2012 wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    If it bothered you so much, you could have gone to the bathroom and then chosen another machine.

    It did not bother me that much, this is just discussion.

    I think if it bothered you enough to start this discussion on it then it's safe to say that it did bother you that much.

    Hey if you read my entire post I was alo asking about what other things bother people. Some of you guys here are pretty mean. Can a person have an opinion?
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    i dont sweat much, but i do turn beet red. like, i look like im having a heart attack (i promise im not!)

    i wonder if that offends anyone?

    i can hope....
  • doingItIn2012
    doingItIn2012 Posts: 80 Member
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    Wow.....can we not express ourselves without others hitting us over the head?
  • acook1679
    acook1679 Posts: 30 Member
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    I sweat like crazy! Especially when they have the heat up too high. I think if you clean up the machine and aren't splashing others that is the place sweating should be acceptable. Everybody is different. Some sweat some don't.
  • doingItIn2012
    doingItIn2012 Posts: 80 Member
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    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    i dont sweat much, but i do turn beet red. like, i look like im having a heart attack (i promise im not!)

    i wonder if that offends anyone?

    i can hope....


    Lol! someone might be concerned as long as they don't try to get you off the machine and give you first aid.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    edited March 2015
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    doingItIn2012 wrote: »
    Wow.....can we not express ourselves without others hitting us over the head?

    You expressed yourself and we are allowed to do the same, just because some of us don't agree with you doesn't mean we hit you over the head... that would be a fun feature though
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