A recent trip to the gym has reminded me that I have a low tolerance for people who do not respect gym rules. Anyone else??
What gym etiquette pet-peeve do you have?
What gym etiquette pet-peeve do you have?
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Gym Etiquette Pet-Peeve?
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wilkeliza
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I hate people who don't wipe down the equipment when they are done. Okay I know we area all here to work out and everything but I don't need the equipment to be soaked with someone else's sweat when I use it.
Playing t.v.s or music that everyone can hear. It is just a personal thing where hearing their t.v. or music over mine really throws me off because it takes my mind out of it.
Playing t.v.s or music that everyone can hear. It is just a personal thing where hearing their t.v. or music over mine really throws me off because it takes my mind out of it.
lukacseven
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...People who drive around the parking lot for 30 minutes so they can find a parking spot close to the entrance. Then they sit on the equipment like it's their living room and talk on their cell phones while other people are waiting to use it.
I also am not a fan of people who bring their kids and instead of using the stat-of-the-art kids zone, they go to yoga and let their kids run around the indoor track un-supervised. While this is good practice dodging people for races, it's not necessarily the safest thing.
Old guys standing in front of the mirror and using the hair dryer to dry off. Bring a towel, dude.
I also am not a fan of people who bring their kids and instead of using the stat-of-the-art kids zone, they go to yoga and let their kids run around the indoor track un-supervised. While this is good practice dodging people for races, it's not necessarily the safest thing.
Old guys standing in front of the mirror and using the hair dryer to dry off. Bring a towel, dude.
My pet peeve is excessive nakedness in the locker room. I don't care about people changing, drying off, going to shower, etc, but sitting in a recliner watching TV buck naked in the locker room is a bit much.
LindsayLoves
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All of this has reminded me why I don't go to the gym anymore. I would only go at totally dead hours to avoid other people for all the reasons listed above.
I go to a small 24 hour gym that doesn't allow kids and no locker rooms just a single shower so that cuts down on a number of ya'lls pet-peeves. I second the not wiping down the equipment after you sweat on it and every time I see some one hop off of the treadmill and head straight toward the door I start wondering if the person before me wiped down their sweat. I have yet to remember to wipe down before use just in case.
Last night I had 2 ladies hop on 2 treadmills beside me who were obviously friends. They talked so loud my music wouldn't drown them out. They were talking about how they had to remember to go pick up their free panty and discounted bra. I was so distracted I couldn't keep going. They talked the whole 30 minutes that they were hoofing it on the treadmill.
Last night I had 2 ladies hop on 2 treadmills beside me who were obviously friends. They talked so loud my music wouldn't drown them out. They were talking about how they had to remember to go pick up their free panty and discounted bra. I was so distracted I couldn't keep going. They talked the whole 30 minutes that they were hoofing it on the treadmill.
fractal
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People that smell. Seriously. I had this guy always show up and grab a treadmill near me and man could he clear out a room. His sneakers/feet smelled so bad it would literally make you gag. I was tempted several times to either say something to him or to a manager. It was nearly impossible to continue working out with that stench in the air.
Joseph Robinson
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RIght with you on this one!!
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
LOL. Im with you. You are in a mens locker room, there will be nakedness. I shower there at times. However, there is a respectable limit. There use to be this guy at the YMCA that would leave the showers and head to his locker with his towel around his waist or walking naked and drying at the same time. Fine with either. Whatever. However, when that guy tosses towel onto gym bag, then goes and stands in front of the TV playing sportscenter, to then go to the sinks and comb his hair, then head over and blow dry his hair, to then check out sportscenter again... all in the buff, seriously buddy, lets get that towel back on please.
There was one other guy that would stand there with a friend (older guys) and the one guy would stand there with a towel rolled up and "fan" his privates to dry. While talking to his friend. And his friend was naked too. It. Was. Creepy.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
Yes, but I have to go to the Y to cycle and swim. So, might as well do weights too. If I had a pool and a trainer, I wouldnt worry about the weights and lift only my body weight like I did for awhile.
MKCP 1985
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The biggest peeve I have with my $10 per month, 24 hour gym there is that the televisions are pre-set to certain stations and the staff won't change the channel even when there is no-one else in the place. So, that's not much to gripe about, is it?
The downside is that this place doesn't really offer classes on much of anything. No yoga, no pilates, but hey - it only costs me $10 per month.
The downside is that this place doesn't really offer classes on much of anything. No yoga, no pilates, but hey - it only costs me $10 per month.
My husband has some old man naked stories too when we used to go to a much bigger gym. It is nice to be comfortable in your own skin...I guess
Ariel484
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In the locker room - aerosol hairspray. We have free access to a gym at work (so lucky!) and there's only so much counter space/outlets/mirrors for primping and whatnot. I go in the morning and when I am getting cleaned up in the locker room I almost always end up next to someone that goes crazy with the hairspray, so much so that I almost choke on it. This morning was especially bad and I wasn't even directly next to the person. No issues in the actual workout areas though (for now).
Phonedave
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My husband has some old man naked stories too when we used to go to a much bigger gym. It is nice to be comfortable in your own skin...I guess
Bally's was like that. I am sitting on the bench, and some dude puts his leg up and starts drying his thigh about two feet from my face. No thank you. Bally's locker room was also a haven for athelets foot.
Why do most gyms seem so haphazard? They can have the best equipment, but it as if nobody knows how to paint, fix a door, or change a lightbulb. The last place I was at had great equipment, including heavy bags (my wife tells me the house shakes when I kick the one in the garage) and things that look like the basketball games in bars but are with heavy balls and you use your abs. However the place was carved out of three different connecting buildings and the maze of stairs and halls and exposed pipes and wires was just crazy. Yeah, it is insignificat, but it is a peeve.
-dave
I have a similar pet peeve about that very thing, but in regards to hospitals. Granted I have only been in about half a dozen in my life, but all seem to be made up of multiple additions that just do not go together. I know that actually is the case for many hospitals, but how about a little design consistency people? It is like they grabbed 20 random building plans from 20 different architects and just mashed them together.
sweetpee_1993
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Well... **sigh*.... I suppose my only gripe about he gym here at our apartment complex (very nice gym, too) is that I have to walk 2 buildings over to the clubhouse to get to it. Like that's soooo far. Maybe I should get off my butt & go for a change. I sneaked onto the scale at the pediatrician yesterday and almost died....
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
Same type thing with my gym and the 2 guys. Last thing you want to see after putting your dress shoes on is a guy 2 feet in front of you wafting his junk to get it dry.
Glad to see you pop in Dave.
Yes, they are the worst. I LOVE that when a hospital adds a whole new "wing" or woman's center, they dont add a whole new parking deck. Very frustrating. I pray I dont have a real life/death emergency and have to drop off someone or myself at the Emergency Entrance. I love all those Temporary Parking spaces are always full.
