Biggest Pet Peeves at the Gym
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I think at my gym all the treadmills are the same. I never knew there were different kinds for running. Maybe the gym needs to put a sign on them, if they are new to gyms or casual users they may not know either.
I'm a walker (so far) who does specifically use the incline..never 50 though. Every year I go camping for 2 weeks somewhere very hilly and I'm so not used to it. I end up walking up one particularly brutal hill a lot and it about does me in. So I've been walking with the incline set pretty high on purpose to train for it as my area at home is very flat.At the gym I go to, we have a long line of treadmills but 2 of them are specific to running(shorter belt, more give) and while I was training for my half I would always use them and only them - so I would hate it when walkers get on there and just chat with their friend on the other machine.
The walkers like these machines cause they have an incline of 50 whereas the other machines only go to an incline of 30 - really, you need to walk at a 50 incline(they don't).
Now that my half is over, go for it ladies, enjoy the machines.
I am sure how I feel isn't entirely normal, but some of us are treadmill divas :laugh:0 -
When I busting my @$$ off to lost this weight lifing 70-100 lbs , and I see smaller girls who really dont even need it doing chest flies at 10lbs, or arm rows at 10lbs not even working up at sweat! Srsly!
Seriously.. You're not as much of a bad *kitten* as you think you are.
Not everyone can lift as much as you, and not everyone sweats.. and Yes, even the smaller girls need to lift weights.. Last time I checked my gym weights room there wasn't a sign or anything dictating that only bigger girls could lift weights while smaller girls could not.. and when there is.. well thats when my smaller self will stop lifting my 15-20 pound dumbbells while not even working up a sweat(cause for some odd reason, it takes a lot for me to sweat.. and it's usually towards the middle to the end of my session that it starts happening).
My point is, that they are not doing any resistance. And it aggravates me to see them doing that. Not going anywhere.
How do you know it's not doing any resistance? For someone who has never lifted before, 10 pounds is a lot of resistance.. hell, even 5 pounds can be if you are brand new to lifting.
Just because you can lift a lot and think you are busting your *kitten*, does not actually mean that you are.. perceived effort and actual effort are two very different things.
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YES agree not everyone can lift the same amount, and it does not mean just because someone is lifting lighter than you they are not getting a good workout. EITHER WAY it shouldn't be your concern you should be focused on your own workout.0 -
When I busting my @$$ 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.
You know what you do, and I know what I do, that is really all that matters. This was just a post asking ppl about their pet peeves, no need to get offened. Good Luck!!
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>:( My pet peeve are those people who HAVE to stretch out RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEAVY BAG. There's a whole huge mat for you folks - leave me some room to do a few kicks and punches!
Also, the guy who likes to come over and tell me I look "adorable" when I'm all sweaty and working out. I hate you, sir!0 -
i dunno if this is really a pet peeve, but i don't understand walking on a treadmill... wouldn't it be more interesting to walk outside? you can walk pretty much anywhere, and theres the whole bonus of a changing environment to keep you interested. i realize you can run outside too but its so much easier to push yourself with the treadmill going at fixed speed.
^ YES. And you're not going to work up a sweat, which is what you bought a pass for to begin with!
I disagree. I'm not very fit, I walk on the treadmill, and I work up quite a sweat, I vary the speed so its just on the edge of uncomfortably fast, I vary the incline and stuff to make sure I'm working at it. I'm trying to work my way up to jogging. I like walking outside too, but I prefer the treadmill sometimes for a lot of reasons.
--I can count on it in any weather.
--No traffic, kids on bikes, stray dogs to watch out for.
--It's softer/less impact than the hard concrete I'd be walking on at home. I can really feel the difference.
--I know exactly how fast I'm going, how far, for how long, at what incline, so I can better track it and increase it.
--I like being around a lot of other people working out. Whenever I'm walking on a treadmill among others working out, or even more so behind someone really working it on the elliptical (etc) I tend to put much more effort into it than just strolling by myself in my neighborhood.
--I like looking at the tvs while I listen to music on the headphones.
--Its safer late at night than walking around the neighbor hood and I often work late.0 -
Planet Fitness pisses me off all together. I love watching the really huge chick sit on an ab machine with a fist full of tootsie rolls who isnt working out at all, just texting.
Pizza Mondays the first monday of every month? Screw you. I think it can be agreed upon that everyone who goes to the gym already knows how to eat like crap, why not lay out heathly spreads of fruits, greek yogurts, and similar items with menu cards on the table that you can take with you?
