what annoys you at the gym?!
what are the things that annoy you, whilst your working out at the gym? mine are:
1 - people who feel the need to stare at you! (when ever im on the treadmill, i forever see people staring at me in the corner of my eye. and they make it so damn ovbious!) :explode:
2 - girls who come in with a face full of make-up! why come sweat your pants off with a face full of make up?! =/
3 - those people who think its ok to stop and talk to you when your walking from one machine to another! i dont mind smiling and saying hello, but when the chat to you that wastes like 5 minutes of my time! i have payed to go to the gym to workout not to stand and talk rubbish!
1 - people who feel the need to stare at you! (when ever im on the treadmill, i forever see people staring at me in the corner of my eye. and they make it so damn ovbious!) :explode:
2 - girls who come in with a face full of make-up! why come sweat your pants off with a face full of make up?! =/
3 - those people who think its ok to stop and talk to you when your walking from one machine to another! i dont mind smiling and saying hello, but when the chat to you that wastes like 5 minutes of my time! i have payed to go to the gym to workout not to stand and talk rubbish!
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just people in general
and people who skip from one machine to another constantly
its like i want to go on that!
or in that area and theyre just there
constantly changing machines0 -
Girls who come in with no make up on looking like slobs:laugh:0
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People dropping weights.
People not cleaning the machines after they use tham.
People that take up too much equipment at the same time
People that go to the gym and just don't seem to work out. they just walk around.
People that keep changing the TV station
People that take way too long in the shower.0 -
Blokes in the weights corner making so much noise its like you have walked into the set of a porn movie!! then BANG they drop the weights on the floor making you jump outta your skin and put you off your stride on the treadmill0
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Guys that stare at you in the weights area.!!!
Yes, I'm lifting weights! Yes I am of the opposite gender! GTFOI!0 -
People who change in the bathroom stalls instead of in the common area. Some of us just have to pee! And then end up hustling to class after waiting for them to take their sweet time changing in there.0
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Not much pi**es me off.... the thing that's getting me this week is this guy who is loud all the time. I don't mind a bit of grunting for exertion's sake, but this guy just talks really loud and puts me off. He walks around talking really loud and not doing much else, except distracting people...0
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people trying to talk to me while I am on the treadmill.0
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Just knowing I've still got another 20 minutes to go when I'm at the point I want to stop :-)
People there don't annoy me, they are doing their thing and I'm doing mine. Why let them worry you?0 -
The jerk who blares rap so loudly I can't hear my classic rock iPhone on full blast... (It's a small community fitness room which unfortunately offers a radio and a TV....................)0
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not much bothers me, but there are always a few people there at the same time that i go (really really small gym in a small town) and i always feel like they are giving me looks like i don't belong there, or that for some reason they are making fun of me for being fat. nobody has ever said anything that i have actually heard but it's just a feeling i get
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Being on the treadmill 15 minutes and ready to jump off it cause I get so antsy, not that i can't go way longer but i get bored easy and want to move on to sumin else.
I also hate when the teenage girls show up and are texting the entire time sitting on a machine I need to get on.
I don't mind the noise the the people make over by the weights, it gives me something to watch and entertain me while on my treadmill lol.0 -
Overly skimpy workout clothes--put a damn shirt on ladies.
Guys who try to show off and lift too heavy with cruddy form.
Guys who assume I don't know what I'm doing because I'm a girl. Uuuh yeah--probably know more than they do I'd bet. Annoying!!0 -
I can get in on this!!
The lack of parking!!
People who seem to be there for a fashion show! (meaning covered in make up and don't even break a sweat! Waring make up is ok as far as I am concerned it's those who come in covered and don't even bother to do anything that annoy me!!)
The music channels!! I have an MP3 for a reason and I would like to be able to hear it without blowing out my ear drums!! and not only that I do not find half naked women dancing about inspiring! If it was men then I may be converted! Lol!
Machine hoggs!
People who take away your dumbells or toning balls without asking if you are using them first!
I think thats it for now!!
Oh yeah!! And people who don't clean down the machines are really gross!!0 -
not much bothers me, but there are always a few people there at the same time that i go (really really small gym in a small town) and i always feel like they are giving me looks like i don't belong there, or that for some reason they are making fun of me for being fat. nobody has ever said anything that i have actually heard but it's just a feeling i get
That is exactly why I stopped going to the gym. And it wasn't the girls doing it, it was the guys. So I work out at home in the garage. The hardest part is getting to the garage without the cat or dog noticing and whinning at me through the door the whole time.0 -
I don't understand why people get upset about people wearing makeup. I always wear make up to the gym. I don't have any left by the time i'm done, but as I'm always doing something prior to the gym I tend to have already applied makeup.
Saying that, on the rare occasions I get to head straight to the gym first thing in the morning, I just put on some mascara.
I tend to get annoyed if I can't use any machines when it's very busy especially if it's because people are using the machines for social hour, or just watching TV and either walking/cycling at the slowest pace possible. :S0 -
This is such a funny post. Love it.
I don't get annoyed in the gym. I must admit, finding parking can be stressful but once I'm in I love to get on with what I'm doing.
Occasionally I do have a "staring session". I REALLY don't mean to but people are fascinating - and on the odd occasion I am staring because I am in awe and "want that body". I never stare because I "don't like"/ judge someone though - it's purely innocent.
But when people make a spectacle of themselves, that's another thing - like the tarted up girl who goes to workout right by "the guys" only to peer over her shoulder ever few seconds to make sure someone is looking (and they weren't), flicking her hair back. It's like that Pink song "Stupid Girls".0 -
..... when that ONE GUY who just worked all day, sweating his *kitten* of at work, you can smell him from SIX TREADMILLS AWAY that he has worked all day long - WORKING OUT IN THE SAME WORK CLOTHES HE WORE ALL DAY LONG, total rankifies the treadmill area and I cant get away fast enough for fear Im gonna blow chunks.
.... gym members (I see both use the machines for the purpose it was meant for... they basically chat theirselves silly and gawk at the other members while not even making the effort.
..... texting and half-arsing the machine they are sitting on - HEY, GET OFF THE MACHINE!
.... When someone tries to chat like crazy with you despite the fact you walked over to the machine WITH your earbuds/phone on. I dont want to be bothered by anyone whether I know them or not. If you want to chat with me afterwards while Im heading out the door, or the next time we meet when its not at the gym, no problem. But if Im working out, short of telling me "the fire alarm is going off" because my noise-cancelling earbuds are that damn good, leave me the hell alone...Overly skimpy workout clothes--put a damn shirt on ladies.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!! CLEARLY these girls (or guys) are not at the gym for their health, and think its a pick-up joint. If you are going to be damn near naked (quite literally mind you), go to the beach if you think wearing what looks like an almost bikini is ok. The gym is not a night-club....0 -
walking/cycling at the slowest pace possible. :S
about 6 months ago, i was getting back into walking after tearing all the ligaments in my ankle and therefore could not walk at a very fast pace at all and someone came up and asked if she could use the treadmill as i was not doing much work :grumble: you never know.0 -
People who shower with the curtain open then proceed to towel dry with their leg up so you can see everything. I know we're both women, doesnt mean I WANT to see your vag, put it away.
I can sympathise with the using several things at once, I sometimes do circuits with a friend where we set up our own, so I'll have a treadmill, and some weights around me to keep jumping on and off (gym ironman challenges with sets of runs are an awesome killer workout)
I'd say blokes who stare at me stretching (I have a hardcore flex session in the gym once a week and do a lot of splits work), but a lot have been quite friendly enquiring about what Im doing and why, so I dont mind too much.0 -
I don't understand why people get upset about people wearing makeup. I always wear make up to the gym. I don't have any left by the time i'm done, but as I'm always doing something prior to the gym I tend to have already applied makeup.
I believe (and this is just in my mind), this would be for those whose makeup is enough to be as if you were going out to pick up people, and these people leave the gym, no sweating involved, with that same makeup on. You watch them peruse the floor for attention rather than grabbing a piece of equipment and really giving themself a workout...0 -
walking/cycling at the slowest pace possible. :S
about 6 months ago, i was getting back into walking after tearing all the ligaments in my ankle and therefore could not walk at a very fast pace at all and someone came up and asked if she could use the treadmill as i was not doing much work :grumble: you never know.
You're right. It is hard to judge whether people are just doing what they can. It's normally the ones who are texting etc at the same time. I would never ask or even stand near waiting (which I've had people do to me before) if someone is on a machine.
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People using the squat racks to do things not related to squat racks.
People taking 15 minute rests between sets and/or sitting texting while not vacating the equipment.0 -
People dropping weights.
People not cleaning the machines after they use tham.
People that take up too much equipment at the same time
People that go to the gym and just don't seem to work out. they just walk around.
People that keep changing the TV station
People that take way too long in the shower.
This is my list also.0 -
Another vote for people sat texting at machines. I'll wait for anybody's workout; I'm slightly less tolerant of waiting for their social life to come together.
Rampant posing (and vague unintentional homoeroticism) in the weights corner. As someone earlier mentioned, it's like you've strolled onto a rather salacious film set. No thanks.
Irresponsible kettlebell use. See that thing in your hand? It weighs, say, 14kg. I'd appreciate it not being hurtled about in your sweaty hand approximately six inches from my face.0 -
I don't understand why people get upset about people wearing makeup. I always wear make up to the gym. I don't have any left by the time i'm done, but as I'm always doing something prior to the gym I tend to have already applied makeup.
Saying that, on the rare occasions I get to head straight to the gym first thing in the morning, I just put on some mascara.
I tend to get annoyed if I can't use any machines when it's very busy especially if it's because people are using the machines for social hour, or just watching TV and either walking/cycling at the slowest pace possible. :S
Agree! I don't know why it is so bothersome to some ladies if some of us come from somewhere else and still have makeup on! I don't break out easily and sweat plenty, makeup and all! They make it sound like they're insecure about their lack of makeup or something.0 -
I don't know if this is just at my gym but when guys sit at the ONE machine you want to use and keep rotating! ughh!0
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Girls who come in with no make up on looking like slobs:laugh:
I see what you did there.
I don't really get annoyed at the gym. I mean, I was annoyed last night because I wanted to use two machines and both were occupied, but that isn't legitimate because I have to remember I'm not the only person in the world. One legit annoyance of mine is the woman who left her towel on a machine while she stood for several minutes talking to her boyfriend while he used another machine. So I moved her towel so I could use the machine it was on.
I don't think she liked that, but too bad.0 -
All gyms smell, especially in the men’s locker room. I refuse to go.0
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guys that walk around doing nothing... and women who put on there Sunday best to work out.. I go to the gym with my matching outfits but coach sneakers???? NO!! Thats y I change my gym0
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