Gym pet peeves

edit: posted this on the wrong board...oop

I can not stand it when people dress to kill and work out very little. The gym is not a freakin' singles club. Sweat or go the hell home and make room for somebody else who really wants to exercise. No pain, no gain.

people that don't clean off gym equipment after using it, and already in shape women that look at you like you don't belong there because you need to lose weight...

#1 people who talk on their cell phones while they work out. (I don't want to hear about the hot guy you met last night.)

 

#2 people (especially men) who try to lift weights that are far too heavy and their form just sucks.

#3 people who sit on the machines in between sets so that no one else can work in.

#4 people who sweat all over the equipment/benches/mats and then don't wipe them off...GROSS!!

#5 people who do lat pull downs behind their necks. In case you don't know this is dangerous and completely non-functional.

#6 and this one may offend some of you....BUT...I hate it soooo much I have to share anyway. Women who blow dry their hair in the locker room topless! I have no desire (no matter how good your body is) to look at your boobs while you stand there for 20 minutes. PLEASE put on a bra!!!

 

 

hahaaaahahahaha oh goodd definitly agree with number 6. and even worse some ladies at my gym go fully naked. im like whattt the hell

any extra nudity, no matter how hot, naked ass on a bench while putting on socks, penis in my face, just hanging out naked.   I get it, but cover up or at least do it in a timely manner.  Maybe my gym is very European.

When there are only 10 treadmills and 5 of them are out of order. Wtf? Get a repairman in!

When I catch people watching me. Yes, my ass is huge. Stop looking now.

When people say Oh don't worry no one is interested in what you do, they are busy working out. HA. I have caught people looking. Many times. The treadmills are pushed up against the wall o'mirrors so I have no choice but to notice them looking. I guess that's a two-fer peeve!

 

Original Post by victoriagirl:

When there are only 10 treadmills and 5 of them are out of order. Wtf? Get a repairman in!

When I catch people watching me. Yes, my ass is huge. Stop looking now.

When people say Oh don't worry no one is interested in what you do, they are busy working out. HA. I have caught people looking. Many times. The treadmills are pushed up against the wall o'mirrors so I have no choice but to notice them looking. I guess that's a two-fer peeve!

 

 Actually, I think men are busy working out and women are the one's doing the looking and comparing.  I honestly belive that and so does my wife.  But I wouldn't mind women blow drying their hair topless at all .

Original Post by pvstks:

But I wouldn't mind women blow drying their hair topless at all .

 Finally, someone said it.  I've seen this subject come up so many times, and so many times the guys left it alone.  Clap Clap!

I HATE the gym-goers on the cell phone, and i also HATE when women come in all dolled up like they are going on a date.

C'mon do you really need to put on a full face of makeup, curl your hair, and match your workout gear perfectly to go to the gym to SWEAT?!?!

My gym pet peeve is my-gym-specific - I am the only fat person there!

 

WTF!

The people who ask where you've been when they haven't seen you there.  Just because YOU haven't seen me doesn't mean I haven't been coming!  Sure I wasn't in the same EXACT spin class as you for the last 3 weeks but SOME of us like to switch up our workouts! I was outside running - it's springtime!  Relax! :) :)

Original Post by jeremy6201:

Original Post by pvstks:

But I wouldn't mind women blow drying their hair topless at all .

Finally, someone said it. I've seen this subject come up so many times, and so many times the guys left it alone. Clap Clap!

I wouldn't mind if I could look at hot naked MEN, but I'm a straight chick....why in the world do I want to look at a bunch of boobs? If I want to see boobs all I have to do is look at my own :)

My biggest pet peeve about the gym is seeing year after year after year the same....old....thing:

Summer is always lively...high school kids and college kids and people just enjoying the outdoors and using the gym as their "base"...you know: locker room, showers, weights.

Then summer ends....the gym is starting to empty out with cold weather coming on.

Then, it gets to the holidays...the gym is dead...The only people in there are the people that always come. A few high school kids coming in after football's over, trying to keep up their physical shape...but being a kid soon takes control and they are no where to be found. A few random people trying to offset their Thanksgiving dinner so that Christmas dinner doesn't become such a hit (perfectly understandable) ...but not many more....rarely any new faces that become regular faces

THEN NEW YEARS comes....and this FLOOD of new faces comes in...everyone psyched up....and obviously out of shape.....and it's impossible to find a station it's so crowded.......and then 3 weeks later, they're all gone...."cuz it got tough"... No "regular faces" out of this surge of new people

...it's a peeve of mine because it shouldn't take a "new year" to provide motivation and if you're going to start something, DAMN IT....FINISH IT!!!!

 

But among the peeve of the "same old routine" is one of the most enjoyable parts about the gym....seeing that one face that came in that obviously didn't belong. They got peeked at out of the corners of eyes...they got stared at by a few rude, arrogant people...but they kept coming....everyone knows who those people are because they are the ones that everyone who *really* gets it admires....it's great to help them out when they're doing something wrong...it's great when they accept advice and try to work it in to whatever it is that they are doing...and it's great to see them succeed.....and they become a regular face.

