Gym Etiquette?!
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Use a barbell instead0
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The one thing I find the worst is people who don't wipe down the equipment. I have to breath in your sweaty air, I don't want to sit in it too.
How about the sweaty old men who use their nasty towel to wipe down the machines instead of the gym provided paper towels and disinfectant spray!!
I watched a guy do this a couple times then took him the spray and paper towels and asked him to use that not his sweaty towel. He was quite indignant.
A few nights later I saw another old man doing something similar...only he was reusing a paper towel on several machines ( again not using the spray)
WTH do these old coots have against disinfectant? ??
This is one reason i hesitate to join a gym. Lol. Really.0 -
ask to work in between sets or ask how many sets they have left. It could be that they are resting in between sets and using their phone as a timer. (I use the strong lifts app which automatically sets a timer in between my sets)
If the person is just diddling around on their phone and you ask to either work in or how many sets they has left, they will most likely wrap up sooner. If they don't wrap up sooner, ask one more time with the intent of going to the front desk.0 -
I have a personal beef with whoever left that one treadmill running at whoknowswhat/mph.
...because I had my headphones on and didn't see the damn thing was moving and I took a hell of a fall. I still have a scar on my shin.
YES I know, I should've been paying closer attention, but who the hell jumps off a treadmill while it's still running???!0 -
LolBroScience wrote: »Use a barbell instead
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I really wanted to point to the signs on literally every wall that say "The rest machines are in the hallway" with a picture of a bench. I doubt that would have worked either though lol0
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I really wanted to point to the signs on literally every wall that say "The rest machines are in the hallway" with a picture of a bench. I doubt that would have worked either though lol
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this is relevant to the discussion:
https://www.t-nation.com/opinion/12-gym-etiquette-commandments
You never know when you might talk to crazy though, so unless you're willing to put someone on the other side of the dirt using a dumbbell, just move on to different things.
I read that article, and while I agree almost completely, I find his attitude towards women's gym attire disturbing. People shouldn't care what others wear, women, and men, should be entitled to wear whatever gym clothes they find comfortable. But
misogyny is so engrained in everyone's subconsious that we just continue to blame women becuae their bodies are just good for one thing: sexual attractiveness. BS.
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ninagray000 wrote: »this is relevant to the discussion:
https://www.t-nation.com/opinion/12-gym-etiquette-commandments
You never know when you might talk to crazy though, so unless you're willing to put someone on the other side of the dirt using a dumbbell, just move on to different things.
I read that article, and while I agree almost completely, I find his attitude towards women's gym attire disturbing. People shouldn't care what others wear, women, and men, should be entitled to wear whatever gym clothes trey find comfortable. But mysogeny is so engrained in everyone's subconsious that we just continue to blame women becuae their bodies are just good for one thing: sexual attractiveness. BS.
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I got so annoyed yesterday when I couldn't get to the squat rack without tripping over a bunch of dumbbells and a fully loaded barbell on the floor that NO ONE WAS USING. After my squats, I moved on to the bench press. Had to ask someone if they were done because of course they didn't re-rack their plates. Then I had to wipe up a puddle of head sweat because he couldn't be bothered to use a towel. Apparently I share a gym with a bunch of children who CANNOT clean up after themselves.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »Use a barbell instead
Girl is sitting on machine texting.
Suggest OP uses barbell.
How is this not a work around for said situation?0 -
I bought a rack, a bench, and a barbell for my garage. SOOOO much happier now that I'm not trying to fight my way through a workout in a crowded gym full of rude people who are oblivious and everyone else who is pissed off at them for it.0
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ask to work in...especially if it's a machine...working in is really easy on a machine.0
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Eeeww!! Gosh. I can't stand unsanitary humans.0
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The one thing I find the worst is people who don't wipe down the equipment. I have to breath in your sweaty air, I don't want to sit in it too.
How about the sweaty old men who use their nasty towel to wipe down the machines instead of the gym provided paper towels and disinfectant spray!!
I watched a guy do this a couple times then took him the spray and paper towels and asked him to use that not his sweaty towel. He was quite indignant.
A few nights later I saw another old man doing something similar...only he was reusing a paper towel on several machines ( again not using the spray)
WTH do these old coots have against disinfectant? ??
The lack of disinfectant will not kill you. I happened to visit an old school gym on vacation that was home to several Mr Olympia contenders. This place was in a warm weather city and the gym had no A/C ) , no spray bottles or wipes in sight. What was in sight were a few of the most muscular men most people have ever seen, a couple female fittness competitors (with figures most women on the planet would die for) and some regular Joes and Janes doing work and not concerned about wiping anything.0 -
LolBroScience wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »Use a barbell instead
Girl is sitting on machine texting.
Suggest OP uses barbell.
How is this not a work around for said situation?
I actually went the other way when I read that.... use a barbell (to take care of the problem). I thought it was a joke suggestion! (Not that I would ever think to do that to anyone at the gym....noooo.)0 -
This is why I am glad I have a home gym!0
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Learn substitute exercises for your program, whether they are with barbells or dumbbells or other machines.0
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Packerjohn wrote: »The one thing I find the worst is people who don't wipe down the equipment. I have to breath in your sweaty air, I don't want to sit in it too.
How about the sweaty old men who use their nasty towel to wipe down the machines instead of the gym provided paper towels and disinfectant spray!!
I watched a guy do this a couple times then took him the spray and paper towels and asked him to use that not his sweaty towel. He was quite indignant.
A few nights later I saw another old man doing something similar...only he was reusing a paper towel on several machines ( again not using the spray)
WTH do these old coots have against disinfectant? ??
The lack of disinfectant will not kill you. I happened to visit an old school gym on vacation that was home to several Mr Olympia contenders. This place was in a warm weather city and the gym had no A/C ) , no spray bottles or wipes in sight. What was in sight were a few of the most muscular men most people have ever seen, a couple female fittness competitors (with figures most women on the planet would die for) and some regular Joes and Janes doing work and not concerned about wiping anything.
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snowflakesav wrote: »She will quit soon. In my experience the bench testers and those who think the benches are a table to leave their water don't make it through more than a couple weeks.
Unfortunately there is always a new bench tester to replace them.0
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