Annoyances at the gym!
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everything!, I hate the gym, I would rather do it all on my own and FREE, with better results!1
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I go to Planet Fitness where there are signs all over the place about spraying the equipment after you use it. The other day I saw an older man just dripping with sweat. He was mopping his face and chest with a towel. Then he proceeded to wipe down a machine with that towel before he sat down. He did about 5 reps then moved to the next machine and repeated. He only did a couple reps on each of 5 machines and each one he wiped his face then wiped down the seat before he sat. Not a single one got wiped after--not that his towel would have cleaned anything. I was so grossed out, and that was the first time it occurred to me that maybe I ought to be sanitizing the machines before I got on them.4
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Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.9 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.
Sorry to hear that. Mine is great. Nice and quiet-- no grunting or throwing to distract1 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.
It certainly is judgmental, but in a way that tends to comfort those that are intimidated by (their perception of) standard gym practices/mentality.
I'm actually surprised that more of these "don't drop the weights" posters aren't members of said establishment (since such a viewpoint seems rather...sensitive).3 -
I haven't read this through this thread so I don't know if this topic has been addressed but I'm grateful to have a chance to vent a little. Body odour is my number one annoyance at the gym in recent months. I have been going to gyms on and off for years and it's never ever been an issue, but at the gym I go to now there seems to be a plethora of older men who aren't washing their gym clothes, aren't showering, or both. Occasionally they'll be wearing cologne, which doesn't help. I encounter these smelly-poohs during a third or more of my visits and the smell interferes with my ability to get a strong workout in. Grrr.1
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hollyrayburn wrote: »
When you walk into the locker room and all the damn fans are on full blast.
On the grunting. I realise this is judgy but I make no apologies. It was just too funny for words. Yesterday I hear this massive grunting behind me. I mean serious Olympic power-lifting standard grunting and I turn around with hopeful admiration expecting to see "the Mountain" lifting a large pony instead it's a guy squatting 15kg (33lbs). My wife squats 80kg (which is heavy for her) and doesn't grunt. WTF man?
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LiminalAscendance wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.
It certainly is judgmental, but in a way that tends to comfort those that are intimidated by (their perception of) standard gym practices/mentality.
I'm actually surprised that more of these "don't drop the weights" posters aren't members of said establishment (since such a viewpoint seems rather...sensitive).
"Annoyances at the gym". Maybe a padded sound proof weight room for all the really loud, vocal types? Lol. JK
It comes across as, "Look at me" although I'm sure that isn't the intent at all.
ETA: I used to go to a center that had really loud types competing with each other. You could hear the bellowing, grunting, and puffing across the entire room.0 -
I went back and read through the other posts and I have to wonder how we are all defining "annoyances". For the most part, my level of annoyance is defined by whether my own workout is affected. What other people are wearing (eg track shorts) doesn't make the list for me. Noises, (loud talking, banging weights, grunting), at worst, cause a momentary distraction from whatever I'm doing. Waiting for equipment is annoying, even if everyone has perfect etiquette.
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goldthistime wrote: »I went back and read through the other posts and I have to wonder how we are all defining "annoyances". For the most part, my level of annoyance is defined by whether my own workout is affected. What other people are wearing (eg track shorts) doesn't make the list for me. Noises, (loud talking, banging weights, grunting), at worst, cause a momentary distraction from whatever I'm doing. Waiting for equipment is annoying, even if everyone has perfect etiquette.
Must it sound like giving birth or passing an elephant turd though, really?4 -
Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?1 -
CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?
I mean there are sounds-- just not amplified so high as to disturb everyone.
Lunk alarms.1 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
:laugh:Carlos_421 wrote: »
It's a great way to get out of the squat hole.grammageegee wrote: »What is crop dusting?
Farting
More specifically, farting whilst in movement, like a crop duster plane.
Yep. I don't get it.FeelsLikeAwesome wrote: »My only beef is people who complain about dropping weights or grunting.
I realize this is probably ignorance about weightlifting so I go to a lifting gym. Problem solved.
Some lift so heavy that grunting just 'helps', and for dropping weights? How else is someone supposed to finish a heavy as hell deadlift rep?
Another one I don't get is being annoyed with loud treadmill running. No one can run on the treadmill quietly, and everyone has a different running style.
Well there is a difference between dropping a deadlift and setting it down heavy. If it slips that's one thing but people who just drop it are getting three reds and should learn to complete their lifts. I think a lot of people just drop them to get attention, frankly.
I would agree, Unless you're doing Oly lifts, failing on a heavy deadlift, etc no need to drop the weights. I've had the opportunity to work out at 2 of the gyms that make most lists of the 10 most hardcore in the US and nobody was dropping weights to hear them drop.
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People who drop weights and the guys who just stand around the machines & weight rack just talking and checking out their gains...It's extremely frustrating when you are pressed for time during your workout...0
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CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?
I mean there are sounds-- just not amplified so high as to disturb everyone.
Lunk alarms.
this always cracks me up, we are a no judgement place except for the people we judge
ftr...i go there also i just dont pay attention to people. there are a few i will make small talk either before or after my workout otherwise no one knows me there and i like it that way
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My gym added a very nice "functional training" area that includes a 30 yard or so long strip of field turf and a Prowler sled to push on the turf.
Several of the trainers have decided the turf is a good place to have trainees doing floor exercises, even though there is a large area with rubber flooring adjacent to the turf that is generally not full.0 -
goldthistime wrote: »I went back and read through the other posts and I have to wonder how we are all defining "annoyances". For the most part, my level of annoyance is defined by whether my own workout is affected. What other people are wearing (eg track shorts) doesn't make the list for me. Noises, (loud talking, banging weights, grunting), at worst, cause a momentary distraction from whatever I'm doing. Waiting for equipment is annoying, even if everyone has perfect etiquette.
