Stupid Things People Do At The Gym...

All in good fun...please don't be offended.

1. The soccer mom's that come with their friends who have gossip-fests while slowly walking on the treadmills.

2. Those silly girls that wear bows, earings and makeup who attempt to workout but end up "accidentally" walking past the mirrors.

3. Big, bulky guys who make loud noises when lifting weights.

4. People who sing out loud with their i-pods while working out.

5. People who come to the gym, look around at the equipment, get a protein shake...and then call it a day.

6. People who save machines for their friends! (Ahh don't do that)!

7. People who don't clean up the machine when they are done. (GROSS)! Come on now.

8. The ever-popular person who talks on the phone while attempting to work-out.

9. People who walk around naked in the locker-rooms. I know it IS a locker room...but its still a public place and some people don't really want to see that much! Haha

10. People who bring novels to read while they ride their bikes. (Sorry but I just don't get it.)

After reviewing my list...I wonder why I go to the gym sometimes. But I love the machines. I'm a small girl...but I am a hardcore running, stair-climbing, elliptical-ing, sweating freak! I go to the gym to sweat my guts out and I don't talk to anyone. The gym is not a place to mingle in my opinion.

There's my two cents! Please feel free to add to the list! :)

Which one do YOU do? :P There was something that was bugging me and I couldn't remember what it was -- then I saw your #9. Today some girl got TOTALLY NAKED in the locker room. There are dressing rooms and I REALLY wish she would have used one. That bugs the heck out of me. I didn't enjoy her bare butt.

Ok, Missy! I'm one of those that "reads a novel" while on the exercise bike!!! Actually I read my lab book on the bike, and I read my 1,000+-page school BOOK on the treadmill! :P The PURPOSE is that cardio is BORING and by reading my school book while exercising I kill TWO birds with one stone. I know I won't sit at home and read the book, and I know I won't walk on the treadmill if I can't read ...  soooooooo do you see the purpose of it now???!!! :P It's actually quite beneficial. ;)

LOL! Had to laugh at the list - my personal most hated would be the individual who talks on the cell phone while occupying a machine for the entire...long...drawn out...duration of their call or actually has a heated discussion with whoever's on the other end of the line. Like I need to hear your personal business...heck, I don't so much like working out, the last thing I need is ANOTHER reason not to like it! :)

As for the books - I envy those who can read and walk the treadmill/ride the bike/climb the stairs. Personally I tend to walk off the edge of the treadmill and end up on my face!

i love reading novels on the bike. cause my current gym doesnt have tvs sadly. but at my hometown gym there are mini tvs on all the elipticals, treadmills and bikes. cant waint to go home for the summer.

Ugh, how about all the little teeny boppers that go oh so fashionably to "work out", but instead they sit on the bikes (not peddaling) and text message.  Or if they're not texting, they're playing with (the speeds on) the treadmills... or running in and out of all of the machines giggling because an older boy (who's all sweaty and muscular) looks at them.

Lol... ahh, to be a young (super skinny) girl and not have a care in the world... jk!

I've never taken offense to someone making noise when they lift weights.

Lifting heavy weight takes a considerable amount of effort, and a bit of grunting and groaning just happens.  I think it's to be expected at a gym.

Saving machines for a friend has to be the most rude of them all, IMO.

And leaving sweat behind.

the guy who comes in & changes the channel on the TV so he can watch for 5 minutes before abandoning the elliptical. ... um ... hello?!? ... i'm not invisible and i was watching that game!!!

Girls who wear too much perfume (or guys who wear too much aftershave) while doing cardio work. *looks sick*

I couldn't agree more with your list minus #3. I agree with Chris.

ANd to touch on the nekkidness in the locker rooms, it really bugs me. Now I'm not a total prude or anything, but I don't blatantly strip and carry my towel OVER my shoulder when going to the showers. (Yes, that I have seen). Or this is better...I'm changing to go home. ANd I put my IPOD and lock on the bench. Another woman is done w/ her workout as well and strips naked. She is watching the news on at that point (literally sits there naked to watch for a good 10 mins.) She then STRADDLES the bench and is reaching into her locker for her stuff. Mind you my water bottle, IPOD, etc is jsut inches away from her goods...I thought that was really RUDE.

OMG - how gross, italianprincess! I bet your face was priceless. lol

I had a guy at my gym that would place really loud business calls while on the elliptical! I actually complained b/c he was so loud I could here him over my ipod! weird.

Thankfully, there are no primpers (girls w/makeup) at my gym. At least not when I'm there - 5am. Maybe that's why.

love the list - it sums up just about everything

ANd to touch on the nekkidness in the locker rooms, it really bugs me. Now I'm not a total prude or anything, but I don't blatantly strip and carry my towel OVER my shoulder when going to the showers. (Yes, that I have seen). Or this is better...I'm changing to go home. ANd I put my IPOD and lock on the bench. Another woman is done w/ her workout as well and strips naked. She is watching the news on at that point (literally sits there naked to watch for a good 10 mins.) She then STRADDLES the bench and is reaching into her locker for her stuff. Mind you my water bottle, IPOD, etc is jsut inches away from her goods...I thought that was really RUDE.

OMG Italianprincess, not only is that rude its GROSS. Who wants to sit down where someones butt sweat has been??? Ewww

I'm so glad my gym doesn't allow cell phones passed the front door!  What annoys me is the guy on the treadmill wo carries on a very loud conversation with the owner of the gym and other people who are on the other side of the room...

Another peeve is having the tvs on but not setting them to close caption!  I've given up trying to lip read the news, seinfeld, & everybody loves raymond!

Most annoying by far are the ones who don't wipe down the machines...I waste alot of time cleaning the pads both before and after I use the machines!

On the subject of grunting: there is grunting and then there is grunting.

I lift weights too, so I can understand some grunts and groans of effort here and there. But how about those guys that literally bellow and moan with every small motion? I hate being in the weight room alone with some chump who is moaning and huffing all the time, it makes me feel uncomfortable, and maybe a little bit like they just want some attention? It grosses me out to hear some testosterone ridden dude (often with a massive beer gut) yelling like he's having an orgasm while I'm working out.

What is with these people?!?! Anyone with me?

Haha, this list is amusing.  I belong to 2 gyms, my college one here in Miami, and a 24 hr one back in Pennsylvania.  I think there's more rudeness at the Miami one for sure!

I however do read my book on the bike!  I still work out quite hard (10 miles/30 minutes/ LOTS of sweat!) so to me it's also beneficial

The grunters..yeah.  once in awhile I'll let out a puff of breath, maybe accompanied by a teeny tiny sound...But never a huge UUUUGH! haha

*amused*

there are two girls about my age who come to the gym around the same time as I do, only they show up like 3 times a week at most. They dress like they're going to a fashion show and act like they think they are life sized versions of Work Out Barbie. They get on the stairmaster and go really slowly for about 10 minutes max while leaning all their weight on the handlebars the whole time. They constantly check themselves out in the mirror too. Its almost comical.

oops. double post

My gym has a list of rules (not that they're followed) and "no grunting" is on it. We don't get too many grunters though -- still it is rather weird, gross, annoying. I can understand a small one but yes, some are "orgasmic"! lol

I think it's actually best if we all wipe out machines BEFORE WE use them -- you just can't trust that someone else has disinfected it ... I feel better doing it myself.

Hey, how about THIS!!! Have you all ever seen someone MOP the equipment down with their towel or a paper towel and THEN wipe their face??? God, that makes me SICK!!! That is SOOOOOOOO GROSS!

For the girl straddling the bench with her goods exposed -- well, that's just not safe for HER either. She could totally pick something up! Ewwwwwwwwww!

"the guy who comes in & changes the channel on the TV so he can watch for 5 minutes before abandoning the elliptical. ... um ... hello?!? ... i'm not invisible and i was watching that game!!!"


there was this man who was all decked out in his weight uniform. all he would do is just watch tv. iv never seen him work out.

i also hate when woman walk around naked...especially the large older woman (like almost elderly).



farting is something i hate as well. like when you are on the machine and the person next to you lets one out... and then you have to smell it and get a lil embarrased cuz you hope nobody thinks its you =/

I read the newspaper while riding the bike for an hour.  At the Y where I go, the track and machines are on the second floor.  It is amazing the number of people who take the elevator from the first to the second floor and I am not talking about handicapped people.  But I am sure people find me amusing for reading the paper as a few have mentioned it to me. 

That totally happened to me yesterday!

I went in the middle of the day...almost NO ONE at the gym.  Get on an elliptical machine on the end of the row.  A girl (all decked out w/ make-up and jewelry) gets on the machine immediately next to me.  For the 15 minutes or so she "worked out" she had her own little personal fart-fest.  I had my head turned and was holding my breath! 

WHY didn't she get on one of the 30 other similar machines that weren't right next to someone?  There were only 3 people even in the cardio section!