What's your pet peeve at the gym?

[diva77]

Mine is people who talk on their cell phones while sitting idle on the piece of equipment you want to use!!!

[LoveMyCali]

1. I've never had anyone do that to me

but that WOULD annoy me.

My pet peeve is people who complain about newbies especially around New Years. We were all new at some point and let's face it about half of them are only going to be on "your" eliptical for about 10 minutes anyway so go get a drink of water and chill the hell out.

[diva77]

4. the gym brings out the beast in some people!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. FoxNoise on the teevees.

So much so that I quit there and have been working out elsewhere for the past few years.

[diva77]

3. I hope you let them know why you quit!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Oh, sure I did! In a strongly worded email. It was the Y, and they basically said,

"Oh well."

Good riddance. I have much more satisfying workouts now!

[diva77]

9. yes, good riddance...and not surprising that a place that is blasting that nasty propaganda

would have that reaction to your email!

[Fla Dem]

15. Yep, that's one of mine as well.

Didn't quit, only local convenient gym.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. Oh, forgot to say: your pet peeve is one that I've never run into,

but WTF is wrong with people? Not hard to know that if you're doing that you're an inconsiderate, selfish, and extremely annoying person.

[diva77]

7. would you classify it as passive-aggressive behavior as well?

...not good for one's blood pressure whatever it is!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. In some cases, but I suspect it's mostly self absorption.

Our modern phones are fab, but can contribute to obliviousness to those around us.

[diva77]

10. there's a lot of that around here these days...

[shenmue]

11. Bad music and Fox on the TV

[diva77]

18. maybe that's how the manager keeps the gym from being too crowded!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. No ashtrays on the treadmills.

I try to keep the cigar ash from falling as I slowly amble on the treadmill while watching FOX News, but it's not easy.

[NightWatcher]

13. Keep an empty beer can in the cup holder, problem solved

But then where to keep the current beer you're working on?

Damn

[Docreed2003]

34. Camelback....

Perfect for beer, cocktails, or any beverage of your choice!

[diva77]

16. LOL!!

[RobinA]

14. Yeah, This

I never really ran into this at my old gym because most of the people after work are pretty middle aged. I switched gyms and it was a younger crowd who spent a good bit of time sitting on machines doing I don't know what on their phones. I quit that gym because there were too many scenesters seeing and being seen. My new new gym is great with some, but not too much, phone sitting.

Now my other pet peeve is guys who drop weights. This isn't generally too bad, but for awhile we had this one guy who had to lift such a large amount of weight that he would drop it from about shoulder level when lowering it. I am jumpy with loud noises and I used to start every time the damn thing hit the floor. Luckily he went elsewhere after about 6 months.

[diva77]

17. your new gym sounds exactly like my gym!

dropping weights - for sure another one of my pet peeves; it's usually preceded by a loud, primal grunt from the same person too!!

[3catwoman3]

42. A gym we had been going to switched to Cross Fit, where it...

...was standard procedure to drop weights - as often and as loudly as possible. I hated it. Very jarring, because you never know when it is going to happen.

I also didn't particularly care for the Cross Fit philosophy. I know the claim is that all the exercises are based on movements you make in every day life. Try as I might, I could not think of an every day movement that would have me doing inverted push ups from a hand stand position. It was that exercise that prompted us to go elsewhere.

[MosheFeingold]

57. Dropping Weights

There is a place and time. I drop weights when I deadlift or do Olympic lifts -- because you are supposed to.

I'm in my 90s, by the way. Dating a women 20 years, younger, thank you very much.

And passed my annual driving test this morning.

Sixty years of serious weightlifting (as in, chains and chalk) has kept me from falling apart.

[PassingFair]

19. I use the pool at my "gym"... It's a beauty, 25 meters...

A lot of older people use the pool to walk up and down the lanes, this is fine, BUT,
I swim laps, lots of them, and walkers do NOT need to be taking up an entire lane
for themselves. They can surely double up, or walk in groups.

Most people get it, but JEEZ! If you're not putting your head underwater, you don't
need to take up a lap lane!

Rant over.

[iamateacher]

27. I swim every day

And that is my beef also. In addition, people who swim back crawl and run into you.

[PassingFair]

59. That's annoying as well, but at least...

they're swimming! So I cut them some slack. They usually stop once they
encounter my face down, torpedo style.

[Yavin4]

20. Agree with you 100%. People go to my gym to be seen, not do any work.

They're getting free memberships from their jobs, so they don't take going there seriously. It's just an excuse to hang out in gym clothes after work.

[Stuart G]

77. Annoying loud talking

[Skittles]

21. sweaty people, which is why I don't go

I don't care how well they "wipe down" the machines - GROSS

MUCH prefer to exercise at home

[Major Nikon]

40. My ass alone sweats enough to hydrate a herd of cats

[Skittles]

44. you want I should kick your sweaty, hydrating ass, Major Nikon?

LEMME AT YOU!!!

