Annoyances at the gym!
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At my gym we had guys literally throwing them...like they broke the mirror and put a hole in the wall.0 -
stevencloser wrote: »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.
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 -
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".
They should remove "that word".0 -
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".
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: »
I guess I'm the only one who likes chalk (in moderation). My gym allows it.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.
No, you really can only progress so far with limited weight fixed bars, dumbbells, and machines.6 -
VersaGripps for the win
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stevencloser wrote: »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.
It definitely does help! The problem with chalk is two-fold I think, 1) it makes a mess 2) it gets into the air and many people don't like breathing it in etc. Liquid chalk resolved problem 2 but is even worse for getting off the equipment. I wish there was another product that worked as well. I tried lifting pads but they aren't the same.
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Okay, this isn't really so much of an annoyance, more like a "what the what, dude?" but....
do y'all have people that jog laps around your gym? I've seen two fellas at mine literally running around the gym. Around all those treadmills and ellipticals. I mean, do your thing dude, but it seems that it could be a bit unsafe, especially when they're in the weight area.
Okay maybe it is a tad of an annoyance, lol. Because if they knock into me, I might have to get sassy! LOL0 -
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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".
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.
This.
Also the type of people who would pull such an alarm are not the type of people I'd want to be around anyway. I get enough tattling from my 6-year-old. I don't want to have to deal with the same thing from a bunch of smug busybodies.
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I go to PF. I like it because it's $10 a month, open 24 hours, and has what I need right now. I think at some point I'll need something more, but right now it works.
I've never heard the alarm go off. I hear a few dropped weights here and there. Other than being a little startling to me at 5 am I don't really care. It lasts for a fraction of a second.
The only thing that annoys me is REALLY LOUD TALKING to your friends that goes on for several minutes. If I can hear you talking over my headphones, my heavy breathing and my machine when you are 100 feet away from me it is too loud. It's just distracting. There are lots of appropriate places to talk but I'm trying to concentrate and yes, it startles me and gets me out of the zone. I just think it's a bit rude. A quick hello? That's fine. A little laugh at a joke? That's fine. A 10-minute conversation? I think that's rude.
Ok...one more thing...people hopping on the machine next to me and looking at what I'm doing. Please stop. It makes me really uncomfortable. I'm overweight and doing the best I can. Yes, my face gets red. Yes, my heart rate is probably much higher than what yours is while going the same speed. But please, I'm doing what I can to focus on ME during this time. I'm a mom and an educator and a wife and this is my only time of the day where I get to do something for myself. Please please please stop looking at me/what I'm doing/my machine's display.7 -
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hollyrayburn wrote: »Okay, this isn't really so much of an annoyance, more like a "what the what, dude?" but....
do y'all have people that jog laps around your gym? I've seen two fellas at mine literally running around the gym. Around all those treadmills and ellipticals. I mean, do your thing dude, but it seems that it could be a bit unsafe, especially when they're in the weight area.
Okay maybe it is a tad of an annoyance, lol. Because if they knock into me, I might have to get sassy! LOL
I've only seen that at certain gyms that run cross training classes or have a track. That would be dangerous in many gyms.0 -
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »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".
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.
This.
Also the type of people who would pull such an alarm are not the type of people I'd want to be around anyway. I get enough tattling from my 6-year-old. I don't want to have to deal with the same thing from a bunch of smug busybodies.
There is no alarm to pull at Planet Fitness. It's something in the floor that registers the hit.
I've been at my PF for 5 months and have only heard the alarm once--following a really loud bang.0
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