Bagle and Cream cheese Tuesdays? Once again screw you, and for the people who show up and partake in the pizza, cream cheese and tootsie rolls please stay home and keep watching tv so you're not clogging up the equipment I want to use
They are just making sure they have steady business. :laugh:0 -
ppl who stare at you while you workout...0
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IF THAT FAN IS ON ONE MORE TIME WHEN I GET TO THE GYM.... IM GOING TO F-ING SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!
Hate when i get to the gym (my gym is very small) and that big *kitten* fan is on full blast and its cold as heck in there and outside. WTF?!?!? We came here to sweat. Pricks!
I love having a big fan blowing on me. I overheat easily and found that I actually work out better and can put in more effort when I'm not overheating.
The purpose of sweat is to cool the body off, which usually requires a breeze of some sort to help wick away the heat, not just to be dripping for the the sake of being wet.0 -
Wow! Hearing some of you here it is a crime looking good at the gym. I mean, I don't wear makeup or don't do my hair before coming, but I love to wear a cute gym outfit or nice running shoes that matches. Is that means I'm not here to work out and I'm desperately seeking for male attention? Not at all!!! That just means I love fashion and looking cute, it makes me happy.
Also for sports bra, what is so wrong by wearing them? If you have the stomach and the body for, go for it!!! I never been bothered by girls wearing them... They have the guts to do it, good for them! Is it there a little bit a jealousy??.... Just saying!!
Oh and by the way, I hate when I go to the cross fit or body sculpting classes and there is that same new and old woman who always arrived 5 min. late and place herself 2 feet from me. Can she just go find a place somewhere else? I make sure to arrive 15 min. before the class starts just to get a nice spot and this woman always ruins everything lol (joking).0 -
I think I became this today but could't help myself. I had to work off cookies from a wedding yesterday so I brought an Ipod with me 'cos it was gonna be a long session.. something I've never done... I can't help it and didn't expect it but all my old music makes me smile or laugh and feel pumped.... I don't think I actually sang out loud, but I know a few times a couple of favorite lyrics were aspirated - followed by a whipping head roll. my hair isn't long enough any more to actually spray anyone with sweat but I'm sure it was weird looking... as was the goofy smile on my face. In the old days you'd cross the street to avoid what I was today. sorry all... but it's really about me...0
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Biggest pet peeve would be the guys monopolizing the weight area talking about what supplements they are taking and not using the bench at all.
There is a whole lounge area for that. Keep it moving muscle heads !!!0 -
The male gym staff only ever inviting the male customers to kettle bell quick classes and then saying there isn't space when girls turn up anyway.0
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One thing I don't have a problem with is girls wearing makeup at the gym, especially if they're lifting heavy weights and not just on the treadmill for hours or otherwise have no idea what they're doing. I used to be judgmental about makeup at the gym, but then:
a) I started working out after work, which I put on a bit of makeup for, and what's the point of washing it off before going to the gym if I'm just going to have to wash my face again afterwards anyway?
and b) I regularly wear a silicone lotion base on my eyelids that make my makeup practically bullet-proof, because it's damn hot at work.
If the makeup-less ladies rolling around on the bosu balls and curling 5lb dumbbells want to look down on me as I deadlift 225 lbs just because I've got some eyeliner on, have at it.0 -
HEY! I got a double today.. the guy next to me on the elliptical was talking on his phone so loudly I couldn't hear my music ove rmy own earphones. wtf? AND he reeked of perfume. trust me,, he was wearing perfume, not cologne or after-shave. UGH... I moved to another elliptical, but only becuase mine was doing really stupid things every time I took my hand off the sensor. the 3 things combined were too much..0
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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.
Oh the irony...0 -
I don't have any.
I pay a monthly fee to utilize equipment like everyone else.