Must it sound like giving birth or passing an elephant turd though, really?
Twice at the gym yesterday someone dropped weights loudly enough that it startled me. I'd put it low on my list of annoyances, but I did think of it a couple times later that day, so it obviously registered. I would joyously trade you noisemakers for smellybellies however.
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Jerrypeoples wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?
I mean there are sounds-- just not amplified so high as to disturb everyone.
Lunk alarms.
this always cracks me up, we are a no judgement place except for the people we judge
ftr...i go there also i just dont pay attention to people. there are a few i will make small talk either before or after my workout otherwise no one knows me there and i like it that way
I know. So true. It is like "reverse judging".2 -
goldthistime wrote: »goldthistime wrote: »I went back and read through the other posts and I have to wonder how we are all defining "annoyances". For the most part, my level of annoyance is defined by whether my own workout is affected. What other people are wearing (eg track shorts) doesn't make the list for me. Noises, (loud talking, banging weights, grunting), at worst, cause a momentary distraction from whatever I'm doing. Waiting for equipment is annoying, even if everyone has perfect etiquette.
Must it sound like giving birth or passing an elephant turd though, really?
Twice at the gym yesterday someone dropped weights loudly enough that it startled me. I'd put it low on my list of annoyances, but I did think of it a couple times later that day, so it obviously registered. I would joyously trade you noisemakers for smellybellies however.
Oh me too! I actually had to switch treadmills the other day because the stench from the guy next to me was so bad.4 -
goldthistime wrote: »goldthistime wrote: »I went back and read through the other posts and I have to wonder how we are all defining "annoyances". For the most part, my level of annoyance is defined by whether my own workout is affected. What other people are wearing (eg track shorts) doesn't make the list for me. Noises, (loud talking, banging weights, grunting), at worst, cause a momentary distraction from whatever I'm doing. Waiting for equipment is annoying, even if everyone has perfect etiquette.
Must it sound like giving birth or passing an elephant turd though, really?
Twice at the gym yesterday someone dropped weights loudly enough that it startled me. I'd put it low on my list of annoyances, but I did think of it a couple times later that day, so it obviously registered. I would joyously trade you noisemakers for smellybellies however.
Smellybellies? I don't want to know.1 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.
Sorry to hear that. Mine is great. Nice and quiet-- no grunting or throwing to distract
That's nice, it's "judgement free zone" is one of the most judgemental gyms on the planet. Funny how people ignore that....8 -
The main thing I'm really annoyed by is people who just want to talk and talk and talk (to me). I don't mind a "Hello, how are you?", or once another woman saw that I had been reading The Cursed Child script on the elliptical and asked me what I thought and it was fine. But if you want to have a full blown conversation with me while I'm trying to do my cardio or mid-count with weights...I'm not interested. Anything else might be a mild annoyance, but I work around it or zone out and ignore it.1
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Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Ummm... You do realize these two things in your post are mutually exclusive, right?
eta: Saw your post later, so yes, do do realize that. Carry on! :flowersforyou:
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CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?
I mean there are sounds-- just not amplified so high as to disturb everyone.
Lunk alarms.
I go there too. I love the price, and that it's in between my home town and work town, and also 24 hrs.
I've only heard the alarm once since I started in October. and I think that feller like THREW the weights. I have heard people drop weights, but it's expected at times, so at my location, they seem to not been too alarm happy lol.
I agree with the not wiping stuff down as an annoyance. at PF, there's a ton of signs asking you to do so. But I've seen people not doing it. Which is why I wipe before and after. Because MRSA and influenza is real.
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Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Ummm... You do realize these two things in your post are mutually exclusive, right?
I know. I meant that this is the gym's policy.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
From what I've read that is one of.the most judgement places around.
If you like it though, great, carry on.
Sorry to hear that. Mine is great. Nice and quiet-- no grunting or throwing to distract
That's nice, it's "judgement free zone" is one of the most judgemental gyms on the planet. Funny how people ignore that....
Yeah. It has an etiquette list.0 -
Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
Ummm... You do realize these two things in your post are mutually exclusive, right?
I know. I meant that this is the gym's policy.
Damn. I edited my response while you posted.
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brandongladney92 wrote: »A few of mine are guys curling in the squat rack with ten lb plates on each side!! Pisses me off! Lol. And when someone ask you how many sets you have left you say 3 or so and they sit there and wait til you are done!!! Ughhh. You can't find a machine to use until I'm done???
Not sure why that's an annoyance TBH. If I'm looking for a bench and a person has a few sets left I might wait or I might wander off, but if it's just a lone person working out I'll usually ask to work in because my gym is always packed full and only two benches. Since I do a lot of heavy benching I'm doing that first but if it's an assistance exercise then I can switch up the order.1 -
hollyrayburn wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »Bookmarking this for the next time someone says "no one is paying attention to you" to a newbie worried about being judged at the gym.
What bothers me are people. I workout at home and I still get bothered by people.
I go to a "no judgment zone" gym. I don't like needless stress and high pressure and love the low key atmosphere. ETA: no lunks allowed
How do they enforce that?
I mean there are sounds-- just not amplified so high as to disturb everyone.
Lunk alarms.
I go there too. I love the price, and that it's in between my home town and work town, and also 24 hrs.
I've only heard the alarm once since I started in October. and I think that feller like THREW the weights. I have heard people drop weights, but it's expected at times, so at my location, they seem to not been too alarm happy lol.
I agree with the not wiping stuff down as an annoyance. at PF, there's a ton of signs asking you to do so. But I've seen people not doing it. Which is why I wipe before and after. Because MRSA and influenza is real.
Yes. It is quite lovely and only $10 a month. People don't set off the alarm where I attend. I haven't heard it go off even once.0
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