What is your gym pet peeve?
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_incogNEATo_ wrote: »carmkizzle wrote: »BrianSharpe wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »as someone who works at a gym, I can probably give a different perspective. If you don't restack/put away your weight, the gym staff have to do it for you, and they will hate you with a burning passion. Weight-droppers - all you're doing is damaging the floor, which means the prices of memberships have to go up, as we have to cover the price of replacing/fixing the floor. Same goes for people who bang weights in to walls/mirrors/etc. People who leave the treadmills on an inclination of about 10+ degrees. People who leave blue roll/tissues (especially sweaty dirty ones) all over the floor. That one person who is always "just finishing up" when you're trying to lock up and keeps going for an extra 15-20 minutes. Like, you know when we close, please just leave, we're hungry and tired. Lastly, those people who NEVER leave, they're there all day, from opening til closing. Damn, rant over, didn't realise I had so many pent up issues :')
wait, don't you get paid to do all these things?
Our cleaning lady, Pat, gets paid to clean our office buildings, but that doesn't mean I go around leaving trash all over the ground.
so gym staff should complain about having to re-rack weights and clean up the place where they work at? Back when I worked in restaurants I had to clean up all kinds of nasty stuff, I did it because I got paid to do it.
They're not paid to be someone's maid.....if the rules of the gym (and most of them are pretty standard - you agree to them when you sign your membership agreement) include re-racking your own weights, wiping down equipment after you're used in and, in general behaving like an adult not a spoiled little brat then yes, they should get to *kitten* about it (just the same as my daughter who buses tables at a local pizza joint can complain about ignorant jerks who let their kids run around like animals or intentionally drop food on the floor etc)
did not say I do not do it...just asking if that person gets paid to keep the gym up ...because I am sure that paying members dues are supporting their pay.
(because I'm curious of your mindset) If that were the case, why does that matter?
I'm curious as to what you think their job is if it's not those things mentioned?
Why do I think it's not their job to be someone's maid, regardless if the members' dues go towards their pay? Because, it isn't their job to be someone's maid. I don't expect someone to come behind me and pick up the paper towels I threw on the floor after wiping my sweat, or throw away the empty water bottle I left behind after I finished drinking it (just an example, I don't actually do those things).
I'm an adult, I know to clean up after myself regardless of whose "job" it is to do it. Something that most of us were taught growing up. I don't think it's anyone's "job" to cater to my grown, should-know-better *kitten*.
I just thought I'd add, it makes you wonder why they place trash cans and such all around the facility. I certainly don't think it's for decorative purposes
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Do the right thing! Re rack your weights!! Ahhh4
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hahaha...I tried to sneak one in.0
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carmkizzle wrote: »_incogNEATo_ wrote: »carmkizzle wrote: »BrianSharpe wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »as someone who works at a gym, I can probably give a different perspective. If you don't restack/put away your weight, the gym staff have to do it for you, and they will hate you with a burning passion. Weight-droppers - all you're doing is damaging the floor, which means the prices of memberships have to go up, as we have to cover the price of replacing/fixing the floor. Same goes for people who bang weights in to walls/mirrors/etc. People who leave the treadmills on an inclination of about 10+ degrees. People who leave blue roll/tissues (especially sweaty dirty ones) all over the floor. That one person who is always "just finishing up" when you're trying to lock up and keeps going for an extra 15-20 minutes. Like, you know when we close, please just leave, we're hungry and tired. Lastly, those people who NEVER leave, they're there all day, from opening til closing. Damn, rant over, didn't realise I had so many pent up issues :')
wait, don't you get paid to do all these things?
Our cleaning lady, Pat, gets paid to clean our office buildings, but that doesn't mean I go around leaving trash all over the ground.
so gym staff should complain about having to re-rack weights and clean up the place where they work at? Back when I worked in restaurants I had to clean up all kinds of nasty stuff, I did it because I got paid to do it.
They're not paid to be someone's maid.....if the rules of the gym (and most of them are pretty standard - you agree to them when you sign your membership agreement) include re-racking your own weights, wiping down equipment after you're used in and, in general behaving like an adult not a spoiled little brat then yes, they should get to *kitten* about it (just the same as my daughter who buses tables at a local pizza joint can complain about ignorant jerks who let their kids run around like animals or intentionally drop food on the floor etc)
did not say I do not do it...just asking if that person gets paid to keep the gym up ...because I am sure that paying members dues are supporting their pay.
(because I'm curious of your mindset) If that were the case, why does that matter?
I'm curious as to what you think their job is if it's not those things mentioned?
