Annoyances at the gym!
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rainbowbow wrote: »
And what is your definition of a "gym"?
Actually, that makes me wonder if many health clubs these days would be considered a true gym. The way I see the traditional use of "gym" would be a large multi-use room like a school has. A weight room probably doesn't qualify.
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »It's a long freaking list.
-supersetters
-people who wait ON the machines
-people who use weight machines like chairs and sit on them while texting, looking at Facebook, etc.
-people who move too slowly...get the heck out of the way!
-people who do not wipe off the weight machines, *especially* during cold/flu season
-people who work out while actively sick/contageous
-people who stand in the front in a dance fitness class when they can't keep up/have no idea what they are doing
-people with no musicality, timing or ability to count who try to take dance fitness classes
-people moving the wrong way in a group class...especially if they are doing this in my blind spot
-people who pretend to work out--move your kitten or go home
-pool staff who don't understand lap swimming
-people who PLAY in the lap lanes during lap swim time
-people who cut across lap lanes in the middle of the pool (so dangerous!)
-slow swimmers who think that they are fast
-people who play their music without headphones
-changing room slobs
Basically, people are the issue.
LOL!! I think YOU have issues ....9 -
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When you have headphones on and still people try to talk to you...6
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I don't get the PF hate. But I do know chalk isn't a thing there.
I don't get it either. There must be history on the threads we don't know about. If I say "I'm going to the gym," then it just means working out to me. I never thought much about it. I've never said, "I'm going to the health club to work out."1 -
This is why I had the question about how they enforced their policies -- i.e., how would a gym owner discourage a paying customer from behaving a certain way? I would assume that the gym owner does not wish to have confrontations and lose customers. Having an alarm takes away the face-to-face confrontation and takes away the possible subjectivity of when the rule has been broken. The fact that they have an alarm, and that it is called a 'lunk alarm' seems like it is a more passive type of enforcement via public shaming. I don't think that is a great way to do it, but I wouldn't shame people who have chosen to use PF facilities either.0
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CorneliusPhoton wrote: »This is why I had the question about how they enforced their policies -- i.e., how would a gym owner discourage a paying customer from behaving a certain way? I would assume that the gym owner does not wish to have confrontations and lose customers. Having an alarm takes away the face-to-face confrontation and takes away the possible subjectivity of when the rule has been broken. The fact that they have an alarm, and that it is called a 'lunk alarm' seems like it is a more passive type of enforcement via public shaming. I don't think that is a great way to do it, but I wouldn't shame people who have chosen to use PF facilities either.
Put like that, I can see your point.0 -
I don't get the PF hate.
It's almost entirely their marketing. At least, that's where it begins. Then some people springboard off of there in regards to equipment and whatnot. Basically, "we're judgment free - except we're going to judge/make fun of everyone that's ever worked hard in the gym."
If you go to youtube and watch some of their old commercials, you'll probably understand.
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I get annoyed at the gym when I forget my hairtie, or my headphones, or my headphones die.
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rainbowbow wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »
And what is your definition of a "gym"?
i didn't make that up. they even have a commercial saying "we're not a gym, we're planet fitness". that's THEIR saying.
just saying.
Okay. Back to gyms. Nice to know I go to a "health club".
I think it's for the best. According to the Gymmers on this thread, gyms and the people who use them are so terribly annoying for a variety of misanthropic reasons.
Glad I don't go to one. Lol. Jk.
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I don't get the PF hate. But I do know chalk isn't a thing there.
I'm not into it either.
I am into making fun of their dumb policy of shaming fit people. You don't need to do that to make other people feel comfortable. It pits people against each other, and I think that's wrong. I also think it discourages people from progressing to the point where they'd achieve real progress with lifting.7 -
My "gym" is technically a "health club". Always refer to it as a gym, as does anybody I've ever spoken with about the subject.2
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I don't get the PF hate. But I do know chalk isn't a thing there.
I'm not into it either.
I am into making fun of their dumb policy of shaming fit people. You don't need to do that to make other people feel comfortable. It pits people against each other, and I think that's wrong. I also think it discourages people from progressing to the point where they'd achieve real progress with lifting.
You can still progress. You just can't throw weights down hard or bellow.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I get annoyed at the gym when I forget my hairtie, or my headphones, or my headphones die.
I forgot my headphones once at my old gym. They really played the worst music. It felt like the longest workout ever.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I don't get the PF hate. But I do know chalk isn't a thing there.
I'm not into it either.
I am into making fun of their dumb policy of shaming fit people. You don't need to do that to make other people feel comfortable. It pits people against each other, and I think that's wrong. I also think it discourages people from progressing to the point where they'd achieve real progress with lifting.
You can still progress. You just can't throw weights down hard or bellow.
Which any heavy lifter can tell you is inadvertantly going to happen when you go up in weight. You can't put down a 500 pound deadlift like a teacup.8 -
I don't get the PF hate. But I do know chalk isn't a thing there.
It's not hate at all from me. I just don't like hypocrisy.
Lunk is a negative thing to call someone. It would be no different if I opened up my "gym" and put a "No Fatties" alarm next to the treadmills, but I still go on about "no judgement".15 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
</3 I don't understand this. It makes such a huge difference in lifting. Do they just don't want to wipe off the bars and plates with a dry towel?
I once tried the same weight deadlift without and with chalk on the same day. I managed 1 rep without chalk, 4 with. It's ridiculous how much it helps.3 -
After reading through this, I got curious as to the difference between a gym and a health club (or fitness center is what I've heard PF referred to): (From Macmillian Dictionary)
GYM: short for gymnasium--a large hall or room with special equipment for doing physical exercises
FITNESS CENTER:--a place where people go to do physical exercises
HEALTH CLUB:--a club where members can go to do physical exercises
I'm not really seeing a big hairy difference here in the terms.
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