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It's so crazy the rules people in this thread feel others should be following. Maybe it's a regional thing or an age difference thing that makes people think these things, I don't know. But to be worried or concerned or bothered or annoyed, whatever you want to call it, and say it's people just wasting time, seems like you guys are using too much of your time getting annoyed with how random people spend their time.
If people want to warm up for an hour then do 1 set on each machine then go home
If someone wants to hold onto the treadmill
if someone doesn't put a lock on their locker
If the grunt loud
If they take 5 minute rest periods
If they stand in the corner staring at the wall for an hour
Who cares, it's their time, mind your business.
This^^^^ Mr M27 perfect as usual
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kmccann357 wrote: »My only pet peeve are people who pose at the gym, fully made up, looking like they're going on a night out and then don't actually work out or take it seriously. There are a few girls at my gym who do this and distract the rest of the class by messing around. If you go to the gym, WORK OUT and don't beg for attention so much that you ruin the class for everyone else. Like those naughty kids at school who impede your learning.
When you say "fully made up" I am assuming you are referring to hair/make-up being done? I typically go to the gym right after work so I do have make up on, but I don't really consider it a distraction. I still work my a** off everyday when I get on that treadmill whether it be in full make up or none at all.-1 -
MrBiggiesworth wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »My only pet peeve are people who pose at the gym, fully made up, looking like they're going on a night out and then don't actually work out or take it seriously. There are a few girls at my gym who do this and distract the rest of the class by messing around. If you go to the gym, WORK OUT and don't beg for attention so much that you ruin the class for everyone else. Like those naughty kids at school who impede your learning.
eh, if it not bothering YOUR workout why do YOU care...
If it's distracting the instructor and impeding the progress of the group then I do care. It's not fair when I pay for it.
if it is that distracting then the instructor would kick them out…
just because you think it is so, does not make it so….
Umm, do you go to my gym? It does distract, others have commented on it also, they aren't going to kick out paying customers.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Wait, what exactly do you mean by messing around? What are they doing that is so distracting?
In a spin class for example, laughing, chatting, talking over the instructor, complaining etc. It's not asking a lot for everyone to focus for 45mins, plenty of time for socialising outside of a class.
If there are people who get annoyed watching others hold onto the running machine whilst exercising then actual phonological irritations are completely founded.
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I cringe when I see people use department store dressing room selfies as their profile pic....oh wait.....0
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People who have the time to cringe about others using handrails probably aren't working out hard enough. Step up your game, yo.0
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kmccann357 wrote: »MrBiggiesworth wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »My only pet peeve are people who pose at the gym, fully made up, looking like they're going on a night out and then don't actually work out or take it seriously. There are a few girls at my gym who do this and distract the rest of the class by messing around. If you go to the gym, WORK OUT and don't beg for attention so much that you ruin the class for everyone else. Like those naughty kids at school who impede your learning.
eh, if it not bothering YOUR workout why do YOU care...
If it's distracting the instructor and impeding the progress of the group then I do care. It's not fair when I pay for it.
if it is that distracting then the instructor would kick them out…
just because you think it is so, does not make it so….
Umm, do you go to my gym? It does distract, others have commented on it also, they aren't going to kick out paying customers.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Wait, what exactly do you mean by messing around? What are they doing that is so distracting?
In a spin class for example, laughing, chatting, talking over the instructor, complaining etc. It's not asking a lot for everyone to focus for 45mins, plenty of time for socialising outside of a class.
If there are people who get annoyed watching others hold onto the running machine whilst exercising then actual phonological irritations are completely founded.
Not my proudest moments, but once I moved to the other side of the room due to a couple of chatterboxes (okay no problem with this really), and the other time I screamed, "OH SHUT THE HELL UP". In my defense it was a lady that seems to freakin whine all the time. She kept whining loudly that people were right "in her face" because there were a lot of people in the class. There was a problem with the stage so the instructors had to be on the normal ground with us, so we were squished in a bit. If she hadn't have shut up I would have asked the people around her to please move away so we could workout in peace...
In certain cases, the instructors or management do need to step in, otherwise attendance falls and the class gets canceled...
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Many treadmills have the HRM sensors on the rails.
Some of us have squiffy tummies and get motion sick on the treadmill. Carousels also make me ill. I am a colossal wimp. DO NOT JUDGE MY DAINTINESS.
