Poll (non-clicky): gym peeves and offenses?

[juliahenry]

Because I'm bored...

What are your pet peeves at the gym?
And what are you guilty of doing that others might not like?

I can't stand it when people use their cell phones while working out (for talking, not keeping track or listening to music). I also can't stand it when people eat or drink inappropriate things. The woman who walks every morning with a big ol' latte makes me irrationally annoyed.

And I'm a total machine hog. If there are empty machines and nobody has signed up to wait for the one I'm on, I'll stay on there for up to an hour, well beyond the 35 minute limit at my gym.

You?

[nikolita]

I go to a very small family owned gym. I'm friends with the owners even.

Its a small gym, in a small town, and its usually be and an older gentleman working out in the mornings. When he goes to the bathroom, he does not shut the door all the way... its a little skeevey!

[breezy8407]

Curling in the squat rack, bad B.O., sitting on machines on the phone, people not letting you work in b/t sets, not wiping equipment after use, working out when really sick and coughing/sneezing on things...I'm sure there are more.

Phew, glad I don't go to a gym right now!

I was most guilty of staying on a treadmill past the 20 minute limit, but tried I be respectful if lots of people were waiting.

[Deleted]

Heavy perfume. Makes me nauseated.

[Brit]

What are your pet peeves at the gym?

Meathead-ish guys that walk around on their toes with their chests puffed out drive me crazy. Get over yourself. That does not look cool.

And what are you guilty of doing that others might not like?

I am a sweaty beast while I'm at the gym. I do my best to wipe up behind myself, but I wouldn't want to touch anything that someone as sweaty as me just touched, even if the person did wipe it down.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Talking during group classes - especially spin. This makes me CRAZY.

Also, not wiping off the machines/equipment when you're done. Ewww. Just eww.

[Brie]

I honestly cannot think of a single pet peeve I have with anyone at CrossFit. Reason #582 why it's more awesome than my old gym!

[sitnspin]

What are your pet peeves at the gym? loud talkers in class, instructors that think they are awesome x100, folks that think it it THEIR gym and no one elses.


And what are you guilty of doing that others might not like? probably being a bit too bubbly and smiley, having my boobs out a bit too much from my tops, eh, whatever. When you bend down, they do show a bit.



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[ebeth]

I hate it when someone is on 'my' treadmill (choosen for it's fan proximity) at the gym.

I will get on a TM right next to someone else even if there is plenty of open machines for fan proximity.

[agrippa]

The 12 year old kid that gets on a treadmill, sets it at 1 mph, and strolls for 30 minutes when there are no open treadmills. Dude, you walked faster than that to get into the gym! And also strong BO, perfume/cologne, and the girl who runs in her bikini.

ETA: I'm a heavy sweater. I'm pretty sure I gross people out. They cannot figure out how to heat the gym without also melting us in the winter, so I forced myself to run outside last winter b/c the sweat was just unmanageable.

[grk2012]

NAKED people in the LOCKER room. I mean, UGH.



(*Totally* kidding. I don't even go to a gym. Just beating an age-old dead horse.)

[shauni27]

Jun 6, 2012 13:42:22 GMT -5 ebeth said:

I hate it when someone is on 'my' treadmill (choosen for it's fan proximity) at the gym.

I will get on a TM right next to someone else even if there is plenty of open machines for fan proximity.

cosigned,
Shauni27

[kimsy]

People who don't rerack their weights. Also, when someone wears swishy pants on cardio equipment, and there is a nonstop swishing noise. And super loud grunters (like, excessively loud).

[2doxies]

People who camp out on equipment. We are not in your basement, buddy, finish your sets and move it along. This has happened to me a few mornings when I've tried to do squats.

Guilty: I know there are a few mornings when I am the stinky person at the gym. Sorry fellow treadmill runners!

[bluelikejazz]

People who don't take the weights off the barbells when they are done. A) I don't know for sure you are done, and B) It's usually too tall and the 45lb weights are dangerous for me to pull off the high barbell.

Grunters. I don't know why but they annoy me.

[bqbride]

People who come late to classes and then squeeze into a spot in the front of the class, blocking the view of the instructor for everyone who actually came on time.

The old lady tennis/lunch club that congregates right inside the entrance, blocking everyone else's access to the entire gym.

The people who create a traffic jam by waiting for a parking spot to open up in the circle drive near the entry, instead of parking in the other lot. You're at the gym! Will walking the extra 50 feet really kill you?

[lauren170]

People who park in non-parking spots to be closer to the door that are perfectly capable of walking the extra 10 parking spaces!! OMG I almost said something to some chick today...like REALLY??

This is really a problem at my gym, and it makes backing out of legit spots really hard.

[taffy]

Heavy perfume really bugs me ( although onece on a layover my perfume spilled in my bag allmover my workout clothes. I cleared the gym) Talking during classes bugs me so much I give the evil eye.


If you are on the treadmill next to me I will make sure I am running faster than you. Even if it kills me.

