Things people do at the gym that you hate

People who wear the same clothes to the gym every day! Now, unless thay have 5 identical outfits and/or wash their gym clothes every night, ewwww! I see this with some guys and girls! I can understand a guy being gross like that, but a woman? Really!

I wear the same clothes everyday but they also get washed after every session. I don't see the point in buying x amount of clothes when I'm still dropping sizes. I do rotate my runners each day though.

I wear the same clothes. When I get home from the gym, I immediately wash them. I'm not buying a bunch of fancy clothes to go and workout in. That is plain silly to me. I wear a pair of men's cotton shorts (they are longer so I'm not flashing my girl parts when I'm on machines) and a t-shirt in winter/tank top in summer.

Among other annoyances, there is some a-hole that at some point during the day, turns the TV in the men's locker room to Fox News. I used to wait until there was no one else around to change the channel, but last week I went right over and hit the buttons until I got a sports station. One guy looked up and said, "Women's basketball? Really?" and I said, "Anything is better than that crap! Lifetime Network would be better!" No one in the locker room opposed the change!

let me first say, I have three kids, so its not that I am hating on kids...

BUT I Hate it when people bring their kids. let them run the skinny narrow indoor track. get on the machines. drop their pre teens and teens off at the Y like its a social hangout! DRIVES me bananas. :smokin:

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Also at my gym there are only two lap lanes. There are about six of us regulars who use the pool EVERY day so everyday we use the lap lanes. However, we always have to fight to get them from kids, old ladies that just want to walk (there is a shallow end for that!) and this guy who wears a speedo and a purple swim cap that will come over and ask to "share the lane" don't get me wrong we share the lanes every day (there are only two) but he will 'share' and take up the whole lane! pushing anyone else out unless you like getting pummeled during the breast stroke. Then he proceeds to swim for 3 hours straight! I mean kudos to you for being in shape enough to do that but if you are that serious about swimming don't come during the classes so that everyone else is forced out of the lap lanes so you can feel like a stud. Plus he's super rude and anytime others are swimming he will stand there and stare at you and then remark on how you are doing it wrong and if you can't at least have correct form you shouldn't do it in the first place. Then adjust his ball hugging speedo (the whitie tighty version) and slap his *kitten* and jump in the pool. I'm just ranting about this one because on Friday when I went swimming one of the other regulars said that they were starting a petition to get the guy kicked because he is pissing everyone off!

the thing that annoys me the most, is people that complain

I seem to be an old man magnet at the gym. The thing that irritates me most is when these old men come over and start trying to talk to me while I"m exercising. I"m not here to socialize with you AND don't you see these headphones in my ears? And I'm not a rude person by nature so I always take my earphones out to hear what they have to say only for them to try and hit on me. I thhink at this point I'm done being nice. It happens like 50% of the time. I hate talking to people when I'm trying to work out. Lol.

find a really big diamond ring (fake if need be) and show it to them and say unless you can afford anything bigger then this then back off

I hate when there are like 10 other ellipticals available and they choose the one right next to me!

hah. The other day I was doing some HIIT and a guy not only got onto the treadmill beside me - he took HIS SHIRT OFF I was all kinds of :noway: :embarassed:

Now I understand that he does have a disability, but seriously... his mother takes him. She should either tell him to move away or not take him.... most of the time he stands and just stares at people (I am often his target).

You are kidding me right? You are complaining about someone that has a disability doing things that make you uncomfortable?

Newsflash hun, He felt this way his entire life. People staring at him when he went out in public and making fun of him because he did something in public that most people consider unacceptable. If it bothers you that much, then pick another damn class or get enough courage to get to know this person and politely ask him to stop doing these things. Most of the time they don't realize what they are doing is wrong or unacceptable unless you tell them... esp if they have a disability like Autism where their social skills are impaired anyway.

(Side note, I am all for complaining about the quirks of people at the gym.. but this is just downright rude. Esp because I work with people that have a wide range of disabilities, and I deal with this crap on a daily basis.)

I used to go to a couple of very good gyms ( to remained nameless but in the £ 70 plus a month plus joining fee bracket gyms etc.