Why do I think it's not their job to be someone's maid, regardless if the members' dues go towards their pay? Because, it isn't their job to be someone's maid. I don't expect someone to come behind me and pick up the paper towels I threw on the floor after wiping my sweat, or throw away the empty water bottle I left behind after I finished drinking it (just an example, I don't actually do those things).
I'm an adult, I know to clean up after myself regardless of whose "job" it is to do it. Something that most of us were taught growing up. I don't think it's anyone's "job" to cater to my grown, should-know-better *kitten*.
I just thought I'd add, it makes you wonder why they place trash cans and such all around the facility. I certainly don't think it's for decorative purposes .
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fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.3 -
All the peeves posted are the same as mine and are the reasons why I don't belong to a gym anymore and built my own garage gym where I can:
-Use any piece of equipment as long as I like.
-Rest as long as I like.
-Play music as loud as I like.
-Stink up the place and make noises.
-Don't wipe off gear if I don't feel like it.
-Drop plates when lifting heavy (but I only use bumpers that don't make much noise).
-And watch everything that happens in front of my garage door.
The only thing that I do that wouldn't annoy somebody at the gym is that I always rerack and put all of my gear back where it belongs. I'm a neat freak that way. LOL!!!4 -
I feel judged at the gym! It's a family gym so there's a lot of teenagers who are mostly looking to just goof off. But they also like to gawk at the "fat people" and make them feel incredibly uncomfortable. You know....since they weigh 100 pounds and have the metabolism of a child. They have every right to judge, right?0
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People doing silly stuff in the power rack--push ups, curls, etc. Get out!
People talking to me while I'm working out.
Not restacking the weights.1 -
JeffMatchett wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.
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And it is almost impossible to lightly lower a 400# deadllift0 -
DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »lsutton484 wrote: »the 45 minute each way drive it takes to get to the closest gym that actually contains a barbell that isn't captured by a smith machine.
That sounds horrible! Maybe time to set up a kickass home gym?
working on it. Space and budget are limited but I'm getting very very close to what I need. Haven't stepped foot in a gym in over a year.
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Curls in the squat rack when the gym has at least 6 barbells not associated with a bench, rack, lifting platform, etc and plenty of open floorspace.1
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Doing lateral raises a foot away from the dumbbell rack.5
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_dracarys_ wrote: »Oh this thread again -_- I see the usual answers but awaiting following answers:
-women who wear tight clothes
-women who wear makeup
Shouldn't be long now.
My gym is attached to my place of work (so I get a free gym membership) sometimes I go in early to get in a weight training session. I get some of the worst looks because I have my hair and makeup done and I'm working out. I guess that would be considered my biggest pet peeve.3 -
This guy that screams out as if he's getting raped in jail while doing the leg press.4
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Sweaty machines, people on their phones holding up equipment or space, and people that stop and stare.0
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I use a treadmill in the gym because I have hyperreactive airways, and outside pollutants can irritate them. There is a whole line of unused treadmills, so I chose one on the end and started my run. About 2 miles in, a guy started using the treadmill right next to me. Then he started farting. Though the farts were quite strong smelling, I ignored the first couple, figuring he would get off and go use the bathroom or something. Nope, he just kept on running and farting.
Sheesh, if you are producing gas that stinky and insist on being out in public, why use equipment next to someone else when there are treadmills available that would give your farts some space to dissipate?!?! I guess in his mind, his farts don't stink.
I got off my treadmill and relocated to the other end as far away from FartMan as possible, which was an unwelcome interruption to my run but better than staying put and being gassed out. Luckily, stinky farts don't necessitate me using my rescue inhaler.6 -
My only pet peeve is about the facility itself. One of the rooms upstairs where I do step class is incredibly hot - even with air conditioning. When I finish the workout sometimes I feel ill from how hot it is.0
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I have 2. Those who sit at a machine playing with their cell phone while others are waiting to use it and people who don't wipe down their machine when they finish sweating all over it. No, I do not appreciate sitting in your butt sweat.0
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carmkizzle wrote: »_incogNEATo_ wrote: »carmkizzle wrote: »BrianSharpe wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »as someone who works at a gym, I can probably give a different perspective. If you don't restack/put away your weight, the gym staff have to do it for you, and they will hate you with a burning passion. Weight-droppers - all you're doing is damaging the floor, which means the prices of memberships have to go up, as we have to cover the price of replacing/fixing the floor. Same goes for people who bang weights in to walls/mirrors/etc. People who leave the treadmills on an inclination of about 10+ degrees. People who leave blue roll/tissues (especially sweaty dirty ones) all over the floor. That one person who is always "just finishing up" when you're trying to lock up and keeps going for an extra 15-20 minutes. Like, you know when we close, please just leave, we're hungry and tired. Lastly, those people who NEVER leave, they're there all day, from opening til closing. Damn, rant over, didn't realise I had so many pent up issues :')
wait, don't you get paid to do all these things?
Our cleaning lady, Pat, gets paid to clean our office buildings, but that doesn't mean I go around leaving trash all over the ground.
so gym staff should complain about having to re-rack weights and clean up the place where they work at? Back when I worked in restaurants I had to clean up all kinds of nasty stuff, I did it because I got paid to do it.
They're not paid to be someone's maid.....if the rules of the gym (and most of them are pretty standard - you agree to them when you sign your membership agreement) include re-racking your own weights, wiping down equipment after you're used in and, in general behaving like an adult not a spoiled little brat then yes, they should get to *kitten* about it (just the same as my daughter who buses tables at a local pizza joint can complain about ignorant jerks who let their kids run around like animals or intentionally drop food on the floor etc)
did not say I do not do it...just asking if that person gets paid to keep the gym up ...because I am sure that paying members dues are supporting their pay.
(because I'm curious of your mindset) If that were the case, why does that matter?
I'm curious as to what you think their job is if it's not those things mentioned?
Why do I think it's not their job to be someone's maid, regardless if the members' dues go towards their pay? Because, it isn't their job to be someone's maid. I don't expect someone to come behind me and pick up the paper towels I threw on the floor after wiping my sweat, or throw away the empty water bottle I left behind after I finished drinking it (just an example, I don't actually do those things).
I'm an adult, I know to clean up after myself regardless of whose "job" it is to do it. Something that most of us were taught growing up. I don't think it's anyone's "job" to cater to my grown, should-know-better *kitten*.
I just thought I'd add, it makes you wonder why they place trash cans and such all around the facility. I certainly don't think it's for decorative purposes .
You still didn't answer my question. What is their job? I'm sure somewhere in their job description is verbiage similar to this: "Employees shall keep gym neat." AND "Employees shall rack any loose weights at the beginning and end of every shift."
This isn't an argument about adults knowing better and cleaning up after themselves. I'm simply trying to learn what you think the job of an employee at a gym is.
Here's a similar example from a different perspective: My gym provides clean sweat towels on a table for members to use. When finished, you put the towel in a basket filled with other sweaty towels. The employees of that gym handle those towels when placing them in a washing machine. Not really any different than picking up a sweaty paper towel and placing it in the garbage receptacle in my opinion.0 -
JeffMatchett wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.
Dumbbells are made of rubber. They make a dull boing noise. No problem. Barbell exercises make noise. The bar and hole of the weight plate have space to make sound. The plates will hit together and make sound. No problem. People who every time, at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell like they just roasted Eminem in a rap battle and are dropping the mic are the worst kind of people.
OH. And people who drop cable weights. Wow.7 -
fitgamercatlady wrote: »JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »as someone who works at a gym, I can probably give a different perspective. If you don't restack/put away your weight, the gym staff have to do it for you, and they will hate you with a burning passion. Weight-droppers - all you're doing is damaging the floor, which means the prices of memberships have to go up, as we have to cover the price of replacing/fixing the floor. Same goes for people who bang weights in to walls/mirrors/etc. People who leave the treadmills on an inclination of about 10+ degrees. People who leave blue roll/tissues (especially sweaty dirty ones) all over the floor. That one person who is always "just finishing up" when you're trying to lock up and keeps going for an extra 15-20 minutes. Like, you know when we close, please just leave, we're hungry and tired. Lastly, those people who NEVER leave, they're there all day, from opening til closing. Damn, rant over, didn't realise I had so many pent up issues :')
wait, don't you get paid to do all these things?
Our cleaning lady, Pat, gets paid to clean our office buildings, but that doesn't mean I go around leaving trash all over the ground.
so gym staff should complain about having to re-rack weights and clean up the place where they work at? Back when I worked in restaurants I had to clean up all kinds of nasty stuff, I did it because I got paid to do it.
When you eat in a fast food place do you take your trash and put it in the garbage can or do you just leave it? Sure someone will come around and clean up after you, but it is customary in a place like that to throw your trash away, just like it is customary to put your weights back.
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fitgamercatlady wrote: »JeffMatchett wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.
Dumbbells are made of rubber. They make a dull boing noise. No problem. Barbell exercises make noise. The bar and hole of the weight plate have space to make sound. The plates will hit together and make sound. No problem. People who every time, at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell like they just roasted Eminem in a rap battle and are dropping the mic are the worst kind of people.