[ebeth]

Jun 6, 2012 14:38:42 GMT -5 taffy said:

Heavy perfume really bugs me ( although onece on a layover my perfume spilled in my bag allmover my workout clothes. I cleared the gym) Talking during classes bugs me so much I give the evil eye.


If you are on the treadmill next to me I will make sure I am running faster than you. Even if it kills me.

how do you see the speed on the TM next to you? I've tried to look before but I can't see the screen.

[SusanBAnthony]

I have so many that we are thinking about quitting.

Childcare is not good. TV is always on. I left a comment card about this, and they basically said F U.

No place to stretch or do a little yoga. There is a tiny mat that is usually being used by trainers, or you can go in the (basketball) gym and risk being hit by a stray ball.

The yoga classes are terrible. I don't expect anything amazing, but these are REALLY bad.

They are super nitpicky about opposite gender kids in locker rooms. No way can my 4 year old go in the mens locker room himself and shower and dress after swim lessons, so sorry, but I am going to have to bring him in the ladies. Guess what, he is 4, no one freaking cares.

It is a YMCA, and it is the only choice in the area, with the exception of a tiny tiny place that has group fitness only. I am going to visit the tiny place and check it out, and DH is thinking about doing crossfit, bc we seriously hate this Y.

[SusanBAnthony]

Jun 6, 2012 14:16:23 GMT -5 lauren170 said:

People who park in non-parking spots to be closer to the door that are perfectly capable of walking the extra 10 parking spaces!! OMG I almost said something to some chick today...like REALLY??

This is really a problem at my gym, and it makes backing out of legit spots really hard.

I am guilty of this, but in my defense I am trying to herd a 2 and 4 year old in and out, who are slow and distractable, so I try to get as clsoe a spot, that involves little to no crossing busy parking lots. Sorry!

[katinthehat]

when there is only one TV with ESPN on. OMG you are in a gym with 70 TVs, would it kill you to have ESPN on two of them? I'd even settle for ESPN2 instead of five channels of wheel of fortune.

No one has said this, but I do it and it annoys me. I leave puddles everywhere I go in the locker room after swimming. They "ration" towels at the front desk and no way am I wasting the two I need for my shower to wrap my wet pool self in.

Also, towel rationing irritates me.

[jgleespen]

Jun 6, 2012 13:56:35 GMT -5 grk2012 said:

NAKED people in the LOCKER room. I mean, UGH.



(*Totally* kidding. I don't even go to a gym. Just beating an age-old dead horse.)

:Y: It's been awhile since we've had one of these discussions!

[jgleespen]

Camping out on a treadmill at 1.5 mph while talking to your best friend, on an incline so high that you have to hold onto the bars to stay on

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jun 6, 2012 15:50:48 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

when there is only one TV with ESPN on. OMG you are in a gym with 70 TVs, would it kill you to have ESPN on two of them? I'd even settle for ESPN2 instead of five channels of wheel of fortune.

No one has said this, but I do it and it annoys me. I leave puddles everywhere I go in the locker room after swimming. They "ration" towels at the front desk and no way am I wasting the two I need for my shower to wrap my wet pool self in.

Also, towel rationing irritates me.

I'm guilty of this. Although our gym doesn't supply towels at all. I just bring one big one and one small one - which means that I have to be careful not to soak the big one with pool water prior to my shower, so I'll wrap myself VERY loosely on the way back in from the pool. And then I leave a trail of water, including on the hardwoods in front of the pool door. I'm THAT pool-user.

[lauren170]

Jun 6, 2012 15:01:24 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

Jun 6, 2012 14:16:23 GMT -5 lauren170 said:

People who park in non-parking spots to be closer to the door that are perfectly capable of walking the extra 10 parking spaces!! OMG I almost said something to some chick today...like REALLY??

This is really a problem at my gym, and it makes backing out of legit spots really hard.

I am guilty of this, but in my defense I am trying to herd a 2 and 4 year old in and out, who are slow and distractable, so I try to get as clsoe a spot, that involves little to no crossing busy parking lots. Sorry!

Well that is okay, I guess. As long as other cars can get out of their spaces with out inching their way out. The girl today definitely had no kids...and she went to a bootcamp class. TOTALLY CAPABLE.

[zitiqueen]

SBA, your Y doesn't have family locker rooms? That's odd.

My pet peeve is locker-room related. The ladies locker room at the Y I swim at probably has 100 lockers and they don't rent them, so it's day-to-day use. If you see a lock hanging from a locker, assume that you and that person will be trying to dress at the same time and don't park your shit in the fucking locker right next to it! You have dozens of empty lockers to choose from -- why would you rob yourself and somebody else of personal space?

[Wines Not Whines]

People who pass gas repeatedly while on the treadmill. Once, OK. But if you're particularly gassy today, please take care of your business and come back later. It's hard to hold my breath while running.

[vccake]

Instructors that make a lot of noise and suck.

The yeller at my gym. Makes you miss the grunter. AHHHYAASS

The trainer that talks to me about game of thrones the entire time I am lifting - I want to lift 'in private.'

The woman that puts her step to close to my step. Why???

[vccake]

Oh and my offense is that I keep bringing home the gym towels. I'm sorry!!