Then I realized I did not enjoy all the people on the phones, dirty and smelly people, clueless people and most of all ignorant staff and ageing equipment.

So I just cancelled the gym and since then I turned one of the spare rooms into a gym with cardio and weight machines.

No more 40 minutes roundtrip, so that alone is over a solid week of driving a year. A big savings in time, fuel ( emissions too ) and money.

Take also the nearly £ 900 pounds in membership and if you got the room it makes a lot of sense.

I also save time as it takes me less time to workout..

Now I understand that he does have a disability, but seriously... his mother takes him. She should either tell him to move away or not take him.... most of the time he stands and just stares at people (I am often his target).

You are kidding me right? You are complaining about someone that has a disability doing things that make you uncomfortable?

Newsflash hun, He felt this way his entire life. People staring at him when he went out in public and making fun of him because he did something in public that most people consider unacceptable. If it bothers you that much, then pick another damn class or get enough courage to get to know this person and politely ask him to stop doing these things. Most of the time they don't realize what they are doing is wrong or unacceptable unless you tell them... esp if they have a disability like Autism where their social skills are impaired anyway.
(Side note, I am all for complaining about the quirks of people at the gym.. but this is just downright rude. Esp because I work with people that have a wide range of disabilities, and I deal with this crap on a daily basis.)

I have also worked with people with disabilites. I have nothing, i repeat nothing, against people with disabilites ( I was raised in a home with therapeutic foster children) I was not at all trying to be rude, but it is very awkward to have someone thrusting their junk at you, and to know that his mom is two rows back and doesnt have the couteousy to say something bothers me. You completely misunderstood me and what I am complaining about... it has nothing to do with disability.
More to add: Do you think that since I should leave the class, that it is acceptable for him to be doing that stuff during a Zumba class? I am really curious what you think about this. IMO it is socially unnaceptable, regardless who it is. Do I get that he may not have understood this (when it first happened), yes but at the same time... many classes later it is still happening? You meantion that he has probably been picked on... did I ever say I said anything rude to him? No, and I never would because I don't set out to hurt others. I am just wondering what crap you deal with on a daily basis, and how is it rude that his gestures make me uncomfortable? How does that make me a terrible person? Please... enlighten me

I agree with the strong smells. They make me sneeze and I have to move elsewhere (if I can) because smells bother me.

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Dear Gym People - RE-RACK YOUR FREAKING WEIGHTS!!!!

thank you. I love these kinds of threads even though there's one every week, haha
today I found some annoyances.

1: guy walks in, buff w/ huge water bottle in hand, *looks around* walks to weight section. 2minutes later, walks out, REPEAT, this time he left his water bottle. then he comes BACK gets water bottle, this took all of 5minutes to see him walk in.out like 3times, not sure which muscle group he worked, maybe his EGO, lol

2: guys does set, guy LOUDLY drops free weight, thanks *kitten*, you look stupid

3: guys does set on bench, guy does leg raise, guys leaves. thanks for thinking the gym worker needed to re-rack your weight, lazy, lazy, lazy

I just notice things, i burned about 700calories today, don't judge my nosy-ness, you know you're looking at others, haha

when there are 10 bazillion free treadmills in the gym, but they decide that the one RIGHT next to me is suitable -______-
Go Awayyyyy people.

I usually do have my make up on at the gym. Meh, get over it and don't look at my face.

I shower at home, I do not like the way the showers are set up at the gym.

The only thing that really gets to me, is when random people start talking to me. Especially in the circuit training room. Um hello, working out here, out of breath, can't talk, go away. One day, I really wanna scream "stranger danger" just to see what someones reaction is.

Some lady the other day started talking to me on the tredmill, not just like hey how are ya, she was telling me her life story. I put my headphones in, and it still didn't stop her. I am not a very social person as is, it just made me uncomfortable.

Nothing really bothers me at the gym. I LOVE the gym!!

But, I am friends with a guy on Facebook who takes pictures of people at his gym and then posts them on his Facebook page and proceeds to make fun of them while all of this Facebook friends chime in. So - be wary of those people with the cell phones! :noway: