Biggest Pet Peeves at the Gym

1. Chatting while using equipment so it's tied up for much longer than it needs to be. I'm not against all socializing, really.

BUT one day there were two ladies using the only two cable machines in the gym. They were there when we started our workout and they were there when we finished 45 minutes later. Not exaggerating. Their workout seemed to consist of standing at the machine, holding the bar, and chatting. The cable machine is the last one in the routine for that day and we thought "surely it will be free by the time we get to it." NOT TRUE! They could have at least just shared one machine.

2. People who wear street shoes in group exercise classes

Even if you haven't run through mud, there is a fine layer of dust & dirt from outside that comes in. This makes the floor dangerously slippery for high impact aerobics.

I don't care how people look when they go to the gym. If the ladies want to wear eyeshadow up to their hairlines, that's their business. Same for the guys who come in looking like they just rolled out of bed. Ratty shirts, sports bras (actually don't know what the deal is with this one - they're perfect for ladies to work out in, especially if they're uh...well endowed), smelly shoes - no big deal - the important thing is that they're there to work out. If they're not, then they're a waste of space and I don't care how much they paid to be there - a gym is not a matchmaking service. They're taking up machines that serious people could be using.

That isn't to say its not ok to meet guys/girls there, just be there to workout.

Ok so here are mine:

1. People who bathe in perfume/cologne before coming in. It chokes me. Literally. I've been on a treadmill and had a guy walk by who was wearing waaaay too much cologne, and I had to stop and go outside. Its a gym. We should expect to encounter aromas that aren't exactly pleasant. Don't try to overcompensate with perfume/cologne. A little dab'll do ya.

2. People who look at me like 'What is his fat *kitten* doing in HERE?' and then proceed to run their mouths behind my back. GUYS were the worst about this. The majority of the ladies I worked out with were either indifferent or supportive. But it got so bad that before I let my membership lapse, I would workout at 2 or 3 in the morning just so I would be alone. I should also mention I live in a small town, so gym gossip didn't stay at the gym. This is why I choose to workout alone at home now.

3. People who don't clean/pick up after themselves. This should be a given. We're all adults, so don't leave your 'toys' laying around everywhere like a 3 year old.

I hate people that have nothing better to do than sit on the message boards and respond to EVERYTHING that is said with their super sarcastic "I don't care about the world" tones.

Oh wait... GYM pet peeves... gotcha...

I love the people that crank the treadmill up to an insane incline and then hold on for dear life and still, somehow, remain perpendicular to the treadmill. While I realize this is more of a workout than walking on a flat surface, how about you try letting go of the handles, pitching yourself forward, and actually using your muscles to power your movement. Oh yea! Feel that burn? THAT'S the purpose of the incline...

Why the hell would someone wear make up to the gym? I just don't get it.

When people use the ab machines incorrectly with no resistance.

my gym has a pool and i hate it when people blow their noses in there hand and put it in the water....urgh!!!...thats mostly men..

uh..... what do you do with swim boogers?

When people judge others. That bothers me more than anything.

Also, anyone who thinks they as Miss or Mr f*cking America or something. Grow up.. stop strutting... nobody cares.

There's two types of girls that go to the gym- those of us who bust our *kitten* off day in day out to get what we want, most of us don't wear make up because it stays on all of about two minutes! I sweat throughout the full session from the get go! And then there's the girls who get dressed up, spend mist of their workout on their phones and looking pretty. If you want to pick up guys, get serious about your training cause thats way sexier!

My thoughts exactly.

When I busting my @$$ off to lost this weight lifing 70-100 lbs , and I see smaller girls who really dont even need it doing chest flies at 10lbs, or arm rows at 10lbs not even working up at sweat! Srsly!

Seriously.. You're not as much of a bad *kitten* as you think you are.

Not everyone can lift as much as you, and not everyone sweats.. and Yes, even the smaller girls need to lift weights.. Last time I checked my gym weights room there wasn't a sign or anything dictating that only bigger girls could lift weights while smaller girls could not.. and when there is.. well thats when my smaller self will stop lifting my 15-20 pound dumbbells while not even working up a sweat(cause for some odd reason, it takes a lot for me to sweat.. and it's usually towards the middle to the end of my session that it starts happening).

It just shows that the person needs to look their best at all times.

I guess people annoyed by it are those who are annoyed with high maintenance individuals. Also shows insecurity if a person can't go outside their house without makeup.

Just my thoughts...and many others.

actually i think it shows insecurity on the part of the people getting worked up about it.

As long as someone is not interfering with MY workout, I could care less if they are or are not wearing make up, have their hair up, down, or shaved bald. But the point of this thread is people gripping about what bothers them at the gym. I have noticed you've had some quirky reply to every single post about what people look like. Not everyone feels the same as you, and different things bother different people. What bothers you- that same person might find laughable. Just let them live.

The OP hit my major ones, but one to add...

People who use two machines at once. Last month some toolbox was taking up two squat machines (our gym has four). He had one set up for bench press and the other for something else. To make it worse, he wasn't moving very fast. I was watching from the treadmill and he was off them by the time I was ready to use it, but I was prepared to say something had he still been on both.

When I busting my @$$ off to lost this weight lifing 70-100 lbs , and I see smaller girls who really dont even need it doing chest flies at 10lbs, or arm rows at 10lbs not even working up at sweat! Srsly!

Seriously.. You're not as much of a bad *kitten* as you think you are.

Not everyone can lift as much as you, and not everyone sweats.. and Yes, even the smaller girls need to lift weights.. Last time I checked my gym weights room there wasn't a sign or anything dictating that only bigger girls could lift weights while smaller girls could not.. and when there is.. well thats when my smaller self will stop lifting my 15-20 pound dumbbells while not even working up a sweat(cause for some odd reason, it takes a lot for me to sweat.. and it's usually towards the middle to the end of my session that it starts happening).

My point is, that they are not doing any resistance. And it aggravates me to see them doing that. Not going anywhere.

When I busting my @$$ off to lost this weight lifing 70-100 lbs , and I see smaller girls who really dont even need it doing chest flies at 10lbs, or arm rows at 10lbs not even working up at sweat! Srsly!

Seriously.. You're not as much of a bad *kitten* as you think you are.

Not everyone can lift as much as you, and not everyone sweats.. and Yes, even the smaller girls need to lift weights.. Last time I checked my gym weights room there wasn't a sign or anything dictating that only bigger girls could lift weights while smaller girls could not.. and when there is.. well thats when my smaller self will stop lifting my 15-20 pound dumbbells while not even working up a sweat(cause for some odd reason, it takes a lot for me to sweat.. and it's usually towards the middle to the end of my session that it starts happening).

My point is, that they are not doing any resistance. And it aggravates me to see them doing that. Not going anywhere.

How do you know it's not doing any resistance? For someone who has never lifted before, 10 pounds is a lot of resistance.. hell, even 5 pounds can be if you are brand new to lifting.

Just because you can lift a lot and think you are busting your *kitten*, does not actually mean that you are.. perceived effort and actual effort are two very different things.

i ran into my first yeller today. 7am screamer. i was on elliptical, he made rounds.. bar dips scream. biceps scream... it was pretty funny..

Share yours, but here are some of mine.

1. Guys that sit around and chit chat for like an hour, especially when they're holding up a piece of equipment or weights. I mean seriously, can you chatty cathys go grab a cup of coffee or something? I'm trying to get swole here!

2. Guys that go to the gym, and whose top priority is to pick up girls. I'm pretty sure the young lady came here to workout, not listen to your pick-up lines. (Although I do enjoy watching this from time to time. Some of the funniest rejections I've seen happened at gyms.)

3. That know-it-all guy, whose sole purpose is to walk around the gym and tell you that you're doing it wrong. Look at me, I'm pretty sure I have a grip on my workouts. Next time I need HGH advice, I'll come find you.

4. People who don't wipe after they use the equipment. I mean, come on! Really?

These are just a few of mine. Are you guilty of any of these? Do you have any of your own? Let me know.

This is why I go (when I go) at 2:30 a.m. No one is there....it's quiet....it's clean....all the weights are re-racked. I'm in and out. XSports.....24-hour gym. Love them.

Share yours, but here are some of mine.

1. Guys that sit around and chit chat for like an hour, especially when they're holding up a piece of equipment or weights. I mean seriously, can you chatty cathys go grab a cup of coffee or something? I'm trying to get swole here!

2. Guys that go to the gym, and whose top priority is to pick up girls. I'm pretty sure the young lady came here to workout, not listen to your pick-up lines. (Although I do enjoy watching this from time to time. Some of the funniest rejections I've seen happened at gyms.)

3. That know-it-all guy, whose sole purpose is to walk around the gym and tell you that you're doing it wrong. Look at me, I'm pretty sure I have a grip on my workouts. Next time I need HGH advice, I'll come find you.

4. People who don't wipe after they use the equipment. I mean, come on! Really?

These are just a few of mine. Are you guilty of any of these? Do you have any of your own? Let me know.

This is why I go (when I go) at 2:30 a.m. No one is there....it's quiet....it's clean....all the weights are re-racked. I'm in and out. XSports.....24-hour gym. Love them.

At my 24 hour gym, they don't ever re-rack the weights that have been left out at any point. It is so frustrating!! They actually close Sunday nights until 5 am Monday morning and you walk in as soon as they open and weights are everywhere!! I always think, why did they even close down?? Obviously no one cleaned and the floor was obviously not cleaned under those weights!! WTH??