OH. And people who drop cable weights. Wow.
try and pull a 400# max deadlift and see how lightly you can set it down ..
deadlifts, by their nature, are going to be loud...
technically, at the top of your deadlift you are supposed to RDL it and then let the weight come down to the floor after you get about knee high...not really sure how you do that with minimal noise, but I am open to suggestions..
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fitgamercatlady wrote: »JeffMatchett wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.
Dumbbells are made of rubber. They make a dull boing noise. No problem. Barbell exercises make noise. The bar and hole of the weight plate have space to make sound. The plates will hit together and make sound. No problem. People who every time, at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell like they just roasted Eminem in a rap battle and are dropping the mic are the worst kind of people.
OH. And people who drop cable weights. Wow.
try and pull a 400# max deadlift and see how lightly you can set it down ..
deadlifts, by their nature, are going to be loud...
technically, at the top of your deadlift you are supposed to RDL it and then let the weight come down to the floor after you get about knee high...not really sure how you do that with minimal noise, but I am open to suggestions..
What you said: let the weight come down to the floor after you get about knee high
This is what I said: at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell
Do you see what you're trying to defend and what I'm annoyed about? They're not the same
My friend is pretty good at not being obnoxious. Even though he drops sometimes when he's just goofing around. What he's doing in that video is not slamming. And yes I know those are some bumper plates, but he still isn't dropping it right after he straighens out.
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fitgamercatlady wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »JeffMatchett wrote: »fitgamercatlady wrote: »Weight droppers. I hate hearing the sound through my already excessively loud music. If you're strong enough to lift it, you are strong enough to set it down.
Because I should totally have no problem setting down a 90 lb dumbbell that I need someone's help to get into proper benchpress position initially. Or I should slowly lower a massive deadlift. This might be true for people who don't lift big weights but sometimes you need to give them a break.
Dumbbells are made of rubber. They make a dull boing noise. No problem. Barbell exercises make noise. The bar and hole of the weight plate have space to make sound. The plates will hit together and make sound. No problem. People who every time, at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell like they just roasted Eminem in a rap battle and are dropping the mic are the worst kind of people.
OH. And people who drop cable weights. Wow.
try and pull a 400# max deadlift and see how lightly you can set it down ..
deadlifts, by their nature, are going to be loud...
technically, at the top of your deadlift you are supposed to RDL it and then let the weight come down to the floor after you get about knee high...not really sure how you do that with minimal noise, but I am open to suggestions..
What you said: let the weight come down to the floor after you get about knee high
This is what I said: at the top of their deadlift motion, DROP the barbell
Do you see what you're trying to defend and what I'm annoyed about? They're not the same
My friend is pretty good at not being obnoxious. Even though he drops sometimes when he's just goofing around. What he's doing in that video is not slamming. And yes I know those are some bumper plates, but he still isn't dropping it right after he straighens out.
those still came down pretty hard..
my point is that deadlifts are never going to be a quiet lift...
No, people should not be screaming like they are giving birth when doing their lifts, but, come on, it is a gym and by nature it is going to be loud...
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I go to the gym to be happy, so I'm rarely peeved. I can only remember being peeved one time when this lady was on her phone next to me having such a bitchy awful gossipy conversation. I just wanted to reach over and smack her on the mouth. Otherwise, even the phone wouldn't bother me. I just don't want to listen to the negative *kitten* while I'm in my happy place3
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People who flick their boogers at other people.7
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fitgamercatlady wrote: »OH. And people who drop cable weights. Wow.
The people that pound cable weights on every rep and the people who do exercises directly in front of the free weights are probably my biggest pet peeves.
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people who stand in front of the dumbbell rack so no one else can get a weight and people who think its a place to meet people and wear
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The only time I've ever really been irritated at the gym was this day:Today at the gym, I needed to get into a locker and when I asked the woman who was sitting on the bench in front of it if I could just grab my stuff really quick, she just stared at me and moved even more slowly doing what she was doing--put on boots, laced them up, paused, stared at spiral-y telephone cord keychain bracelet, put it on, sighed, slid hoodie on over arms, stopped and looked around, slid on coat (at this point another woman came up and asked if she could get to the locker above #1's head but #1 just kept going), put on gloves, twisted scarf around neck, looked down and fluffed scarf, slowly leaned forward to pick up bag. At that point I put my hand in the middle of her back and pushed her off the bench. No I didn't. But I kind of wanted to.0
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