Post the things that annoy you at the gym.......

[Jaxcomet]

Here's a few..........

(1) The person filling up their gallon jug at the water fountain while the line builds behind them. (Buy a new bottle of water for a lousy buck)

(2) People talking on cell phones during their workout. (shut em' off and put them away)

(3) People holding on as they use the treadmill. (What is that?)

(4) The 50 rep set. (add some wight already)

(5) Sweaty folks who use benches/machines after cardio (Do your cardio last)

Please add.........

[willardhaven]

I don't go to gyms... People who work out and then tell me they don't "really" are a pet peeve though, I'm sure you've encountered them.

[Cornfedwb]

Uhmm.. you do realize there is a reason for a very light-weight high frequency set right? Thats the best way to get tight toning with little muscle gain.

[blueweltall]

People who stares at you.

People who make loud nosie that sound like they're having sex. (uhh...ahhh...ohhh..yeah...just...onnnneee...moree e....SPLATT!!)

[Reality's Fringe]

I hate it when people sit around on the equipment and rest when the place is crowded. Can't you just stand and take a breather?

[heffaji]

That sort of set doesn't actually build muscle, which is the problem with it. High reps is basically like spinning a wheel.

Anyway, what really annoys me is the people who wear hats while working out. Even worse if they have it on backwards.

[Rig]

I also don't go to a gym. I run, and I work out at home.

[bignick]

People who come up and talk to you. People that brag.

[lawyeron]

People who walk in front of you when you are working out in front of a mirror.

People that take your weights when you are clearly using them.

[Jaxcomet]

Uhmm.. you do realize there is a reason for a very light-weight high frequency set right? Thats the best way to get tight toning with little muscle gain.


True but probably not the goal of the 200 lb man curling 10lb weights

[ZeroSupporT]

When I am flexing my perfectly sculpted body in the mirror and someone walks in front of me in their puny girlie-man sweatsuit and interupts the view of my perfect body.

[blueweltall]

I also hear when you work out you tend to bust more ass than usual, something about your muscle not being able to hold that in.

[ryosnk]

The high gym fees among a few things and the guys who dont work but just go too try to hit on every single woman in the gym.

[vrs1650]

Guys staring at my junk in the shower.

[Duo_Maxwell]

People who go to the gym and critique others' workouts and they aren't that person's trainer and don't know all that much about fitness because if they did then they'd realize that there are perfectly viable reasons why people to such things.

(4) The 50 rep set. (add some wight already)

(5) Sweaty folks who use benches/machines after cardio (Do your cardio last)

Why should you care about what others' are doing for their workouts? High rep sets w/ less weight build both good muscle tone and muscle endurence rather than the greater muscle mass that comes from low rep/higher weight sets. Also, you're actually supposed to do some cardiovascular exercise both before and after. However, those sweaty people should have the common sense to wipe down the benches and machines after they use them.

[Jaxcomet]

People who go to the gym and critique others' workouts and they aren't that person's trainer and don't know all that much about fitness because if they did then they'd realize that there are perfectly viable reasons why people to such things.

(4) The 50 rep set. (add some wight already)

(5) Sweaty folks who use benches/machines after cardio (Do your cardio last)

Why should you care about what others' are doing for their workouts? High rep sets w/ less weight build both good muscle tone and muscle endurence rather than the greater muscle mass that comes from low rep/higher weight sets. Also, you're actually supposed to do some cardiovascular exercise both before and after. However, those sweaty people should have the common sense to wipe down the benches and machines after they use them.



:roll: :roll: Crap much???

I know all about high rep vs low rep.........You can tell when that's the person's actual goal.

[batman2million]

ppl who yell really loud whn theey doing their reps..

one guy acutally moaned

[sblymnlcrymnl]

People. I would actually go if it wasn't so crowded. Well, and if I wasn't so lazy and unmotivated.

[kaji7p56]

I thought I was the only CAG that did any sort of physical activity!

I also don't like it when people stare at you. I think they watched too much "pumping iron" and are trying to give you the Ferigno psyche-out.

