Bad Gym Etiquette
- 1. Very bad flatulence 2. Watching the TV instead of working out while sitting on a machine 3. Spending 20 mins on a machine 4. Reading a magazine instead of working out on a machine 5. Talking so loud that you drown out other people's music 6. Playing your own music in the aerobics studio at deafening levels 7. Lifting weight in front of the dumbbell rack so that no one can access the rack until you're done your set
- —JackSchitt0
Conversations.
- People, if you are going to go to the gym, don't stand around talking the whole time. You pay for a membership to work your muscles not your jaw. It distracts me.
- —Guest Dan The Man
A couple of thing...
- I was in a class and 2 ladies were working out somewhat but having a conversation while the instructor was trying to teach. There is a man at the gym who feels like it's okay to hit on women. Oh yeah, he's married! Another is that I really don't want to see any of the women buck naked in the locker room but it seems like the only ones who do it are morbidly obese. Ladies I'm sure there is a towel around and I KNOW there are changing rooms!
- —rdhilil
cell phone
- One day I started my workout routine like normal. When I got to the curl bar machine a young woman was talking on the cell phone while sitting on the machine holding the bar. I figured how rude, but I could work around this. After each set in my routine but she was still there. I never did get my curls in that day. This seems to be this young womans normal routine. Why not just stay home ?
- —Guest garyw12000
Perfumes/Lotions
- Breathing in and out the odor of someone's scented lotion or heavy perfume while on a spin bike is just plain nasty. Leave your "I enjoy being a girl" routine at home if you're spinning etc.
- —spinchik
whats the worst gym etiquette you've eve
- I just came back from the gym where a guy was dressed in a cheeesy 'trendy' L.A kinda way... thought he was amazing, coughing, no, actually hacking his guts up and not covering his mouth... an absolute 100% pig
- —Guest mark
The Top 10 at My School
- Empty water bottles, Smelly towels, Shirtless guys walking around the gym showing off the six-pack or the flabby stomach, Sport Bras, Gym bags in the weight room. What part of "Leave your bags downstairs" are not in English? Toilets not flushed or the seat urinated on and not cleaned. Used paper towels not in the "can" or all over the restroom. Water all over the sink! Enough said!
- —Guest William
OMG!
- 1. Grunting, doing a couple reps and dropping the weights. Don't pick up more than you can control..all the way down (except on the olympic platform) 2.Cell phones and shouting/having long converstaions, especially in the cardio room. 3. Skimpy costumes, especially short shorts. Are you coming to work out or get attention? Wear something long enough to keep your thighs covered! 4. Pick up your own darned stuff! That means dumbells, plates and balls. Put them where they belong, not where you got them from. UNRACK your plates! Non one cares how much you lifted before they got there and we don't count your plates! The next person may be older or have a bad back and unable to lift you left-overs!
- —Guest Disgusted!
Nasty smells & SPANDEX stories
- What's up with some of the ladies with no ass wearing spandex...one lady was very skinny and the image was a bit disturbing...lots of nice one's on the other hand though...but the real reason I gotta write is there was a guy who's clothes reaked of mildew so bad that I nearly gagged...a lot of guys were leaving the floor as the smell was absolutely horrible...it smelled like wet shoes that didn't dry out right...WHAT GIVES????
- —Guest Montclair State Univ.March31.2009
Weight room niceness
- 1. A little room. If I'm having a big lift, I hate when people walk through my personal space or worse, start up a conversation. 2. Don't stand in front of the dumbbell rack. 3. Yield to non-circuit trainers unless equipment is designated for such training. Some people end up hogging 2-3 pieces of equipment at the expense of others' time. 4. Pick up the pace. Rest periods between sets should be limited to 1 or 2 minutes max (okay, 2-3 for squats, cleans, but the wait is usually less there anyways). 4a. If you need to chat it up, hop off the equipment. Conversations can stretch a 60s rest into 5 minutes. 5. Time limit: if the equipment or bench is in high demand, 30 minute max should also extend from cardio equipment to the weight room. Don't hop on a bench & hog it for dumbbell presses, then flys, then incline, then skull crushers, ... Go do something else.
- —Guest HDavis
Everything!
- OMG! At my school's gym, where I am a student, I have seen empty water bottles all over the "changing room", filthy, stinky towels, and one naked guy jerking off in a corner. DISGUSTING! I did file a complaint with the PE dean, but unfortunately, nothing was done about it. Also, on one other occasion, I witnessed another naked guy having sex with his naked girlfriend in the ladies changing room. Don't call me a perv, but that was really rude and inconsiderate of them. In the gym proper, it's actually very clean. On some instances, some guys work out shirtless. Dudes, cover up. No one wants to see your hairy chests with possible back hair and zits. As for the ladies, sport bras make some people uncomfortable. No offense, but wear a t-shirt instead. On the cleaning part, everyone who works out makes sure the machines are clean for the next person to use. They clean in a very obsessive manner. My school's gym is very strict on cleaning in the gym. Enough said.
- —Guest William
groups
- it`s busy so is it really a good idea to have a group of 4 using one bit of equipment for at least 45 minutes!!!
- —Guest guest - aaaaaaaaargh
COLOGNE
- Thats the WORST! Followed by those who 'pose' in the mirror...lifting their tee to expose their abs or flubby chub, to view their "progress." hahaha
- —Guest Rey
Interrupting my training session
- I hate it when members ask my trainer questions or for assistance when he is obviously training me. I am paying for his time, so in a sense you are robbing me! Plus, it is distracting for him and interferes with our goals (he only has me resting for 30 seconds between sets).
- —Guest Dee
People who have goals other than fitness
- People who obviously are at the gym for only ONE reason cough cough, and who are veryyyy obviously not there to work out. The kind that take your small weight while you take a one minute break during sets without even asking you if you were using it when you EVIDENTLY were, than takes the weight over to the other side of the gym. And than you spot them maybe 5-10 minutes later at the juice bar. You know, one of those people who doesn't actually work out at the gym, pulls their shirt up and walks around showing off their stomach, goes on the stepmill machine and gets off within 2 minutes. I'm sorry but nothing bothers me more than that type!!
- —Guest sm11
