Gym Pet Peeves?
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Letting weights slam repeatedly which is usually accompanied by ridiculous gruting and/ or shouting... Probably should reduce your weight a bit if you can't follow it down...
Sometimes when I go to the gym with my friend, he makes me keep going on the machine until I've done all my reps, so sometimes, I'm sure people hear me say "Dammit, Takashi! *kitten* you!" I wonder if that bothers anybody... Oh well.0 -
people not cleaning machines! i've made it practice to before & after i use a machine. grosses me out see someone come get on treadmill for 5 minutes & walk off, but left their sweat everywhere...0
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Sometimes when I go to the gym with my friend, he makes me keep going on the machine until I've done all my reps, so sometimes, I'm sure people hear me say "Dammit, Takashi! *kitten* you!" I wonder if that bothers anybody... Oh well.
Hahaha...my husband pushes me to failure (which I appreciate)...but I tell him to "Go *kitten* yourself" or "You f*ckng suck" all the time! :laugh:0 -
at my gym, the guys who play basketball always smell like weed. seriously, getting high to go to the gym?0
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at my gym, the guys who play basketball always smell like weed. seriously, getting high to go to the gym?
OMG that is freaking hilarious, could make for good entertainment anyway.0 -
I've never understood reading while on the machine. Maybe my form is off but when my heart rate is over 150 (like it should be if you're doing cardio) I can't focus on anything but the music in my ears. I'm bouncing too much to see little tiny words.
THIS! I can't read well at all when am working out... I'm pretty sure that the higher my heart rate gets, the lower my IQ gets
Also, I totally do not understand all the hate for people who use machines at their own pace or CAN read while exercising. Why does it bother you if someone doesn't run on a treadmill? Or if someone pedals faster at a lower resistance level? Or if *gasp* someone reads a magazine or newspaper while they use the machine?
Sometimes I hit the gym in the morning and just walk slowly for 30 minutes before work. I barely break a sweat but it's a nice way to start the day. Later that night I do my usual *kitten*-busting 1-2 hour workout.
As long as someone is actually using a machine and not just taking up space talking on it then you should probably mind your own business.
HA this right here! I can kick *kitten* on a machine while reading.0 -
So my newest pet peeve is getting my butt slapped.
I would LOVE to know how this one came about! LOL
I use the ballerina bar to stretch my legs, I guess if I am thinking like a guy it is a nice view but I have had my butt slapped a couple times when I am stretching. I am not playing basketball, lol.
Oh my gosh! Are these strangers or people you know?0 -
I read all the time when on the elliptical, and my heart rate is @ 150, no problem. I usually work harder and longer when I read, it distracts me from the pain, and fatigue...etc.0
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I hate the obnoxious grunter and growlers with a passion.
THIS. I may grunt on a heavy dead or squat, but my grunt doesn't travel more than 5 feet. Though one time I kind of squealed/whined on a squat and that sure did go across the room, so embarrassing, it was the un-manliest noise to ever come out of me.
I just can't help it. I mean today I did lockouts with 550...@180 I can't help to use everything I got including my lungs!! I may sound like a tool but I can't help it!!!
Yeah I can't stand guys hoggin all the 45 lb plates to do lockouts roaring like lions, damn sissy's.0 -
I hate the obnoxious grunter and growlers with a passion.
THIS. I may grunt on a heavy dead or squat, but my grunt doesn't travel more than 5 feet. Though one time I kind of squealed/whined on a squat and that sure did go across the room, so embarrassing, it was the un-manliest noise to ever come out of me.
I just can't help it. I mean today I did lockouts with 550...@180 I can't help to use everything I got including my lungs!! I may sound like a tool but I can't help it!!!
Yeah I can't stand guys hoggin all the 45 lb plates to do lockouts roaring like lions, damn sissy's.
Your so mean. Go eat a salad would ya!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In my gym we need reserve the cardio machines for a maximum of 30 minutes and I hate it when you arrive to reserve a machine and that there is already someone on it and he did not reserve or that there are several machines which are reserved and nobody on it!0
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I have now realized my biggest pet peeve. People who want the machines cleaned! I am not a germ phobe and could care less if my machine is wiped down when I go to use it. I don't see why I should have to take the time to get a towel and spray and wipe down a machine for those who are going to use it next unless there is an obvious sweat mark on the seat. If you are the one with the germ isssues then you should take the time before you get on to use it and wipe it down.0
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I don't see why I should have to take the time to get a towel and spray and wipe down a machine for those who are going to use it next unless there is an obvious sweat mark on the seat.
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Oh, I don't know. As I'm an actual germ-o-phobe, I do usually wipe it down ahead of time so honestly I don't care so much if someone does or doesn't wipe it off after they use it.
So she seems genuine to me. (But what do I know; I read on the elliptical ha ha)I don't see why I should have to take the time to get a towel and spray and wipe down a machine for those who are going to use it next unless there is an obvious sweat mark on the seat.
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i wanted to use a machine and 2 big muscular guys were talking there. One was sitting on the bench and the other was standing.. I did other exercises and came back 10 mins later and they were still there. I walked up and asked if they were done and they gave me the nastiest look, didnt say anything, and moved.
I'm fairly certain, as I was walking up, I heard them saying to each other "you're huge man" "No, you're huge"
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i totally agree....unless there's some visible sweat stain on the machine, i will just get on it.I have now realized my biggest pet peeve. People who want the machines cleaned! I am not a germ phobe and could care less if my machine is wiped down when I go to use it. I don't see why I should have to take the time to get a towel and spray and wipe down a machine for those who are going to use it next unless there is an obvious sweat mark on the seat. If you are the one with the germ isssues then you should take the time before you get on to use it and wipe it down.0 -
that was very nasty behavior from those "muscular guys" i have yet to see someone act like an ahole in the gym i go to. I have even taken the weights off a barbell thinking someone was done and they came back and politely told me they still were doing more sets. everyone is very nice it seems unreali wanted to use a machine and 2 big muscular guys were talking there. One was sitting on the bench and the other was standing.. I did other exercises and came back 10 mins later and they were still there. I walked up and asked if they were done and they gave me the nastiest look, didnt say anything, and moved.
I'm fairly certain, as I was walking up, I heard them saying to each other "you're huge man" "No, you're huge"0 -
The 90 year old man who bends over naked and dries his feat with a hair dryer. Talk about low riding
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OTOH - anyone who is 90 and going to the gym gets huge accolades and a fairly wide range of acceptable behaviors.The 90 year old man who bends over naked and dries his feat with a hair dryer. Talk about low riding
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Talking on the phone
Talking to other people while hovering over the machine and not using it ( Like... GO AWAY! )
Making loud unnessacary grunts
Not wiping down the machine
Not putting your plates/weights back
Not racking your weight in its proper place
Putting a towel on your machine and then going to use a different one ( There is no savesies here!! )
Skimpy clothing (Dudes only! get a long pair of shorts and a real shirt.. come on man nobody wants to see your nasty *kitten* belly/legs)
Filling up your water bottle at the drinking fountain....... its cool if there isnt a line but if there is then get outtttaa here!
Don't even get me started on the old dudes in the change room... You don't wanna know!0 -
-People who can't re-rack the weights. Seriously! Just think of it as a little extra workout by putting them back!
-People who hog a machine forever.
-People who walk away from equipment and leave an obvious sweat spot (you should clean your machine, but when you leave a puddle of sweat, it's obvious and should be cleaned.
-Loud groaners. Granted, I've become good friends with the loudest groaner in the gym, but it still bugs me!
-The dude who has to walk the perimeter of the gym, flexing in the mirror and basically admiring his body. Most of the time there is nothing to admire.
-People who spend their time chatting on the treat mill or elliptical. If you can chat and laugh like that, you're not working out!
-People who can't control the weight they are doing and have to drop them. Then look around like they are impressive. Trust me, your more impressive managing those 120 lbs dumbbells than you are dropping them.
-People who leave their towel on a bench to hold it while they use another piece of equipment.
-The guys who want to lift more wight than they should, and use terrible form! I see some guys get a great back workout doing curls.
-Lastly, the guy who put 8 plates on the bench (4 per side), lifts them off the pegs, and then jerks his shoulders like he's doing something. I'll say one thing, he's got great ligaments! He does this with anything he does.0 -
Reminds me of the time I saw a guy take a break from working out so he could smoke a cigarette!at my gym, the guys who play basketball always smell like weed. seriously, getting high to go to the gym?0 -
I've recently discovered two new GYM pet peeves of mines... Errr besides the whole, 'Not cleaning off the machine' thing. That just makes me want to scream.
There was a guy who recently showed up at the gym. I don't know if he's new or what, but he's the only soul I know who could change out weights and leave these big *kitten* silver weights laying right in the middle of the walk way. The gym isn't big by any means, so here I am having to step over 35lb flat weights (Plates maybe?) like they were giant land mines or something just to avoid tripping. The return rack was perhaps ten feet away from where he was.
Also, this same man stayed in the gym for about an hour or two and the entire time--I kid you not, he was snorting, hocking, and sucking mucus into his throat. He didn't spit anything out.. and I'm turning my own stomach just thinking about it.. but he'd let out these loud noises when he cleared his throat. It was more distracting than actually a full-blown pet peeve. I guess this wasn't just something you see in the gym exclusively.0 -
Don't all gyms provide disinfectant and paper towels? I always wipe mine down!
The teenage girls at the gym annoy me the most.
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woman standing around naked, with no intention of putting their clothes on while they talk
Soooooooo.......what gym is this exactly?
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Trust me.....the women that stand around nude are never attractive. Last week after I was assaulted in the locker room, I asked myself....how come it's never a hot chic??0 -
1. Talking on a cell phone right next to me, while sitting on the machine not doing anything.
2. Counting reps out load so the whole gym can hear!0 -
It's really mainly a seasonal thing, but right after new years and shortly before summer when people pile into the gym and take leisurely strolls on the treadmills while casually reading a magazine. Luckily they are usually all gone by mid february or by then they have decided to stick with it and actually try jogging.
I hate running, and use my 30 minutes on the treadmill to do a brisk walk, so not all that get on the treadmill jog, it's not a rule with treadmills that they are only to be used for jogging/running.
I'm very self conscious and have not trained myself to jog yet. I was wondering if it is ok to just walk on a treadmill at the gym, per my calorie counter I walk 4 miles per hour (I typically walk an hour and track my miles, it turns out to be 4 miles more or less). It's a shame you go to the gym to improve yourself, but are being judged. Granted I can walk outside, but I get out of work late and it's dark by the time I get home, I'm a 27 yr old female and dont feel comfortable walking that late at night by myself...So I guess it's not ok to go to the gym and walk on the treadmill, even though you are paying the same as everyone else to use the equipment?0 -
Guys who load the bar in the power cage with 13 billion 45 lb plates and leave them on the highest rack position possible. Dude, some of us are fun sized, rerack your plates ffs.0
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