[Trakan]

Guys staring at my junk in the shower.

:puke:

[mrnomis27]

1) No Towel Guy: and/or his refusal to wipe a machine down clean after a fierce sweat breaks out all over it.

2) Dudes thinking they have a shot with every female at the place. A reality check is needed 99% of the time.

3) Gym employess and their refusal to teach you the proper technique on machines.

4) The water fountain that decides that people would rather have warm water as opposed to cold. Thanks for that.

5) My inability to figure out how the hydraulic pull-up machine works. This will never happen.

[RandyTsai]

Guys staring at my junk in the shower.

Sorry

[vrs1650]

It's ok, I know it is rather small, but you don't have to stare.

[el bobo]

When I am running and a person on a bicycle keeps passing me by... Also, when people try to talk to me when I am running...

[Zenithian Legend]

How about Johnny Knoxville's "boner work out"

[Moxio]

I hate the showers and the fact that the guys walk around naked, balls and all.

*barfs*

[opportunity777]

1. People that sweat all over the equipment and NEVER bring a towel or even use the paper towels provided to wipe it off.

2. People who dunk on the basketball rims and f-uck them up.

3. People who leave weights lying around on the floor.

4. People who leave weights on the barbells, so you have to take them off yourself and put on your set everytime.

Some other problems too, but I think that's enough.

[blackjaw]

fat girls that are trying to be all sexy

i mean, how sexy can someone be thats all sweaty and wearing tight ass clothing with fat pouring over the sides?


old people that complain piss me off too

or the biggest pet peeve at the gym is when someone just sits on a machine or on a bench and doesnt even use it....they take like 10 minute rests while i walk around and wait to get on a machine or a bench or cables

ARGH!!!

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Oh yeah ... when they turn the a/c on too high in the summer.

[6669]

My b/f has his own weight set and dumbells here at the house, cuz he hates working out around other people.

[bignick]

1) No Towel Guy: and/or his refusal to wipe a machine down clean after a fierce sweat breaks out all over it.

2) Dudes thinking they have a shot with every female at the place. A reality check is needed 99% of the time.

3) Gym employess and their refusal to teach you the proper technique on machines.

4) The water fountain that decides that people would rather have warm water as opposed to cold. Thanks for that.

5) My inability to figure out how the hydraulic pull-up machine works. This will never happen.

Warm water is obsorbed faster into the body than cold.

[KingDox]

The lame asses at my gym who block the lanes in the parking lot because they don't want to park more then 20 ft from the front door of the gym.

warning:Caps

YOUR GOING TO THE GYM TO WORK OUT! WALK THE EXTRA DISTANCE FROM YOUR CAR LAME ASS!

God I hate those people, after having to park 2 blocks away fom the mall durring christmas I've learned to not always look for the "perfect" parking spot. I can deal with a little walking, I wish the gym members were the same.

[chosen1s]

I have some big pet peeves from gyms:

1) Naked guy. There are tons of these guys up here in Minnesota. Don't know what's up with you weird Northerners 'cause there are SO many up here. Naked guy puts his towel over his shoulder because heaven forbid he put it around his waist. He walks around the locker room swinging free. Come on, nobody wants to see that. We're adults and we can be naked in the same room but seriously - this isn't a strip show. Cover up. If people wanted to see you naked, we wouldn't wear clothes in public either. Locating myself in a "men's room" doesn't change my desire to spare my eyes from seeing you without your clothes.

2) Pick-up Guy: He's like the guy mentioned earlier who hits on girls in the gym, only he doesn't hit on all the girls. He just picks one hot girl out and tries to be real smooth. You can pick this guy out because he's usually with one girl that needs no workout advice (which anybody with two eyes and a pinch of testosterone can clearly see) and is mixing workout tips with funny anecdotes about his life that he finds more amusing than everyone else. Pick-up guys are sometimes found in pairs, with one guy picking up and the other guy providing support - laughing at his jokes and being "the friend" to make his buddy look better.