[Major Nikon]

45. Prolly easier just to wring out my shorts

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. What is this "gym" of which you speak?

[Major Nikon]

41. They are kinda like nightclubs back in the 80's

[Kali]

65. !

[Mr.Bill]

72. So there's people there selling cocaine?

[Major Nikon]

73. Roids

[diva77]

48. LOL!!

my gym is a little like a modern day Tower of London -- except that people go there voluntarily!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. My gym doesn't permit

pets of any kind, including peeves!

[Ptah]

24. !

[Blue_Tires]

25. The women I might want to chat up

are always way too young or way too old...

[Motley13]

26. exercse

[smirkymonkey]

70. That's what I was going to say!

[HDSam]

28. Members

that camp out on one weightlifting machine forever. They invariably do ~5 reps and take a two minute break in place and then do it all over again.

My wife and I routinely observe one couple at our gym who put forth the absolute least amount of effort possible and are attached to whatever technology they happen to have brought with them that day.

[HDSam]

29. Members

that camp out on one weightlifting machine forever. They invariably do ~5 reps and take a two minute break in place and then do it all over again.

My wife and I routinely observe one couple at our gym who put forth the absolute least amount of effort possible and are glued to whatever technology they happen to have brought with them that day. I guess whatever works for them, but if you're going to make the effort to go to the gym, why not make it worthwhile? To each their own I guess.

[Croney]

30. The other old women standing there talking.

I take what I call "old lady fitness classes," and I have quit both a water aerobics class and a "strength training for active older adults" because they'd rather gossip than do the work, and the instructors let them. Really annoys me. But at one class I found a like-minded soul and now she and I go "running" together. I'll be 73 soon and she's 77 and we take it seriously.

[Funtatlaguy]

31. Old men that want to have a conversation

with you....while standing in front of you stark naked in the locker room not letting you get to your own locker while grabbing their ole wrinkly saggy hairy set and going on about the librul media...

[Docreed2003]

35. That's the worst...no one wants to see old balls...

Maybe it's a function of age but damn that bothers me, lol!!

[Doreen]

32. I do not have a pet peeve because where I live

poor people can't go to gyms as they are way to expensive. I guess that is my pet peeve, poor people can't go.

[Croney]

36. I pay $200 a year to the Boys and Girls Club,

which gets me access to the pool and fitness center at specified adult hours. That's less than $20 a month. My husband pays only $11 a month to his gym, but I think there's an annual fee too. Maybe your area has a place you could go.

[Doreen]

43. I have checked and where I live they do not offer that.

The really shitty thing is that I live in a poor community and you think they would try to help the poor have an opportunity to help themselves. We also only have one gym with a pool and it is the most expensive gym. The guy who owns it is kind of a dick anyway.

[alarimer]

78. Look into Planet Fitness, its $10 a month.

It's okay. It has all the machines you could want. And free weights. No pool and not much in the way of classes, but it is cheap.

Also try FitnessBlender.com. They have exercise videos of all kinds, for free, though you can buy programs in PDF form if you wish. Mostly High Intensity Interval Training, strength training, some yoga and pilates. And you never have to leave the house. I bought a set of adjustable dumbbells, but you could use any sort of weights or none at all.

[Doreen]

80. We do not have a Planet fitness.

I will have to check FitnessBlender out.

[3catwoman3]

33. People who blow their noses...

...in the middle of a workout and then do not sanitize their hands before picking up/handling the equipment again.

[mythology]

37. Speaking of the gymnastics gym

People who don't look and end up walking into your way because they are oblivious. It's weird in that it's either people who are new to gymnastics or people who have been doing it a long time. Some of the best gymnasts I know have almost no gym awareness and it boggles my mind. I'm a big guy, I barrel into somebody doing handsprings or tucks and it's going to end badly.

In the regular gym, it's watching people do pointless things. There's a guy who comes in and after doing the treadmill, he goes over to the lat pulldown machine, set it at like 20 pounds and instead of doing a pulldown, he leans back, his arms never bending and then leans forward. It doesn't work any muscles. There's another guy who wants people to think he can lift lots of weights and so gets heavy dumbbells and instead of doing arms out for his shoulder raises, he just kind of rocks side to side to lift the dumbbells. As long as they aren't doing something really dangerous, I don't really care, but I just want to ask why they bother since it's not actually getting them stronger.

[doc03]

38. Number 1: People that tie up Cybex equipmnent buy just sitting and staring

into space, bullshiting with someone or talking on the phone. Number 2: Fox News on the TVs. Number 3: Guys that use the hair dryers to dry their balls and asshole. I don't touch the hair dryers.

[Iggo]

39. It smells. (n/t)

[Yavin4]

46. People who get on the treadmill right next to yours when others are free and start coughing

If you're sick, why are you at the gym?!?!?!?!

[LeftInTX]

47. A/C not cool enough!!!!!

That ruins it for me.

I can ignore Fox News cuz I can watch Netflix on my phone.