My peeve is the "new face" that never becomes a "regular face"

 

HA Alan I feel like I'm following you, but I just happened to read this post today.

My pet peeve is very strange. I hate smells at the gym. Not just body odor (when someone smells like sweat thats fine because that's how it's supposed to be, onions is another story) It's the colognes and perfumes that i hate. I honestly get sick to my stomach when I'm working out hard, say on the elliptical, and someone walks by smelling like bath and body works, ro an axe commercial. I'm glad people like to smell good, but please stick to deodarant so I don't barf

1.  Women who wear super tight, revealing, suggestive clothing while working out.  i have even seen one woman dress like this while she was training a client!

2.  Cell phone or personal conversations while working out.  People have to be extra loud to talk over the gym noise and I really don't want to listen to your 30 minute conversation about your idiot husband.

3.  Extreme body odor.  I don't shower before I go to the gym, but I've always showered the night before and wear deodorant while working out.  I understand that if you sweat a lot, you're going to stink, but there are limits!

4.  People who go way too hard and fast on the elliptical, to the point that they make that horrible, loud, clicking and about to be broken sound.

5.  People who don't bother to learn how to use the weight machines before attempting to lift really heavy, resulting in bad form and loud grunting.

I know this all sounds very judgmental and negative so I would also like to say this:

When I see a severely overweight person in the gym my first thought is always, "GOOD FOR THEM".  I used to be obese myself and had to spend many crappy, self conscious days at the gym before I lost enough weight that people stopped staring at me like I didn't belong.  :)

I agree with the phone talkers and the "do littles".  I hate it when I am working my butt off, and they are dragging theirs at the lowest levels, and then want to talk about how great we all are because we busted our butts!

On the other hand, a cute guy came in to my office the other day.  He goes to my gym every morning, too, so he usually sees me in work-out clothes.  He looked at me in my pencil skirt, sweater, and heels, and said, "Man!  You look GREAT!" and gave me quite a look.My staff gave me hell about it all day, but it made me feel kinda good.

Original Post by tylerbabiy:

any extra nudity, no matter how hot, naked ass on a bench while putting on socks, penis in my face, just hanging out naked.   I get it, but cover up or at least do it in a timely manner.  Maybe my gym is very European.

 I haven't ever noticed this sort of behaviour in Germany.  You do see more nudity, in general, but at the gym (the few times I went!) everyone seemed to cover up at the appropriate times.  I've never seen anyone drying their har nude or semi-nude even.  At the swimming pool (where I go often), there are little, individual changing rooms or larger "family" rooms to use.

Original Post by dmartineau1:

My pet peeve is very strange. I hate smells at the gym. Not just body odor (when someone smells like sweat thats fine because that's how it's supposed to be, onions is another story) It's the colognes and perfumes that i hate. I honestly get sick to my stomach when I'm working out hard, say on the elliptical, and someone walks by smelling like bath and body works, ro an axe commercial. I'm glad people like to smell good, but please stick to deodarant so I don't barf

 Aaackk!  Someone came to the pool the other day drenched in perfume.  It not only lingered in the air the entire time, but I thought I could taste it and feel it in the water.

(eeww.  the thought of nasty pool water in my mouth is not a pleasant one.)

1- When people let their weight slam down.

2-When people put the weights in the wrong place or don't put them away at all.

3-Guys that grunt very loud sounding like they are either having sex or developing a hernia while lifting so much weight they can only do maybe 3 reps (this is also the group that normally lets there weights fall very loud).

4-I agree on the lady's walking around naked or doing their hair while naked. Most are not good looking and most have a bush that is about 7 inches long. USE A TRIMMER PLEASE! I shower at a gym and keep a towel on tell I have at least my underwear and bra on. I do find girls attractive (I'm married so I only look) and I still have yet to see any girl walking around naked that I thought wow thanks for letting me look. As far as thinking wow that has burned an image into my mind that I did not want...yea had that a few times.

I have to admit I am one of those that is on the phone sometimes. My feeling is that I am not able to have the person with me so I talk to them on the phone just like I would if they were there. I try to make sure I don't talk louder than normal and I figure if it helps me work out for 40 minutes rather than 20-30 as I don't get bored sorry to bother you but it helps me.

 

Original Post by kashicat:

#6 and this one may offend some of you....BUT...I hate it soooo much I have to share anyway. Women who blow dry their hair in the locker room topless! I have no desire (no matter how good your body is) to look at your boobs while you stand there for 20 minutes. PLEASE put on a bra!!!

 

 

WOW! I haven't had the bad luck of seeing this before, but that would drive me insane and I WOULD say something to their faces...

 

But my gym annoyance is when people sit on a piece of equipment, presumably in between sets, but they just SIT there and ponder life for about 10 minutes!! You are not going to burn calories and tone your body by sitting there thinking about it! Also, I'd like to actually use that equipment for something useful...