I get in, I do my thing, I stfu, and I'm on with life.0 -
I don't like being talked to
I HATE when a group of men will sit and use one piece of equiptment directly in front of me so they can watch me on the elliptical
that sounds egotistical, but it happens
I hate equiptment hogging in general. I shouldn't have to wait 45 minutes for one dude to finish something.0 -
The 2 token men that come for the Zumba class and wave their arms and legs about in an uncoordinated fashion and end up hitting/kicking people around them.0
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I hate those guys who just grunt and scream as if saying "look how much weight im picking up"0
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Men who look at me like I'm some kind of alien creature when I work out in the weight room. Do you know how annoying and nerve-wracking it is to have so many eyes on you while you're trying to lift some damn weights?0
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Yesterday while I was working out this ladies cell phone kept ringing while she was on the eliptical. She kept answering saying she was on the eliptial she was so loud no one wanted to hear her crap. I turn my cell phone when I work out. My work out time is for me with no cell phone interuptions.0
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Nothing really bothers me at the gym...Most of the huge bodybuilder guys have been really accepting of me so they offer to spot me all the time. haha0
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My gym must be pretty boring, I don't notice many people and I'm usually an avid people watcher. Or it's just that other peoples behavior doesn't really bother me, just my own. For a while I was annoyed because I thought people were staring at me, but now I think they are just looking at me with concern. I look pretty bad after my workout :laugh:0
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Only peeve I have is when people do not wipe the machines down. Our gym provides disinfecting wipes in about 3 places along with these big huge signs that say its mandatory to wipe any surface you touch with any part of your body and yet they still do not do it.0
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I'm sorry but the more posts like this I see, it's turning into a peeve. Skin is a great barrier to infection and so is our immune system. I'm wondering if people are confusing unsanitary with gross..... Cos I really believe the current disinfection craze can be harmful in the long run... especially youngsters whose immune systems are still developing. You have to come in contact with things before your body can naturally start battling them..Only peeve I have is when people do not wipe the machines down. Our gym provides disinfecting wipes in about 3 places along with these big huge signs that say its mandatory to wipe any surface you touch with any part of your body and yet they still do not do it.0 -
I'm sorry but the more posts like this I see, it's turning into a peeve. Skin is a great barrier to infection and so is our immune system. I'm wondering if people are confusing unsanitary with gross..... Cos I really believe the current disinfection craze can be harmful in the long run... especially youngsters whose immune systems are still developing. You have to come in contact with things before your body can naturally start battling them..Only peeve I have is when people do not wipe the machines down. Our gym provides disinfecting wipes in about 3 places along with these big huge signs that say its mandatory to wipe any surface you touch with any part of your body and yet they still do not do it.
Well our gym had a staph bacteria MRSA (short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) scare a year ago so I would rather be safe than sorry.0 -
It doesn't bother me when girls wear make-up to the gym. When I was in college, I would only have time to workout in between classes and most of the time I had on make-up. However, what does bother me is girls who put it on intentionally to workout. I remember going to my friends dorm room to walk to the gym together, and she would say "hold on, I am almost ready, I just need to finish putting on my make-up". Ugh really? And 15 minutes later she was ready....
I hate when people don't wipe down the machines, especially in the circuit training area at Planet Fitness. I use that area about 4 times a week, and seem to always have a massively sweaty guy in front of me who doesn't wipe down. So when it is my turn to use the machine, its literally COVERED in sweat. People also don't seem to wipe down the mats either. Beyond frustrating.0 -
Well our gym had a staph bacteria MRSA (short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) scare a year ago so I would rather be safe than sorry.
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Well then you are going to need barrier protection at the gym then. Those wipes and wimpy little spray stuff gyms have will not kill the bacteria. I understand wanting to have people clean up after themselves because of the "gross" factor, but you will have better success cleaning yourself (washing hands, not touching face, sitting on a towel, etc) then you ever will be at trying to clean off the machine.0 -
1. When people don't do all the turns at one machine at once but change from machine to machine. But instead of leaving them free while they're not using them, they leave their towel(s) on one or more machines so everyone thinks the person using it just went to get their water or find a staff member to ask a question or whatever but nope, after 10 mins+, they come back, do their turn, move to another machine again. RAGE!
2. People who start using a machine, then see a familiar face across the room and go to over to chat for a year or two.
3. People who just HAVE to use the machine next to you even though everywhere else is free.
4. When people need to drop the weights on the machines with a noisy CLUNK each time. I know it happens but if you get so tough that your arms / legs just fail and you need to drop the weight ASAP after each single turn, you may want to consider going a little easy on yourself.0 -
i stand corrected.
I'm sorry but the more posts like this I see, it's turning into a peeve. Skin is a great barrier to infection and so is our immune system. I'm wondering if people are confusing unsanitary with gross..... Cos I really believe the current disinfection craze can be harmful in the long run... especially youngsters whose immune systems are still developing. You have to come in contact with things before your body can naturally start battling them..Only peeve I have is when people do not wipe the machines down. Our gym provides disinfecting wipes in about 3 places along with these big huge signs that say its mandatory to wipe any surface you touch with any part of your body and yet they still do not do it.
Well our gym had a staph bacteria MRSA (short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) scare a year ago so I would rather be safe than sorry.0
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