On the handle bars in front yes, is that what people are talking about when they say rails? I always think of the side rails lol
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MrBiggiesworth wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »MrBiggiesworth wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »My only pet peeve are people who pose at the gym, fully made up, looking like they're going on a night out and then don't actually work out or take it seriously. There are a few girls at my gym who do this and distract the rest of the class by messing around. If you go to the gym, WORK OUT and don't beg for attention so much that you ruin the class for everyone else. Like those naughty kids at school who impede your learning.
eh, if it not bothering YOUR workout why do YOU care...
If it's distracting the instructor and impeding the progress of the group then I do care. It's not fair when I pay for it.
if it is that distracting then the instructor would kick them out…
just because you think it is so, does not make it so….
Umm, do you go to my gym? It does distract, others have commented on it also, they aren't going to kick out paying customers.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Wait, what exactly do you mean by messing around? What are they doing that is so distracting?
In a spin class for example, laughing, chatting, talking over the instructor, complaining etc. It's not asking a lot for everyone to focus for 45mins, plenty of time for socialising outside of a class.
If there are people who get annoyed watching others hold onto the running machine whilst exercising then actual phonological irritations are completely founded.
Yes, I understand this. I sometimes wonder how good of a workout someone is getting if they can have an easy conversation with their neighbor. I even had one spin instructor say something like, you're not working hard enough if you a can still hold a conversation with your neighbor. Too bad these ladies were so caught up in their conversation that they didn't even hear it.
I blame the instructor when I can hear other people sometimes because it means their music isn't loud enough :bigsmile:
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I've got a couple pet peeves.
The jerks that stand in front of the loud speaker and complain that the music is too loud
Or the ones that stand right in front of the fan and say it's too cold
What, pray tell, could be possible solutions to each of these problems??0 -
kmccann357 wrote: »MrBiggiesworth wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »kmccann357 wrote: »My only pet peeve are people who pose at the gym, fully made up, looking like they're going on a night out and then don't actually work out or take it seriously. There are a few girls at my gym who do this and distract the rest of the class by messing around. If you go to the gym, WORK OUT and don't beg for attention so much that you ruin the class for everyone else. Like those naughty kids at school who impede your learning.
eh, if it not bothering YOUR workout why do YOU care...
If it's distracting the instructor and impeding the progress of the group then I do care. It's not fair when I pay for it.
if it is that distracting then the instructor would kick them out…
just because you think it is so, does not make it so….
Umm, do you go to my gym? It does distract, others have commented on it also, they aren't going to kick out paying customers.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Wait, what exactly do you mean by messing around? What are they doing that is so distracting?
In a spin class for example, laughing, chatting, talking over the instructor, complaining etc. It's not asking a lot for everyone to focus for 45mins, plenty of time for socialising outside of a class.
If there are people who get annoyed watching others hold onto the running machine whilst exercising then actual phonological irritations are completely founded.
How about a person who goes into the spin room an hr before class and puts towels on like 10 bikes to reserve them? Yes this did happen at one of my old gyms, the room has glass walls into the actual gym. I went once but felt like I was steeling someones bike.
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Many treadmills have the HRM sensors on the rails.
Some of us have squiffy tummies and get motion sick on the treadmill. Carousels also make me ill. I am a colossal wimp. DO NOT JUDGE MY DAINTINESS.
On the handle bars in front yes, is that what people are talking about when they say rails? I always think of the side rails lol
My home treadmill has the HRM sensors on both the side rails and the front rails.
Apparently, if you hold on to either, you are a huge workout poseur.
Which, if we are going to be honest about me and cardio? Fair cop.0 -
Cranquistador wrote: »
I hope you never know what it feels like to be injured so badly that it takes almost a year to walk correctly again.atypicalsmith wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »AmazonMayan wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Health problems? Doing that is actually bad for your health as it causes you to lean forward unnaturally. What are you holding onto while you are walking somewhere other than on a treadmill?
I'm not using a treadmill now just because for whatever reason, it hurts me more. I sold the really nice one I owned a few months ago. I held on at times, but didn't lean forward. That will be different for each person that does have to hold on.
As far as my regular walking/hiking outside, I use a large stick and am looking to get some hiking poles. I figure it looks better than the cane and walker my doctors want me to use. I was first prescribed an old lady walker in my 30s and refused and I still don't want to use one in my 40s.
I have nerve damage at L4, L5 that makes one or both legs sometimes just suddenly no longer work. There is no warning. It sucks to fall. Sucks bad. So, I hold on.
eta: I use the stick for long walks and not walking around doing normal things - yes I still fall occasionally.
So therefore, you don't use a treadmill. I wasn't talking about people who have health issues who can't use a treadmill. I was talking about people who can walk perfectly fine by themselves who still, on a treadmill, hold onto it instead of walking as they normally do.
You don't know if the motion of it causes them balance issues either. It's really not your business.
You are absolutely right. It's not my business. It annoys me, but I don't go up to people who do so, shake my finger in their face, and tell them that if they have to hold onto the treadmill, that they need to get off of it. Sheesh!
Let me just say that walking on the treadmill after doing physical therapy for months was a joyful accomplishment for me.
I had to walk at a very very slow pace and use the rails for balance because my left leg was still not quite caught up to my right leg.
Anyway, I knew I probably looked like I wasn't doing anything much to anyone, but it was amazing to me, and a step forward.
Unfortunately this has happened several times with varying degrees of recovery time.
/ramble
OP, this right here is why you shouldn't judge. And why you sound take a step back and figure out what is going on in your life that something like this bothers you.
Sometimes I am squat more than my body weight. I can dead lift over 200 pounds. Sometimes my sciatica is so bad I can go 4-6 miles an hour on a stationary bike holding the handles to keep my posture correct and pressure off my lower back.
You don't know anyone's story. This thread is just sad.
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I've got a couple pet peeves.
The jerks that stand in front of the loud speaker and complain that the music is too loud
Or the ones that stand right in front of the fan and say it's too cold
What, pray tell, could be possible solutions to each of these problems??
Move the speaker and the fan? Ha, ha!
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »BlackScorpio91 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »BlackScorpio91 wrote: »My pet peeves at the gym are people who ask me if I'm using a bench or spot I stopped using like 5-10 minutes ago even though they clearly saw me move to a new spot (though they probably might be thinking I'm doing interval training), people who try to talk to me when I'm on the treadmill, people who try to talk to me for unnecessary long periods of time (unless they're a friend or someone I find interesting, that's rare though), people who get in my way of me looking at the mirror to see if I'm doing a particular exercise right and people who try to take my spot even when there is my bottle AND a towel on the machine or bench to indicate to people that I'm still using it.
Other than that, I don't really give a damn what other people do in the gym or what they wear....I'm more worried about myself. And no I'm not really antisocial, an introvert or shy; I'm actually an ambivert, I'm just really concentrated in my workout and don't have time to worry about petty things.
You shouldn't be saving the spot to begin with. If you aren't using it, it is not yours.
LOL people do it all the time and I don't complain...so you're telling me if I gotta use the bathroom and I'll be back in two minutes and I'm still not done with my exercise, I should relinquish my spot over to someone?.....LOL gtfo. That would be fine if I was just texting and someone wanted to get in on a workout with me but if I gotta use the bathroom and I'm not done with my exercise....nope.
Yes, I am telling you that. Other people need to finish their workouts too. Some of us are in a hurry. Your time is not any more valuable than someone else's.
Well, if you have to go to the restroom in the middle of a workout, I think it's reasonable to leave your stuff, go, and come right back. If you're done and you've wiped down your machine, then it's time to get off.
Your hurry is certainly no more important than my need to tinkle.
Oh, if I come upon a machine with a towel on it, I will ask the person next to me if someone had stapped away. Sometimes people forget there stuff. If they say no, I will put the person's stuff down next to the machine and use it. I've never had someone come back and say they were saving the machine, and I always take the stuff up to the front desk for lost and found.
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It's so crazy the rules people in this thread feel others should be following. Maybe it's a regional thing or an age difference thing that makes people think these things, I don't know. But to be worried or concerned or bothered or annoyed, whatever you want to call it, and say it's people just wasting time, seems like you guys are using too much of your time getting annoyed with how random people spend their time.
If people want to warm up for an hour then do 1 set on each machine then go home
If someone wants to hold onto the treadmill
if someone doesn't put a lock on their locker
If the grunt loud
If they take 5 minute rest periods
If they stand in the corner staring at the wall for an hour
Who cares, it's their time, mind your business.
This.0
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