[diva77]

49. thanks for sharing your pet peeves, everybody-including ones that shared a little too much info!

especially #40, 31, 35, and 33!!

[briv1016]

50. The sun reflects off the big windows in front and gets in my eyes when I drive by.

[Hoyt]

51. All of the above is why I exercise at home or hike some steep trails we have in national

recreation areas.

[rurallib]

62. mine's at home too. But the cat finds a way to jump on me every day

[airmid]

52. When people don't wipe the machine down when they are done. I do it before and after...

[C_U_L8R]

53. Creeps

Who stare at you and others.

[Iggo]

56. ...and I know I would do that, because I'm inattentive and rude.

It's a habit I picked up when I started using an iPod about 10- or 15-ish years ago. I use public transportation a lot every day and being able to listen to what I want instead of the ambient noise is a godsend.

But as an unintended result I can get lost inside my own head. I guess the way to put it would be "I stare like I'm not there."

Over the years I've gotten better at snapping out of it, because it IS creepy.

[kairos12]

64. People who spread out their towels and water bottles to occupy different pieces of equipment.

[Orrex]

54. I left my pet peeve at the gym and never went back for it.

[crazycatlady]

55. Using the triceps machine for selfies

(There's only one at the gym. Please at least take your selfies on a machine where there's more than one.)

[ariadne0614]

58. In no particular order:

1. People who ignore the "No cellphone and/or electronic device use in the locker room" signs posted all over the locker room.
2. People who ignore the "Adults over 18 Only" sign on the door of the adult women's locker room.
3. People who ignore the "Single File Only" sign on the walking track.
4. People who leave their wet towels lying all over the locker room and in the showers instead of dropping them in the bin they have to pass on their way out.
5. Barbell dropping.

[beaglelover]

60. Agree. They are VERY selfish when they do that. I don't put up with their bullshit and ask them if

I can work in with them. That usually gets their ass moving.

[Awsi Dooger]

61. Other people

I need the place to myself

Not a great batting average lately

[Kali]

66. ...

[Neema]

63. Any loud and long conversation

Whether in person or on a cell phone. I'm there to work out and have a hard enough time staying focused without incessant chatter that I can hear over my headphones.

[Mr.Bill]

67. People who leave their empty water bottle

in the Pringles holder on the treadmill.

[smirkymonkey]

71. You beat me to it!

Damn, I thought I was going to have a thread-winner there!

[LuckyCharms]

68. People who hit a bong and then yell "C'MON, DO ONE MORE YOU WIMP" at the bench pressers.

[Drahthaardogs]

69. Crossfitters who think they can tie up six pieces of equipment

While they do their circuit.


I just move their weight and do my sets. Either join a box or do that shit at 4 am when no one is there

[clutterbox1830]

74. Loud Grunters

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There are other pet peeves that have already been mention, but this is one of the top for me.

I get it you are doing a lot of weight for you, but if I can hear you grunting with my earphones on and over 30 feet away, just do less weights. No need to disturb other people.

Also I get annoyed when people who don't put the plates back off the bar when they are done unless the next person waiting says it is ok. If you can lift the bar with the weights on you can put your plates back when done.

[sakabatou]

75. While I was at the gym

There was this incredibly loud trainer who would teach classes. It really got on my nerves every time she was there. Thankfully, I now workout at home.

[MosheFeingold]

76. Many

people who curl in the squat rack

gyms that don't allow chalk or chains

lack of bumper plates

no area to properly deadlift

people who try to reserve 2 or more pieces of equipment with whatever personalty they bring (e.g., towels)

bro knowledge

people who talk to me in the middle of a set

Yes, I am that strangely strong very old guy at your gym. I do not, however, blow dry my testicles like so many old guys at gyms.

[alarimer]

79. People who watch TV with the sound on too loudly.

At my apartment complex, we have a small gym with two TVs. I usually watch them (if I do) with the closed captioning on because I usually have headphones as well. Some people don't do that and turn on the sound way too loudly. It's worse when both televisions are tuned to different channels.

Also, kids playing on gym equipment. It's dangerous and annoying. Finally, management put a note on the door reminding folks of the rules and it seems to have stopped.

I don't think that I would pay to belong to a gym anymore. With the internet, there are many options for classes (some free, some not) that I think most people could make their own workouts. If I ever buy a house, I will have one dedicated workout room. Maybe buy a bench and some weights and a treadmill or something.

[benld74]

81. Back in the 80's my peeves were

1) having to run through a cloud of perfume floating around the track
2) people not wiping down machines after use
3) people not using correct form
4) guys resting their junk on the sinks in the locker room after showering
5) guys ogling girls to the point of the girls leaving the gym

[GregW]

82. Protein shake farts

Worst offenders are treadmillers and squatters.

[hunter]

83. For a very brief time in my life me and a girlfriend were among the hottest creatures in the gym...

... and nobody knew how totally fucked up our relationship was. I'd hate to think anybody was envious of us.

She liked girls and was denying it. I was psychotic.

[raven mad]

84. Going to it. n/t