Gym pet peeves

Spinning instructors.

I still don't get this one?

The more I read this thread, the more I'm glad we set up our own little gym at home.

Thank you Craigslist...

No doubt, I'm guilty of some of the things mentioned in this thread, like yelling when lifting heavy.

www.freecycle.com, is another good one.

Last night at the gym, the girl next to me on the treadmill had a bunch of papers on it, homework I guess, and she was talking on her cell phone. I was in the middle of running when her papers fell and one fell on my treadmill and I stepped on it. I jumped off onto the side rails to make sure I wasn't still stepping on it, and I heard her say on the phone, "Oh I dropped my papers and the girl next to me almost tripped". Here's a thought, walk or run on the treadmill, don't try to do homework and talk on the phone.

Last week I saw a guy on the treadmill with an Ipod, the TV on and he was reading a newspaper. Talk about multitasking. I totally understand the Ipod, and separately, I understand watching TV because I like to get one of the bikes that has a TV, but come on. Don't people understand that you can't focus on what your body is doing very well when you're doing four different things?

I love it when the tough body builder types are warming up on the stationary bike....reading Us and People:laugh:

Seriously! I've never understood how people could read and workout at the same time. I tried it once and re-read the same sentence about a gazillion times :laugh:

I read magazines most of the time...I get bored otherwise. :laugh:

me too. The only one I can't read on is the treadmill (or on the high hill climbs on the elliptical). I love reading magazines on the machines because it makes the time go fast and it's not important if I remember what I read or not. I usually read the captions and look at the pictures.

I love it when the tough body builder types are warming up on the stationary bike....reading Us and People:laugh:

I'm a Cosmo boy m'self.

((Seriously, I love cosmo. I've already learned 851 ways to please my man. And since I'm my own man, I'm a happy guy :bigsmile: )).

Who doesn't like Cosmo? This guy is a mean looking dude who works out a lot with the weights. I think the rag mags are his guilty pleasure:laugh:

Psssshhhtt .. You don't look mean. You are probably just a teddy bear.

I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.

I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).

Gym bunnies are my pet peeve, too. I think you are taking her statement wrong. There's this girl at my gym, she gets on a treadmill for maybe 5 minutes at about 2.5 mph. Then she spends the rest of the time wondering around talking to all the guys. She's not there to work out, she's there looking for a boyfriend.

Better there than a bar to pick up a guy.

Psssshhhtt .. You don't look mean. You are probably just a teddy bear.

Actually, I fear teddy bears. My wife has hundreds of them, and they're always watching me. Watching,,, and judging,,, and finding me wanting.

Pull off their little button eyes. Your wife may be ticked but at least they won't be watching you

I hate the girl in my gym who will turn the fan off because she doesn't want it pointing on her.

HELLO?!?! :noway: RUDE!!

There are other people in the room who need and enjoy the cooling air while sweating it up on the ellipticals!! Leave it on and point it some other direction. Or get on a machine thats further away from it. Or ASK the other people around you if they want it on! Then she climbs on her elliptical, probably with no resistance and goes 1000 mph without moving her shoulders/arms/upperbody. You are already a size 0!


And of course the gym bunnies who are there to get attention who "work out" but don't get sweaty at all even though they don't even have their hair in a ponytail.

I find this a little offensive. How do you know that she wasn't a size 22 a year ago and that she worked really hard to lose all the weight? I resent people that tell me not to worry about what I eat because of my size. They say..."oh you can have a large slice of cake or an extra roll...you're skin and bones". I take care of my body so that I don't gain weight. I've never weighed over 120 pounds (and that was when I was pregnant) I currently weigh 90, I was 85 prior to having my daughter. Also, the less you weigh the less you sweat to cool down (I don't sweat unless I've been working out for a good 30 minutes).

Gym bunnies are my pet peeve, too. I think you are taking her statement wrong. There's this girl at my gym, she gets on a treadmill for maybe 5 minutes at about 2.5 mph. Then she spends the rest of the time wondering around talking to all the guys. She's not there to work out, she's there looking for a boyfriend.

Better there than a bar to pick up a guy.

Maybe... I should just be happy that she's there paying the gym fees. My gym is super cheap ($10 per month w/ NO contract) and I want them to have all the customers they can so they can keep it that way. It just seems like a waste. She could use the workout. That was catty!! :blushing: But just because someone's a gym bunny doesn't mean that they are "skinny". They just aren't there to work out. It is just really frustrating for those of us who have to work our butts off for everything we do to watch these girls run around doing nothing besides trying to get the attention of the body builders.

I do feel for you for people not taking your seriously and telling you that you don't need to watch your diet or exercise. Those people either don't need to or just don't care to work to be healthy. I would never classify you as a gym bunny. Sounds like are there to workout, not to find a date. :flowerforyou:

I love it when the tough body builder types are warming up on the stationary bike....reading Us and People:laugh:

I'm a Cosmo boy m'self.

((Seriously, I love cosmo. I've already learned 851 ways to please my man. And since I'm my own man, I'm a happy guy :bigsmile: )).

I'm eatting lunch while reading this and almost spit my food out. :laugh: :laugh:

Wow Vicky,,, just wow. That's about the most horrible thing I've ever heard. I'll be praying for you. <<Hehehehe,,, &%^ new look, where are my smileys?>>

I'm generally not that evil to stuffed toys but if they are going to be so rude as to stare....what else are you going to do? The only other option is little hoods for each of their heads and cover them up.....maybe plastic bags and tie them tightly around their little necks...........yeah...that's it

Just saw this for the first time ever yesterday...

The saunas are co-ed. Most people wear their workout clothes or a swimsuit. Two girls walk in, one wearing a bra and panties, and the other wearing sweatpants and a bra (not a SPORTS bra, just a bra...that was too big...which means EVERYTHING was hanging out). They were extremely obnoxious and loud, taking up WAY too much space in an extremely crowded sauna. (PET PEEVE: DON'T LAY DOWN IN THE SAUNA WHEN PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM TO SIT!!!!). This is the kicker of the whole experience, though. One girl is eating a lollipop the whole time we're in there. When she lays down, two cigarettes and a lighter roll out of her pocket...so she goes outside to smoke then comes back to the sauna. REALLY? You're at the gym. Come on. I used to smoke and I would've never even THOUGHT of bringing cigarettes to the gym.

This is the reason I love having a home gym! The only pet peeve I have when I am working out is my puppy wants to lick me in the face when I am doing sit ups

I wouldn't call it a peeve but it was a bit embarrassing. I was just "fresh off the couch", needless to say I couldn't lift very much. This little old lady, 70 if she's a day and probably weighs 80 pounds with her purse, does the circuit right behind me. At every machine she shakes her head, goes tsk tsk and adds twice as much weight. :noway: This has taught me to be kind to new people. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: