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Annoyances at the gym!
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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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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'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 -
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: »
Most commercial gyms I've been too don't allow chalk either.
</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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lol my wife actually went up to a guy and said "look if you need to drop the damn weights then they are clearly too heavy for you. Use lighter weights"
At my gym we had guys literally throwing them...like they broke the mirror and put a hole in the wall.0 -
stevencloser 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.
I asked my gym manager about this. It's because some people fling chalk EVERYWHERE. One end of the weight room to the other, floor, benches, bars, etc. It's difficult to get out of the rubber matting and in general causes a headache for the workers.
I have a small tube of Beasty Chalk (liquid) and try not to get it all over. They've never said anything to me about not using it.1 -
Yeah, I use liquid too.
One worker in the gym I go to told me to not use it but the guy was just a temp worker I think. Everyone's on a first name basis with the owner and he never told me not to use it but I use it more or less covertly just in case anyway.0 -
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".
They should remove "that word".0 -
They should remove "that word".
Yes, and the alarms. I like to imagine a world where people can be held accountable on an individual basis rather than with some passive aggressive alarm that can be pressed. It's much the same way I am against punishing entire factions of people for anything based on a few people's disregard of rules.5 -
When the first footman interrupts my cool-down stretching to request permission to halt the polishing of my fingerprints off of the silver dumbbells because the damn peasants are at the gate begging for food again.8
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My big thing is people not putting weights/dumbbells away. Or leaving a stack of plates on a machine. If you can put them on and lift them you can take them off.
Also when people put dumbbells back in the wrong spots because they are too lazy to walk 3 feet. That is more just my OCD but still.0 -
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
Most commercial gyms I've been too don't allow chalk either.
I guess I'm the only one who likes chalk (in moderation). My gym allows it.1 -
You can still progress. You just can't throw weights down hard or bellow.
No, you really can only progress so far with limited weight fixed bars, dumbbells, and machines.6
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