Things people do that annoys you in the gym.
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Motorsheen wrote: »omakase619 wrote: »DasItMan91 wrote: »When people don't put the dumbbells in the right place. I never knew 50 came before 35...
Bro it's whatever spot is open. Or else you'll be there all day moving around dumbbells to their correct spot.
I've actually rearranged both dumbells and Olympic plates so they are in order. I wouldn't expect anyone else to do so.
Admittedly, that's a lil ocd, but it's also lifting weight. *shrug
I do this every damn day. It absolutely drives me crazy. Haha. My gym just got a rack of pre loaded barbells and them *kitten* are NEVER in the right spot so, I fix it... Ugh. Maybe it's the mom in me and an overwhelming amount of OCD. LOL!3 -
I have two that really annoy me to the core! 1st sit in on the machine just to text. I can't tell you how many times I watch people use their phone taken like 10 minutes brakes just so they can do one minute worth of exercise... If that. 2 using like three different weights, and then just leaving them there to do a different exercise. Why can you not just put the weights back!1
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Hogging equipment whilst checking thier mobile1
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Jumping in between a set without asking.1
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Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.2 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.
I wish I was hot like you.5 -
People going to the gym like why can't I just have the gym to myself
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JeepHair77 wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.
I actually don't care. Not even a little.
I cared so little that I had forgotten about it until I read the previous post which reminded me of it, so I shared the story. Sorry if it offended you. That wasn't my intention.
I do think it's amusing though, since most people don't prance around naked in public for hours on end. They tend to want to get dressed ASAP. To me, the amusing part is not the nakedness - that's pretty standard for a locker room. The funny part is that she spent hours getting ready, completely naked the entire time. She's the only person I've seen doing that in the decades that I've been going to gyms. And of course I noticed it. She was there all the time with the same routine. You tend to notice people when you see them all the time.9 -
Noticing and caring are teo completly different thingsJeepHair77 wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.12 -
People who slam the cable machines and also not reracking their weights!2
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karenlynn670 wrote: »I have two that really annoy me to the core! 1st sit in on the machine just to text. I can't tell you how many times I watch people use their phone taken like 10 minutes breaks just so they can do one minute worth of exercise... If that.
I always ask these people if I may work-in.
sometimes I don't even want the machine that they're on; I just do it to get them off their phones.
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branflakes1980 wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »omakase619 wrote: »DasItMan91 wrote: »When people don't put the dumbbells in the right place. I never knew 50 came before 35...
Bro it's whatever spot is open. Or else you'll be there all day moving around dumbbells to their correct spot.
I've actually rearranged both dumbells and Olympic plates so they are in order. I wouldn't expect anyone else to do so.
Admittedly, that's a lil ocd, but it's also lifting weight. *shrug
I do this every damn day. It absolutely drives me crazy. Haha. My gym just got a rack of pre loaded barbells and them *kitten* are NEVER in the right spot so, I fix it... Ugh. Maybe it's the mom in me and an overwhelming amount of OCD. LOL!
In my gym the dumbbells are always in the right place, but the plates are all over the place.
I sort and re-rack if I have the time. OCD? Me? Naaaah...
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piece of equipment is not being used for five minutes, you walk over to use it and somebody comes from the other side of the gym and proclaims, " I got one more set on that!"6
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People who talk to you during your set! There's one guy at my gym who constantly does this to me, it's one thing to talk between sets but he just keeps going and going. Now I'm a nice guy so I don't so anything derogatory to him, in fact..I actually engage him in conservation during the sets only because I find it mentally challenging so I guess it's my own fault that he continues to do it..oh well..c'est la vie1
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JeepHair77 wrote: »Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
At my old gym there was this chick who worked out before work and she would shower and then do everything else first before finally getting dressed as the last step. She would walk around the locker room in her flip flops and nothing else. She'd brush her teeth, apply all her creams and lotions, dry and style her hair, apply makeup, give herself pedicures, etc. Then after all else was done she'd get dressed. I think she enjoyed being naked. And she would take hours getting ready. I know this because she'd be in the shower when I arrived at the gym and still be getting dressed as I left. LOL. I'd forgotten all about her...
Okay, wait - why do you care? I work out and then I have to go back to work after. Some days, I'm HOT. Even after a cool shower, I'm on the verge of sweating again, and it's way too hot to get dressed right away. I put on my underwear, but otherwise, I'm mostly naked. I do my hair, makeup, put lotion on, jewelry, everything possible, and then put my clothes on DEAD LAST.
I actually don't care. Not even a little. I cared so little that I had forgotten about it until I read the previous post which reminded me of it, so I shared the story. Sorry if it offended you. That wasn't my intention.
I do think it's amusing though, since most people don't prance around naked in public for hours on end. They tend to want to get dressed ASAP. To me, the amusing part is not the nakedness - that's pretty standard for a locker room. The funny part is that she spent hours getting ready, completely naked the entire time. She's the only person I've seen doing that in the decades that I've been going to gyms. And of course I noticed it. She was there all the time with the same routine. You tend to notice people when you see them all the time.
Not offended, just surprised that locker room nakedness was called out as a "gym annoyance" by the two of you.
Hours on end is weird, but I still can't see being annoyed by it. It's not affecting you. For a while at my old job, I went to a gym with incredibly nice locker rooms - much fancier than my bathroom at home. I can see myself taking my time in there. Especially now that my house is chock-full of people all the time. Blow drying and putting on makeup without interruption from kids/husband/mother-in-law/dogs sounds like a freaking dream come true.
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nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.1 -
nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?1 -
Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
LOL
Planet fitness will sound a fog horn and flash emergency lights if you grunt, drop weights too loudly or do anything that might intimidate other gym goers.
I'd be banned at PF in no time - as I can't help but grunt and wheeze during my working sets. I don't drop weights but I've come pretty close at times doing DB presses.1 -
Naked women in the changing room. There was a woman in the locker right next to me the other day and she was putting lotion all over her body next to me. I mean there is a time and a place for the lotion people!
Yes. A time and a place. A time...like after a shower. A place...like in a locker room.5 -
jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
LOL
Planet fitness will sound a fog horn and flash emergency lights if you grunt, drop weights too loudly or do anything that might intimidate other gym goers.
I'd be banned at PF in no time - as I can't help but grunt and wheeze during my working sets. I don't drop weights but I've come pretty close at times doing DB presses.
SO In order to stop people from being annoying and making noise, they do something that is excessively annoying and makes far more noise than the original infraction? Sounds smart. Smart like I will never go to a planet fitness kind of smart.7 -
Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
LOL
Planet fitness will sound a fog horn and flash emergency lights if you grunt, drop weights too loudly or do anything that might intimidate other gym goers.
I'd be banned at PF in no time - as I can't help but grunt and wheeze during my working sets. I don't drop weights but I've come pretty close at times doing DB presses.
SO In order to stop people from being annoying and making noise, they do something that is excessively annoying and makes far more noise than the original infraction? Sounds smart. Smart like I will never go to a planet fitness kind of smart.
https://youtu.be/Odg2K25sLGg 2 -
Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
LOL
Planet fitness will sound a fog horn and flash emergency lights if you grunt, drop weights too loudly or do anything that might intimidate other gym goers.
I'd be banned at PF in no time - as I can't help but grunt and wheeze during my working sets. I don't drop weights but I've come pretty close at times doing DB presses.
SO In order to stop people from being annoying and making noise, they do something that is excessively annoying and makes far more noise than the original infraction? Sounds smart. Smart like I will never go to a planet fitness kind of smart.
I thought the lunk alarm was just a marketing gimmick. Ours isn't even hooked up. Nobody cares about lunks at my PF. Half the people who go to it match that description. I guess it's different at different locations. I go to PF because it's close to my home, it's open 24/7, it has the basic stuff I need and it's super cheap. I don't go there to get away from lunks. LOL.1 -
DresdenSinn wrote: »People who talk to you during your set! There's one guy at my gym who constantly does this to me, it's one thing to talk between sets but he just keeps going and going. Now I'm a nice guy so I don't so anything derogatory to him, in fact..I actually engage him in conservation during the sets only because I find it mentally challenging so I guess it's my own fault that he continues to do it..oh well..c'est la vie
If I was you, I would have told him "Hold on let me do this set and then I can talk to you after".1 -
Couple of days ago I saw a guy showing 2 fingers at the cardio machine, Mumbling and doing weird things. I think he was drunk. One girl went to a personal trainer to inform them. Then he was asked to leave.1
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jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »PhoenyxRising wrote: »Literally the only thing that bothers me at the gym are people with offensive odors. You have the ones who need a shower, the ones who don't wear deodorant, and also the ones who wear WAY too much cologne/body spray. I want to breathe while I'm working out - not gag.
Cologne sure, but you are at a GYM.. a common thing that happens at the gym is sweating.
Sure, but fresh sweat rarely smells extremely bad. Now, fresh sweat soaking into a workout shirt that hasn't been washed for a week or two....
Even fresh sweat can be gross - which leads me into one of my pet peeves...
Saw a guy (who I call "The Bear") doing planks on a gym mat right under the cable machine (also kinda *kitten* - there are areas you can do this and not block people from equipment). When he got up the mat he was using was SOAKED. It looked like he had pissed on it or something. He just rolled it up and put it back with the others. If you sweat THAT much please bring a beach towel with you.
So many sweat like as though they came out of a shower. Worst part, some have no towel at all. To make it worse some wear a tank top.1 -
jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
I'd be banned at PF in no time -
a PF membership is what? 10 dollars?
I would gladly pay 10 dollars for the honor of banishment from Planet Fitness
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Motorsheen wrote: »jseams1234 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »nevadavis1 wrote: »People sitting on machines just using their phones or talking to someone. People using one machine but putting their stuff on another. When you go to a totally empty machine and someone comes up and says "I was still using that." Guys who throw their heavy weights after lifting (so loud). The guys who scream and grunt and yell when lifting. People who lift barbells right in front of the rack so I have to wait to get what I need for the bench press. Male people who act like I'm not there and walk right into me or step right in front of me, between me and the mirror and start doing their own work out. The guys with BO so bad that I have to move away from them and go to another area.
These kinds of things are the reason why Planet Fitness has those rules/Lunk alarm. I realize some locations abuse the lunk alarm but.... Frankly I'd much rather live with their rules than deal with screaming pigbeasts day in and day out.
what is a lunk alarm?
I'd be banned at PF in no time -
a PF membership is what? 10 dollars?
I would gladly pay 10 dollars for the honor of banishment from Planet Fitness
I've been trying for months to get banished but nothing ever happens. I even wore a spaghetti strap top and tight, skimpy shorts. Then I flexed in front of a mirror. Nobody. Cared.
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This thread makes me so glad that I converted my back room into a gym so I can train at home!0
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kristinann308 wrote: »Cursing while lifting, in between lifting, etc...just because. F-Bomb's not necessary.
I have to disagree, when I've got myself all pysched up to attempt a PR then the F-bomb will leave my lips, because for my that is fecking heavy and if I lift it then I'm let all the happy steam out and if I fail then I'm still letting that steam out but it's not quite so happy.4
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