3) Stinky Guy: I don't have one of these at my current gym, but at several other gyms I have been to there has always been Stinky Guy. He either doesn't bathe or he uses the same workout clothes and never washes them. You can recognize Stinky Guy by the urge to gag every time he walks by and the stench that lingers on machines after he has left.

[chosen1s]

Also...

4) People who try to tell you how to stretch or use a machine but are wrong.

5) Broken machines that just sit there and never get repaired (Why am I paying $50 a month again?)

6) My favorite machine gets the boot for no apparent reason

7) They have TV's where you tune into a radio station on your walkman to hear the sound - except that the frequency they have chosen is either ridiculously weak or is close to a local station and you end up getting blasted with intermitent white noise.

8) People who wear "show-off" clothing - whether they're in shape or not. Take that stuff outside. Nobody cares. We're not here to look at you, we're here to get in shape, etc.

9) When they try to push an entire pharmacy's worth of weight gainers/vitamins/fat burners on you and feed you this sales pitch as though they're Doctors and these are the most reliable health products on the market when in actuality they're just quoting a sales pitch from a booklet sent to them from the manufacturer so they can get their commission.

[jlarlee]

I just go to the gym to play basketball during my lunch hour so I don;t have any equipment or weight issues
1. Teams on the court are decided by a dry erase board and the first games start at about 11 a.m. I hate when people sign their friends up who are not even in the gym and I am regulated to like the second or third game because i didn't get there an hour before the games. Plus we waste 20 minutes looking for people who are not even there. I also hate people who sign the board who are not ready to play. We have one guy who takes like 25 minutes in the locker room to change into his gym clothes while we wait on him so we can play I don't know what he does in there and I really dont want to find out.
2. The guy who believes he never commits a foul and only misses shots if he gets fouled. This guy is usually responsible for turning the game into small claims court as people argue 10 minutes on how the play should be called instead of playing.
3. The out of control guy who thinks he is actually playing Rugby and not basketball and just runs folks over and injures everyone on the court.

[1SwtDeception]

I have some big pet peeves from gyms:

1) Naked guy. There are tons of these guys up here in Minnesota. Don't know what's up with you weird Northerners 'cause there are SO many up here. Naked guy puts his towel over his shoulder because heaven forbid he put it around his waist. He walks around the locker room swinging free. Come on, nobody wants to see that. We're adults and we can be naked in the same room but seriously - this isn't a strip show. Cover up. If people wanted to see you naked, we wouldn't wear clothes in public either. Locating myself in a "men's room" doesn't change my desire to spare my eyes from seeing you without your clothes.


Wow I never realize MN guys could be like that.. what part are you from? O.o..but I guess that's an actual gym ha.. Being in high school I'll use the fitness center or whatever name for it..

I agree when people stare at you.. -.- it's like what the hell is wrong with you and then it's just hard to focus knowing someone is watching you O.O watching while you sweat ....

then well with girls.. never work out with them.. unless they actually DO so.. my god I hate how they really don't do shit in there and just want to show off to the jocks over in there and getting the guys to hit on them or whatever (this is just speaking in high school). And they just use up the equipment for no reason except for looks.

Those who think the workout seems simple but when they tried they quit after 10 seconds. (talking mostly the high set low rep stuff)

People who just talk to you while you workout, it's people talking to you with the tv on and you're watching it.. HELLO!! Busy here!! Can't you see?! Then they expect you talk back.. now that is just stupid.

Thank god those fitness gym days are over and I finally got a gym at home.

[Jaxcomet]

My b/f has his own weight set and dumbells here at the house, cuz he hates working out around other people.


Even with the problems mentioned I still like the atmosphere of the gym. I don't think I'd enjoy working out, at home, by myself......

[scdoanintendo]

I also hear when you work out you tend to bust more ass than usual, something about your muscle not being able to hold that in.

Yea this has happened to me especially when doing dead lifts. Also when old guys walk around the locker room butt naked.

[XboxMaster]

I just went to the gym today and I already hate when ppl stare at me at school, I hated even more there.